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  • NikkiBtoTechnologyNever Forgive Them
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    6 days ago

    “You are the victim of a con - one so pernicious that you’ve likely tuned it out despite the fact that it’s part of almost every part of your daily life… It pokes and prods and twists millions of little parts of your life, and it’s everywhere, so you have to ignore it, because complaining about it feels futile, like complaining about the weather.”

    Fucking preach. I know this is about tech enshittification but there is perhaps no more succinct summary of life under capitalism.





  • Thank you, this was very through and insightful. I see now that I was being a little flippant in my failure to distinguish between absolute poverty and relative poverty. I didn’t account for the parameters “yanks” operate within and how that affects their decision making. Sometimes it’s hard to read your own reflection.


  • “The construction of fortifications was initially delayed because the presidential administration believed Ukraine would recapture a lot more territory in 2023, said Razumkov. Once the Ukrainian counteroffensive failed, in November that year, there were further delays due to lack of co-ordination and some instances of corruption, he added.”

    NATO really staked the whole outcome on that counteroffensive and won’t throw in the towel now that it didn’t pan out. There really are no brakes on this train.

















  • Breaking ownership of private enterprise into a thousand pieces does nothing to subvert the perverse incentives of the market system it already exists within. Workers in co-ops will prioritize profit in the same way the board of trustees would in a traditional corporation. If you’re looking for a way to solve systemic problems and dislodge social habits, this is not it. It’s a reform, and not even an especially good one.