Isn't reason a libertarian rag?
Maybe the governments around the world should fuck off and let nature take it's course. Yeah, GDP shrinks and so on and so forth when birth rates fall, but there's also big benefits to having fewer people -- and arguably benefits that end up self-correcting the problem such as increased liberty and value for individuals.
No wonder the state fears a falling population, they've been stealing from us for 100 years and at this rate we might actually be in charge of our homes again.
Maybe the governments around the world should fuck off and let nature take it's course. Yeah, GDP shrinks and so on and so forth when birth rates fall, but there's also big benefits to having fewer people -- and arguably benefits that end up self-correcting the problem such as increased liberty and value for individuals.
No wonder the state fears a falling population, they've been stealing from us for 100 years and at this rate we might actually be in charge of our homes again.
The same corpos using nostalgia to try to sell the past back to us are the ones who destroyed the things that used to be good in the first place. If they were capable of not breaking it then they would have.
Ah, I remember seeing something like that because I generally prefer dark mode (and I like my dark modes black)
The css on there respects your browsers light/dark mode settings (which it can inherit from the os)
It's an impressive thing that the web has a feature like that, imo.
It's an impressive thing that the web has a feature like that, imo.
I've got a solution on my instance: I only discuss moderation decisions with the voices in my head that tell me to burn things!
"Should I delete this post and ban the poster?" "But it burn it all burnitall" "thanks for your input!"
"Should I delete this post and ban the poster?" "But it burn it all burnitall" "thanks for your input!"
There are lots of broken things in Canada, but I'm not aware of this specific broken thing.
10 more pages and I'll be done reading Beowulf.
From now on I check to make sure the books I read are in english. That was a slog.
From now on I check to make sure the books I read are in english. That was a slog.
The sad thing is that 2023 Lisa would say this and completely ignore how it applies to "her side"
Rip the Simpsons
Rip the Simpsons
They can stay in the pigsty they've built since they can't keep their grubby fingers to themselves.
Maybe if some of these governments want to start obeying the law we can talk.
Maybe if some of these governments want to start obeying the law we can talk.
They have a few choices. Twitter is still one, and Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok...
Sadly, the Internet of my youth is likely coming to an end. Politicians around the world refuse to allow people to have discussions they can't stick their fingers into.
There's a famous story of the Roman politician Cicero. He was named after his uncle who had a cleft in his nose that looked like a chickpea, so Cicero was based on the roman name for chickpeas. When he entered politics, he was told he should change his name, but he essentially said that he'd make the name Cicero well known (and he did)
I'm proud to announce my new "social network", safestspace.
You can only see posts made by your own IP address, and if one of the posts offends you, you can immediately report it and it will be automatically removed!
https://fbxl.net/safestspace/
This is the cutting edge in defederation technology!
You can only see posts made by your own IP address, and if one of the posts offends you, you can immediately report it and it will be automatically removed!
https://fbxl.net/safestspace/
This is the cutting edge in defederation technology!
lol imagine having 106 pages of servers that you're so terrified of you need to block every single user on it?
Why even have a social network at that point? You can just have a webpage you post to yourself, and then you can report your own posts if you have a thought that's too transgressive.
Why even have a social network at that point? You can just have a webpage you post to yourself, and then you can report your own posts if you have a thought that's too transgressive.
A lot of people seem to want Fisher Price baby's first internet, and if they want that then they should probably stay on big Tech, where they can be coddled to their hearts content.
I'm not saying that the fediverse needs to be hacking around in telnet terminals or anything, but if I'm being totally honest the software for the fediverse is shockingly good, and a lot of people have gone out and built the exact communities that they want -- for some people that means open communities where you can say stuff that's really offensive, for other people that means very close communities where you are safe from ever seeing an opinion you disagree with.
Of course anything can be better, but I have personally found the fediverse good enough that it has become my primary method of social media. And that's only possible because a lot of people who put in a lot of work on the ground floor.
I'm not saying that the fediverse needs to be hacking around in telnet terminals or anything, but if I'm being totally honest the software for the fediverse is shockingly good, and a lot of people have gone out and built the exact communities that they want -- for some people that means open communities where you can say stuff that's really offensive, for other people that means very close communities where you are safe from ever seeing an opinion you disagree with.
Of course anything can be better, but I have personally found the fediverse good enough that it has become my primary method of social media. And that's only possible because a lot of people who put in a lot of work on the ground floor.
Too many people focus on the effect instead of the cause.
If the state gives you a billion dollars and then takes back 900 million, guess what? You've still got 100 million dollars of either tax money or more likely Government debt. You and virtually everyone you know could stop working for the rest of your life.
Meanwhile, the poor chumps who work for their middle class wage are giving half their paycheck to the same government who dutifully hand it to the still mega-rich.
The big problem is a corrupt global state taking everyone's money and handing it to its cronies. By the time the money is in their hands, it's already too late. Part of the problem is that they employ rooms full of people who find ways to talk about giving them all your money to the super-rich that you'll agree to.
If the state gives you a billion dollars and then takes back 900 million, guess what? You've still got 100 million dollars of either tax money or more likely Government debt. You and virtually everyone you know could stop working for the rest of your life.
Meanwhile, the poor chumps who work for their middle class wage are giving half their paycheck to the same government who dutifully hand it to the still mega-rich.
The big problem is a corrupt global state taking everyone's money and handing it to its cronies. By the time the money is in their hands, it's already too late. Part of the problem is that they employ rooms full of people who find ways to talk about giving them all your money to the super-rich that you'll agree to.