Just got around to reading this, excellent post. It’s unfortunate but necessary work to continually debunk the neo-luddites every time new technology gets introduced.

You hit it on the head that these tools are neutral, and their mis-use under capitalism is not an argument to reject them wholesale.

I spose since orwell was a british troop in burma, he’s only a few decades early for this.

They used this in vietnam w/ the phoenix program to help identify and kill a lot of people.

This isn’t the space for this, nor do we have any expertise on it. Seek a mental health professional or other resources.

I’ve heard good things, but also that it was somewhat depressing / dystopian, as compared to star trek’s overall optimism. Not to say that’s bad in any way, just that its not for everyone… is that the case?

Thx!

Taking a firm proletarian stand on how good this book is. It should be required reading for all communists.

Just donated, hope everything ends up well comrade.

Western supremacy and defense of colonialism is the cornerstone of liberalism, so they will, just like all the liberals did during the US war on Iraq, vietnam, and every other war.

Agree. Zionism was “sold” to the USSR as a national question, but after it was exposed for what it really was, settler-colonialism, then the USSR changed positions and took a hostile position towards Israel. They even fought a secret war against Israel in support of Nasser in Egypt in the 1960s.

Devs, fight!

Luckily for us the PRC isn’t as easy to manipulate as marty mcfly in back to the future (oh you called me chicken? Guess I’ll do whatever you want me to do now). They ain’t taking the bait.

Why is the biden regime cracking down on students protesting biden’s massive funding of palestinian genocide?

Someone please post this on lemmy.world, I want to see their reaction.

props to @EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net

We don’t do “debates” here, but if you’re genuinely interested in learning a perspective different from your own, we’d be glad to link some introductory resources.

This app is legit too: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.whobird/

I could see him being more metal than his entire family.

This, but maybe slackware with the hannah montana ui.