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Respect freedom of people who respect yours. Help each other. Fight together against those who try to take it away.

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  • Good summary :)

    Just my 2c regarding

    opposing things like taxes, gun control, abortion and speech restrictions, etc.

    Opposing abortion is not a libertarian policy, it is a conservative policy. So conservative libertarians hold this opinion because they are conservative, not because they are libertarian. Your example is probably still correct though, because you say it is about US, and I guess in US lots of libertarians are indeed conservatives.

  • Why are you asking a question when you clearly made up you mind already? :)

    You are wrong of course, you can buy anything with crypto as long as the other person accepts crypto (there are dozens of marketplaces, not only darknet ones, e.g. xmrbazaar).My instance hosting is paid for in Monero. I plan to change it soon to another hosting, which also accepts Monero. The domain is also paid for in Monero. Same for my VPN (Mullvad actually offers 10% off when you pay in crypto!) and mail. I regularly donate to projects such as GrapheneOS, Qubes, Whonix, TOR using Monero. I donate Monero to support people hosting things I use, e.g. invidious instances. Your employer absolutely can pay you in crypto if they choose to, and there are examples of people who do receive their salary in crypto. You could easily find examples/articles about that if you wanted to.No, money is not defined by "everyone agreeing that it is valuable and willing to exchange it for goods and services". Do you think Zimbabwean dollar (or any other foreign currency other than a few most popular ones) is valuable? Would you agree to sell me your goods and services for it? Why not? Right, because it is not the currency YOU use. Other people use it, so it is money for them. Same with crypto. People use it as trustless p2p money whether you like it or not.

    If you need to hate crypto so much please get back to arguments such as "oh no it uses a lot of energy and allows people to freely exchange it for goods and services buy drugs on the internet", at least those are correct. Please also subscribe to r/buttcoin if you use reddit.

  • You should have stopped here, because no reason is ever a good reason for wishing ill upon another human being, no matter the argument.

    What?

    So, whatever I do, it won't be a reason for you to wish ill on me? I can burn down your house (maybe with your dog/cat/family inside) and you won't wish ill on me? I am a human being, so there is no reason for you to ever wish ill on me, right?

  • Telegram is indeed neither private nor secure (that is if you don't use secret chats), but the stupidity of people believing the narrative of

    Russia-controlled servers

    will never cease to fascinate me.

    You know which group of people know for certain that this is not true?

    Russians.

    How can they be so sure?

    Because of their government's constant attempts/threats to block it / slow it down. All in an effort to make people move to an actual messaging app controlled by them (MAX messenger).

    Yes, absolutely, Russian government is trying to stop people from using an app they control, this totally makes sense.And if it doesn't, you can always come up with some totally reasonable and totally not a conspiracy theory of them just pretending to trying to block it so that you think it is secure. And people might even believe it. Except for Russians, for whom Telegram voice calls are broken (blocked) again, and MAX is advertised as an alternative.

    For fuck's sake...

  • It's not just FULL-SCALE, it is also ILLEGAL!

  • Lol, it's not even a spicy question like "Why is Zelensky posting photos with soldiers with Nazi symbols if his regime being Nazis is Russin propaganda?", and you still got those "people" triggered XD

    A job well done!

  • Both absolutely should be allowed/legalized.

  • Why not do it himself, with that 4 years of experience in kidnapping it shouldn't be too hard?

    Ah right, kidnapping Kadyrov might be more complicated than kidnapping poor unarmed people from the streets...

  • I mean, the same people praise Azov, so no surprises there

  • I am too lazy to point the arrow to the correct place, but you get the point

  • Do you mean that the Ukrainian people are getting

    assaulted, kidnapped

    On the territories still controlled by Zelensky's regime - yes, kidnapping and assault (busification) is daily occurence indeed.

    murdered

    Well, this is the point of busification, to send the people to die, so also yes.

    Thankfully, Russia is slowly but steadily liberating people from that.

  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Zelensky is losing touch with reality

    www.telegraph.co.uk /news/2025/11/18/zelensky-is-losing-touch-with-reality/
  • Got reported for being a "state propagandist". Well, this is not true because.. Ah shit sorry, gtg, Vladimir Putin is here with my paycheck!

  • The author was so nice that he even included a paragraph about "b-b-but it's surely Russian propaganda!!1!", so that you wouldn't have to bother <3

    The go-to response for many Zelensky loyalists will be to write the allegations off as Kremlin smears. Indeed Zelensky’s justification for his attempt to bring Nabu under his control back in July were vague and never substantiated allegations of Russian penetration of Nabu.

  • World News @lemmy.ml

    The scandal that could bring down Volodymyr Zelensky

    www.spectator.co.uk /article/the-scandal-that-could-bring-down-volodymyr-zelensky/
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Ukraine’s valiant defence of Pokrovsk is nearing its end

    www.economist.com /europe/2025/11/06/ukraines-valiant-defence-of-pokrovsk-is-nearing-its-end
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Fear and loathing in Kyiv: Political nemesis hammers Zelenskyy on democratic devotion

    www.politico.eu /article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-petro-poroshenko-ukraine-leadership-parliament/
  • I'm curious, do people downvote it because even after 4 years of kisnappings with countless recordings of this happenning daily they still consider it "Russian propaganda", or are we fully in the "yes, it's happening, but it's not a big deal and we shouldn't talk about it"?

