WhatAmLemmy
@WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
- Comment on Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors 2 weeks ago:
The corporate fascist dictatorship is converting surveillance capitalism into big brother before our very eyes.
- Comment on Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs 3 weeks ago:
That’s the point. De-anonymize everyone for surveillance capitalism.
The “think of the children” argument should never be taken in good faith. It’s a trojan horse for authoritarians to destroy your rights.
- Comment on Yes, Apple. This is exactly what I wanted *facepalm* 4 weeks ago:
Ever heard of relevance? That is something you would use once on setup and rarely ever again. 99.99% of the time you want to just open the app.
- Comment on Mozilla Integrates Google Lens for Visual Search in Firefox Desktop 4 weeks ago:
Capitalism
- Comment on This Plastic Mr. Fantastic 4 weeks ago:
This would almost make sense if there weren’t thousands of corporations, and 8 billion other humans, doing whatever the fuck they want…
- Comment on Don’t Be a Sucker (1947) U.S. anti-fascist short film 5 weeks ago:
“A nation of suckers”
- Comment on New Arizona law to restrict online porn access; Pornhub will block state 5 weeks ago:
Christian Nationalism
- Comment on New Arizona law to restrict online porn access; Pornhub will block state 5 weeks ago:
She is acting on behalf of lobbyists. That’s how America got to this stage. Lobbyist lawyers and marketers write laws that benefit them, and they “donate” to politicians to pass that legislation.
The only politicians who actually read anything they vote on are leftists like Bernie and AOC; everyone else is doing what their financiers tell them to do.
- Comment on Some Melbourne suburbs could see apartment buildings as tall as 16-storeys become exempt from review under new draft plans. 1 month ago:
I expect nothing less from neoliberal corporate whores, owned by housing sector parasites.
- Comment on McDonald's criticizes US restaurant industry for uneven wage policies 1 month ago:
Boycott them entirely
- Comment on Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability website 1 month ago:
We won’t stop burning fossil fuels until it’s illegal and militaries use force to destroy all extraction facilities, just like we won’t reduce our plastic consumption until it’s heavily restricted.
I’ve believed that for 20 years, and I believe it now more than ever. We’re decades away from either being a foreseeable course of action.
- Comment on “It’s Wednesday, my dudes.” 1 month ago:
AI or real?
- Comment on ‘A new frontier of potential abuse’: Is it legitimate to charge someone flying to a funeral more than a leisure traveler? 1 month ago:
They’ll commit every evil imaginable if the reward is profit instead of retribution.
- Comment on Katter says he was unaware man at rally was wearing neo-Nazi insignia 1 month ago:
That neo nazi is one of the most neo nazi looking motherfuckers I’ve seen outside cinema.
- Comment on Chrome increases its overwhelming market share, now over 70% 1 month ago:
“Browser, like from the video games?”
- Comment on ABS decision to reuse biased, coercive Census religion question puts human rights in the spotlight 1 month ago:
Who the fuck is promoting this except for Christian evangelicals? I can’t see how this would benefit active else…
- Comment on Bluesky now platform of choice for science community 1 month ago:
Why is all of scientific research locked behind paywalls instead of some open source scientist-built system?
Because like most people, they’re just trying to get by with the least amount of effort. Structural change is hard and risky.
- Comment on US Takes Nearly 10% Stake in Intel, Clinching Unorthodox Deal 2 months ago:
This isn’t communism. It’s fascism… and conservatives love fascism.
- Comment on Transparency International Australia: Since 2001, almost every federal resources minister has gone to work in the fossil fuels sector shortly after leaving parliament 2 months ago:
Just corporate dictatorship things…
- Comment on It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes 2 months ago:
Not necessarily. It would do better than current excel, but that’s a low bar… but it would also introduce less reliability / more randomness in date conversions, which is not what any business wants.
- Comment on Labor and the Coalition have very different ideas about ties to the United States 2 months ago:
What a surprise! The conservative party aligns with fascists? Nobody could have predicted this shocking turn of events.
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 2 months ago:
Psych! You thought you were gonna get star trek style utopia, while we’ve been descending into fascist dystopia for several decades!?!
- Comment on Sixt wants to store a scan of my face 2 months ago:
Leopard: “I am going to eat you”
Everyone: agree all
Just replace the leopard with capitalism. Everyone’s a cuck.
- Comment on Official modelling shows little benefit from a cut in company tax 2 months ago:
It’s almost like all companies are already charging whatever they believe the market can bare.
- Comment on They made his car "cease & desist" 2 months ago:
A fascist dictator remotely bricking your $100k car will surely improve the brands image and sales performance!
- Comment on PM brushes off push for Israel sanctions as a 'slogan' | Canberra CityNews 2 months ago:
Now, now. He probably has a concept of a sparrows fart of a plan…
- Comment on Philz Coffee Being Sold to Private Equity Firm for $145 Million, Employees Reportedly Getting Screwed Out of Their Stock 2 months ago:
The only reason this is possible is because we live in corporate dictatorships masquerading as “democracies”.
Everyone knows this is criminal. The criminals don’t give a fuck.
- Comment on Breaking: Pro-Palestinian march across Sydney Harbour Bridge allowed to go ahead 2 months ago:
Oi mate, ya got a permit for that civil disobedience?
- Comment on What causes the musty laundry smell and what you can do about it 2 months ago:
You don’t need ammonia. Just warm water and a half cup of detergent. Fill the softener dispenser with vinegar. Hang within a few hours of washing. If you can’t hang them outside, aim a fan at them.
I haven’t had this problem in years.
- Comment on India bans streaming apps you’ve never heard of — but millions watch 2 months ago:
There are similar forces at work everywhere.
Crimes pays, and the criminal oligarchs in every economy prefer dictatorship to democracy.