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I mean, for me personally money was only part of the equation considering I was willing to put myself in debt. I could have better job security doing a trade job if money was the only factor. I also found computers inheritly interesting and the job was in high demand at the time. It all has backfired now though, despite developing a passion for tech and software overtime. I honestly SHOULD have done something only for the money instead of finding the best of both worlds, but hindsight is 20/20 I suppose

Copyright can be used to in a good way. Unfortunately, its mostly used by big corporations as a battering ram to extract as much money as possible from smaller businesses and even just individuals

Pretty sure this has already been a thing

That might be true as I haven’t looked into it in detail. Though even then, if the goal is to make cars more affordable, there’s lots of other features you can cut down on that has nothing to do with safety

Ah yes, it’s safety that makes newer cars expensive you see. Not the wireless key-fobs, power seats, built in ipad to replace the perfectly fine knobs and buttons, autonomous driving features…

Guess we need to use capitalism to destroy capitalism like that jREG skit

The government is shutdown, people are starving, flights are being cancelled, inflation is being suffocating, and people are being kidnapped at the streets. So obviously, the name of a new football stadium is DEFINITELY what he should be focusing on. Fucking hell

I have it working on Ubuntu 25.10 and it worked out of the box for me. So I’m not sure if they added the drivers for experimental releases of Ubuntu or I had them unknowingly installed somehow. Therefore, no idea what to tell you other than try Ubuntu 25.10?

Guess ICE can detain someone without a warrant for any reason without needing to announce themselves, not just immigrants. Kinda like a secret police…huh. What other countries had a secret police again? 🤔

Isn’t Lemmy technically a form of social media? 🤔

I mean tbf, this is more personal rather than political but, if this comment section is any identification I doubt I should be the person who does organize a resistance. This is me with time to think about my replies too, imagine me with a real time debate with someone. I have a group of friends and a family with similar opinions to mine, but would that truly be enough to resist fascism or would we all be broken or annihilated with no impact at all?

So, what do you suggest I do then as an alternative to voting in this scenario? I suppose I could spill the blood of the politicians that want to build concentration camps, but once again unless I change the minds of millions of people and start a full blown civil war, then the bloodshed will be pointless. I could also move away from America, but that’s assuming I could even afford to do that let alone be able to do it legally. The only power I have as an American citizen as of now is to vote. That’s the only power I have. Protesting will eventually just get me arrested or murdered once Trump completes his power grab.

I mean, I believe nixus was talking about voting third party, which here in America is just another way of abstaining to vote. The concentration camp example was just to point out that to say one bad candidate against an objectively worse candidate doesn’t automatically mean they’re both equally as bad. I regret using concentration camps as an example though. Perhaps a better example would be if you had the choice of voting for either Benito Mussolini or Bill Clinton. Both candidates are bad, but if I vote for one of them, am I in the wrong to make sure Mussolini doesn’t win by voting for Bill Clinton?

Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t the senate controlled by the right? Wasn’t it them that pushed for mass deportations?

I suppose you do have a point though, Harris wouldn’t need to be the only one who wins to make an actual difference, even if she would have just upheld the status quo that led to the rise in fascism. Still would have preferred that over what Trump is doing atm

Sadly, western genocide will happen REGARDLESS of who I vote for, yeah. So, what do you propose I do about it other than protest and likely get arrested by ICE in a couple years for it? Attempt to sail aid to the people in Gaza and die along with them? I suppose it would preferable to get shot and die than live in a fascist America where my friends and family have to suffer, not to undermine what Gaza is going through though.

Huh, I actually didn’t know that, point taken. I didn’t know China had elections in general

I would vote a third party if it doesn’t just help the right win. If only we had ranked choice voting instead of the electrol college, then we could crub the 2 party system. Unfortunately, in the US, it’s either red team or blue team because until you can change the hearts and minds of millions of people, then it’s always going to be one of them.

More so pointing out how silly it is. If the US wasn’t a democracy, then why vote? If they’re referring to the electrol college or lobbying, then yeah, I don’t support those and think it’s anti-democratic. We’d be in agreement.

Protesting against the actions of Donald Trump makes me a white supremist? Sorry, I didn’t realize.

Oh, you’re right. My mistake. I guess I’ll just stop voting or even protesting then :/