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Please convince me that I should continue my support or advice what I can do. I'm prepared to do my part, but I can only do so if I can be sure that my support is not going to people who think arbitrary Censorship is alright (needs to be based on objective community rules and not on the political agenda of mods).

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[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (12 children)

That sounds like a you problem

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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Apparently, lemmy.ml instance ks only paid from OpenCollective: https://lemmy.ml/comment/18413453

Still the same people though.

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[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the reminder, I think I'll take a look around.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com -3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There is no way to convince a person who is raised in a capitalist system why "arbitrary censorship" is way better than "democracy" where all significant media is capitalist owned. The only difference is that one is honest, the other isnt. If you come to my house, I will absolutely arbitrarily censor you if I dont like what you're saying. Thats called personal freedom.

The "freeze peach" approach is a purely capitalist idea where you supposedly can say anything, even shitting on someone elses table but you have no actual way to change the broken system you're in. Thats how they like you, divided, shitting on those you deem lesser and incapable of organizing.

So no, the people who make lemmy are the people who let you say exactly what you are saying now. From my pov, they deserve huge donations. Does that have to do anything with their instance? Not in my opinion.

But because I like to discuss these things: an instance is your private matter. you can do whatever you like and hear whatever you like. If that means you only say nazi stuff for example, that is your choice. And defunding those who give you actual freedom (before lemmy there was reddit and nothing) while not defunding the police or the state that does the exact opposite (looking at you, USA) is just wild imo.

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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world -5 points 6 days ago

Is this a shitlib site?

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