It's quite clear that Respresentive democracy isn't working. I don't think more of it will work. Direct Democracy has never been tried. I know people say "Democracy can't work." But least give the Direct version a try.
When people are willing and able to commit fraud to keep the system going, you have to wonder if it's worth mantaining.
USPol
People are still flocking over to the Nazi orange because of the claim that he's prevented world war 3. This is really disingenuous, since..well, there's still North Korea issue. He's still pushing for war, and repressing people. So why are they falling for him? Because they're stupid and racist. Fuck him and fuck them.
WesternPol
Could you imagine this kind of system being implemented in other places? Nazi Germany? America, maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHcTKWiZ8sI
Current Events, Tumblr
So, it seems like Verizon has bought out Tumblr's parent company, Yahoo, just to get at Net Neutrality activists on it.
I keep trying to explain to people there that there are alternatives, but they want to jump to one centralised system to another, as if decentralisation is scary to them.
"Let's play a game, to help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same."
Whelp, okay.
#furry #cats #macro #muscle #computing #retrocomputing #growth #retrogaming #technology
Wait, that's 9 isn't it? Ah, balls to it.
Professional idiot. Hated by the Daily Mail and most of the UK population. Also a macro fur, so fair warning.
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