I feel like they imposed "democracy" in a way that allowed them to use that country as a puppet for material and strategic gain. Real lasting change has to be from the bottom up.
The fact he was forced to complete the buy tells me it wasn't some conspiracy. It's just really hard to believe he would burn billions with his stupidity.
I find that I can only find about 90 percent of what I want to listen to. That's more than enough of a burden to opt out entirely. Live albums, demos, collabs, and obscure dead bands you can't really find with great success
I only use emoticons to clarify an emotional message. On forums, I'm more interested in sharing and discussing ideas and opinions. Emoticon spam makes me sick with worthless cringe.
It's fascism 101. I wish people were more well read with history. The path these neo conservatives are going is going to end in suffering. What happens when your authoritarian leader rids themselves of their undesirables? They turn on you and make damn sure you can't fight back and rebel just so they can stay in power. It's always the same story.
I still need Facebook unfortunately to keep in touch with some friends using messenger. Also marketplace is usually the most active classifieds where I am.
Voting for Biden or any Democrat is like voting for a car salesman. They're there to sell you corporate bullshit. Voting for Trump or any republican is like voting for a used car salesman. They're trying to sell you old non working pieces of crap or shitty russian knock offs.
I'd argue that the class warfare is still raging on as an inborn human trait that happens to be partially expressed with our various economic systems throughout history. We can still win if we manage to breed out our hierarchical tendencies to a point where it's not detrimental to our survival as a whole.
Free speech except the speech that espouses taking away free speech.