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The repressive elements of government upholding class relations die out in favor of the administration of things.

When did a communist government ever stop being repressive? It’s nice in theory n’ all.

Can confirm. Just walked the Camino and everyone I talked to had a bad experience with BMW drivers. The brand is like a dickhead magnet.

Haha thanks for the great suggestions. I’ve been on mobile only the past few weeks, but will try to do more in this format moving forward.

It’s because you are using a VPN. You always get a ton more captchas when using a VPN on some websites. Mainly because they don’t want you using one, so you can be tracked for ads.

Yeah it’s been manageable on our instance so far. I’d say our admin team manage most of the reports if the community mods don’t get to them within an hour or two. Works well for smaller instances, but I can see how it wouldn’t scale well at LWs size.

There a whole article about Russian disinformation on this topic here. They certainly did have a pact with the Nazis. Your argument is basically “it didn’t happen, but if it did then it the West forced us into it” which is a 100% classic disinformation line. It’s like when Putin says there is no war with Ukraine, but if there is it’s because the West forced us to do it.

Well at least it gives us some idea of their politics.

FYI - 42 downvotes and 320 upvotes so far = 278 (87% ratio of upvotes/downvotes)

tbh it looks a lot more like parody to me. Also, please by mindful of community rule 5.

Ah sorry man, I didn’t check it out too thoroughly.

TheEmpire has open signups right now.

Wait until you hear about the semi-autonomous killer drone swarms, designed to prevent signal jamming (by not needing an operator).

I don’t think there’s currently a way to automatically sync watch history across devices, but I’d love to be wrong about that tbh, because it would be handy.

For me it’s not just about ads, it’s also about surveillance. With FreeTube you can have subscriptions without needing a linked YouTube account, and all the subscription/watch history data is stored locally. So, it’s a good opt-out of Google/YouTube surveillance. And you can import/export subscriptions if you need to transfer to another device. I happen to use FreeTube for this because it is frequently updated and I like the setup, but other options exist - I’m not really promoting this option over other options, just raising some awareness about it.

Thanks for the reminder: Donate link

IMO it’s a good idea to use a VPN when accessing any pirated content, as a general rule. While there are exceptions (e.g. usenet, specific countries with piracy-friendly laws/enforcement) and it’s arguably unlikely end-users of pirated streams would be prosecuted, why take the risk? It’s cheap insurance and there are few downsides. In some countries ISPs will act on reported piracy at your IP address and you could have your internet cut off or suspended, and/or be fined. So, better safe than sorry.

Lol true.

Looks like he’s putting together his own version of the Legion of Doom.