Maybe the surveillance cameras need to be destroyed. Safety can only be achieved when the Epstein creeps can't spy!
birdwing
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We actually do have EU-grown coffee beans, though not that much. In Spain there's one. The Canary Isles also have some.
If CNN bent the knee to Trump, I wouldn't trust it.
Better to look at news from elsewhere.
Life is too short Make of it What you can
If you think someone can opt out of responsibility for partaking in repression, then I got bad news for you, yes.
It won't become an alternative if we don't move. I think PeerTube can actually work regarding monetisation - having a decentralised Patreon alternative would help along, for example.
Vimeo is alright, but it's US-based. I don't trust far-right censorship to not creep up there.
Odysee is good design-wise, but it's full of hatred. Also, situated in the US.
Bandcamp, also situated in the US. No thanks.
I mean, there's Patreon, but that's American. It's in San Francisco in California though, which is at least not Trumpland. But with how things are headed, I'd be cautious.
Liberapay exists, but it uses Paypal, which is even scummier than Visa and Mastercard. Uses Stripe too, which is Irish-American (HQ in both countries).
If there's a FOSS decentralised* Patreon alternative that would support Wero, cash, and Monero, I could foreseee that having a ton of potential.
* with the HQ of development or whatever being in a country that's resistant against censorship.
It's not about crime or anything. Fascists always seek control. They are insecure and yet try to create the image of being in power. The machismo is all there is for them: they want to stifle and silence opposition. Which we won't let happen! All of us share the same fight: against that Epstein creep.
Release the Epstein Files And Step Down
No, you appear not to understand it fully. It is true that I put the role of the individual as more important, but in a way where the individual helps the collective.
Under capitalism, the individual is motivated to profit at the expense of others; whereas with anarchocommunism, the individual is motivated to work together.
I reject the state because it will lead to tyranny. You presume that I conflate democracy with dictatorship, but that is not the case; for me, workplace democracy is crucial.
You also understand what I mean by 'vanguard'; an organised group that is led, as opposing to federated and decentralised, where no one leads.
When we formalise the most advanced, then we create a new class. Which fails the entire point of communism! You might say formalising it helps; but I disagree with that. Here we for example do not log peoples' races or religions; because we believe these to be counterproductive, as they are only ever used by fascists to segregate and create new classes. The lack of logging has resulted in that people do not as much feel animosity for each other based on race or religion; and that we cooperate more together. Indeed, it would be more classless.
Democratic Centralism just means individuals are beholden to the collective decisions of the group, and are expected to uphold them.
Yeah, and when a majority votes for abolishing my rights, I sure as hell ain't gonna uphold that. Democratic centralism, whips, all that can kiss my sorry ass. Screw that shit. It is authoritarian, period. There's no "just" there; you are goodmouthing it. When they silence criticism, we become blind.
An example of the benefits of aligning is the LGBTQ+ movement, the TERFs end up being less effective because fighting for the liberation of all unites greater forces, and that's ignoring the evils of transphobia.
Except that in that case, there is no overarching group that enforces shutting down other opinions; the rejection of transphobia has grown through discussion and cooperation. Take blocking users, for example; it's something you can do without a larger collective forcing it on you. Sure, there's defederation as well, but you can always make an alt.
Edit: saw your addendum on the USSR and PRC. Both are excellent examples of the working class in power achieving dramatic results and improving the lives of the working class. Tripling of literacy rates, doubling of life expectancies, achieving dramatic improvements in science and well-being, fighting sexism and racism.
While these indeed do occur and have their merits, you should also not discard that millions of people still died under these regimes, just as with capitalism. And that dissidence was repressed; criticise the party, and you're gone. We can have improvement without authoritarianism.
What improvement in wellbeing is there then, when one cannot criticise? What improvement in fighting sexism is there, when queers were not allowed to be themselves in the USSR (and you can die for it in today's mafia Russia) and even up to today, in the PRC, cannot do so?
What improvements in fighting racism, when Russification displaced a ton of people and hampered the Baltics' selfdetermination, under an agenda of repression and ethnic cleansing? Indeed the US has far more of these problems; but it would be foolish to not also acknowledge the terribility of authoritarianism!
When I speak of communism, I speak of true liberation, not establishing yet another tyranny.
You're goodmouthing Trotsky's assassination. I know enough. I have one word of advice: stop and think about what you're doing: should people be murdered at all? Thanks for the good discussion, but I've no need for talk like this. The whole "he was organising terrorism against Stalin" is literally a lie that Stalin spread himself. He lied also about who killed Trotsky, saying it was another Trotskyist, when he gave the order himself.
Come back to me when you don't just criticise capitalism, but all forms of authoritarianism, totalitarian communism such as that of the USSR, Cuba, and the PRC included. We share the same fight, but that doesn't mean you have to lick the authoritarian boot.
That is strange reasoning. Not living on your own doesn't help you mature or grow independent at all. It's the reasoning insecure or helicopter parents tend to give.
People here move out earlier all the time. I think it's a great way to foster independence and selfcare.
As long as the kid is gently guided (eg., put rules on paying a relatively low rent, don't discriminate, that stuff), and knows they can ask questions re: "parent, how do I ... X" and feel secure, that is good. A good parent raises their kid to be independent, not obedient like a dog.