• @specseaweed@lemmy.world
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    These people sound like exact copies of the people saying voting in 2000 didn’t matter, and that turned out to be the most politically consequential of my lifetime. Gore was imperfect as they all are, but holy fuck did Dubya fuck up literally everything he touched.

    Among many, many, many things, Dubya started forever wars killing untold hundreds of thousands of people. He accelerated oil and gas production, absolutely setting the Climate Change world on a pace for disaster. He seated Alito, unquestionably the biggest monster currently on the Supreme Court. And he passed a monster tax cut for the rich that set us on this path of unrestrained deficit spending.

    And that’s just the headlines. Remember when he tried to put his personal lawyer on the Supreme Court? lol

    Gen X already tried this 25 years ago and it fucked the world up so badly that we need to be saved by the future generations. Imagine not learning that lesson and doing it again.

  • @DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world
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    There are legitimate criticisms to be had of Biden, but in every case, Trump is unambiguously worse. If Trump were pro-Palestine, I could maybe understand single-issue voters preferring him to Biden…but he’s not.

    To be honest, I have little hope for 2024. Genuine fake news is rampant, and in pretty much every case it hurts Biden (misinformation about the economy, etc.). I’ll be voting a straight Dem ticket in my very red state, and hoping against all hope that uninformed voters somehow do the right thing.

    • Sybil
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      -31 year ago

      no one is saying they’re going to vote for trump. they’re saying they won’t vote for biden

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        Lmao, that’s the epitome of something that sounds smart but is incredibly stupid when you think about it. Especially in response to this meme.

        In FPTP not voting for the chosen democratic representative means one vote less is required for the conservative. It doesn’t matter if that’s because you added a vote for Democrats, or didn’t vote at all. Same for voting 3rd party, it just ensures you get the candidate you want the least.

        • Sybil
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          -11 year ago

          that the epitome of something that sounds smart but is incredibly stupid

          I voted for Howie in 2020 and Biden won. you don’t seem to know how voting works.

          • @RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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            11 year ago

            You don’t seem to know what anecdotal evidence or statistical analysis works.

            Biden barely won, and you didn’t get the candidate you wanted. In 2016, it’s people like you who gave trump the victory

            • Sybil
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              -11 year ago

              people who voted for Trump gave him the victory. 50 years of people like Joe biden running the Democrat party gave Trump the victory. don’t blame me.

  • @Zeon@lemmy.world
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    I’m going to vote for RFK. I think he has a couple of good points about looking at source code, rather than banning apps made in China. The whole TikTok ban was just stupid. Google, Microsoft, and other corporate companies already do so much shady stuff; why the hell are we banning businesses from other countries when all we need is the source code? Also, he is against government surveillance, which I think is a really good thing that can really restore our democracy. I’ve felt as if we’ve lost so much of our freedoms just from all this mass surveillance. People cannot look for information freely, which is a very important part of our democracy.

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        Can you elaborate? I was looking for an actual debate, but okay, if you just wanna call me stupid, go ahead I guess.

        Edit: He isn’t even against vaccines, so what are you on about? He advocates for more safety and regulation when it comes to vaccines, that doesn’t mean he’s against it.

        • @fosho@lemmy.ca
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          01 year ago

          well, stupid is thinking that the source code of an app means anything when all the data goes to their servers and they can and will do whatever they want with it there.

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            Seriously, does nobody know how to debate here? Source code is crucial because it allows us to audit the app to ensure it’s safe for app stores. If it’s only communicating with a server and not spying on users, then all it really has is account data. It’s about making sure the app doesn’t have any malicious features. It’s crazy how quickly everyone jumps to calling each other stupid.

            • @fosho@lemmy.ca
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              01 year ago

              Pretty much any social media app has enough data to spy on users. The issue is what the company does with the data that it can and does gather. Foreign companies have no obligations to American laws. Looking at the source code of an app doesn’t change anything since they all gather data and they all send that data to their servers.

              • @Zeon@lemmy.world
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                Agreed, users do sign off on some data collection. However, this consent doesn’t extend to all the app’s actions, especially the undisclosed ones. That’s precisely where access to source code becomes critical. It allows us to identify any hidden, potentially harmful features that could breach privacy or security—issues that go beyond what users have signed up for. Full transparency in source code is vital to ensure that an app fully respects user agreements and trust.

                • @fosho@lemmy.ca
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                  01 year ago

                  apps can’t use hardware features without requesting permissions. it’s a security measure that both iOS and Android enforce. I know this because I develop apps. you don’t have to look at the source code for this.

                  time to stop arguing with an expert on the matter. you really just don’t know what you’re talking about.

      • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin
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        01 year ago

        The White Left thinks getting called out for their dumb privileged shit is “fighting the left harder than Republicans”

    • Justas🇱🇹
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      Tankies don’t know their own history. Stalin helped to found Israel, expecting it to be socialist. USSR was the first to recognise it de jure and Czechoslovakia supplied it with weapons.

      Later, when Israel sided with the west, USSR started a policy of anti-zionism, restricted rights of Jewish people and supplied weapons to Israel’s enemies.