Masto loses economy of scale. The lack of centralized security, spam blocking, etc makes it much easier for bad actors.

Ah ok here's a fun tip I ran across by accident, hopefully it still works

if your algorithm starts going conservative, watch Tasting History by Max Miller. it's like algorithmic bug spray for fascism

www.youtube.com/@TastingHist...

I’m thinking it’s time for us to build our own internet. Again.

Complicit

I came here to say this!

No. You misunderstand Marx and his critique at a fundamental level. Marx wasn’t just arguing that capitalists *choose* to underpay workers he was arguing that capitalist profit is structurally dependent on exploitation.

Cash app incoming!

Shoely you jest

All cats are beautiful

This ignores the fact that the core purpose of the DNC is fundraising. Their success metrics are based on donations, not successful elections, not policies enacted. This should have started 25 years ago when the Supreme Court decided the 2000 election.

My k home has been a pretty good place for that! We're starting to get critical mass here. The memes are starting to flow, and the conversations are getting to the quality that we had on Twitter with the infosec community circa 2009/10

It's what the people voted for. 🤷‍♀️ Honestly, Trump pulled the popular vote this time. While I have some concerns about numbers in swing states, nobody else cares, so I'm going to watch it burn. My marshmallow futures are taking off!

They stopped disappointing me decades ago. They are a fundraising organization, not a governing organization. Accepting that makes it much easier to see how we got here, and how they are complicit and responsible for the state of the country.

I make a dime, boss makes a buck. It's why I crank my hog in the company truck.

I've been talking shit about lack of integrity in the US federal government since the 80s. At this point in the timeline we are Russia just after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Good times!