The picture on the left is just an argument against lawns.
The picture on the left is just an argument against lawns.
You make a good point, but think of it this way. Someone Googles “tips on buying a new laptop”. Companies enrolled with the Google program bump up their prices for that user. But what about websites not enrolled in the program? Their prices stay lower, so if the person buying the laptop ships around even a little bit, they will likely buy from one of the non-affiliated sites.
It only works if the whole marketplace is under the system. Amazon is a shopping experience tailored to keep people inside their system, so it works with them. You aren’t going to take the time to price match across multiple websites for a pair of socks. I think it is a lot harder to manipulate prices with big-ticket items, where people will put in the effort to shop around.
I agree with the broad premise that your information has value, but I wouldn’t worry about Google increasing prices just for you. Companies still control their own websites and they aren’t going to allow another company to change what they change directly.
What Google sells is the ability for a company to get their website in front of your eyes. They sell the top spaces in your search results. A company who doesn’t pay Google gets pushed to page two.vor three. Now in a sense that increases your prices because the cost of the companies increased ad budgets is passed on to you.
All of that is irrelevant to my point that your right wing government has policies that would be far left in the US
The rubric is literally right below what you quoted
The categories are as follows:
Biased Wording/Headlines- Does the source use loaded words to convey emotion to sway the reader. Do headlines match the story?
Factual/Sourcing- Does the source report factually and back up claims with well-sourced evidence.
Story Choices: Does the source report news from both sides, or do they only publish one side.
Political Affiliation: How strongly does the source endorse a particular political ideology? Who do the owners support or donate to?
Just because it is a qualitative and not a quantitative assessment doesn’t mean it’s arbitrary.
There is a whole lot more to it than that. You can read it here.
In Switzerland, patients pay up to 8% of their personal income towards the cost of a basic insurance plan. If their premiums work out to more than 8% of their income, the government provides a cash subsidy to cover the difference.
https://www.internationalinsurance.com/health/systems/switzerland.php
My point in this whole thing is that everyone in Switzerland has healthcare and that healthcare is subsidized to be more affordable than in the US. That would be a left wing program here.
I’m a white person making a joke about white people. Stop trying to win the Oppression Olympics.
Gross Geneva monthly minimum wage is CHF 4426 or $4,940 according to a quick Google. In the US it’s $1,330.
Edit. Even the highest US local minimum wage of $17 an hour is $2,992 a month.
I’m not referring to skin color, but the social construct.
They clearly list the methodology they use on their website.
As much as it sounds like you don’t like what you have, it’s still better than the US.
I think it’s considered center left based on US politics. Our Overton window has shifted pretty far. The Swiss have universal healthcare and strict gun control. That can’t be right by US standards.
Zombie Prostitute gets stuck in my head on a regular basis.
That’s so cool! I’ve been a fan of Voltaire for a long time. Saw him live a couple times and the show is always a blast.
Race is a social construct.
Well that is the whitest thing I’ve heard today.
The movie follows a minimum wage delivery driver in his armored car plowing through hordes of zombies to deliver pizza to the safe houses where people are hiding out.
Edit: When he delivers the pizza, the survivors complain it is cold and don’t tip. He backs his truck through their security fence, letting the zombies in and drives off to the next delivery.
I’m more worried about billionaires who have literal armies like Erik Prince.
And why don’t we stick the whole thing underground to further minimize damage to the landscape. Besides it’s way cooler to be called a vault dweller than a condo resident.