That is not a subtle deflection. The so-called great firewall is indefensible, as it would also be anywhere else it was implemented.

In other news….

Since the Two-State Solution post got deleted yesterday, I was unable to reply to your comment directed at me when I pressed Send, so I’ll paste it to you below. Ciao.

I’m under no illusions about Western imperialism in its various forms, nor about the slippage of rights Western societies have undergone over the decades, nor about the oligarchic tendencies baked into capitalism, because I have 20 years experience studying and writing about exactly those issues.

However, I live in a world of comparatives, not absolutes, and compared to those in the cities and especially countrysides of Russia and China, I’m incredibly free. Compared to Western billionaires, CEOs, and the politicians that they own, I’m not. When I say death to all tyrants, it’s a broad brush that knows no borders since the bastards can be found anywhere we look, including DC and China, among many others.

I protect no authoritarian regime no matter whether they pretend to espouse the myths of the free market or those of a worker’s paradise. They’re both excuses for a concentration of power, and having lived in various dictatorships as well as purported democracies, I know evil when I see it, and I see it all over.

And now comes the .ml ban. :)

Realizes they have a bullshit job and has a copy of David Graeber’s book on their desk.

Now THAT is some interesting stuff. Have never thought to apply postmodernism to fascism. Insightful.

Is American football not merely a vehicle through which advertising can be pumped? You’d think the entire sport had been designed from the ground up for such a purpose.

Four seconds of action, six minutes of commercials….3.6 seconds of action, 47 replays, five minutes of commercials.

P.S. Smart TVs can eat shit and die.

I haven’t seen much if any support for Trump on .ml, but I don’t claim to be on Lemmy more than a couple times a week.

It’s more about being in love with the hierarchy-destroying bastions of freedom that are Russia and China. You know, those places where workers have real power. Ahem….

He’s probably heard the same sorry bullshit that by this point he just stomps it.

That being said, I’m also impressed at how well he massages the people he’s speaking with. I mean, he must think that Fridman, Trump, and Musk are asshats, yet he still manages not to flip the table during this interview.

Fridman is a clown like Orban and Fico. “I have a dream of peace,” look at me, all I want is for everyone to hug. Nonsense. His one and only goal is to whitewash Russian aggression and atrocities.

Not once is it discussed that the war could end today if Russia simply withdrew?

Nah, I ain’t buying Fridman’s centrist posturing because it’s simply a lie.

Nicely done. That’s considerate as hell. I appreciate it.

Fucking right. Perfectly stated. Fico is a shit, and clearly so were his predecessors that they thought they could luxuriate in cheap Russian gas forever. What garbage policy-making is this?

I still don’t why there are so many Patriot systems collecting dust all over Europe and the US when they’re needed NOW in Ukraine to actually do the work of saving lives.

I’m actually kinda surprised the number isn’t higher by this point. I suppose late stage capitalism feels even later stage in my mind. Fucking hell.

Interesting option. Need to figure out if backups can be done without allowing access to iCloud.

Sounds great to me. Nation states have had well over a century to move us forward, and it’s been a miserable failure. ‘Great’ leaders won’t save us. Kill your heroes. Corporations won’t save us because they’re too busy eating our lunch. Everyone needs to realize that institutions don’t work for us, and never did.

The planet burns, yet people all over the world are fiercely debating which one is superior: chocolate or vanilla Soylent Green.

Yes, that’s it. As I’ve told friends on several occasions, you know why I encrypt my online life and guard my privacy as if, you know, freedom depended on privacy? Because fuck them, that’s why.

It takes my time and effort, but I just can’t let the bastards win just that little bit more easily. All cops and corps are bastards (ACAB).

Exactly. Now to click the “copy text” button and keep your fine words handy for my next convo with a friend who thinks life with Facebook and Google is grand.

Let’s keep it simple. Don’t engage with fascists. Either fight them or ignore them, depending on the circumstances, but to shake their hands with and platform them is folly. Death to dictators.

Death to union busting and privacy invading corporations.

Oh joy, more money for roads. More state funds for drivers. The war on cars continues unabated.