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Cake day: February 20th, 2026
  • DandomRude@piefed.socialtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•we're cookedEnglish
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    24 days ago

    I couldn’t agree more, especially since, for anyone not from the US, even the most moderate White House posts are so utterly absurd that these days it’s really hard to tell the difference between satire and real-life clown show.

    I can assure you that everyone is trying their best to adjust somehow, but it’s really hard given this level of absurdity.

  • DandomRude@piefed.socialtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•COWARDS!English
    7·
    1 month ago

    It would be great if that were the case, but unfortunately, I’m afraid it won’t last long. Gun lobbyists are already scrambling to strike deals that will sooner or later sway corrupt politicians. The fact that Western countries have still not imposed any sanctions - neither against the U.S. for its blatant violation of international law, nor against Israel for the same offense and, additionally, genocide - shows that this is a thoroughly realistic assessment.

  • DandomRude@piefed.socialtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•ShitEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    Thanks, that’s a shame to hear. I’d read about his case some time ago, but now that he’s so openly siding with those responsible for precisely this kind of ridiculous abuse of the legal system, I’ve immediately lost interest - it’s inexcusable to me, because I firmly reject everything this criminal regime stands for. Besides, as I said: calling Afroman a musician would really be an exaggeration - no matter what standard you apply.

  • DandomRude@piefed.socialtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•ShitEnglish
    44·
    1 month ago

    Has he always been such a spineless traitor, or is he just sucking up to the orange pedo so he can get off the hook?

    I know absolutely nothing about this clown - except for the fact that he has remarkably little talent.

    Well, he’ll soon realize that the clan is even less interested in his shitty music than everyone else. What a moron…

  • DandomRude@piefed.socialtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Dumb glassesEnglish
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    1 month ago

    It is not the people who make the laws, but their representatives, who, all too often, unfortunately do not make decisions in the people’s best interest. Nevertheless, it is indeed the people themselves who decide whether to use Twitter, speak to a voice assistant, or reveal their personal secrets in an AI chat.

    Of course, it’s true that it may be appropriate to protect people from themselves, but I still think it’s also entirely appropriate to hold them accountable for their decisions and the consequences. For example, there are countless alternatives to Amazon, but people still order from there because it’s just so convenient.

    In addition, people could also put pressure on their representatives if they allow themselves to be bought off by lobbyists yet again. Unfortunately, that just doesn’t happen very often.

    What I’m getting at is this: None of what we’re experiencing today would be possible if people didn’t make it possible by buying products from companies that everyone knows are harmful to society.

  • DandomRude@piefed.socialtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Dumb glassesEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I really wonder how we ended up here.

    Why do people use mainstream social media? Why do they buy those stupid glasses? Why do they willingly feed corporations their most personal data?

    Unfortunately, one has to conclude that it is, to a very large extent, people’s blatant stupidity that has led us to a point where there is now something like a new monarchy of unscrupulous billionaires - if not their stupidity, then at least their indifference, their apathy, and laziness. It’s just awful…

  • DandomRude@piefed.socialtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Nearly Half of Europeans Want X Banned if it Continues to Break the LawEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Yes, it is unfortunately becoming increasingly clear that even in the EU, billionaires and their companies are above the law. The legal situation should be clear here and there should be consequences - but there apparently aren’t any.

    Unfortunately, this applies not only to Twitter, but to most US tech giants in particular, to meta, for example. I have already stopped counting the massive violations of the GDPR that meta and others are constantly committing, because nothing happens anyway. If anything, the fines are so low that violating the law brings these companies far more revenue than it costs them.

    So unfortunately, the same major issue that brought the US to the brink of a straight up dictatorship also applies in Europe: even the most blatant violations of the law have no serious consequences for the richest of the rich – and that is why billionaires are becoming more and more powerful.

    The situation may be better in the EU for now than in the US, whose legal system obviously no longer even maintains the appearance of fairness, but even in the EU, the enforcement of the law is miles away from anything that could even remotely be called justice.

    The reason seems to me to be the same as in the US: concentration of power in a tiny billionaire class that asserts its influence through corruption.

    I think that if things continue like this, and I see no indicators that they will not, it will not be long before even the appearance of justice is abandoned in the EU as well.

    Edit: Here is an example of how this is possible - it’s just plain old corruption, but in the highest ranks of our institutions: From Meta to the EU Parliament: Former chief lobbyist negotiates data protection (German article)

    Aura Salla was Meta’s chief lobbyist in Brussels for many years. Her task: to convince politicians to weaken EU digital rules such as data protection in order to generate even higher profits with Facebook, WhatsApp, and other platforms.