You just made me realize that TikTok is still available in browser form. What a bunch of fuss over nothing.

No, not at all. We should build an independent liberatory movement that exists primarily outside of the political system.

What is that reason because I don’t get it?

Well I think a lot of it was built over time. That may have been when it started but it evolved more organically than most cities due to lack of top-down planning.

Does it though? lol

Except that you’re blindly believing those leaders when they tell you they’re there to help the working class when they clearly have distinct material interests as professional politicians. It’s a complete failure to understand Marxist materialism.

You’re no different than working class MAGA followers. Just a different flavor of the same phenomenon.

I don’t really hate anyone. I just acknowledge the obvious fact that Joe Biden or Xi Jinping have different and obviously competing interests compared to me or a random Chinese citizen.

Do you have any ideas or suggestions? It would be really helpful to have a model to follow instead of trying to invent one. I tried to investigate the moderation model on /r/anarchism but I didn’t find any real information.

The interesting thing is that they’ve rejected authority figures in their own culture, only to embrace outside authorities. It’s puzzling to me.

What did he do?

Sounds more like a leak than an announcement.

Probably no one can stop it immediately but it’s up to citizens to run interference as much as we can safely.

If you are in Chicagoland connect with your local orgs, I guarantee you there are some people strategizing against this.

Resistance to Trump was fairly successful. It’s one reason his first administration was so ineffective.

It’s kind of scary that people are responding so passively and pessimistically this time. We need to rally and energize if we’re going to make it through the next 4 years and protect the people his administration seeks to harm.

I think the reason people have lost interest is that most of the predictions from this movement proved to be very wrong. New technology opened up huge new oil reserves that weren’t accounted for in some of these amateur peak oil calculations. And, my understanding is that this, along with melting ice continue to allow access to new reserves today, unless I’ve missed some major change in trajectory.

The reality is there is no peak oil supply for the foreseeable future and we need to aggressively transition away from oil long before we’ll run out. This matters because I think the idea of peak oil did lead to some complacency for some people in thinking that collapse would come without a need for political change. There are other similar narratives today that people fall for–for people with extreme climate anxiety, it’s somewhat comforting. But the reality is there’s no future but the one that we fight for. We can’t rely on some prophesized collapse to stop capitalism, we need to do it ourselves.

Oh, sorry I don’t understand how censorship works on Twitter I guess.

First, it didn’t get taken down so I’m not sure why you shared this. Secondly, this definitely appears to be a troll post so yeah people usually don’t like being trolled. I’m not sure why you’re acting surprised.

Edit: ignore me, I’m ignorant of the ways of twitter.

Because I have a compulsion to correct misinformation and reply back to people who are spreading it. I have criticized Russia many times but people here agree and don’t need to hear that.

In fact I did state that I think a Russian government would be worse but since no one contested that there was simply no need to discuss it further. What else is there to say? Putin bad. Kremlin bad. Russian Imperialism bad. That’s all. I’m not going to get 100 nationalistic, authoritarian fools jumping down my throat about this statement so there won’t be any need to say more.

Do you frequently have trouble reading and understanding the context of statements? I am literally saying the same thing you said above which I don’t think constitutes victim blaming but if it does then so are you so… please reread and understand before making derogatory statements next time. Or just ask clarifying questions like a normal, respectful person.

My entire point is Russia makes up propaganda either way, so Ukraine should not fear this issue. It was the other poster who said Ukraine should not hold elections because it would fuel Russian propaganda. Did you accuse them of victim blaming and if not, why not?

Some bad laws I obey, some I don’t. Depends on the level of enforcement. But I’m just an ordinary person, not a leader of government. The rules are quite different for me.

Constitutional law is violated or ignored all the time when it’s convenient to the ruling powers. It’s only when it’s inconvenient to them that it suddenly becomes a sacred institution. But regardless, they could easily get around this issue by pausing martial law during the election, or confining it only to regions of intense fighting.

My claims were explained and substantiated. There are no elections, little press freedom and these restrictions go far beyond the conditions necessary given the situation there. Do you dispute this or do you think these conditions are those of a free and democratic society? I truly don’t know what more you are asking for. Maybe you can be more specific?

Otherwise your comment is an exaggeration of conditions there. Ukrainian industry is rapidly recovering from the initial invasion period (when there was more widespread fighting). Most of the casualties are happening at the front lines, involve soldiers, and will not significantly interfere with elections elsewhere. For soldiers fighting, absentee ballots are widely used in similar situations across the world.

Could Russia target election sites? Perhaps, but much of the world has developed a robust mail-in ballot system as a result of covid, and there is therefore no need to have in person voting if that is impossible. However, at least when I have voted, sites can be split into many small locations such that large gatherings are not needed—I typically see a few dozen people at most when I go to vote. As you can see in this video, such gatherings are safe enough, despite occasional air raids. https://youtu.be/SvTtHc_Gua4. It’s clear that despite some obstacles, Ukraine is perfectly capable of running elections if they wished to. They simply don’t wish to.

The purpose is to give people a voice in the leadership and direction of their country. Many impactful decisions are being made during wartime that may affect their lives greatly, they should have a say in that. It is the same justification for democracy anywhere.

It seems likely you were banned for this comment, not your comments about Rednote:

He’s a tankie he doesn’t know what that is.

Now I think posting demeaning things about tankies is not bigotry and it’s very silly to equate them, but Lemmy.ml is widely known for this, so this is why most people avoid the instance. I will reiterate that everyone who doesn’t belong to their cult should stop participating and join similar communities on other instances. Their excessive and dishonest moderation makes real discussions impossible there.

So much for America first.