iByteABit [he/him]

The potential monetization being the donations to give them a living wage? What exactly is the criticism about, that they shouldn't get a living wage through donations and should rather make the platform paid or ruin it with ads?

Why do so many people get off on attacking the idea of FOSS, much of the software that is running our everyday lives is supported through FOSS (and lots of them are also being donated to so that the devs can afford to put food on their tables).

There are also many devs (on Lemmy as well) that contribute a lot without being paid, simply because they like the project, want to make it better, and want to learn by doing.

Bouzouki, because I'll be pretty ashamed of my purchase if I don't

Many people have clarity over what's going on, the hard part is dodging and outsmarting human trash like Piers while still making use of their platform to spread the truth and counteract their propaganda.

That's the really hard part and the reason why I respect him immensely for this.

Maybe public opinion will change now that there's white victims of the genocide too

If they haven't done all this until now, what makes you think they'll do it then?

The rich will get off unscathed with a blank canvas to work on, and the poor will pay the price, just like with every other market crash.

Is this suddenly a teenager platform whenever you want to infantilize the ones you disagree with?

But, you know, after the economy revives by state simping for the private banks, maybe we'll discuss it then

This is like suggesting that emptying a round of an AK on someone that punched you is somehow "walking into a trap"

Does it make sense or is it justified?

There's quite a difference

If you can blame him for anything, you can say that he couldn't imagine just how bad late stage capitalism could get.

Though I'm not sure if that takes away from his other arguments or makes them all the more prevalent.

I'm from Greece.

30 years ago people were still living the dream which was all a house of cards called loans. Then the market crisis happened and we got fucked unable to get new ones and pay off the old ones.

After that, we kept getting blackmailed by the Eurozone and the IMF so that we would get the loans we needed to fix our country, but under harsh conditions that basically sustain our poverty instead of fixing it in any way. We signed away the people's livelihoods so that we could be Europe's economic lab rat and slave, all to their benefit.

Our current government is as liberal capitalist as it gets, privatizing everything and making life crap for the poor (who are becoming more and more as time passes). Fascism is also on the rise, following the theme of Europe and the US.

The government owns almost all the media and most other parties in the parliament are also aligned with the ruling one. Climate change is beggining to hit hard, every time revealing the cheap infrastructure and postponed plans by contractors.

Instead of hiring more firemen, our government continues to allocate way too much money on cops, riot control, and the media it bribes.

Maybe the EU's fucking around ends up with a communist revolution, I bet they won't be too happy about it then.

I'm from Greece, I hope things get better for you

Marx was right and it's getting obscenely obvious

If you thought any measures taken for Ukraine were because of morals you're very mistaken

Please state your sources…

Sadly most people are way too fucking dumb and uneducated to have nuanced opinions, but you can't blame them fully when they're so busy working all day that they can't afford to spend time reading and learning from quality sources

I'm not at all saying that, but you're free to misinterpret it as you like

Who orders beer online wtf

Careful now, you might just shatter their simplistic view of the world

With the pretty huge difference that when they got enough for everyone, they stopped and lived life.

We on the other hand, sit there and try to find ways to complete our work day despite having completed our goals, we even work more than what the world needs, driving up profits for our masters and throwing away what isn't used. And yet we still can't feed everyone despite producing more than enough, because it would be less profitable to spread those resources equally.