It becomes less stupid the moment you realize Elon is angry some people are allowed not to have his bullshit forced down their throats. Then everything starts to make sense.

The pandemic got exacerbated in the US because of Trump’s dumbfuck negationist policies, but even countries with far tougher positions suffered pretty bad cases of COVID.

Newspapers and TV channels know how to use their teeth - and can be bought. Buying the internet might be a bit beyond their budget.

…That’s disgusting.

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And the modern political class is far more aligned with employers than current and future workers, because politicians need the large financial and media networks that investors and owners control.

So you’re not going to see any kind of top-down policy change to this effect.

I disagree, actually. There are a few parties in Spain that have been supporting expansion of social security and reinforcements of worker rights during the last few years, and even though they’re either the minority part of the government, or are supporting the government from outside, they have made consistent progress. The mass media are indeed almost always pushing these parties and their positions down, but that doesn’t mean you should renounce to seek reforms within a liberal democracy - just be aware that it shouldn’t be your only field of action, and that building base level organizations are the most important stepping step to ultimately achieve country-wide changes.

Hiring practices are broken from its very basics. The vast majority of businesses consistently discriminate against people who deviate from the norm in presentation, even if the candidate meets the technical requirements or would otherwise be productive, which results in millions of people who are capable of contributing to society being pushed aside.

Before any of the usual suspects comes in to defend LinkedIn for “trying to make money”, have you tried publishing a job offering on LinkedIn? If you haven’t, shut up, they’re already making cash. If you have, my brother in Christ, you think they need MORE???

Fuck Elon and I can’t wait till the Saudis come to collect on that $44B they loaned him.

Well, this is news to me. The Saudis owning Tesla is definitely going to be a bitter joke.

The only people capable of fundamentally improving one’s country are those willing to see what’s wrong with it. The very country of the United States was founded by a bunch of people so mad about their country that they literally revolted.

They do have a mayor position, they just didn’t care for it until someone decided to run for it.

forgot that Stark was charming and likable (in the movies at least)

But is he, really? I haven’t watched much Marvel but I distinctly remember Tony Stark as a jerk, and that’s even dismissing his bullshit ideology of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc8qbcIMZVg

I’ve Successfully Privatized World Peace

The comment above mentioned progressivism in general

my experience of Reddit was that it was progressive and feminist to an extent rivalling Tumblr

Since you’re asking, I find that blatant transphobia also tends to go hand in hand with some sort of sexism, but that’s an unrelated point.

Depends a lot on which subreddits you frequented. Some subreddits were alright, but many of the largest ones would frequently have uncontested ableism and transphobia.

But- But- But the memes of a Marxist-Leninist instance!!1!

The concept of fairness for Youtube gets out of the equation at the very moment we’re talking about a natural monopoly with the capacities to accumulate immense wealth, for the mere virtue of having the lead, and bend the knees of anyone who thinks their policies are not fair, but cannot find a viable alternative.

Ah, yes, I can see the poor company is suffering, nevermind, I prefer my money to go to shareholders who have their life solved rather than towards creators who are making amazing content yet aren’t making a living yet /s

So pay them directly or through other platform. Why would you pay them through Youtube rather than Patreon when using Youtube Premium is going to make them get a lower share of what you paid?

“This woman stabbed me with a knife while I was trying to push her down! Why does she get a pass while I’m the evil one for trying to force myself on her!?”

Replying to find this comment again later.