NotAnotherLemmyUser @ NotAnotherLemmyUser @lemmy.world

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Whether it's "capitalist" or not doesn't matter. You could have government owned/created apps that make dumb decisions as well.

At least with capitalism you have the option to go somewhere else when a dumb decision is made.

No one mentioned an alternative to capitalism and communism is the first that comes to mind.

Realistically what we have throughout the world (economically) is a mixture between capitalism and socialism. Some countries place more restrictions on corporations than other do. We already get that capitalism isn't perfect, and I don't think any realistically "perfect" systems exist.

So, if you're going to make "capitalism is bad" comments, what are you proposing that is better than what most other countries are already using?

I'd be on board with it if we can show that it's better.

Why does almost every post in Technology have some comment trying to bring up the "capitalism bad" topic in some way?
Are you trying to say that Communism would have done a better job?
We've already seen how that has played out a few times already.

Civil asset forfeiture in the U.S.

We're supposed to be "innocent until proven guilty" but they get around this by saying that they're essentially accusing the money (or car/home or whatever) of being used for crime. Then they confiscate it and the only way to get it back is to go to court and prove that your money is innocent.

The fact that cash/possessions can be taken away from you at anytime by federal agents (or by police in almost every State) without having to follow it up with any sort of case to prove that a crime occurred is ridiculous. And on top of that you can't get the money back that you spent on attorney fees, so it's pointless to spend money on an attorney if what was taken was less than a few thousand dollars.

Most people don't know that this can happen or don't seem to care enough because, "it would never happen to me, right?"

https://ij.org/issues/private-property/civil-forfeiture/

For anyone curious what exactly those ties were:

Balmaseda previously served as an intern in the office of Rubio [...] and worked as an organiser for DeSantis’s 2018 campaign for governor.

Is this the same guy that's recorded on those robocalls who's always asking for donations?

Personally I'm more of a fan of Approval Voting since it's effective and the easiest to explain/implement.

Otherwise STAR voting is really good. Lastly I would take RCV since that is at least better than what we currently have.

I think you're misunderstanding what the Forward Party is. You can be a part of any side of the political spectrum and still fall in line with the Forward Party.

The only thing that the Forward Party cares about is overhauling the voting system with something better: RCV, Star, Approval, etc.

They don't take a stance on much of anything else.

And in terms of priority, any candidate endorsed by the Forward Party has my initial vote. If multiple candidates in the same race are backed by the forward party, then I will start digging in deeper to figure out which one I want to vote for.

My plan is to vote in candidates at all levels that are endorsed by The Forward Party.

We need to overhaul our voting system so that we're not trapped in this downward spiral of a 2 party system that we're currently in. Ranked Choice voting, Star voting, Approval voting... they all have pros and cons but any one of them is better than the current system that we have.

The way we get better options for Presidential candidates is to have a voting system that gives other parties a chance.

I don't care if I have to vote for a particular Republican, Democrat, or some third party individual for this to be accomplished. Following the trend of "vote out all Republicans/Democrats" is how we got here in the first place.

Don't forget the boots with the fur.

From the article:

The cause of his death was not immediately clear.

From the article:

Mr Phillips was arrested under new National Security Act powers, which mean people can be detained without a warrant if police "reasonably" suspect they are involved "in foreign power threat activity".

Police have not disclosed details about the activities he is alleged to have engaged in.

In an unrelated case, two British men were charged with helping Russian intelligence services in April after a suspected arson attack on a Ukraine-linked business in London.

The confusion part:

State media maintained that rescue efforts were ongoing, but conflicting reports emerged regarding the status of the passengers. Some sources claimed contact had been established with one passenger and a crew member, while others denied this.

The incident also raised questions about the cause of the crash. While initial reports blamed bad weather, the possibility of technical malfunction or even foul play could not be ruled out. The Iranian government remained tight-lipped, further adding to the confusion.

I feel like I read news about these floods every few years.

The problem is that a lot of these homes are cheap/affordable because they are built in flood zones.

Ok, but there's no context for us here and with the premise of your post, you're expecting us to judge an entire community based off of a single comment that has received practically no engagement in comparison to the community at large.

You might as well be asking for us to explain to you why you are being downvoted.

People can downvote you for any number of reasons, my assumption here is that your comment didn't carry the discussion forward in any meaningful way.

A comment got 7 downvotes and there's something wrong with the whole community???

They are. It's not shown on Lemmy itself, but anyone who federates with another instance gets to know who voted on what, and sometimes that information is made public to their entire instance (this is the case with kbin).

So, for instance you can look at this particular post through kbin's eyes: https://kbin.social/m/reddit@lemmy.world/t/1031138/Is-Lemmy-a-good-alternative/votes/up

Go to any post/comment, then click on "more" -> "activity".
"Favorites" are upvotes, and "Reduces" are downvotes.

Edit: And if you want to view your own votes I would suggest an app like Voyager, since that is one of the features.

Welcome to Lemmy.

One important thing to point out, your upvotes and downvotes are mostly public here, so if you want to maintain anonymity with your votes you'll want to setup a separate account for voting only and no commenting.

I tried a few apps for interacting with Lemmy and Voyager has been my favorite by far.

I still go back to Reddit for very niche communities that can't be found here, or just don't have the userbase to churn out content like they can. I use an app like "Stealth" to browse any of the subreddits I still frequent, but I've been able to replace a lot of the generic ones with Lemmy communities.

You will find a lot more users here that will take any chance they can get to blame capitalism for all of the worlds problems.

Some opinions are still heavily downvoted here, but you can always join up with an instance that ignores/doesn't display any downvotes.

You will need to be a lot more active in your own communities if you want to turn it into the kind of place you want to keep coming back to.

As far as moderation goes, there are some Lemmy instances that have stricter mods than others. Just do a little research and pick a main one where you won't get banned if you decide to voice your opinion about a dictator one way or another.

Just note, if you pick one that's too small there's a greater risk of them shutting down for one reason or another.

This is why, in a lot of universities, they're trying to teach you how to learn, not necessarily how you should think.

We need to be able to examine the claims for ourselves and learn what red flags look like.

And a lot of the time we mix up "facts" with "opinions". Even when we are looking at facts, most of the time there are lies mixed with truth or conveniently forgotten truths. If we only get our information from a single source, or from biased sources, then we're going to miss some key information.

That's why it's good to make sure that you look at any story (especially politicized ones) from different angles and sources even if you don't agree with them.

Not only that but it can be enlightening to hear about a story from someone who's much more intimately familiar with the subject themselves.

For example, whenever it comes to news stories about the Supreme Court, I like to look for commentary from lawyers such as Steve Lehto or Legal Eagle. You'll find that they typically provide some very important context into why a particular decision was made that cuts through a lot of the outrage material that reporters push for clicks.

Lemmy is definitely an echo chamber, but I agree that it's not necessarily a bad thing as long as we recognize it for what it is. There are a large number of people out there that have very different opinions than the majority of users on this platform, we need to keep things respectful even in our disagreements with them instead of tearing them down for their opinions.