Wasn’t Google in the middle of an antitrust investigation?

For my Americans across the pond, I ask earnestly:

What could Russia do today that would cement themselves as an unparalleled oligarchy where just a few people control everything with no regard for amybody else in their country, that the US isn’t already doing?

I understand your fears, I really do.

Its just… I don’t think we’re totally lost yet, thank God. I’m hoping people keep being somewhat aware that fascism is not the way, even if it’s being increasingly promoted on the internet.

Let us do our part as well. Keep boycotting the US, keep protesting against Israel and Russia in public. There is little else we can do, but these things are powerful on their own as long as we don’t lose momentum.

The other one is a manual labourer or simple job worker bubble - I see a lot more diversity there, many people falling for different kinds of propaganda, superstition, fearmongering. Some of those are already hardcore nazis, some of them are sympathizers in some ways.

That’s fine, I’m not gonna disagree with this, however I don’t see these people as a large, organized group that is bigger than the anti-Israel, anti-Russia status quo.

They usually get informations from the TV, newspapers and friends, partially online as well - mostly Facebook.

From TV, really? Maybe if you’re talking about Fox News… That sort of TV doesn’t exist in most European countries, Thankfully.

From the internet though yeah, i agree. But again, these aren’t apolitical people at that point, if they are getting so involved in political discussions like that.

I’m talking the West that had Mussolini hanged upside down out on the public square once fascism was put to practice. The same west that had Hitler and his peers put a bullet to their heads, once their ideology was implemented.

Yes, these ideologies were invented in the West, doesn’t mean we accept them wholeheartedly once they are implemented.

Open class war. They know, sadly most workers don’t seem to see it.

I think you’re also in a bubble though.

Which is why I’m talking about people who aren’t terminally online degenerates like us.

People who are largely apolitical, like my friends and family, none of them support Russia.

I even went to a few protests in front of the Russian embassy. Would you be surprised to know that there were exactly zero protests in Russia’s defense in my country?

I respectfully disagree. Cultural backgrounds also play a role and Russia and China have never known democracy.

Fascism in practice (not as a demented dream) is a harder sell in the West although we’re not immune to it and we should 100℅ remain vigilant and fight its grown at all costs.

But then how could they make ungodly amounts of money while looking down on the peasantry?

Do you think people are buying it, though?

I’ve never seen so much cynicism against all things controlled media as I see today.

bought with my own money and has crackling audio due to hardware not software issues. Works fine through an audio interface but the speakers sound like ass.

If its any consolidation my HP Envy, which is a normal consumer laptop that comes with windows, had that same crackling noise if I hold it at a weird angle.

I should have sent it back as well, but frankly that’s just the state of the market RN. Companies don’t give a f, even large ones.

I understand we are sliding in that direction. My point is, once there, its harder to keep that regime alive.

How many people are okay with what Israel is doing? Or Russia? Or (now) the US? Despite the propaganda and censoring all over the internet, not many. Most people aren’t buying it.

Ah, the threatened oligarchy is at it again. I’m sure its purely a coincidence and not at all a retaliation for people abandoning big tech en masse.

This is basically it. It is just harder to run a fascist oligarchy these days. People are way too connected and are sympathetic to other people from other countries. The propaganda can only go so far.

Yeah. Basically all the email settings have been automatically set by my email provider. I think it might be a matter time before it fixes itself… I hope 😬

Does it work well? I just bought a domain and am struggling to receive email. But maybe they are still moving settings around.

BREAKING NEWS: “CIA unveils China’s plot to just sit back and relax while the US diamantles itself.”

Some people are just starting to get their first iPhones and Macs TODAY. We’re not all old farts on the internet as much as we’d like to think so.

There’s an annoying meme that Europe doesn’t do tech things and it’s infuriating. The world would be a very different place were it not for companies like Raspberry pi, ARM, Arduino and Prusa.

Believe me, I was guilty of this. I think the US propaganda as the best tech creators ever is strong (or maybe ours is too weak/nonexistent).

This trade war started by Cheeto President has been a wake up call on many levels, this being one of them.

So far I’ve managed to get rid of pretty much all US tech (including adopting Linux and a mostly deGoogled phone). Better late than never.