ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace
@ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca
- Comment on This MF is quadrupling down and dropping Alien files before dropping the full, unredacted Epstein Files. GODDAMN. 1 day ago:
We’ve gotten to the point we don’t even care if we made contact with an alien civilization. We just want justice.
- Comment on Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... 2 days ago:
Real talk though. Communism doesn’t automatically lead to authoritarianism. We can have a democratic communist system.
Capitalism though will lead to fascism. Because it’s all about the bottom line: maximizing profits and minimizing loss. Company profits are prioritized over everything else. Money is funneled into the pockets of the capitalists and they start acquiring each other up until there’s only one. It’s a big game of monopoly. And the working class end up being used and abused until they’re nothing more than wage slaves. And you quickly end up with corruption because money is power. Money rules everything.
Communism kind of gets that out of the equation. The people own the means of production. They work towards a better future for all. They prioritize the needs of the people first. Progress goes towards improving the quality of life of the people.
- Comment on High IQ men tend to be less conservative than their average peers, study finds 3 days ago:
Most of the world’s biggest intellectuals were socialists.
- Comment on Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... 3 days ago:
Honestly is it any better in capitalist countries?
The moment you go protest something the government or a company is doing that’s ethically or morally wrong or disadvantages the working class, you get beat up by police and thrown in jail. How is it different?
Or if you talk bad about a company you get sued for slander for millions of dollars to shut you up.
- Comment on Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... 3 days ago:
Of course the Cuban government isn’t perfect. But Cuba’s most important problems aren’t due to their authoritarianism. Their biggest problem is trade. They’re unable to get the resources they need mostly because of the sanctions, greatly reducing their standard of living.
And honestly, I could excuse the authoritarianism due to the simple fact that US imperialism still poses a huge threat to them, being the only communist country in all the Americas. They don’t really have a choice to have a hard stance to protect what they have. Or else it wouldn’t be long before they get completely exploited the way they have been before the revolution.
- Comment on Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... 4 days ago:
With how the U.S. has been apply economic sanctions against Cuba since the 60’s it’s pretty obvious. Anybody who’s been doing trade with the U.S. has been forbidden to doing any trade with Cuba. Their only economic partners have been Russia, China and Venezuela.
More recently, Venezuela was the only supplier of oil to Cuba, and now the U.S. attacked Venezuela and gained control of their oil, and stopped al shipping to Cuba. Because of this, Cuba can’t even produce electricity because their power stations ran on oil.
- Comment on Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... 4 days ago:
Ever heard of US imperialism? And how it affects the world negatively?
- Comment on Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... 4 days ago:
You’re being dishonest and obtuse on purpose here.
Even Cuba has better access to education and health-care and shelter than in it US. Every other challenges they’re facing is because of the US and their sanctions.
- Comment on Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... 4 days ago:
The only other one I would tolerate would be anarchism.
- Comment on Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... 4 days ago:
Hopefully. A wooden box. The kind that gets buried 6 feet under.
- Comment on Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... 4 days ago:
Centrism is the enabler of fascism.
- Comment on Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... 4 days ago:
Just like how capitalism works so well for the U.S. and Canada and many other countries?
Don’t you see what’s happening around you? I live in Hochelaga, a borough of Montreal, Canada. There are people sleeping in tents in all the parks around my home. There are literal encampments with several people living together. They’re freezing to death in the winter and dying of heatstroke in the summer. They’re starving. They’re sick. They can’t afford rent after getting kicked out of their apartments because some rich property baron bought their apartment bloc to flip it. Housing has become a commodity for investment instead of a human right. Same with food. Food banks can’t keep up with the surging demand. People are unable to feed themselves because of food inflation. Grocery stores are stocked to the brim, but people are starving because they can’t afford it. Our public healthcare system is being gutted and replaced with private clinics and private care that are out of reach for the vast majority of people. And in the U.S. it’s even worse! People have to live with preventable health problems, wounds, diseases and die because health care is unaffordable. Even education is out of reach in the U.S. because of how ridiculously expensive it is. How well is it going for us in a capitalist world? Not good at all.
And you’re saying it didn’t work well for the Soviet Union and China? The Soviet Union initiated the space race. They’ve kept pace with the rest of the world in terms of technology and innovation. They were one of the most educated people on earth. Everyone was housed and fed and schooled and received the medical care they needed. And China? I’d say it’s working pretty fucking well for the world’s current superpower. They’re leading the world in economy, technology, productivity, progress, and believe it or not, even environmentally. No other nation has planted as much trees as they did or made as much progress in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions as China did. They’re putting every other countries to shame.
And forget North Korea. That’s not communism.
- Comment on Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... 4 days ago:
Well I’m glad capitalism works well for you. But it doesn’t work well for the 99% of the population in capitalist countries where they can’t make ends meet while capitalists hold all the money in the world.
