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  • Austrian here, we got rid off our monarchy (ok, the Entente helped a bit in blowing up our/their empire …) Sort of, we still give them pseudo state funerals when they die. It is also great fun, people from all the realms are joining, dressing up with flags and all, enjoying a good funeral and than bits and pieces (heart and whatever) are sent to various places across the realms, as is tradition. The UK, and soon the US, should try it some time. After the funeral, everyone goes home again, including the Austrian President and do their Republic thing until the next funeral.













  • They don’t consider themselves European however and haven’t really when the settled there either. So they might be colonists from Europe/the US but they are not European colonists. Yes, European colonial powers sold land that wasn’t theirs for that but that doesn’t change that point. Zionists don’t see themselves as Europeans. If they were inspired by European colonialism? Not saying they weren’t.

    This isn’t about motivation. Israel is simply not a European colony, which European capital exploits and controls it after all?


  • Jiral@lemmy.orgtoFuck Cars@lemmy.worldUtter trash newspaper
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    4 days ago

    It is not just prioritising car commuters from outside vs locals, it is simply an extremely wasteful use of limited traffic capacity. The bus, not clogged down in traffic, has a way higher capacity than probably even two full car lanes at the highest performance. A bus lane is the only rational thing there. If that makes the highway off ramp redundant because there is no capacity for cars left to justify it, simply tear it down. It is fake capacity anyway if the traffic cannot be supported further down the road and it would even benefit car drivers, as it would remove a clogging point and free up capacity on the highway.