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Fighting a proxy war with Russia is better than fighting a hot war with either Russia or China. But, the people doing the proxy fighting are really unhappy being used this way.
A strangely misplaced whiff of anti-intellectualism seems present and growing within tech/hacker circles (?)
It's more than a whiff, it's a disgusting stench.
Free speech is overrated, and very misunderstood.
Maybe your free speech is overrated. But as for the rest of us, it is not.
Fighting a proxy war with Russia is better than fighting a hot war with either Russia or China. But, the people doing the proxy fighting are really unhappy being used this way.
People of Ukraine are not being used. They want to fight the invaders and are thankful that some Western nations are helping them. That the same western nations benefit from this is not the cause of their fighting. That cause is Russia.
The free market sell off mania needs to end, real soon. We need big government far more than we are prepared to appreciate.
Translation: I'm not prepared for what is coming.
Free speech is overrated, and very misunderstood.
>Free speech is overrated, and very misunderstood. Maybe your free speech is overrated. But as for the rest of us, it is not.
Plus, the misunderstood bit. I mean I get you know this, but do you think people actually know their 1st amendment rights? Like, its about specific things, not all things, and no, you (nor Trump) do not have an axiomatic right to say anything you like on Twitter, because "freedom of speech" (hint: Twitter is not a commons, or public space, or bound by laws in Congress)
Do you think "free speech" is going to save the defendents in the Dominion Voting case, Specifically Fox? Remember, the fine point here is "misunderstood" not "is important" -I think the libel laws may save Fox, but it won't be Free speech, it will be Libel laws. I kind of hope they lose because even if $1b is an over estimate, they trashed a corporate entity for political gain, by lying. Thats really bad. They could do it tomorrow to anyone else. Thats bully pulpit bad.
Linux really is a good general purpose desktop OS.
God is real y'all.