Rubezahl @ Rubezahl @lemmy.world

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What's the difference between Sync and the other apps for Lemmy?

These tech companies leaving certain places to avoid regulation, while sucking up to censorship laws in Russia and the likes... They can shove it, if you ask me.

Absolutely. There is nothing "natural" about capitalism. It sprung up in some place of the world (not all) a couple of centuries ago. Thousands of years of humanity and no capitalism before that.

There is nothing natural or inevitable about capitalism. Historical determinism is plain wrong. Capitalism is just one of many ways to organize a society. Its time will pass in due course. Probably not in our lifetimes, unfortunately.

Do you even billionaire, bro?

Nostalgia is huge in the eastern block. That's a separate topic of discussion, all on its own.

I am from Eastern Europe and I share this sentiment when I see anyone from the West defending communism. The issue is complicated but, to put it bluntly:

No, Timothy, communism didn't fail in Eastern Europe because it was implemented wrongly. This is a very complicated topic but the tldr summary is "It is a broken idea, it did not work and it will never work. The natural and logical outcome of any attempt at Marxism is a bloodbath followed by autocracy."

That being said, communism isn't the only way to achieve a more equitable society. You have social democracy (in Lennin's words - communism's greatest adversary); organized labour movements; collectivist anarchism; communitariasm, etc.

Communism, as applied in the 20th century, violently fought against or oppressed all of these movements and is incompatible with any of them.

Not to mention that in most countries nowadays orthodox communists have been hugely discredited for excusing the Russian war of annihilation against the Ukrainian people.

In conclusion, if you live in the USA or Western Europe and you are unhappy with how corporate greed has ruined society, don't look to communism for answers. There are many other proposed solutions out there - go and research these. Communism is very well known, which makes it easily accessible to people who want change - but it is never, ever the solution.

It's not in the store. NewPipe.net and install the APK file.

Heroes of might and magic III. I play it 25 years later and it would be great to share some time on it with my child, one she grows up.

So sad there are no free alternatives such as NewPipe that do exactly the same thing.

Nope. They have brought in the corporate ghoul consultants. There is no context or feeling the situation. Just "oh, this was really popular last time, let's continue milking it, what could go wrong".

Why? I'm a noob.

Is Brave ok?

Amazing

I still don't get it. What's the point of instances and why are things "federated". I use mastodon and lemmy - how does "federation" between them changes anything?

Try old.reddit.com in the browser. It is not pleasant but it works on mobile.

It seems that this aligns best to my experience. Habits encourage you to do something and it kind of becomes easier - but not automatic. Definitely never automatic. E.g. with teeth brushing - I will not automatically brush if I am not at home. It may also be difficult if I accidentally fall asleep on the couch...