I read about it and I’m a little confused. I’m not who you replied to, just a curious lurker. That’s a fascinating and very powerful event so first thank you for sharing, but I couldn’t figure out how it culminates in stripping power from robber barons

Imagine every comment being an aggregate of the “best” human submitted comments as decided by the AI, so it’s just less overwhelming for our little minds to have to choose what to vote on. It’s not unrealistic imo.

As an American this is exactly why I’m not as well. GOG exists, and I have a decent library to fall back on regardless. Now’s the time for us to do that.

I’m just glad there’s a broader discussion about it, this is exactly what we need.

Likewise man, have a good one 🤝

I would say something pot and kettle but I think you’ve probably heard that one too. Look, some people replied with very helpful info. Was I confidently incorrect? Oh yeah. Did I learn something from it? Absolutely, but it wasn’t to not be wrong again.

Do you only speak in cryptic sayings you’ve read on the side of mugs?

What does that even mean?

If anyone is considering the same don’t forget to use shreddit first.

Hyper focusing on Blackrock makes you sound like a conspiracy theorist - there are many groups like it, you have to expose the whole not be obsessed with the one or again it just looks crazy. IMO.

Hard drive in the freezer. Broken actuator. Well, I put the entire laptop in. Early 00s probably. Worked for like 3 minutes.

Income inequality in whatever the most palatable form is for the target audience who needs to hear it. That’s it. But I’m clearly not convincing you here - I’m just some rando idiot who sees a problem. I would gladly have an adult in the room give a better answer. In lieu of that, this is the best I’ve got for you. I’d love to have a space to discuss these things, I think actionable items like this are missing from current discourse here. Maybe it’s the format idk

Regardless of the outcome I just hope this doesn’t lead to more tribalism in software again. The FOSS community needs to stay strong on an international level whenever it comes to hardware integration etc.

Yeah that succinctly describes the jank experience I’ve had with it. First, just thank you for all of this. Second, it’s working today, woo! Very stoked about this, again tysm

Ok but this is the problem I think occupy wall street had. They were protesting the right people, getting attention, but consistently the messaging was vaguely gestures the system, Wall Street, bankers. We can speculate why that messaging wasn’t clear or didn’t get out, but we have an opportunity right now to correct that mistake.

Agreed. And I want groups like this to succeed. But we need a single, easily digestible message that can encompass all of these issues under one roof. That issue, imo, is wealth inequality. But now it all comes down to phrasing. It’s an issue that isn’t hard to get people on board with if, and only if, we are careful with messaging and branding. I wish I was joking, but that’s the world we live in. Not the one where I demand everything, get nothing, and keep being frustrated that it never changes. It’s time to adapt or continue the cycle of losing.

I couldn’t find that immediately on their site but Wikipedia told me it’s:

• Impeachment of Donald Trump and removal from office[1]
• Investigation into Elon Musk, DOGEand Trump appointees[1]
• Reinstatement of rescinded federal DEI initiatives[1]
• Protection of LGBTQ rights in the United States
• Protection of minorities and minority rights
• Reinstatement of Military aid to Ukraine[2]
• Lifting of tariffs against Canada and Mexico[2]

Which imo is an unrealistic bucket of goals, not a unified call to action

Why would they? Ineffectual protests with disparate, unclear goals. More useful to keep them so there’s at least a harmless resistance to redirect energy toward.

It’s funny how this has come full circle - many people garden (in their back yards) to show they have the free time to do so.

Exactly. Maybe if you’re seeing it everywhere that’s because the issue is so pervasive it affects that much of the lives of those using it. So either do something about it or go to spaces where people don’t have problems I guess.