They are a tool for terrorism. ACAB

no, i think neither government nor corporation should have any spots. let lemmy be by the people and for the people.

Black white thinking without self reflection.

Then we should also fiscally boycot them.

Also ditch WhatsApp.

The global group of oligarchs. Through them it was made possible that Russia got seized by fascism, and that China turned ever more capitalist; and that the USA is now a prototypical infant fascist state.

Order can only exist with liberty. Liberty can only exist with decentralisation. Decentralisation can only exist with anarchocommunism.

Except that MLs repress all of those.

Anarchocommunism represses none, as it favours freedom of speech, freedom from money and greed, and freedom from hierarchy.

Anarchocapitalism doesn’t exist; it’s mostly libertarians in disguise, who want a repressive Cyberpunk dystopia.

Yeah, sure. They frequently repress anarchocommunists.

There is no democracy without anarchy.

Then by definition, MLs aren’t communists.

Except that, comrade, the Prague Spring organisers opposed a secret police, which is imho a fascist element. It also focused on decentralisation of the economy. The KGB infiltrated some of the organisations.

The Hungarian 1956 liberation struggle also demanded public ownership of land. While it is true that the CIA had been involved (e.g. inviting the fascist over for reform… gee, Hungary didn’t change much eh?), neither of the revolutions appear 100% bourgeoise. It would have helped to imprison the fascist, and not inform the public.

While it is true that “pro-democracy” often in practice means “pro-bribery” (as oligarchs then are enabled to bribe politicians), the core problem is and remains money even being a thing of prestige.

What should be the rule, is that society must be as resistant to corruption as possible. This is especially critical for factions and cooperations. That means:

• All must be obliged to organise according to decentralised worker democracy. No boss, no master. Freedom of discussion, freedom of action.

• No one who ever has led/owned a private company may be part of a group.

• The groups must finance themselves through the principle of a moneyless, barterless gift economy, and mutual aid.

• Full transparency of finances is required, including ultimate sources. This will encourage people to make the ‘stream’ of resources as direct as possible.

• If a group does not adhere to even one of these principles, it is automatically considered defunct and disbands; and the members will be part of a group that does adhere to it. Those who made the group no longer adhere to all principles, will be societally barred from mutual aid (transport, food, housing, and so on). In other words, don’t be a corrupt person.

• Groups can not be bigger than 150 people, but can mutually aid each other and cooperate in federations, which must also be organised through all above principles.

It doesn’t per se prioritise order inasmuch it prioritises state tyranny.

I view tankies as marginally better than fascists in that they at least strive for universal healthcare, universal housing, and so on. But when it comes to being able to choose, they’re just as terrible.

Order can only be achieved through freedom from intolerance. The true answer lies in anarchocommunism.

I think the confusing part is that liberal in there refers not to the ideology but to free in choice.

Maybe a better wording would’ve been “free” or just “democratic”, leaving out the “liberal” entirely.

nice try, CIA

hi, ancom here, same view, the guy’s saying garbage shit

thank you for your service o7

that said, i think before even considering to dismiss him, we’d need to find a new one that is trusted by the other dev, otherwise we risk shutting lemmy down.

it should be a dev with good knowledge of lemmy and who’s left-wing, that at least

Vice versa, they can’t wear skirts for hot days, but gals can.

The answer is imho, holdovers from more sexist days, and a general attitude of not wanting to be seen as effeminate/photographed by creeps.

Even though guys have been wearing kilts for many years, in various cultures; and there’s AI slop now anyway that keeps 'em busy instead.

Iirc it’s also allowed in some countries. Naturism is bigger in them.

Aaand the reason’s called ✨c o r r u p t i o n ✨

Whenever a politician comes from a big company or goes to one after retiring from politics, that’s when you know they’ve been bribed.

e/OS too, if Graphene fails or isn’t available. Or Murena.

Yes.

Does it support Monero and the like?

Bad faith, really, that’s all.

If you know they’ll be asses regardless, there’s no point in dealing with them further.