So, I was finishing a code that finally compiled, I was very happy. Then the cat arrived and laid down on the desk and pressed 678uihjk by "chance" which on neovim:
undo the 678 last actions I did on the file
go into insert mode
insert "hjk" which discarded the redo history
Not linking directly because I don't want to shit on projects I believe are genuinely trying to make the web better, but every time I see a post about "the small web" or a more "humane" web or whatever that includes phrases like this about content: "created without the motivation of financial gain" I sigh so deeply lol
I am begging ethical web enthusiasts to understand what an extreme privilege it is to spend time working on something without worrying about money
I've personally been thinking about how tech would function in a mutual aid system. But of course that's an idealistic thought, one that wouldn't work in our current reality.
But outside of that, as someone who grew up poor and still fears falling back to that despite doing decently well, I totally understand your point.
I half agree with your point that you can't defeat capitalism while weak, but you can also not defeat capitalism on its own turf. We need to amass enough power to change the rules, to disassemble the power structure the rich have right now.
You can't out-capitalism capitalists without becoming one yourself. We need to change the game.
Money is only an abstraction of power. If we really want to change the game, we need to make their money powerless.
Commerce/trade will always exist, but it won't be the way to get out of this mess, especially considering that putting an oversized value on those things has been a cornerstone of the mess we're in now.
So, now the lead candidate of the #FDP to the #EuropeanElections is using "#autistic" as an insult. Can't #German right wing politicians spend a week without saying anything fascist?
So, the #Netherlands now has selected a prime minister for its new fashy govt. The new PM is not part of any party, and headed up the intelligence agency and the anti-terrorist agency. That doesn't sound foreboding at all...
@Raffo NL is pretty efficient, but let's just say trying to get citizenship there is going to get a lot less fun there soon, especially if you aren't white.
I will never tell anyone not to vote, and I will always vote myself, but do you really think that voting will change how things are now? Why would either the Dems or the Reps want to change a system that locks out most of the competition?
Maybe I'm wrong, but most systems are designed to perpetuate themselves.