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There are parallels to Zimbabwe.

But the important thing to remember is that Robert Mugabe got what he wanted.

He got power.

Sure, the country was ruined, and the trillion dollar Zimbabwe note is a joke, but the elites somehow end up OK.

So don't chalk it up to stupidity. They know what they are doing, they just don't care about the consequences to the common man.

The people who need to be told the story about Zimbabwe right now are the average citizen who may not have thought through the implications.

It's like a fever dream

If the big players are on board, then usually they are embracing the complexity involved with participating which is a barrier to entry for potential competitors.

Like when Facebook was begging for regulations. They didn't want to be regulated, but they wanted rules that would be hard to follow for new players in the space with smaller scale and resources.

So, will they not just reopen all these cases at the end of his term?

Why is it important that Russia collapses?

Thank you Biden and Kamala

This will certainly make the world a better place

Maaaan, one of these companies is going to lose their key and crash the economy..

Wrong first name, and Greece not Rome, but they are getting closer!

Darn men and their *checks notes* ..free exchange of ideas?

Is this the official DOGE agency? They haven't taken office yet..

They destroyed Giuliani's life for less.

Can't believe the Editorial Board at the Washington Post is a bunch of election deniers smh..

Election 👏 Fraud 👏 Has 👏 Never 👏 Happened

I just think of if the American army was on the border about to take my city, and the call went out: "Who wants to volunteer to fight the Americans?" -- I'd probably be like "Howdy you all parteneur" -- go ahead, doesn't negatively affect my life if it's Trump instead of Trudeau, but it will very negatively affect my life if me and all my friends die fighting the Americans!

Yeah, the question was always right there, but somehow I never stumbled to the answer.

I'd always puzzle over those commercials and wonder who runs to their doctor to ask for a drug they saw on TV?

Answer seems to be that they don't.

People who knew Ukraine before this conflict knew it was a massively corrupt place, so from the start getting the truth was going to be difficult.

Because of that, any discussion of public sentiment is tough to believe.

Ask them, "Do you want to elect your own leader?" they would presumably wonder about the validity of the election which would skew their answer.

Oh.

Ohhhhhh..

Can't believe I didn't realize it was about ensuring favorable coverage rather than spamming the public.

Good.

Taxing citizens to pay for pro sports is insane as a concept

Huh?

"We acknowledge this land was stolen but we're here anyway to make a bunch of money off it."

Doesn't seem very empathic

Hosting requirements increase infinitely over time.

Would be nice if you could say "only keep 2 weeks of content"

The ideal scenario is close to the fediverse, but I think both sides get it a little wrong.

You don't have to choose between all or nothing. The best balance is to treat each instance as a mini community. It isn't about free speech, it's about freedom of association. Each instance should focus on curating a culture, but activity pub connects all the instances allowing the freedom of ideas.

The biggest limitation right now is hosting.