the_abecedarian
@the_abecedarian@piefed.social
- Comment on Which ia better etiquette? 1 day ago:
Do whatever your hosts do with theirs
- Comment on It really fucks with my recommendations, but fuck em™ 6 days ago:
Spotify wants this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sNsrwokPSY
- Comment on I hear a lot of "ACAB", why don't I hear "APAB"? (P as in Politician) 2 weeks ago:
Cool yeah I need to look into liquid democracy more.
I'm sorta ambiguous about the law -- it is always a blunt tool in that it can't possibly cover every situation (despite judicial contortions) and every person's particular circumstances. It ages badly and can be hard to keep it up with changing times.
At this point, though, I'm willing to accept laws written and passed by community assemblies, covering their community. It'd be a huge step forward anyway.
- Comment on I hear a lot of "ACAB", why don't I hear "APAB"? (P as in Politician) 2 weeks ago:
I don't exactly know what it'd mean to merge the judiciary and executive. If we're just tinkering with the system, the most democratic parts of the system are the US House of Representatives, UK House of Commons, and similar population-based representation, so I'd want to expand them at the others' expense.
I don't believe that will solve much, though. In a hierarchical society, those on top will use any existing govt structures to their benefit, having more control when there is less democracy. In general, I believe in spreading power so thinly that it effectively disappears. Instead, people affected by a decision should be the ones to make it, not merely to vote for those who promise to do right by them.
- Comment on I hear a lot of "ACAB", why don't I hear "APAB"? (P as in Politician) 2 weeks ago:
Disagree in general that it can empower the marginalized -- it is at most a reflection of the power that the marginalized can sometimes use, either because they did things like strike or organize in the past, or because they have access to powers won by less marginalized people.
- Comment on I hear a lot of "ACAB", why don't I hear "APAB"? (P as in Politician) 2 weeks ago:
The law is just an expression, more or less up-to-date, of the existing balance of power between those who have power and those who don't
- Comment on What are your approaches to donating? 2 weeks ago:
Donate locally, to smaller organizations doing important work in your area. Your money will be so much more meaningful than a few extra dollars to a national organization or a politician. Mutual aid organizations are a good example.
- Comment on How often do thieves (and identity thieves) actually get caught and served justice? Are there actual examples of law enforcement actually doing anything? (Because I think most cops are just lazy) 2 weeks ago:
Cops have no reason to put forth effort unless you're at least locally important or someone above leans on them to make their numbers/look like they're doing something.
Also is it "justice" to put someone in jail? Let's say there's no way to return what was stolen (money spent, property sold/destroyed etc). It certainly doesn't stop them from doing more crime, it tends to force them into doing more bc it makes them less hirable and more economically desperate. It doesn't make your situation any better either. It's just more money for the prison companies.
- Comment on Why does America feel the need to control the world? Do what they say? Instead of taking care of their own problems at home? When did the US become police officer of the world and enforcer? 2 weeks ago:
There are privileges to being an empire and the capitalists in the US continue to use that empire to get access to those privileges. Favorable trade, commercial, and financing terms are a big one.
Also the US war industry pushes the country to intervene. You can see how there are interventionist and isolationist movements in the US fighting right now over how much the US gets directly involved in Iran-Israel.
- Comment on Patreon will increase the cut it takes from new creators 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Why is DOGE still around if Donny and Elon aren't getting along? 4 weeks ago:
So doge is doing that work. Why get rid of it if it does what they want?
- Comment on Why is DOGE still around if Donny and Elon aren't getting along? 4 weeks ago:
DOGE is not just a Musk thing. Privatizing government has been a long term goal of the republicans and capitalists for a very long time
- Comment on Discord's CTO is just as worried about enshittification as you are 4 weeks ago:
Well if he does anything to stop it, the board of directors will remove him.
- Comment on Every news result on duckduckgo links to MSN 5 weeks ago:
Try searxng
- Comment on Let's play this game again 1 month ago:
This is amazing and should be in a tabletop rpg session
- Comment on Let's play this game again 1 month ago:
Telekinesis
- Comment on 7 for me 1 month ago:
What, no formalwear option?
- Comment on Iceland approved the 4-day workweek in 2019: nearly 6 years later, all the predictions made have come true. 1 month ago:
Looks like they're making their own happiness!
- Iceland approved the 4-day workweek in 2019: nearly 6 years later, all the predictions made have come true.farmingdale-observer.com ↗Submitted 1 month ago to workreform@lemmy.world | 55 comments
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Tolerating them is a form of support. They make spaces unsafe for others.
- Comment on GlobalX, airline used for Trump deportations, gets hacked 2 months ago:
Now that is resistance
- Comment on Over 250 CEOs sign open letter supporting K-12 AI and computer science education 2 months ago:
CEOs, known to altruistically want what's best for children
- Comment on Should visitors to a country (tourist / visa-holders / people staying temporarily) have the right to criticize the government? When should an immigrant have the right to criticize the government? 2 months ago:
It's just an excuse. They want to get rid of him because they don't like his politics and he's an activist. Whether the state categorizes you as a citizen, resident, tourist, undocumented, etc. should have nothing to do with your right to speak out.