FlyingCircus
@FlyingCircus@lemmy.world
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 1 week ago:
I’m not sure how you came to that conclusion based on what I wrote, but my suggestion is to not let companies escape consequences for shitty things they do simply because regulators fail to be effective at their jobs. Legally allowed is not the same as morally acceptable.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 1 week ago:
When our policymakers take direction from capitalists, it’s ok to blame to capitalists.
- Comment on [PDF] Tesla is slow in reporting crashes and the feds have launched an investigation to find out why 2 weeks ago:
Tesla knows immediately when one of its vehicles crashes because the vehicle sends Tesla HQ a detailed crash report that it then deletes from the car’s local storage. Wish I was making this up.
- Comment on Wealth inequality seems like the only outcome in a system where capital gains are taxed less than labor 2 weeks ago:
It’s worse than that. Wealth inequality is inevitable in any system that allows private ownership of the means of production. Marx wrote about this in great detail.
- Comment on UN plastic pollution treaty talks floundering 3 weeks ago:
The rich and powerful would be ecstatic with an extinction event. Fewer people means the odds are better for them.
For the rich, a true extinction event would be workers gaining class consciousness. They’d rather that everyone dies than that happen.
- Comment on Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water! 4 weeks ago:
It’s not vandalism, it’s direct action. Or sabotage, if you consider this to be a time of war (which it undoubtedly is — a class war). Don’t use the enemy’s language against ourselves.
- Comment on [Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games 4 weeks ago:
You know that American conservatives have been banning books from libraries, and banning topics like racism and homophobia from being talked about in schools, right? American conservatives love censoring anything they don’t agree with. They are the original snowflakes.
I suspect your butt is just chapped because you can’t drop a hard “r” on BlueSky.
- Comment on [Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games 4 weeks ago:
Well that’s why I didn’t say “leftists.” But if we’re continuing to be honest, leftist governments also censor. I don’t think you can find any ideology that doesn’t censor, actually.
- Comment on [Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games 4 weeks ago:
Tbh liberals love censorship as much as conservatives (see the proscription of Palestine Action in the UK).
But it’s a bit silly saying you are going to vote for a conservative because a conservative group is censoring you.
- Comment on [Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games 4 weeks ago:
Collective Shout is a conservative organization you numbskull.
- Comment on It's all connected 4 weeks ago:
It’s far more plausible that his administration ignored a credible threat to allow a security incident to use as justification. Similar to how Israel ignored intelligence of October 7.
- Comment on You wanted the secret to getting rich? Here it is 1 month ago:
Henry Ford still underpaid people for their labor. That is the fundamental key to capitalism. Profit is surplus labor that capitalists steal from laborers.
- Comment on I totally missed the point when PeerTube got so good 1 month ago:
Asking ChatGPT isn’t research.
- Comment on Plant Slurs 1 month ago:
Pampas grass is actually super invasive in certain areas (like all of California).
- Comment on Plant Slurs 1 month ago:
The idea of “weeds” is a colonialist construct.
- Comment on Welcome to the Labour police state 1 month ago:
I learned about this through an interview with a PA member on Rev Left Radio: …libsyn.com/palestine-action-direct-action-agains…
- Comment on Welcome to the Labour police state 1 month ago:
Sabotaging the tools of genocide should be supported by everyone who isn’t a monster.
- Comment on Welcome to the Labour police state 1 month ago:
Their latest action was against the planes, but they have actually been extraordinarily successful at damaging the economic machine behind the genocide through targeted and sustained sabotage campaigns against Elbit Systems weapons manufacturer and their supporters, like Barclays Bank. They have already forced the closure of two weapons factories and forced Barclays to divest. It is most likely this sustained campaign that is the real reason for the terrorist designation, though the action at Brize Norton was probably the straw that broke the camel’s back.
- Comment on In 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison. 1 month ago:
If you’re serious, no, not all good. By UK law any organization led by the same people will automatically be labeled a terrorist organization.
- Comment on In 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison. 2 months ago:
They are doing this because Palestine Action has been incredibly effective. They have already forced the closure of two factories in England that produce arms for Israeli defense company Elbit and forced Barclays Bank to divest through sustained sabotage campaigns. No person has been hurt by their actions, yet these actions have cost the genocide supporters millions of pounds and caused months-long disruptions to the production of weapons used in ethnic clean songs around the globe (Elbit weapons are fueling not just the Palestine ethnic cleaning, but Kashmir and DRC, too).
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 2 months ago:
If you want to be effective at changing the system, killing random ICE Nazis won’t do it. Everyone here is advocating peaceful protest, but that also won’t do it - or at least, not by itself.
Instead, consider direct action - sabotage of the means of production that prop up the fascist state.
Take a listen to Rev Left’s interview with Palestine Action to learn what I’m talking about: revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=…
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 2 months ago:
Isn’t the whole point of civilization to get away from the tyranny of men with sharp sticks? We can’t let the crimes of our ancestors justify modern crimes.
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 2 months ago:
You know there are people out there who are actually getting off their couch and fighting?Active revolution isn’t for everyone, but you don’t have to keep normalizing laziness and cowardice. You can instead use your voice to encourage action.
- Comment on Wealth of Global 1% Has Skyrocketed by Over $33 Trillion Since 2015: Report 2 months ago:
Well, guess who is stopping us from changing the system?
- Comment on A woman tried to call her mom in Iran. A robotic voice answered the phone 2 months ago:
No, I don’t give critical support to Israel because they are a settler colonial project who, along with the US and other Western powers, started all of the troubles in the Middle East in the first place.
No critical support for imperialists.
- Comment on Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon 2 months ago:
If I learned anything from the 2024 election it’s that we must unequivocally support the lesser evil. Since Israel attacked first (and is actively committing genocide), that means Iran is the lesser evil and therefore they are perfect and not supporting them means you support genocide. /s
- Comment on Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon 2 months ago:
- Why is it ok for them to assassinate civilians?
- Comment on A woman tried to call her mom in Iran. A robotic voice answered the phone 2 months ago:
Well according to the Democrats, I should always support the lesser of two evils, so now Iran is good. /s
For real though, it’s called critical support. You can support Iran’s right to defend against genocide while simultaneously criticizing their human rights abuses.
- Comment on I'm gonna mute this one 2 months ago:
All I want is a party by and for the people.
Sounds like you’d be interested in Marxism then.
- Comment on YSK: Non-violent protests are 2x likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of the country population has ever failed 2 months ago:
Not sure you should include Gorbachev since he illegally dissolved the USSR against the will of the people.