I use Proton currently since it comes with my proton subscription. But I used mullvad for years and prefer it. They're both good, you can't go wrong really.
I’ve read some of Lenin, but I haven’t gotten far into What Is To Be Done. This podcast by RevLeft Radio does a nice overview of the text. It seems very applicable right now.
The gist is that without a Vanguard party, these spontaneous movements (Hands Off, 50501) will eventually and inevitably sputter out and die, or be co-opted by the bourgeoisie. This has happened many times throughout history (Occupy, etc). Furthermore, without an organized Vanguard party to lead these movements, the movement will just default to capitalist status quo.
Talking about logical fallacies while summarily hand-waving away all of crypto is pretty interesting.
I guess some random HN user is smarter than the research arms of these companies who are all building on and utilizing crypto: https://ethereumadoption.com/
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Edit: stablecoins have already reached parity with traditional payment networks
And yea, like the other user said, just don't use it! Nobody will be mad that you don't use it, or care. I don't have venmo, so I don't use it. I don't get mad when somebody offers it. 🤷♀️
EDIT: to answer slightly more seriously, crypto is just a tool. The great thing about crypto is that anybody can use it. The bad thing about crypto is that anybody can use it. Yes, there's lots of dogshit out there (by lots I mean like 95% or more). But the big projects, BTC, ETH, defi stuff like AAVE, Compound, etc are very useful tools. I don't think people realize how exploitative the banking and finance industry really are, and crypto bypasses most of that.
Just another question, where would you ideally like to see protest news posted on lemmy? Yes there's the 50501 community, I also post on DSA community. Where else?
The USA has one party: the capitalist party. They do not represent you, they represent corporate interests. Your vote doesn't even really matter because of the electoral college, and other racist relics such as the Senate, giving ridiculous power to to just a handful of "swing voters".
Voting once every 4 years for either the capitalist war monger or the other capitalist war monger, while they both ban 3rd party candidates from the ballot, does not make the USA "democratic".
Edit: also who cares if it's one party? In each of these cases the party has brought the entire population out of abject poverty (usually the result of capitalism exploiting them), increased education surpassing the USA, brought healthcare to all, have higher home ownership rates than the USA, etc.
Objective quality of life measurements all surpass the USA.
Where do you fit in? Do you own capital? Are you a business owner or a factory owner? If not then you are a tool for capitalists to exploit as they wish
To be fair, I don't consume mainstream media whatsoever anymore. After reading Manufacturing Consent, I see no point. I get all my news from socials or alt news sources like Democracy Now!, counter punch, it's going down, and Mother Jones, etc ...
I use Proton currently since it comes with my proton subscription. But I used mullvad for years and prefer it. They're both good, you can't go wrong really.