The iOS app is a pleasure to use. I would love the ability to input numerical values via keyboard for things like dimensions, positions, rotations, etc. Another user mentioned the non– standard rotation widgets, however I actually enjoy the rotation tool in its current form.
I would also like to express my appreciation for the ability to save/import/export files instead of locking those functions behind in-app purchases.
Relevant Terry Pratchett quote regarding revolutions:
> People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness.
> And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people.
I love this book. Its so- human, so deeply human. Everything falls apart, and Pratchett could have been cynical, and mocked the whole endeavor of regime change - turning Ankh Morpork into a blood bath- instead, he put grandmothers on the barricades (mind where you put the good furniture!) and the whole civil war afair ended in a happy little turmoil with free steaks and not free pasty (i m obviously ruining myself here). Always think of that book smelling Syringa
I always read that book when i despair about the species, or im hyped by something and want to get down to earth.
As much as I would like to achieve Socialism via democratic reform within the system, various figures (Emma Goldman, Lenin, Rosa Luxemburg, even Engels himself) have noted that working within the existing system ("bourgeois democracy") would not be sufficient to bring about lasting change, as the system itself is built to serve the interests of capital.
I am wholly against the things you mentioned, of course, which is why it has been the task of current revolutionaries to plan and organise effectively to minimise these things.
> working within the existing system ("bourgeois democracy") would not be sufficient to bring about lasting change, as the system itself is built to serve the interests of capital.
I think the problem is more that when you do vote in socialism as in Venezuela the system sucks. Then it either gets voted out again or you get a violent dictatorship.
Venezuela is not a Socialist country, and I do not support dictatorships. In line with Marx and Engels, I support the gradual transference of power away from the state (which must be at once transformed into the complete and democratic control of the whole working class upon seizure) and into the hands of the people, as such the state "withers away".
There is a very simple test of whether a society is a Socialist one; namely, a society is Socialist if its predominant mode of production is the Socialist one. The Socialist mode of production is distinguished from all others by the following:
* Communal (worker) ownership of the means of production (land and machinery used to make goods for society)
* Government composed entirely of the workers, making decisions in the interest of the workers
* Goods are produced to be used rather than exchanged on a market
* Wage labour is not dominant in the economy
* The functions of private property have been abolished and thus there is no more private property.
Venezuela fails all of these criteria. It's not "no true Scotsman", it's the truth.
Someone called Angus, who calls himself a Scotsman, but who doesn't have Scottish citizenship, nationality, lineage nor has he ever lived in Scotland is not a Scotsman.
>As far as Venezuela is concerned, the current government do see themselves as socialist (the Bolivarian revolution).
As I said, just because his name is Angus and he calls himself a Scotsman, it does not make him so. The DPRK calls itself democratic, too. Are we to hold it as the exemplar democracy, and claim that democracy is such a failure?
In this stateless society, who decides how the group gets what it needs, for instance food, clothing etc? And how do the group knows what is best for each member of that group?
Usually the answer would be?
The rules.
Who applies the rules?
The machine.
Who made the machine?
The party.
Who rules the party?
Most ruthless psycho-dick ever.
Thus its profen that communism, basically is one big cooperation ruling the earth, and shall forth be called googlnism.
I really hate such discussions, they are so pointless, because they look at the state they want society to be in and just erect a cathedral.
While we should look at all the various failing members of society, catograph what is human, and from that we might be able to build a hut that is able to stand a thousand years.
It would be thrilling if the current state of our space exploration was on a level suggested by these posters. Are we sending people to farm Martian soil or explore the Martian terrain anytime soon? Obviously not. So, honest question: what is the point of these posters?
Pretend you're a 5 year old kid and you get one of these posters. You go to school for 13 or so years wanting to be an astronaut. Then you join the Air Force or go to Caltech or something, all with the desire to one day be the first man on Mars. 10-15+ more years of training, and you're finally an astronaut. Still think it'll be unreasonable in 30 years?
Big thanks to the Chrome devs for this, I applaud and personally appreciate the decision but wonder why a navigation shortcut like this couldn't be made into an option for others to enable or disable based on their preference?
I would also like to express my appreciation for the ability to save/import/export files instead of locking those functions behind in-app purchases.
Overall, great job! Thank you for creating this.