rabbitsquirrel

from what i've observed, i do think there is some pressure for women in not explicitly feminist leftist circles to affect a kind of "cool girl" posture for the benefit of the men in the movement

in any just world where international sports were run by bodies with any concerns or purpose other than corruption and self-enrichment, the USA would be banned from hosting international sporting events after the wretchedly racist treatment of the iranian, senegalese, uruguayan, uzbek, and iraqi teams this world cup--not to mention of game officials and fans--as well as the absurdly corrupt direct intervention on balogun's red card

Coffee is the second most valuable primary commodity in the world, only below oil. The industry generates 60 billion dollars annually, but of that, only 10% ends up in the hands of the peasants who grow the coffee. Also in the cocoa market, producers in Ivory Coast and Ghana, who supply nearly half of world output, habitually obtain less than 10% and even less than 5% of the final sale price. In fact, while the proportion of total income received by producers has been declining for decades, the European countries that re-export this same cocoa enjoy, by contrast, growing profits: between 1965 and 1989, African producers earned 34% less per kilogram exported than European re-exporters; between 2000 and 2010, this gap had already grown to 76%. Likewise, between the 1970s and the 2000s, the markup on African coffee re-exported from Europe rises from 50% to 300%, allowing European firms to re-export each kilo of coffee with an average markup of 4.11 dollars over its import price. According to a report issued by the International Coffee Organization (ICO), this commodity contributed, in 2009, some 31 billion dollars to the economy of the nine principal importers, a figure that doubles the total export earnings obtained by the 40 producing countries registered with the ICO.

This disparity affects not only primary commodities, but also the industrial exports of dependent countries. The 30GB iPod Video, launched by Apple in 2005, constitutes a classic example. The final sale price of this iPod model reaches 299 dollars. A large part of the value added, around 140 dollars, is captured by producers of parts and components, among which Japan, the United States and South Korea stand out. Distribution and retail sectors in the United States add another 75 dollars, while Apple captures a gross margin of 80 dollars per unit. By contrast, the share of value captured by China, where the assembly of components takes place through the exploitation of tens of thousands of workers, amounts to only about 4 dollars of the final sale price. Studies on the value chain of the iPhone 4, launched in 2010, offer the same results. South Korea produces around 50% of the components; American, German and French firms produce the rest of the parts. Despite China's manufacturing contribution, assembly costs, around 6.54 dollars, represent about 1% of the final sale price and less than 3.5% of the factory price. Apple, for its part, captures a margin of 270 dollars per unit. The same holds in the Nokia N95 chain, where assembly represents only 2% of the retail price. These cases confirm that the country of final assembly captures a small portion of the commercial value of the product, while component manufacturing, distribution and the lead firm, Apple or Nokia, concentrate the greatest part of the value added along the chain.

I draw everything on my phone so it's probably a reason why I feel somewhat inferior to my art peers but I will become better with what I have at my own pace. this art piece is ok there's more I could do, but overall it's decent and I hope to become a better artist soon.

ty for the nice words. I'm debating if I should delete this art or leave it up

i swear if this is the second stupid sword picture post i make that gets to 10k i'll just go kill someone

I wonder what reaction the ‘punk means being kind’ crowd would have on learning that ‘punk’ was another way to say faggot

Also makes the famous Dirty Harry quote ‘Do you feel lucky, punk?’ hit a bit different

I wonder what reaction the ‘punk means being kind’ crowd would have on learning that ‘punk’ was another way to say faggot

Also makes the famous Dirty Harry quote ‘Do you feel lucky, punk?’ hit a bit different

… I am unironically here for this

this is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen in my life

how do we get them to stop doing that

they also blink and move btw in case anyone was wondering if it could get worse

the greatest of gatsbies

@mu-mimama