www.theguardian.com The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
He deserves all the flak, but we need to accept and encourage people who are changing their mind or we're all fucked.
There are localized efforts to remediate this, https://www.mamacertified.org/ for example.
The rise of end times fascism
Well done essay summarizing various motives behind the current administration and its backers. Ties all the billionaire bunker-owner company-town / network state crypto-AI fascism together in a little bow with the more traditional religious variety.
That didn't last long.
I'd choose this over axe throwing, but still prefer bowling. There are smart phone apps that "tech enable" your dart board at home.
This has been going on since the early 1990s. Just keep up the fight.
check out OPNsense routers and use your existing equipment only as access points. You can then make firewall rules to block them from phoning home. protectli sells some inexpensive models.
I'm freely up voting things without repercussion. weeeeeeeeeeee
This reads like an angry old man complaining how the internet was better back in my day. It may have been better, but it didn't have every human being plus armies of bots. It was not user friendly. It was hard. So hard most people didn't bother with much more than email. Neither is the fediverse easy. Facebook, xitter, reddit, Instagram etc... they are as easy as passively watching television or listening to radio. They require no thought, or even much interaction. There are so many trackers across the web that they already know you and what bullshit you'll eat. That's both their greatest secret to success and their greatest danger to society.