sloppychops @ sloppychops @lemmy.ca

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2. Always and forever.

There are always consequences, some more productive that others. Note that I am not claiming that progressive politics are authoritarian, only that there are authoritarian tendencies on the far left end of the progressive spectrum. I would probably class myself as progressive. Green/Labour left is probably closer.

Where one might say 'overly zealous' another might say 'authoritarian.'

There is a tendency amongst those on the political extremes to:

Silence opposing voices; Push for, and sometimes implement the policing and criminalization of certain speech; Root out 'enemies' through witch-hunts and humiliation rituals or 'struggle sessions'; Enforce a conformity of ideas and opinions through the threat of ostracization, humiliation or violence. Instill a culture of fear around speech or activities contrary to the 'party line.' Amongst other things.

That's the problem with 'deplatforming.'

The crazies migrate to another platform and then that platform gets bigger and crazier and perhaps eventually competes with the original, more mainstream platforms.

On one hand; not a bad strategy if your aim is simply to have tariffs dropped, even for a short time. Appeal to Trump's narcissism by promising him a Canadian leader aligned with him.

On the other hand; wtf?

Grindr convention

As we all know; only good things happened in the 1930s.

Fucking hell. That tweet is so cruel. I hope one day he comes back from the dark place he currently finds himself and looks back on this episode with shame.

No.

The crazy conspiracy guy I know uses Brave, so that already put me off.

Only on the Sunday shows?

2, please.

"Could."

It sure looks like Americans do want rich people with political influence considering they just voted for a billionaire promising a cabinet of billionaires.

It's super fucked up, is what it is. What is going through the heads of these people? Lead in the eyeliner?

It's weird, because there's inarguably been a 'vibe shift' away from the more authoritarian side of progressive ideas and politics, and for a while it seemed the backlash was unstoppable and far-right. I hope we are starting to see a 'vibe shift' away from the extremes of the right, too. It can't be healthy for a society to swing from one extreme to the other. I suppose social media, and the difficulty with communicating nuance on such platforms is partly, maybe wholly, to blame.

Reddit link booooooo

Ah. I follow now. Sorry I didn't realise you had linked to google translate in the post.

There's a DeepL browser extension for that.

Try DeepL. It's the superior translation app, as far as I'm concerned. Based in the EU, I believe.

The nature and scenery in the US is honestly stunning, and you're lucky to have the NPS to make all of it so accessible.

In saying that though; there is natural beauty everywhere you look in the world and it's very easy, and often cheaper to go elsewhere.