I wasn’t aware of the controversy, but I’m not surprised it’s yet another mess caused by the existence of the British empire.

They apparently have accidentally the whole thing.

More people would be able to innovate on said “non IP”. Multiple lines could be developed by multiple independent teams, extending the non ip however they see fit. By encouraging competition, the better content would thrive.

It lowers the barrier of entry, enforcing competition and lowering distribution cost. And without the ludicrous profit margins and legal overhead from big conglomerates, it would be cheaper for the consumers, and more of the fees could be distributed to the actual people working on the creation.

This is prettyranty, sorry if it’s not too clearly articulated.

Come join us on lemmygrad!

https://youtube.com/@thedeprogram9999

They are Iranian, Serbian and something else, if I’m not mistaken. An interesting mix.

So… There’s no plans to decommission it, ever?

And progress in moderating tools would be made.

They would block lemmygrad, so I don’t really have to care. Being on lemmygrad makes that stuff self selective. 🎉

If you have only minutes, and prefer videos: https://youtu.be/07E4iQ5z9iY

We’re not advocating violence. Your premise is wrong.

But we know our adversaries commonly use violence, so we’re aware it exists, and we know we have to prepare for it.

Are colonialist governments not violent? How do you remove from office a government that commits violence against their people, en masse, to destroy their land with mining operations?

Concrete example: how would the Congolese vote the French out, when anyone organising peacefully against the French is assassinated?

The point is not violence. But it would be naive to ignore the violence of our adversaries.

Dude. Fucking buttons. We’re so amazing!

I had a low end Samsung like this and I miss it so much.

I’ve uploaded a few read by tts at https://pca.st/podcast/3af50c70-30cd-013c-f68a-0acc26574db2

Not too proud of it, but might still be useful.

There’s also audioteca critica, with actual people reading the books, https://pca.st/podcast/5a409f90-829a-013a-d7e9-0acc26574db2, in Brazilian Portuguese.

Class consciousness.

So then we stop fighting each other for peanuts and look at who gets to benefit from our generalised political apathy.

I dislike the urgency thing. “4 more people looking at this, only 1 spot left”.

I also hate when it when the ads follow me around every social media platform.

That’s why I love it here. Thank you lemmy.

That image reminds me of the Botez gambit.

Have you met lemmygrad.ml?

I think it’s fair to say that “nice cops” see themselves as civilians, and representatives of the population, trying to improve things.

Soldiers are military, and a very different category. But! I read many US military personnel go in there because superior education is not really accessible anywhere else. So, maybe there’s a gray zone, there? Cannon fodder soldiers from poor strata die first, in any war. Most don’t want to be there.

I have particular views about IDF being an genocidal maniacal occupation force for a colonising state that commits innumerable crimes against humanity. That you’re probably not interested about.

And I have particular views about NATO using disguised Nazi Ideology in puppet states to seize and control it, that I also wouldn’t think you wouldn’t be particularly interested about.

If money wasn’t needed. If people had access to dignified work to pay for housing, food and health, they would have a choice.

Cop work is always available, on a very low entry bar, paying generally better than equivalent positions elsewhere. And shitty people get to vent their violence unchecked.

Nice cops “just” have to sell their should a bit. Some people get desperate and are willing to pay the consciousness price.

In my opinion these positions shouldn’t even be available, the whole chain of command should be replaced by people representing the oppressed classes, committed to ending oppression.

I’m not defending police, I just think the criticism has to focus on the institution problem, not at the individual problem. Individuals are insignificant in the grand scheme of things, systems are everything.

That’s, again, an institutional problem. Yes, down with those institutions!

Well, I get it. There’s better places to spend ones time than being a nice cop.

Either they comply of they’re out. But… You know. People are pressured to pay for housing, and food, and health. Maybe they’re paying for someone’s cancer treatment in their family. And cop work pays well.

People don’t have much of a choice. We’re all fucked. But individuals are not the problem here. The system is. The chain of command is. Capitalism is.

Fuck the police, as the repression apparatus for the bonjoursie state. Care for the people.