this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2024
918 points (98.8% liked)

Privacy

32111 readers
598 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Chat control is back on the agenda again and the works is kept in secret.

Link to document

Take Action!

Edit: More information about the meeting

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile in the real world. Russia went from a backwards agrarian society where people travelled by horse and carriage to being the first in space in the span of 40 years. Russia showed incredible growth after the revolution that surpassed the rest of the world:

USSR doubled life expectancy in just 20 years. A newborn child in 1926-27 had a life expectancy of 44.4 years, up from 32.3 years thirty years before. In 1958-59 the life expectancy for newborns went up to 68.6 years. the Semashko system of the USSR increased lifespan by 50% in 20 years. By the 1960's, lifespans in the USSR were comparable to those in the USA:

Quality of nutrition improved after the Soviet revolution, and the last time USSR had a famine was in 1940s. CIA data suggests they ate just as much as Americans after WW2 period while having better nutrition:

[–] 666@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Careful comrade, libs cry at sources.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

I don't think you really have to qualify that, they just don't read period. Their whole world view is based directly on Marvel movies.