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Your Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You Live (uk.pcmag.com)
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This is unacceptable. And I’m sick of all the fucking workarounds to maintain basic privacy.

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[–] 8 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Hopefully not by voting. I absolutely loath peoples misplaced trust in bureaucratic mechanisms. If you want something done you do it, I'm not going to vote for someone in one of the pre-approved parties, just for them to give 40 reasons why it's unreasonable. You are never allowed to vote when it could actually create change, remember that.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Run for office, then. And if that isn't possible, then it's time for more radical measures.

    Voting won't fix everything, but there is a good reason voter suppression exists and why most people had to have their right to vote fought for.

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  • [–] -1 points 23 hours ago*

    Run for office and do what exactly? Okay, I guess i could potentially win something at a county or city level. Great. Then I propose things, and shucks all my proposals get turned down because more bureaucracy. "We can't do that, what with the state laws and such" I've literally watched this song and dance at many a city council meeting, often involving someone that I personally campaigned for!

    What an absolute fucking waste of time it was for me to have even tried. I did everything the way I was supposed to, but I'm now almost 10 years into this, and I've got exactly nothing to show for it. Some of you might be happy doing this charade until you're 80 years old, but not me. Take your pragmatism, utilitarianism, whatever word of the day you decide to use to justify opportunism and shove it where the sun don't shine.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

    Sheeeit, I live in a state where we directly voted for a particular thing, like overwhelmingly the public said "yeah, do things this way for fuck's sake!"

    And the legislators? They said "we don't think that's in your best interest, actually, so no, don't think we will". And that was the end of that. (Actually not really, they did similar stuff with a couple other things too, including screwing our teachers enough to get them to organize a bit despite how heavy their workloads already are, damn was I eager to help with that!).

    Voting to solve problems. Lol!!

    spoilerDear reader, if this is you, you don't have to begin anew the tired recapitulation of the arguments - I do vote, like a chump, every chance I get, while also knowing we simply cannot vote our way out of this, that has been engineered (and continually is!) to never happen.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Thank you for the clarification in the spoiler. It makes your argument way stronger.

    We've lost organizational power in this country because the pedophile class has been destroying even slightly liberal third spaces. Christian coffee shops talks politics everyday, no one bats an eye. But god forbid a business support a queer person, then everyone will boycott that business because theyre doing politics.

    Find your local third spaces that kinda support you, and build a community of spenders and force the third space to support you more.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    What do you think can be done for more and better third spaces? I'm at an almost total loss but damn do we need them. And people can tell, even when they don't quite have the words to describe that need, they sense the lack for certain.

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  • [–] 2 points 18 hours ago

    I think one of the first ways is to show up. Like if a place is hosting a drag show, recognize that they've lost customers, so now you need to show up for the drag shows AND during regular hours.

    If its somewhere you want to be a third space, then be friendly. Engage in conversation. If you've been going for a while, welcome new people to the space.

    Third spaces don't have to be businesses, they can be parks, libraries, and the likes. Those are a bit easier to start your community in. Make a post on a local Facebook page, "I'm going to be at this park doing this. Every Sunday at 1PM, join me." Then show up. The first event will likely only have 2 or 3 people show up. That's normal. Keep it up, be consistent, and don't get down when no one shows up, do it again. People will come when they realize they've missed out. Make sure people know they missed out, take pictures, make it look busy.

    Lastly, I think non-profits, like animal shelters, political organizations, etc. need to be opening reasons for people to visit them. Animal shelters, I think should open pet stores or have a space for dog training - so that local dog owners can meet other dog owners and raise their dogs better. Political parties should have bars/coffee shops so that people have a social third space to be, talk, and advance their party.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    Bingo. Voting does absolutely nothing & has never solved anything. All you’re doing is replacing corrupt politicians with more corrupt politicians in which the majority of them are bought & paid for & are handpicked by their wealthy donors.

    It’s one of the reasons why I left the Democrat party in late 2022 & became politically homeless & turned to Anarchy.

    The real answer, is something like grassroots. Civil disobedience. General strikes. A riot. A revolution. Those are what will spark real change. Voting is an illusion of choice. A sham. A fool’s errand.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    You're right that grassroots is the answer. But voting is still part of the solution.

    We're needing broad change, everywhere. Don't want Flock in your neighborhood? City council. Don't want a data center in your neighborhood? City council.

    City council is a body of what 7 people? That can immediately impact your daily life. If your town is banning Flock, and data centers, and doing a good job, then your neighboring towns will too.

    And it really doesn't take that many people to sway the outcome of a city council election.

    But here's where it gets scary: the pedophile elite has been destroying liberal leaning 3rd spaces for the past 10 or more years, while propping up right wing third spaces. Every single Christian coffee shop is a breeding ground for Nazism. The challenge in getting a city council that works for you, is creating a community that works for you.

    And every single person that goes to the Christian coffee shop will stop supporting the local business that supports the queer community, "because they don't do politics."

    Vote from the ground up. Promote local leaders. And while you're voting for them, vote in a way that will at least delay fascism till your local leader has the experience to compete with the shitheads like Schumer.

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