circuitfarmer @ circuitfarmer @lemmy.sdf.org

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The thing everyone paying attention said would happen is happening.

If the stupids didn't listen then, they sure as hell won't listen now.

Well, he said he didn't know about it, so...

Seriously, the number of stupid gullible people in this country is high.

Between this and Tim Cook's generous personal donation to the Trump inauguration, those folks seem strangely silent.

Because Apple people tend to think Apple is privacy focused and somehow less guilty than other brands. That is something particular about Apple's customers, but not Apple itself. Apple itself is just another corporation doing corporate things.

There doesn't have to be any good option. The world doesn't work that way. Smartphones exist largely to collect data from people.

The nonexistence of alternatives doesn't mean Apple isn't just as bad as the rest.

I mean, they don't. But they have convinced you as such.

100%. And even if it weren't inescapable, the general strategy about leaning on the side of caution means you really shouldn't trust any corporation.

Rich people fight for rich people. Remember this when you make decisions about giving corporations money.

Especially looking at you, Apple people.

The personal donation part is weird. This sounds like a deliberate attempt to appease the fascists while trying, desperately, to maintain Apple's image.

Never played Shadow of the Colossus, but it has been on the list for a while!

Maybe he should stick to emerald mines

Arthur Morgan's death scene in RDR2 really got to me. But perhaps even more so, when my horse was killed right before. I remember pausing the game for a moment because I had had that horse for so long and somehow it felt like a major deal that happened so quickly.

Never had a game affect me like that before.

And it can be even more keyboard focused with Pop Shell over the top. That adds tiling and window focus by shortcut, similar to i3-wm.

Wer?

Shit man, it's only Jan 1.

As a USian, I now regularly look to the EU to regulate what we won't. USB-C charging is the most recent I can think of.

In my view: the Dems started to see how popular progressive stances were, but their donors didn't like it. That's why Bernie got shut down despite winning primaries.

This same logic has continued until now. Follow the money. Pelosi and other hardline Dems are bought and sold.

The way forward is for the Dems to abandon the dinosaurs and embrace the progressive coalition. Focus on bringing in other progressives. NB: most who claim to be progressive in the party currently are, at best, centrists who don't really know where the goalpost is.

The Dems will not win another election until they choose people over money. I am fully aware that means they just might not win again.

Populism is powerful, and despite Trump being 100% about the money, he has harnessed the power of populism.

But of course. He isn't even hiding it.

The single, solitary thing that gives me some hope is that the everyday MAGA folks (not the rich ones, but the ones that usually vote against their own interests) seem to really care about H-1B, since it is a clear effort to replace American workers with immigrants. It is good to see a pro-worker response, even if it is from a group which otherwise misaligns with me on other issues.