silent_water [she/her]

lol the US security apparatus is bad but it’s not that bad. you might get put on a watchlist though.

FOSS hacks the copyright system to build a software commons independent of corporation, guaranteeing the freedoms of users and developers - what part of that statement isn’t political?

how can privacy ever be stripped of political content? it’s inherently about social forces - ie politics.

I’d put Grant at least terrible – he was still a genocidier but at least he tried to push through a real reformation in the South after the civil war. worst? I barely know where to start, there’s so many good choices.

mate, I know his legacy has been thoroughly whitewashed by the media but seriously, look up what happened in East Timor, Nicaragua, Iran, and Afghanistan and I’m definitely forgetting some coups/counterrevolutions. there’s plenty of blood on his hands. there are exactly zero US presidents who haven’t conducted or allowed genocide. you don’t get to be emperor then clutch pearls at the awful shit people are doing, following in your footsteps.

adhd posting tip: when you inevitably write a 2000 word response to someone, go back when you’re done and rewrite the first paragraph so it actually sets up what you ended up writing about - cause otherwise it’s confusing for other people to read.

a gift economy is also an exchange of goods but it’s decidedly not capitalism - no one earns any profit and there’s no flow converting money into capital and capital back into money.

oh briar looks promising. I’ve been looking for a simple e2ee chat app that doesn’t involve the internet. thanks!

ngl watching them beat and get beat by cops was the purest moment of my life

it’s to protect your eyes against tear gas.you need a gas mask to go along with it but it’s standard kit for protests.

redditisfun, it was a third party reddit app

it’s a joke about reddit’s tendency towards racism and other bigotry, not the literal stormfront website.

it’s such an unfunny joke I had to read it three times to even understand what she was trying to say