Enshittification is a function of capitalism, not popularity. Unless every Linux distro gets paywalled, there is no profit incentive that would drive Linux to enshittification. The kinds of people who currently work on it for no pay will continue to work on it.

I’m confused about your point here.

Maybe instead of disavowing these people who are getting arrested for protesting Israel and ICE, the actual left should be organizing to help them and use their stories to create sympathy for the left?

“First they came for the trust fund babies who were using their money to help victims of genocide, but I didn’t stand up because he wasn’t a socialist.”

Online forums definitely have the power to shape discourse. The resurrection of socialism is proof of that. Before the internet, socialism was a dirty word in America, and now any political thread will have socialists in it.

It’s not that one person makes a difference, it’s the constant exposure achieved by many people posting similar arguments.

In colder climates you actually have to plan to eat preserved food until late spring, when everything that started growing when the snow melted has finally started to produce food.

Our natural state is to exist in collective communities. It is only capitalism that has atomized us into individuals competing against everyone else.

Like most things, Ozempic is fine by itself. But when you put it in the context of a society obsessed with both unrealistic beauty standards and assigning moral weight to any perceived “flaw,” Ozempic is a fast track to returning to the eating disorder epidemic of the 1980s-2000s.

Future historians will also note the coincidence of the meteoric rise of Ozempic with the rise of fascism. Making people feel bad about themselves is how the ruling class and patriarchy exert control. They want you to be unhealthily obsessed with your weight, just as they want you to be addicted to drugs, porn, video games, etc. The radical body acceptance movement was a direct threat to their power, and Ozempic has pretty much removed it from the conversation.

The moment someone resorts to insults is the moment you know they’ve lost the argument. 👆

Fuck the patriarchy. All my homies hate the patriarchy.

Have you tried being an AI? I hear tech is only hiring AI now.

And then there’s people like Joe Rogan who take all the psychedelics but apparently don’t realize a fucking thing.

Makes sense. Fuentes serves the same capitalist masters as Israel. Zionism always was a fascist project (I mean that literally - Israel was created largely thanks to the Nazis and fascist elements of the British/French governments).

The beacons are lit! The working class calls for aid!

Harry Potter was a global phenomenon. Never before in history had a book series held such sway over a large portion of an entire generation of humans. Something like that is going to continue to have a place in popular discourse, largely because the average person is either ignorant of the issue or simply doesn’t care.

Also, in capitalism a moneymaker like HP simply isn’t allowed to die.

Because JK Rowling is pissed that the original cast doesn’t support her becoming a raging transphobe/capitalist goon.

Cold brew is good for people who need lower acidity.

It’s not just cars. Our whole society is grey.

I was just going to say, I’ve been on Lemmy for like 6 months and I’ve literally never seen a .ml user blindly support China or Russia.

On the other hand, I’ve seen tons of non-.ml users blindly hate those countries.

How about we do it together?

Sorry, but revolution is a far simpler way to stop corporate greed than trying to change everyone’s buying habits.