In a way this might turn out well. IF we get through this and back to an actual democracy with basic human rights and laws, all of these assholes that felt so “liberated” can be fired/sued.

This is me trying to make lemonade out of the very very rotten lemons we got.

lol, any one who didn’t already figured it out when the supreme court literally said that trump is above the law in 2024 is just not thinking right.

America is that you?

Yeah, anyone who doesn’t take this warning seriously should read about Hitlers rise to power which feels all too similar to Trump https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler’s_rise_to_power

Didn’t know of it, next time.

I won’t be passing on anything, instead I will create brand new traumas!

Children beware, beware of the penny sock.

I loved the eee series!

Isn’t that just a deterministic nihilistic world view? I mean it just sounds like you are saying that nothing could have been different and that it was allways going to be like that.

I don’t see why that would be true, Harris was very close to winning. not all broken systems have to end in an extreme collapse, it’s not impossible that things could have been fixed over time.

I just don’t think that everything is doomed to fail and that Trump is nothing but a vessel for the inevitable.

You are correct about the lack lf practical value in the american capitalism, but that is the much bigger picture and while what is going on right now is only possible because of this system, it is happening now and in this way because of trump.

It’s like saying that if I shot someone in the head it wasn’t because of me that they died, but because of the nature of life which must conclude in death. Like, yeah, they died because everyone dies, but they died now and in this way because of me.

Check again…

Are you happy about your life?

And are you happy about your government?

Well, yes, there are always going to be some disagreements, but there are some general things that, according to that principle that you yourself wrote, most people could agree on.

as long as you don’t mistreat the animals

I find it interesting that you consider killing not a mistreatment.

You say that killing them for their resources is worth it, but worth it to who? Obviously not the victim. Most horrible things are worth it to the ones committing them.

All I’m saying is, while we might have different moral opinions, at the very least provide logical, consistent arguments.

Gonna give you a tip.

assume that 99% of anything you access online is visible to your ISP (and therefore your government and police) and the hoster of ther service.

I can’t wait for the year 2100 when we will have the awesome date of 00/00/00

A year ago I looked for one too, nothing was good and I gave up

Yeah, and they are actually a lot more resistant than you think. The technology came a long way.

I’m dying for a pixel flip so that I can finally have the ultimate phone:

• Clam shape - the superior phone shape
• FOSS OS - GrapheneOS

Define needlessly?

You see, you probably define it as a subjective catch all for anything that you are used to having in your life.

But if you really inspect that idea you can reach all kinds of extremes, like do you really need a home? You can live on the street, do you really need a car? You could walk technically, do you really need meat? You could live perfectly healthy without it technically, do you need a towel after a shower? You can just let yourself dry, what about chocolate? Just a nice snack, is that a necessity? And marshmallows? Bread? Flavoured drinks?

So the line is individual and non linear. One might say they can live without cars but not without a home, one would say the opposite, one would claim that chocolate is more important than having towels, etc. Some can also say that the joy they get from turturing an animal is more significant for their own happiness than chocolate, or towels or eating meat, these people are 100% with the parameters of your logic, yet you lable it as unnecessary.

You could redefine necessity as things that would cause you serious harm if taken, which is still subjective but a little clearer. Most people can agree that never eating chocolate again would suck but not cause any serious harm. Most can also probably agree that not having a home would cause you serious harm. And while you might not like to admit it, scientifically going vegan won’t just not cause you harm, it would actually be healthy for you, and just like people who go on all kinds of diets, it sucks at first, but it does not cause any serious harm.

So ask yourself, what justification can you use to inflict serious harm on to others for the sake of simple pleasure to you?

That humanity overall gets better and more moral over time.

It’s really interesting if you get into the history of it, but There are plenty of historical records that actually show that the past wasn’t as horrific as we imagine it to be. Partially because people like to look at the past as terrible to make themselves feel better about the present.

I’m not convinced that there is any real evidence that shows that over time humanity gets morally better, but I like to believe in it, because otherwise it makes me think we should all die 🤷‍♂️

And just to clarify, I don’t mean just actions but also intent. For example, these days we have democracies that have more complex laws to protect people’s rights and therefore it’s harder to cause the same kind of harm that could have been happening under a kingdom. But at the same time, now we have stuff like factory farmings and wars that lead to millions and tens of millions of deaths and pandemics that are not stopped properly because of conspiracy theories, etc.

Go big or go home. Use all of it on the mega lotto and hope to win