Make no mistake, this is why they want internet censorship. It was never about 'helping people feel safe' it was always about being able to go 'mask off' and force compliance. Nikki is a fierce advocate for ending online anonymity
Horrifying.There is no defence whatsoever for this behaviour. There is no adjective to describe our revulsion. It is the epitome of why the US empire is over. It has no place in the 21st century and beyond. Sirius Report
Lockdown amnesia-jumping down the memory holeBased on his observations that many people have completely forgotten some of the most outrageous violations of individual rights and freedoms perpetrated by governments during the Covid lockdowns – including the lockdowns themselves
@caekislove@gleasonator.com I'm not in favor of UBI generally, but this is a misunderstanding of what happened during Covid. Yes, "stimmy checks" were handed out, but there was a lot of other insane (& criminal) financial engineering going on. Using policies to shut down small businesses to give large players a de-facto monopoly has also enabled a lot the problems.
I understand the point you're making but it's a pet peeve of mine when people blame inflation entirely on low-income recipients when there was a lot of fraud and outright financialized looting going on.
I do agree with your primary point though, I would just suggest pointing to "government taking direct control of the economy" rather than the mere handouts which were only a bribe to enable much worse pillaging.
@billiam@shitposter.world matrix is a metadata collection schemeDon't join large, public rooms on strange servers. Problem solved. Simplex requires smartphone OS. XMPP is solid ofc.
Pinning this so hopefully more people see it: We don't love RSS enough It's mostly a call-to-action that if you can style your feed, you definitely should so that those unfamiliar with it can be assimilated.
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