Yliaster

Except technology will be used instead for the exact opposite — techno-fascism.

AI and technology at large are funded and developed by the corrupt elite abusing power and their position in the hierarchy, further entrenching the hierarchy and their ability to abuse it for their own interests.

Although it is possible for tech to be used for good, that is an idealistic outlook that’s unlikely to occur in reality (at least in the sense of it doing away with abuse of hierarchy).

I think that bureaucracy is inherently problematic (corrupt).

I’m fairly familiar with the notion of a direct democracy and can get behind it otherwise.

Thats kind of why I am skeptical of any communist movement that isn’t explicitly also anarchist (i.e. intending to destroy hierarchy). It leads to what you described

Well I’m glad you can say that.

In my experience there are people who defend both China and “DPRK” as a communist paragon with reasoning that is although extensive dodges any real criticism of China (from either an external standpoint, or from within a communist pov).

It was my impression that such “tankies” are the primary base of communists (or common enough for it to be a problem), which pushed me away from it.

In practice, it isn’t, usually. None of the communist states extant today or historically had a decentralized system without hierarchies.

We’re talking anarchism, not communism

Israel’s flag.

Seconding this. How dare you criticise china! It’s a perfect haven, you racist!

Using an OS shouldn’t be a skill curve. Windows isn’t.

The last few times I used Ubuntu I had to use the terminal or I couldn’t get apps I needed (the store didn’t have them).

Set-ups and installations were not as simple as you’ve described here.

and uh “scam sites” are a non-issue unless you’re a boomer

I have touched the registry like once, and that was just to disable windows updates. It’s not something I do.

The thing is that Linux is literally designed for coders in mind, it surely comes off that way. I’m not comfortable having to type these weird long-winded commands to do everything.

It was never the case with windows, it’s incredibly intuitive and linear. The amount of time taken to do anything on windows is practically always much lesser on windows compared to Linux necessarily.

Best example is setup installation files. One tap, everything is installed automatically. Not the case with Linux.

I don’t want to use the fucking terminal for every little damn thing.

Linux is not intuitive for people coming from other platforms at all. Using the computer for basic purposes such as downloading files, apps, and games should not feel like a skill curve.

Yes there’s stores in-built but that doesn’t have the majority of stuff I get, it’s often random websites online with .exe files and such.

Despite the BS microslop does, it’s just a lot easier and comfortable to use, more than Linux could ever be.

The direct statements I’ve made are directly against that. You’re arguing in bad faith if you’re going to put words in my mouth for me and insist I said what I didn’t.

I can have a discussion about the present without focusing on the past or future. Saying that it is metaphysics is a non-sequitur. Not everything has to be viewed historically.

What you’re doing is you’re using dialectical materialism as a veneer to deflect criticism here.

You’re saying that, why should I believe that’s actually the case?

Censorship is always done with some sort of “positive” narrative tied to it.

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I never said history was metaphysical or wasn’t something that progresses. As long as you keep reading things into my statements you’re going to keep responding to arguments I never made.

That’s not what I said. Under the veneer of censoring capitalism, you allow broader censorship.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t support China, I’m saying we should call it out for the BS that it does actually do, and not treat it like divinity beyond criticism. Every time I make any criticism of China, the responses are apologetic at best.

Those issues aren’t “invented”, but I won’t go over those points again.

I didn’t say it’s permanent. It’s common sense that everything is temporary. If you’re reading that into my statements, that’s on you.

Re: chauvanism and dogmatism. What was that thing you said earlier? Phrasemongering? Sounds like. I’ll add one: hypocrisy.

I don’t fucking care what you think lol.

I beg to differ.

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