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Disclaimer: I'm not a software engineer or anything, and while I can usually figure out how to install something from git, that's as far as my understanding of the platform goes..

Was it an unnecessary edit? Sure, maybe. Hell, could have just been someone trying to get a reaction (mission accomplished). That does not mean that the edit was incorrect in any way (gramatically, syntax-wise, etc.) or political. It's just someone being annoying.

But it's only political, if you agree that trans people should not exist (or I guess just that you are woefully ignorant on the subject of gender).

The hyperbole here is insane. My trans friend’s Japanese parents are supportive of him, but they have some trouble with pronouns.

Can you really not understand that we're talking about two completely different situations?

I've recently been reading some anarchist texts (Emma Goldman, Kropotkin...), and I really like a lot of their ideas. Love the way Kropotkin writes too.

However (and to be clear, I'm sure I've barely scratched the surface), the past decade or two has had a profound effect on my opinion of people in general, and their ability (and/or desire) to organize and self-regulate at such a scale. As such, anarchism just does not seem like a viable solution in the modern world.

As we've seen, even with our relatively structured, centralized, government, so much of it was just so easily steamrolled by a handful of bad actors. Our "checks and balances" turned out to just be empty words.

If anything, the past couple of decades has made it abundantly clear to me that what we need is a strong federal government where nothing is based on good faith, or social norms, but actual rule of law. No, it shouldn't be optional to release your financials. No, you should not be able to just ignore it when your chode son-in-law's security clearance is denied like a dozen times. No, you don't get to just do whatever the fuck you want because you were elected President.

How do we stop that without some kind of centralized government?

And yes, I understand the dangers here... But it could be done right. South Korea seems to know how to deal with coup attempts. Same with Brazil...

I have previously, and was not impressed. Maybe it's better now?

I've been using Startpage for the past couple of days since installing Librewolf, and I kind of like it. I like the "Visit in anonymous view" link under each result... Works to let me see reddit posts (Linux troubleshooting, etc), despite not being logged in, and being on a VPN.

In their defense, if everyone was perfect everything would be perfect.

Right, but fascism could not exist in that kind of world because it's based, at least partially, on exploiting inequalities to turn citizens against an "other" (usually already-marginalized groups at first). So if "everyone was perfect," there would never be the right conditions for fascism to take root.

Fascism, just like Communism or even a Dictatorships are not inherently bad.

Absolutely incorrect. Without getting into anything about the viability of a "good" dictatorship, that's a different discussion... Fascism is absolutely inherently bad. The entire ideology is based on: lies, hatred, discrimination, oppression, censorship, unjust hierarchies, desire and ability to eliminate large swathes of their own population based on some inconsequential aspect of who they fundamentally are, etc.

It's folly (at best... dangerous at worst) to equate fascism with far-left ideologies, or even include them in the same league when it comes to evilness. Not a single aspect of socialism as it exists in theory, so to speak, is objectively bad/evil. What happens is evil people use it as a vehicle to seize power. On the contrary, fascism is evil to the core. There is not a single redeeming factor to it.

While you might not agree with the methods of the "far left" (I certainly don't w.r.t. tankies), the ideology of socialism is based on: worker's rights, egalitarianism, equity, social safety nets, mutual aid, etc.

Nothing about it "in theory" is anything remotely close to evil. Now compare that with fascism...

I know what happened. Is it a stupid, unnecessary fix? Sure, probably. But that doesn't mean it's political. Trans people simply existing is not a political issue.

Bummer

I have a Bravia, and the picture is second to none. Better than any other I've seen, including other OLEDs...

But holy shit is the software slow. Fuck "smart" TVs

Actually just tried this for the first time yesterday after switching to librewolf. Have only used it once, but already seems better than DDG.

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T. Rex has not played live since Marc Bolan died tragically in 1977.