cygnus @ cygnus @lemmy.ca

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Seeing anybody praise Chomsky online immediately puts me into a defensive anti-Tankie posture.

They control moderation, as they also do on Reddit. I don't know about Lemmy but I have personally been shadowbanned on their Reddit sub. They can't do that on Mastodon.

They have has as much of a seat as warrants their size and economic power, perhaps even more because of their location as a buffer against China. Most EU countries have pull only because they are part of the EU. Compare Spain and Japan on the world stage, for example.

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Japan and South Korea aren't in Asia? I'd certainly count them as "western", especially Japan. if I'm feeling especially generous I might provisionally include Brazil too.

It was still a completely naive and idiotic thing to say and doesn't show the forethought and strategic thinking that comes with being a good CEO, especially one of a service that could literally put people's lives in danger if jeopardized.

They also can't control the narrative on Mastodon like they do on Reddit and Lemmy through "volunteer mod" Nelizea. I'm glad I quit using them — they are becoming tech bro chuds (or maybe always were but just hid it better)

Nice, I get to use the only thing I know how to say in Swedish (forgive the lack of diacritics): forlat, jag pratar inte svenska.

Exactly. Americans are very quick to deflect and turn to whataboutism when held responsible for their actions.

Other than Hungary those examples are not even in the same postal code as what's happening in the US, let alone the same ballpark. Argentina and Indonesia were always a clusterfuck, and were never first-world countries.

It’s obviously pretty stupid, but we shouldn’t act like the Americans are especially dumb, this is happening all over the globe.

Is it really, though? Which other first-world country would you say is even remotely as far down the rabbit hole of idiocy as the USA?

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It was Napoleon who said something similar to that quote, but the point stands.

It would have been good of the article to mention that important tidbit...

I'm a bit surprised that the armed forces are openly opposing this, but good for them!

McCabe stated DOGE is acting like a “wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason.”

Reading between the lines, ol' Bob here seems to think that only MAGA are people. Destroying the libs' lives is perfectly fine.

A hockey game may seem like a small thing, but this was very meaningful for us. Well done to Team Canada - you did us all proud.

Really? That's odd, because he seems to be doing anything he wants right now, and no one is stopping him.

"Boomer mode"