If you ask a liberal what "tankie" means you will get a response that sounds a lot like if you ask a conservative what "woke" means. The two main developers are communists, trying to collectivize social media. It is very shocking. 🙄
Opening with challenging the definition of "tankie" without knowing or asking on what definition I operate on is quite the red flag. Also the condescension instantly put me in defensive mode.
Dessalines has a collection of essays he's written on Github.
Thank you for the links, now after seeing that individual's defense and apologia of the genocidal soviet empire I'm more than convinced that is not the place for me.
Just from a cursory glance alone his attitude is vehemently imperialistic, not too different from what I've experienced from many privileged westerners.
Whether his heart is or is not in the right place, that's another matter. But after a year and a half of excruciatingly depressing takes from western leftists of all kinds, I'm not going to surround myself with people that I disagree most, I value my mental health more than that.
I guess, they had the advantage of being poor and being raised close to nature. Had they been city kids, I'm not sure they could've managed to survive. You need to know what you can and what you can't eat, otherwise you can easily get very sick.
Per a report by Reuters on Thursday, Acer said it sold monitors in Russia after publicly declaring that it would suspend business there due to the Russia-Ukraine war. In Reuters' report, Acer claimed it only sold a "limited number of displays and accessories" for "civilian daily use." Additionally, Reuters reported that Acer...
I mean, honestly. Corporations have lied through their teeth since forever if that meant they could make a quick buck. The language they understand best is money, nothing else works as good.
Lemmy.world starting guide
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Colombia plane crash: Four children found alive in Amazon after 40 days (www.bbc.com)
It is a "magical day", says the president, as the four siblings are found after 40 days missing.
Acer reportedly sent Russia $70M in PC gear after saying it paused business there (arstechnica.com)
Per a report by Reuters on Thursday, Acer said it sold monitors in Russia after publicly declaring that it would suspend business there due to the Russia-Ukraine war. In Reuters' report, Acer claimed it only sold a "limited number of displays and accessories" for "civilian daily use." Additionally, Reuters reported that Acer...