Yeah, but I hope you realize my comment was more intended to be a humorous take, building on the humour of the comment I replied on.

On reddit, I eventually got used to adding a /s to every mild joke.

Up until now, I was pleasantly surprised that it isn’t needed on Lemmy.

Hey Time Traveller, welcome to 2024!

Now I know back in the 19th, ideology was just a term to denote a set of ideas.

And that’s cool and all. Viva la Renaissance!

But we kind of diverged from then and did some injustice to the etymology of the word. Now it’s more like a synonym for dogma and it has negative connotations of irrationality and an unwillingness to examine arguments critically.

Hope you enjoy your time in the 21st century and wait until you hear about what we did with the word “Gay”.

While I do agree with you, I also see twitch, TikTok and Patreon presenting models that are quite competitive with YouTube.

From a privacy perspective, free junk content like TikTok, YouTube and twitch will always be hard coupled with targeted advertising.

But Patreon (and onlyfans for that matter) do offer a model that can work without ads.

In fact, if Patreon also introduced an ad-supported tier and allowed you to more broadly see other content aside from the direct person you sponsor, it could probably grow quite a lot.

Fools, everyone knows that the congestion is at 1 - it’s Benfords law.

We are again wasting taxpayer money on building bridges to nowhere, while traffic remains congested where it actually counts.

If we gotta vote for a corpse, might as well vote for the best corpse.

That’s going to be very difficult to achieve. Anything below the Berne convention is a legal impossibility.

What I think should happen, is that digital preservation should become a recognized fair use.

For example, digital content should be offered without DRM and at minimum price to recognized libraries for archival purposes.

If this is not done, the libraries may break the DRM themselves.

As soon as the copyright holder stops offering the content at reasonable prices to the public, the libraries are free to lend out the DRM-free content to the public.

And when the copyright term expires and the works enter the public domain, the libraries may immediately offer the DRM-free copies to the public.

The advantage of such a scheme is that it only requires one country to legally mandate it. And that country will not be in violation of the Berne convention or other treaties.

I have read a lot of reports on how Texas doesn’t provide polling places in poorer, minority neighbourhoods, forcing them to travel far to vote.

And I have also heard reports of people who had to stand in line for hours to vote in Texas. Again, in poorer, minority neighbourhoods.

Are you saying those reports are not true?

Agreed. And to your point, competitive states without voter suppression like Wisconsin and Michigan had turnout of around 75%, while Texas (which is most known for suppressing voters) only achieved 60% turnout.

The problem is, the people who are swayed by this argument were already going to vote Blue no matter who.

To win the election, you need to convince voters who are still doubting between Trump and Biden. And they have definitely heard this argument before, so a different argument is needed.

With this kind of crab mentality, it’s going to be a race to the bottom.

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Seems like they could just Google the lyrics and read that.

But I guess Spotify lyrics do give an idea on the pace of the song.

You are totally right.

Fascism appeals to humanity’s most basic impulses and fascists will therefore always be a threat to democracy.

People crave the strong, authoritarian leader who will protect them from danger.

Indeed - and I really hope it passes.

I thought about mentioning it in my previous comment. But basically, it’s another example that States hold most of the power. The States actually have the power to effectively replace the current system with a national popular vote if they choose.

Other examples are the IRV in Alaska and the district system in Maine and Nebraska.

Both elections exactly prove my point.

The federal system is set up to favor State power, which is why the US presidential election isn’t decided by popular vote. By design, Wyoming and California are considered equals in many respects.

It’s a bad system, but it’s very much entrenched in the constitution.

And it also requires critical mass. It’s basically impossible to enact meaningful change with a 50-55% majority. You need 60% or more to get big changes. And a majority of states.

Ik blijf het vreemd vinden dat zoveel mensen dit ontkennen.

Een vogel die geen nest kan maken zal ook geen ei leggen.

Wie wilt nou kinderen krijgen als je nog bij je ouders woont?

En als je pas op je 30ste een eigen, klein appartementje kunt krijgen, dan hou je het ook op 1 of misschien 2 kinderen ipv 3 of 4.

Of als je allebei fulltime moet werken om een rijtjeswoning te betalen, ook dan zul je eerder bij 1 of 2 kinderen stoppen.

A somewhat less pessimistic take: the system is set up to be self-stable.

And it was also designed so that States would have most of the power, not the Federal government.

At various points in history the common people did get benefits. New Deal. Universal suffrage. Civil rights. Abolition.

But it always requires a critical mass of the population to support change.

John Stewart always finds the best way to express what I’m feeling.

Regardless of the outcome, this election will go down as a shit stain on history.

I just hope the outcome doesn’t turn it into explosive diarrhea.

Israel only bombs terrorists, not civilians.

Your German nationality will now be revoked for thinking the wrong thought.

Unfortunate reality, but headline placement is quite OK.