Under capitalism, people are sleeping in tents in parks and on the side of the road, freezing to death or dying of heat strokes. People are lining up to food banks which can’t even supply everyone because of how much demand has increased, while grocery stores are stocked to the brim, but the food is unaffordable. People suffer health issues and die of preventable causes because healthcare is becoming less accessible or is just too expensive. Even education is unaccessible in a few places because of the costs. And for what? So a few corporations can make even more profit than they already are?
At least under communism, everyone has a roof over their head. Everyone has food on their table. Everyone has healthcare. Everyone has a job or at least a purpose in society. And communist countries seem to progress much faster than capitalist countries as well. The Soviet Union initiated the space race. They’ve always kept the pace with the rest of the world in technology and innovation. And if you look at China now, they’re essentially the world leader at this point.
You wanna talk about authoritarianism? Look in the U.S. The moment you start to criticize anything, you either get a visit from the cops, or if you protest you get beat up by an army of police officers. U.S. democracy is a sham. Otherwise you wouldn’t have had people like the Clintons, the Bush or Trump as presidents. These people are put there by the billionaire elites, then they manipulate the population into electing them through the media that they own.
For the record, I’m not saying China is any better in that regard. Freedom of expression is not exactly their thing. There’s a lot of things to look up to with China, but human rights and freedom of expression are not any of them. But, the U.S. aren’t any better.
Communism has a bad rap because U.S. imperialism never allowed it to flourish and reach it’s potential anywhere. It’s been stigmatized and portrayed in such a way that it made people scared of it.
I’m confident that if we allowed communism to enter our democracies it would be for the best. Because, for once, the government would start taking care of its people and its workers instead of the corporate leeches.
- Comment on Gentoo Linux Begins Codeberg Migration In Moving Away From GitHub, Avoiding Copilot 4 days ago:
Maybe. But what have American tech companies done lately to win my trust in them? Nothing. So allow me to be skeptical.
- Comment on Gentoo Linux Begins Codeberg Migration In Moving Away From GitHub, Avoiding Copilot 4 days ago:
Like Meta and it’s privacy rules, I bet they do even if they’re saying they don’t.
- Comment on Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... 4 days ago:
Capitalism doesn’t work. And sadly capitalism never allowed communism to work. Because the greed of the few outweighed the needs of he many.
- Comment on Borrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money... 5 days ago:
Don’t tax the rich. Take more extreme measures.
Join your local communist party and join the revolution to overthrow these fucks and seize their fortune by force.
- Comment on AI safety leader says 'world is in peril' and quits to study poetry 1 week ago:
Especially if it affects their bottom line
- Comment on AI safety leader says 'world is in peril' and quits to study poetry 1 week ago:
Oh shit. Now I gotta read this.
- Comment on AI safety leader says 'world is in peril' and quits to study poetry 1 week ago:
Written by chat GPT
- Comment on Give your Matrix account a Discord UI with Commet 1 week ago:
Omg! THANK YOU!
This really clears it up! I’m saving this.
I hope people share this post if anyone else is confused.
Big thanks again!
- Comment on Give your Matrix account a Discord UI with Commet 1 week ago:
Yeah i just installed it and it makes more sense
- Comment on Give your Matrix account a Discord UI with Commet 1 week ago:
So I guess my problem is that I’m used to Discord’s paradigm. You have servers and in the servers you have chat rooms, video conference rooms, and DMs. it pretty much reflects what’s on IRC.
When it comes to Matrix, I have trouble making the parallel. Maybe because of the terminology?
I was wondering if you could help me out in that regard. Knowing that I’m familiar with IRC and Discord, can you explain to me the different terminology in Matrix and how it works?
FYI: Commet really is easier to navigate than Element.
- Comment on Give your Matrix account a Discord UI with Commet 1 week ago:
I appreciate your help. I might reach out to you soon.
Maybe I should also look up some YouTube videos about it. That always helps as well.
- Comment on Give your Matrix account a Discord UI with Commet 1 week ago:
Gee, thanks. That’s so helpful. 🙄
- Comment on Give your Matrix account a Discord UI with Commet 1 week ago:
Maybe that would help because I have a really hard time understanding how matrix works.
- Comment on Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs 1 week ago:
Bro has a cold.
“Trust be bro”
- Comment on Coastal road swept away into the sea in Devon 2 weeks ago:
Looks like a landscape from Death Stranding.
- Comment on Ubisoft Fires Team Lead For Criticising Stupid Return-To-Office Mandate 2 weeks ago:
In most companies, your contract forbids you from talking about your employer on social platforms or in the media if it’s going to affect the company’s reputation.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Friendica isn’t that great in my experience. I thought it’d make a good facebook replacement, but it’s missing groups and pages as a feature.
As for peertube, I have yet to find an instance that would allow me to create an account so I can follow channels and comment. And yes, I know I can comment with my other accounts like Mastodon. But the average person won’t understand it that way because they’re not used to that paradigm. And I much prefer to have an account for each platform myself.