mitram

Most games on steam are drm-free or have a very weak DRM which is easily removed. Not great, but not the worst.

Lootboxes kinda suck, but at least they only use them for cosmetic items, it’s not pay2win, more like pay2lookgood.

About the child gambling… Pretty awful, but I think the ones who should bear most of the blame should be the parents. I have younger family members (not my kids) and their parents couldn’t give less of a shit about ensuring they only have access to age appropriate content. Steam has parental controls implemented, USE THEM. Starting to think that allowing kids to access these features (when parental control is available) should be considered some kind of negligence.

To be fair those are cosmetic only items. I’ve played a ton of those games and didn’t spend s dime, because I don’t care about how cool my gun looks.

I know literally nothing about him, what has he done?

I just heard this song for the first time yesterday. This feels like a glitch in the matrix 🥴

Thank you for your service 🫡

I feel like the definition I use for state might be somewhat different than most around here, as I would consider an administration as a state.

Even without class struggle, crimes and abused would still occur how can a copless society (with millions of members) resolve this issues? Local militias? Wouldn’t those be the “police”?

Curious to hear from you

Thank you for sharing

I’ll be honest, I don’t know enough about Cuba to know whether or not it deserves the label. I’ve seen first accounts of events supporting both views, that Cuba is on path to a society exempt from exploitation and that it’s ruled by an oppressive elite that uses the aesthetic of Marxism to fool the population.

If you have any suggestions on how to learn more I’d appreciate it.

And yes “authoritarianism” is reductive of all interactions in a political system, we agree on that

I agree with you and don’t feel it contradicts the opinion that “authoritarian” is more than a mere tool against communists

Either way, and as I’ve said in another comment, this feels mostly like discussing semantics, but I’m enjoying the civilised conversation

I don’t agree with equating the behaviour of fascist states and AES.

Yes both wield authority, but one’s authority is backed by a small number of people with access to great power and resources, while other’s authority is legitimised by the will of the majority

I believe that difference is critical in differentiating the two

I’m not sure I agree with your view.

Words are commonly misused but they still have meanings. In a society where the will of the majority is ignored in favour of the will of the few I think most people would agree it’s an authoritarian society, it’s usually not that black and white but every society is closer or further from authoritarian

Thank you for the references

I find it interesting the way you put it

What would a stateless society look like in your opinion? Are there any practical examples?

Pardon my ignorance but I don’t know the term “AES state”

If I see it through that perspective I get it, still sounds odd to me to label authoritarianism only as a western tool to criticise communists

Right that’s why I don’t understand @bubblybubbles’s point.

All terms are made up, but it makes sense to have a definition for authoritarianism. It feels like we are just discussing semantics

Wouldn’t you consider Hitler’s ideology authoritarian? Or Mussolini’s?

!sidehustles@leminal.space

For every person who is “super rich”, thousands, if not millions, will go through strife and unfair hardship

Oh, I never knew Signal had such humble beginnings. I think you would be very surprised if you ever give it another shot. It’s pretty much “install an app and talk” (with the pretty stuff!]). Never heard of SimpleX, might give it a look someday. Thank you!

Honestly curious, what was missing on Signal and what was complicated? I can’t even remember the sign up process and never felt I was missing out on features, at least not on features available elsewhere