American here.

While a lot of the ire directed towards America is warranted, a lot of it is just jealousy and envy from people who are coming online in poorer nations and realizing how little influence they have.

I dunno, for me it’s painfully obvious what the correct social media successors are.

Lemmy for reddit.

Friendica for facebook.

Pixelfed for instagram.

Mastodon for twitter.

Matrix for discord.

Peertube for youtube.

No.

The distinction is important, and every useful idiot pivoting from one corporate platform to another should be educated on their mistake.

Don’t listen to this person.

He’s part of a culture that can’t tolerate people doing things differently from him.

Good. Keep in mind all of the innocent people Israelis are responsible for killing.

People are stupid.

I’ve noticed it’s the answer, more often than not.

Parole is fucking stupid.

I hope the developed world realizes that it can’t build into space while everyone else is still living in huts.

“Terrorism,” which is a part of asymmetric warfare is seen as taboo by the developed world because it’s how poor people can effectively fight back against rich people.