Scenario: you’re using opensource software and you aren’t donating yet, however you have enough money left over every month to do so. Something(s) is holding you back from donating. Think about what that is and what would have to change for you to change that.
I started donating to lemmy.ml to show my support and to ensure the continued development of lemmy.
What pushed me to donate was all the hate and red scare the developers get. Even from lemmy ugers. I want to make sure the developers keep their enthusiasm up.
The Lemmy devs could also just stop ignoring the abuses that Russia and China commit simply because they’re rivals of the US and publicly apologize.
I get not liking the US, but the presence of a bad guy doesn’t mean everyone against them is a good guy. All the main world powers can just suck.
Why do you want to bring that to the table? OP asked for motivations. I answered. If I wanted to go into the usual flamewar there are better places for that. (Edited; auto correct did me dirty.)
My point is that the Lemmy devs wouldn’t be getting nearly as much criticism if they didn’t push shitty opinions
Damn Danish auto correct.
Lol ja
This “two sides” talk is just Western bullshit, so Western libs can signal some kind of virtue. We are in the times of Western imperialism and colonialism, and maybe we are seeing a distant light in the tunnel as the world seems to be finally getting out this damned era. The whole world has been shaped by Western colonialism, then two world wars, then liberation struggles against Western powers, followed by financial domination of Western institutions (globalism and neoliberalism). So every little shit any country has done in this context is a reaction to the fuckton of shit result of Western hegemony in the last 300 years.
Let’s not forget that even today any terrorist organization, any drug lord, any weapons dealer, any far right group, any right wing paramilitary group, any right wing corrupt politician in every country, any NGO that supposedly protects “democracy” or other bullshit, has Western putrid tentacles around it. Ever since they weren’t able to maintain active military presence in the Global South, they instead started resorting to disinformation, destabilization and sabotage.
So, no, there’s no two sides are bad. Until Western hegemony is completely over, there’s no bad side other than the West.