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- Comment on Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election? 2 months ago:
It’s simply tribalism at this point. Most people who still support Trump are simply supporting their tribe, whereas on the left most people still believe in the virtues and merits of democracy.
I still feel like democracy will win the day. Most of Trump supporters are 50/60+ and his message doesn’t seem to resonate as well with younger people.
Feel free to post any political stuff to !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world if you’d like. You’re welcome to crosspost this there too if you’d like more discussion on it.
- Comment on Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election? 2 months ago:
I think they were just correcting the number in the post text block that should have read about 1 million dead under COVID during the Trump administration in the US alone, rather than only 200k.
- Comment on Why does the USA have so few legal protections for ordinary people, and how can we change that? 2 months ago:
I’d argue it’s because citizens have no voice. The media has there corporate narrative, but the public interest has very few organizations in advocacy of it.
Support local journalism (financially), work to break any media control on the narrative.
The first thing people could start doing is stop providing free labor to the media. It’s all over Lemmy.
Don’t link to a corporate news outlet. Link to an .edu or PBS or NPR or a quality international publicly funded news organization. Or better yet build your own narrative, your own opinions. Discuss your opinions respectfully on !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world . Build momentum and take away the corporate medias control.
Without a public voice advocating for the people, it will be very hard to change any legislation in the peoples favor.
- Comment on Why does the USA have so few legal protections for ordinary people, and how can we change that? 2 months ago:
Excellent points and to add to that support local journalism, the smaller the better. The media is really the fourth branch of government when it comes to checks and balances. If media integrity was restored, they could use there influence to hold Congress accountable to the people.
- Comment on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: Proponent of Licenses for Illegal Aliens 3 months ago:
yeah but it ceased being used 8 years ago by the US government because of it’s use as a derogatory term and the dehumanizing effect it has.
Words tend to have a liquid definition over a period of decades. Take the british term for cigarettes that most people know and what it now means; innocent words tend to very easily become weaponized, seemingly moreso in modern times.
- Comment on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: Proponent of Licenses for Illegal Aliens 3 months ago:
illegal alien is such an offensive phrase… they’re not aliens, they’re homo sapiens. Anyone who still uses the term is insane.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 months ago:
A vegan diet - which only contains plant-based foods - can lead to deficiencies in calcium, iodine and other vital mineral nutrients. This is particularly risky for people who need extra nutrients and for growing children and adolescents. For these reasons, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung (DGE) [German Nutrition Society] advises against following a completely vegan diet.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 months ago:
It wasn’t a personal attack, I could see how it could be read that way but the second sentence was a point of science not insult. It’s hard to convey intention in text.
They are just my observations and interactions with vegans, and the science is clear that most vegans have nutritional deficiencies. It is extremely difficult to actually get everything you need without meat, and you essentially have to plan every single meal in a food planner. I know… I’ve tried it and even planned to a tee it is near impossible to have a balanced diet without meat. I wish it was.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 months ago:
Every vegan I’ve ever spoke with is rude, condescending, and Iamverysmart material. Probably due to lack of essential amino acid intake for proper brain function.
- Comment on Has google stopped working for finding anything? 10 months ago:
Free beer, like you get a free beer at a party or event, it’s no cost. Free software that costs nothing but is closed source.
Free as in freedom means the user has full access to the source code and is not subject to unknown code like in proprietary software.
Freedom as RMS sees it: lemmy.world/post/8134208?scrollToComments=true
- Comment on Has google stopped working for finding anything? 10 months ago:
I’ve been using SearXNG over Duckduckgo lately. It’s a free (as in freedom) aggregator that searches all the engines. It’s not perfect but you know 100% you are not being tracked.
The results are closer to a true old school search of the web. Sometimes it works better, sometimes not as well. It’s best to pick a local instance that has quicker speeds since the main site can be a bit slower than local ones.
This distributed web stuff is really taking off. I like it!
- Comment on Has google stopped working for finding anything? 10 months ago:
it’s hit or miss. I’ve tried a few and each seem to have different ups and downs, but mainly just pick a server with the lowest ping.
- Comment on Someone has registered www.bellriots.com it's counting down. 10 months ago:
temporal displacement obviously
- Comment on How have you personally found the Lemmy community compared to its competition and other social media? 10 months ago:
¯_ (ツ)_/¯ . I consider myself dem soc, I just see the necessity of pragmatism right now when the alternative is a presidential candidate who reads Mein Kampf as an instruction manual.
- Comment on How have you personally found the Lemmy community compared to its competition and other social media? 10 months ago:
because any criticism of Biden right now helps Trump to become president. Save your criticisms when there is an actual open primary (ie: 2027), it’s already too late for a challenge to Biden this year, as a majority of states ballot access filing deadline dates have already passed.