Edit: fellow autists, this was sarcasm. Everyone knows the greatest nation on earth is the one with the most concentration camps, not the second most. USA! USA! USA!
its kind of funny to see the neoliberal conservatives (capitalists) rally to preserve a dying system by creating new trade coridors to escape the fallout of last years neoliberal conservatism (capitalism)
"wait guys, it'll work this time, i promise, please bro, just let us lift environmental regulations and take privately owned land, give it to the indigenous, and then take that same indigenous land that we suddenly care about giving back, because we made a new law that says we can do that for nation building projects, some that are primarily owned by foreign internationals, much of which are american and linked to MAGA, please bro. just one more LNG plant and some more pipelines and i swear we will fix global warming right after, please bro, come on. WE PROMISE not to send our shiny new military to die abroad, its only for domestic defense and support roles, we PROMISE BRO, come on!"
if you think for one second that anything requiring digital ID or age verification in the united states under this current fascist regime will be anything but a detriment to the american people who are already being stolen from their homes, beaten, tortured, raped, killed, and shipped off to foreign countries, separating children from their families, they are raping children in ICE detention facilities so commonly that there is a noticeable rise in underage pregnancy inside these facilities. many of which go missing after the fact.
this streamlines child abduction for ICE agents and therefore streamlines child sex trafficking in the united states as a side effect of increased surveillance over the entire united states population.
quit being naive.
if parents really cared about their children online, they would either get them a dumb phone or even simply google how to install parental controls on their cellphones, routers, desktops, laptops, pads, etc.
having the state (especially this state) being responsible for parenting your children will leave them exposed to to fascism, fascistic ideals, and becoming victims themselves of trafficking and abuse by authority.
your entire post reads like someone who is terribly, terribly misinformed on the dangers and implications of this kind of state/federal level of control over the internet. and what that means not only for the children, but also whistle blowers, protestors, resistance members, unions, and average every day people like you who think that following the rules will keep you and your loved ones safe from harm.
being a good well natured person in the united states is quite literally punishable by death in the eyes of the law. keeping your head down and out of the way, following the rules, its as good as being complicit in fascism itself.
this law is fascist. end. of. story.
sorry you were mislead by billions of dollars worth of propaganda that makes it seem like a good idea.
i remember seeing the smog clear in some cities during the lockdowns. because everybody stopped driving.... it was.....interesting....
as a person who happily rides their bike everywhere, and who hunts once or twice a year for meat, who fishes, and grows their own vegetables, bakes their own bread. i seem to be dodging most of this oil shortage inflation and price gouging.
now, if EVERYONE started doing the same, and sharing with each other what they have, and trading for what they dont have.
well, dang wouldnt that be just absolutely INSANE to think about? we wouldnt have to rely on a centralized logistics chain that drains us of all our wealth, with prices that dont reflect true value of the labours that brought them to us in the first place?
wouldnt it be fucking NUTS if we all just decided to pool our labour and resources together and build a system for ourselves where our labours are rewarded equal to their measure for all involved?
fuck that would be mind boggling, the devil probably fuels my whimsy on the matter. i shall self flagellate for such a SINFUL idea.
extraction shooters are the survival craft of this decade. and they arent fun anymore. at least for me.
last one i gave a shot to was arch raiders and then the streamers ruined the vibes. now im playing dwarf fortress and honestly its been the most solid evidence beyond my official diagnoses that i am indeed, functionally autistic.
(ive been told my writing style is a bit abrasive, but i got a touch of the tism', and that can effect the "cadence" of how i write. so take that into perspective when reading this inside your head. im not hostile.)
"Who said this is a forum for the working class?"
its implied, considering almost 99% of the worlds population needs to work to make a living and to support their loved ones who cant. and the vast majority of the people who post here arent billionaire oligarchs, or petty bourgeoisie. its statistically unlikely. therefor, fair to say.
"Why do you want people with extreme views (left or right) in your community?"
radicals are at the forefront of change in every conflict. for better, or for worse.
today (in the US) to be opposed to fascism, is to be considered a "far left terrorist" or ANTIFA. another boogeyman made by the fascists to scare people away from "socialism" or the "wokes" or some other nonsense.
the new modern definition of "far left extremism" is a dog whistle used by fascists trying to play the "both sides bad" or "innocent centrist" take that ultimately leads left leaning people and fence sitters further down the road of fascism, for those who take it at face value. overuse of the word "tankie" as well, which has been used as a blanket term for socialists/communists a lot more in recent days. but most people dont understand its roots, or the roots of socialism/communism, and how they have changed since their inception.
unfortunately, the reason so many "far left" voices appear here, is because platforms like reddit started banning people because they called out fascism, and began communicating on how they should stop it. or simply joking about it. i personally am one of those people, i said elon musk did a nazi salute, and was likely a nazi to some degree. and i was perma banned within minutes. for "violent" content. (it wasnt in the slightest) so here i am. and honestly its quite nice, people are more level headed, kind, and willing to discuss things thoughtfully. without the "gotchyas" and hostile armchair intellectualism that is so rampant on platforms like reddit.
this is a platform of the people, each instance essentially ran/hosted by volunteers. working class people, like you or me. thats the basis of the fediverse. anyone can spin up an instance, some bigger/better than others, and choose to link with all/certain instances. some instances can be honey pots, filled with bots, AI slop. or real human beings, making real connections. who knows. its crazy out here. still small, quiet. but growing, and getting louder.
the best thing about the fediverse, is that if you dont like an instance. you can leave it.
but if you dont leave quietly, its always a little bit sus as to your real motivations.
OP seems to be confusing people with a distaste for fascism/general knowledge of communism/socialism, and the history that birthed them, for actual "tankies"
a common mistake made by the misinformed, and a common tactic used by the misaligned.
but id rather not make those assumptions, and assume its coming from a purely anecdotal view/experience of the world that i havent seen reflected in my own use of lemmy.
regardless, at the end of the day, its not left vs right, its up vs down. and i think thats the bigger zeitgeist here on lemmy
sorry for the wall of text. i hope this helps provides a bit more context.
And ride a bike