Reddit 100% was censoring and shadow banning any kbin or lemmy mentions.

I wouldn’t even be surprised if reddit actively promoted or even creates negative comments. There was a precedent of people abandoning Digg so they were clearly very aware and afraid.

At the end of the day it’s impossible to tell with these incredibly opaque networks. It’s even hard to confirm comment visibility as Reddit employs data fudging and shadow banning.

Just another reminder that nothing any closed source social media says should be trusted, ever.

Yes I’m perfectly familiar with “survivors bias” but never seen it so extreme.

Yeah but almost every American I meet here traveling in SEA or Europe is a perfectly reasonable person.

Dunno I just am in such disbelief that my world experience doesn’t match reality at all. I even consider myself pretty well traveled with 20 years of experience traveling around the globe though admittedly I’ve never been to the USA yet and I fear I might not get to see Yellowstone or Big Sur ever at this point or do I even want to?

Kinda sucks to be a fan of US now ngl.

• political institutions should promotoe individual rights and social equality
• critqued organized religion
• the government should serve the people
• wrote the famous line “These are the times that try men’s souls” during civil war
• people have the inherit right to reform and/or dismantle oppresive goverments
• all individuals possess inalienable rights (human rights basically)

That’s what I gather from his wiki and some chatgpt queries. Never heard of him before (not an american) but honestly — I’m a big fan now.

US is system is so bad. The constant pandering to “founding fathers” as if it’s even possible to have strong enough vision that it would last 200+ years and refusal to innovate past the ridiculous two party system is just sad tbh.

Yet nothing will change because you can’t change these things without a revolution apparently.

Yeah but basically everyone I follow from podcasters to tech developers are all non-idiots and I assume their following are also mostly non-idiots. Where are all of these idiots hiding? The contrast between US soft power export and actual average americans is colossal.

Why are americans so stupid and yet manage to export so much smart stuff from tech to podcasts to scientists. Is it some sort of dystopia where 1% rules, 20% live in a bubble and 79% are just brain dead idiots?

I disagree, this flip-flop logic is what drags down the movement and allows “no billionaires except the ones I like” idea to poison the public discourse. If we collectively stick to a unified view we have much more power in changing things.

The point is that there is no “better ones”. The billionaire should not be socially acceptable concept ever. Full stop.

Why is “death for billionaires” so taboo though? Clearly they’re damaging our society much more than a single murderer or marijuana carrier and yet we have no problem accepting that these people should be punished socially but if you mention guillotines for billionaires then suddenly you’re an extremist.

Try mentioning this to Tailor Swift fans and you’ll get immediately crucified. We should normalize the idea that THERE ARE NO ETHICAL BILLIONAIRES. Period.

It’s a staggering amount of wealth that allows to do shit like this and why do we tolerate this is will be eternally confusing to me.

Not only is this an issue of equality but it’s a social issue as well. People stop taking public responsibility issues like pollution or climate change seriously because “if private jets are legal then why should I do anything?”.

Good, last time I was in Osaka the urban cyclists were plenty dangerous even without texting. Japan doesn’t have a great cycling infrastructure and definitely needs more safety rules because of it.

Nope. Color is absolutely fine

considering the track record they should start putting “courts” in quotes when discussing Russia.

ain’t nobody got time for extra u’s

cult, sect, religion — all the same thing in practical reality tbh

From what I can tell is that japanese baseline is quite conservative so all parties are quite different from what we would have under the same name in the west. Though, they are definitely not left like the name would imply.

For example, LDP is known for it’s “Japan, Inc.” policy which advocates for close ties between the government and business. LDP also supports for “traditional family values and social order” which in all fairness is a must for every major party in Japan.

In the west we’d probably refer them as centrists or slightly-right of center.

Komeito on the other hand is a much more intersting party which is a Buddhist pacifist party with conservative but socialist ideologies. TBH I fail to find a western equivelent reading through their wiki but as someone who spent some time in Japan as a foreigner their policy against kafka-esque beraucracy in Japan make me like them them at least a little bit.

I know this might be difficult for some people, but it is absolutely possible to be critical of both sides in a conflict

Seems like we’re in agreement here but somehow Lemmy even when Israel is put against Iran which is straight up a comic book evil level regime Israel are the bad guys?

This logic that “X is bad and they can’t do any good things and are always in the wrong” is bigotry and prejudice i.e. anti-semitism. You can say Israel is evil and agree that Israel is in the right in this particular conflict, those two things don’t cancel each other out.

I swear Lemmy is turning anti-semitist. Clearly Israel is the good guys in this Israel vs Iran conflict and yet anything that suggests this is being down voted to hell. Isn’t that crazy?

Iran is rules by a purely evil Islamic State regime and somehow it’s not OK to enjoy their down fall?

Frankly, I’m tired of every reddit alternative being captured by these extremist bafoons.

Iran is the “find out” stages now. Weirdly enough Iranians actually welcome Israeli strikes. If they couldnt overthrow the brutal Islamic State regime then maybe a bit of Israeli rockets can lend a hand.