I almost got shot in a truck stop in Elk City OK because I pointed out roads and the armed forces where socialist institutions.

I completely believe you, and it’s sad these are also the people who routinely complain about censorship.

Hate to break it to you, but pretty much all of capitalist society is built upon the conditions you describe.

WTF? Clearly I wasn’t referring to those cases. Did you honestly think I was? Or are you pretending to misunderstand an argument because you don’t like it? Fess up.

It would be better to raise children to pick their friends more wisely.

Just cherrypicking what you want to hear, eh? It’s okay. I see it all the time and don’t expect more from you people at this point.

Goodbye.

Yeah, reality isn’t pretty.

So… it’s only for a specific group of people who don’t have parents to teach them right from wrong?

Your words, not mine.

Yes. And they’re almost always people who have poor character judgement because their parents never taught them.

starting in 2030

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No, you see, it either comes from a liberal or a conservative.

There is no in-between, outliers, or overlap.

Do people really need a paid, formal education to protect themselves from sexual assault?

In my experience, the victims of sexual assault tend to put their trust in the wrong people. It would be better to raise children to pick their friends more wisely.

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What? Nebula is a paid streaming service. It’s also centralized. Peertube is free and decentalized.

They are not the same which is why Peertube is a legitimate successor to youtube and nebula is not.

Apple users love having control taken away from them so I never factor them in when giving tech-related advice.

You can block ads on youtube on mobile devices by using firefox in desktop mode with ublock origin.

Fuck youtube. Fuck ads. Fuck useful idiots defending either.

The competition for youtube is peertube, not another centralized platform.

It just needs content.

But unfortunately, it still is the best option for a modern day message board.

For small communities that don’t have a significant lemmy presence? Sure, for now.

I’m never going back to a community that can remove news-related posts without a modlog. That’s just asking for censorship and abuse by bad actors.

Sorry, I’ve already replied to you explaining basic economics.

You’re the one who doesn’t understand, and linking sensationalist blogs doesn’t help your credibility one iota.

It really boils down to this: why would you go to bat for people who have more than you? They only get more by taking in more than they put out. This is called “maximizing profit.”

At every turn, the people you’re defending do not say “Neuromancer pays his fair share of x.” They always look for ways to get you to pay the absolute most that you are willing and able.

It does not make sense for people like you to say millionaires “pay their fair share” when they only become wealthy due to exploitation of everyone else who has to work for a living.

The fact this needs to be explained to you really shows how unaware you are of the world you live in. If you’re over the age of 18 and you still haven’t figured these basic facts out, that means you’re being taken advantage of left and right without even realizing it.

“A fool and his money are soon parted.”

The rich already pay more than their fair taxes.

Yeah. Don’t listen to this guy.

and he has no clue how the economy works

That’s the thing. He knows how the economy ‘works’, it’s just that it works for the ruling class and not for everyone else.

Guess what? The only way to reduce the disparity in wealth is to reduce the disparity in wealth. This means those who have too much will get angry because they have less so others can have more.