I criticize US imperialism all the time. Not even a warning let alone a ban. So I don’t think that’s the case.

There are some nice people. However that does not negate the glaring issues with the instance.

For admins, yes. I was pointing that out in the picture of the responses I posted. But not for General users.

This Dessalines?

Creeping the admin logs to find out who dared down vote him.

Gonna put this out there. Ended up in a thread on ML the other day. The poster/admin got a little unhinged, over 4 down votes. 4. Took to the admin panel to see who dared down vote him. Convinced he had been the victim of the tiniest not swarm ever.

It’s troubling behavior for anyone with power.

Most often I’ve seen instances use as super communities. Largely revolving around a bigger topic. KDE runs their own with their own subcommunities for instance. They are far from the only ones. Just the one I use the most and a came to mind first. Having your own instance slap server allows you far more control over your communities then just hosting on someone else’s server. But from an end user perspective very largely transparent. not even being noticeable oftentimes.

So Google is selling license for code and technologies. They’ve shown no ownership of in a competitor’s product? Google is actively funding litigious troll shell corporations who shown no actual harm to harass and drain competitors resources? Google is creating and using secret apis for themselves. Breaking the ones for third parties in order to hold them back?

I’m not saying Google’s good Or anything. Not defending them in any way. But they’ve got a long way to go before they reach Microsoft level. Microsoft is literally the reason why before going public. Google had the motto of don’t be evil.

Microsoft is the OG. The other two are just imitators. The only reason Microsoft happens to step carefully. Was a little thing that happened in the late 1990s. That all penalties were largely waived for. But still it frightened them enough to behave better for a short while.

The short answer is yes. The longer answer is also yes.

It’s been scary for the last 100 years. They previously plotted overthrowing and killing FDR in the 30s. And suffered nothing for it when caught. In fact a few got elected to Congress post plot. Since then, they’ve been the defacto home for American fascism and neo Nazis in general.

Throughout the 50s and 60s they stirred up fascist, anti socialist propaganda. Smearing, and attacking anyone they didn’t like regardless of facts or evidence. Ending careers, livelihoods and even a few lives through the persecution.

There’s plenty to say about the 70s as well. Though “Nixon” covers a lot. Even as we consistently find out more and more as time goes on. Combined with starting to court their soulmates. The murderous KKK and lynching Dixiecrats post 1964 exodus from the Democrats. Culminating with Reagan. Who also courted extreme, fascistic anti christian fundamentalist “Christian” cults.

It’s been a constant terrifying push from them. To which the American public has largely ignored, waffled, and had zero appetite to acknowledge or address. Even as they overthrew democratically elected governments around the world. Jr Bush and trumple orangeskin are just the most recent, less competent legacy of the last American century. And it’s fucking terrifying how “normal” it’s been.

But yes, it does seem to be a bit more visible to some these days. So that good. Just wish more could see and acknowledge.

Centimucci.

Well, to be fair, the FEC is an abbreviation. In full. It is the feckless.

Devon, legal eagle on YouTube covered it as well.

Separating software and hardware would be a good start. Though that may be a big ask as that’s been Apple’s schtick from the start. But seeing as it’s a big part of Apple’s anticompetitive practices, not outrageous.

Realistically we should stop funding them in general. But it’s become a great way for congressmen to get an unofficial pay bump. They vote to send money etc to Israel. Then Israel uses that money to “lobby” them.

Or seat fillers.

One might think that Chinese authorities, having quashed the pro-democracy protests that erupted in 2019, would ease up. After all, they’ve shuttered all free media, neutered judicial independence, destroyed civil society and suppressed all political opposition. But since last year, the Chinese government has ramped up its effort to snuff out Hong Kong’s autonomy and Hong Kongers’ rights, even

Such tolerance! Much acceptance! Granted it is a complex and nuanced situation. But squash, is that something tolerant groups do?

Austrian style public housing would be a huge win. But such a needle to the speculative housing bubble won’t be allowed. Because a few wealthy people would take a big hit from it. The vast majority of us will have to continue to take a beating until morale improves.

To be fair, Germany wasn’t the only one to learn the wrong lesson from that episode. Israel and vast swaths of the western world did as well. Not sure what it’s going to take for them to learn the right lesson if ever. But it will sadly be horrific again. I’m sure. Already is really.

Someone should tell Hong Kong. I’m sure that will make them feel much better. Considering everything that’s been happening to them lately.

And I’ll give you this much. Liberals disingenuously use ml as their main foil against any sort of leftism/socialism. To the point it seems to many uneducated people like ml might actually be the left as you claim. It’s bs, there are lots of other types of leftists. But this is part of the problem with many ml. Denying and alienating all other leftists. And everyone else with the no true leftist schtick. That and the oppressive totalitarianism.