  • 🤦‍♂

  • Ah right, thanks for pointing out my mistake!When talking about army of kidnapped slaves I of course meant the one from the country where busification (act of violently kidnapping someone to send them to the meatgrinder, obviously against their will) has become "the word of 2024" according to a dictionary organization from that same country.Would you be so kind to help me to identify this country, pretty please?

  • I wonder if in retrospect this will be considered "the straw that broke the camel's back"?

    Putting aside the jokes about "they don't gain ground fast enough therefore I win", Zelensky's strategy of fighting with a slave army of kidnapped men was and still is quite sucessful - Russia liberates no more than tens of km2 a day.But now, for whatever reason, he lets a good chunk of potential cannon fodder leave. Eventually running out of cannon fodder was always a ticking time bomb, and now it's even worse...

  • Yep.

    Either this or Matrix, XMPP or even IRC. Anything but Signal basically.

    Yet Signal is what people here usually recommend :/ I don't even want to argue with them anymore.

  • You don't understand, we NEED to be on AWS, there isn't really another choice.

    You don't understand, we NEED to have your phone number in our private messenger.

    You don't understand, we CAN'T be on f-droid.

    You don't understand, we MUST have centralized servers, federation CANNOT work.

    Did I miss anything?

  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Ukraine responds to Polish president’s initiative to ban Ukrainian red and black flag

    www.pravda.com.ua /eng/news/2025/08/25/7527762/
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Shoved into vans, slashing tyres: Ukrainians balk at conscription

    www.ft.com /content/9a8e3c7f-2822-4d5e-a65b-9949ffe6631f
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Protesters demand release of draftees in Vinnytsia, break into detention facility

    kyivindependent.com /ukraines-police-investigates-draft-office-confrontation-in-vinnytsia/
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Record escape attempt: 19-year-old Lviv resident tried to illegally cross the border 13 times

    unn.ua /en/news/record-escape-attempt-19-year-old-lviv-resident-tried-to-illegally-cross-the-border-13-times
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Russian strike on Poltava: hit caused fire in TCR and on house territory, there are dead and wounded

    unn.ua /en/news/russian-strike-on-poltava-hit-caused-fire-in-military-enlistment-office-and-nearby-there-are-dead-and-wounded
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Border guard escaped from service and sought asylum in Slovakia: journalist reveals details

    tsn.ua /ukrayina/prykordonnyk-vtik-zi-sluzby-i-poprosyv-prytulku-v-slovachchyni-zurnalist-rozkryv-detali-2858381.html
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Riots broke out at a conscription point for mobilized persons in Kyiv: the TCC and JV commented on the situation

    unn.ua /en/news/riots-broke-out-at-a-conscription-point-for-mobilized-persons-in-kyiv-the-tcc-and-jv-commented-on-the-situation
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    "Servants of People" want to allow riots to be dispersed with firearms and drones

    censor.net /en/news/3542420/they-want-riots-to-be-allowed-to-be-dispersed-with-firearms
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Trump asks Putin to spare "surrounded" Ukrainian troops amid ceasefire push

    www.axios.com /2025/03/14/ukraine-troops-surrounded-kursk-trump-putin
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Intense Russian attacks force Ukraine to consider pulling out of Kursk – POLITICO

    www.politico.eu /article/russia-attack-force-ukraine-consider-pull-out-kursk/
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    «Ukraine has open borders, regular elections, etc.»: Advisor to the head of the OP Podoliak denies accusations of dictatorship

    nikvesti.com /en/news/politics/302101-ukraine-open-borders-elections-podoliak-dictatorship-denial
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Romanian police haul in election front-runner Călin Georgescu for questioning – POLITICO

    www.politico.eu /article/romania-presidential-calin-georgescu-front-runner-taken-police-prosecutors-raid-aides/
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Pokrovsk mayor urges Zelensky to ‘make peace,’ military administration warns against ‘surrendering to despair’ — Meduza

    meduza.io /en/news/2025/02/26/pokrovsk-mayor-urges-zelensky-to-make-peace-military-administration-warns-against-surrendering-to-despair
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    Ukrainian parliament fails to back resolution on elections in Ukraine after hot phase of war ends

    www.pravda.com.ua /eng/news/2025/02/24/7499829/
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    TCR serviceman was shot dead in Poltava region and his assault rifle was stolen, special operation “Siren” launched - Land Forces | УНН

    unn.ua /en/news/a-military-tcc-officer-was-shot-dead-in-poltava-region-and-his-assault-rifle-was-stolen-special-operation-siren-launched-land-forces
  • World News @lemmy.ml

    They tried to “smoke out” a man and gassed the car: a scandalous video of the TCC's actions near Kyiv has appeared online | УНН

    unn.ua /en/news/they-tried-to-smoke-out-a-man-and-gassed-the-car-a-scandalous-video-of-the-tccs-actions-near-kyiv-has-appeared-online