Fuck WhatsApp not sure why anyone uses it. I guess in some places it’s got a critical mass but still there are many better alternatives.

lol too real to Lemmy to hear

Yeah I think we are largely advocating for the same thing. Central business districts that are all concrete and glass are pretty dystopian. But medium dense cities with car infrastructure replaced by green space would be perfect.

However bad it is here I’m sure it would be much worse in space, considering astronauts have all their muscles atrophy even with a pretty intense workout regime.

All good points. I was just thinking I probably would not be willing to do any camera-based captcha.

At a certain point if they force me to stop being online maybe that’s not so bad.

Maybe… or would your body simply rot away faster since you aren’t using it as much? I would be inclined to think the latter.

I don’t see how any captcha will remain viable for long at this point. The bots are going to win eventually.

I think the issue for space colonization is there’s no real practical reason to do it beyond that it’s cool and interesting. There’s still absolutely tons of largely unused land in deserts, polar climates, and even the ocean that are far more accessible and habitable than space is.

Even for earth this is way too suburban imo. Does not make sense to have everyone spread out that way for multiple reasons.

Solarpunk development in my view should be as green as our suburbs today but much denser to save on cost, keep people connected, and save room for wild nature.

Well hey stress drinking (water) is a much healthier coping mechanism so good for you.

Who the fuck tracks how much water they drink?

Cracked eggs are the best ones, so I always check.

No there’s just zero republican power in the state to disrupt common sense stuff.

Don’t get be wrong democrats are still very problematic on some issues but on others they get a bit too much blame for what is really republican obstruction.

I feel like the guy who got 30 years for picking up a box of zines is a much better example here.

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I was gonna say I don’t think this is a normal part of the molting process…

There is a huge space between free speech absolutism and not banning people for not 100% kowtowing to your hyper-specific and extremely unpopular, historically revisionist political movement.

Well, some people lack skepticism and the ability to do their own research so they are more susceptible to groupthink, unfortunately.

This isn’t really about socialism anyway. They’re not even advocating for socialism. Just a totalitarian state. If you look at the history of socialism it was always an anti-state movement, and its original thinkers would be disturbed by those who claim its mantle but argue for oppression instead of liberation.

It purports to be.

Your second point is fair but again I also agree it’s bad to do that.

Well as long as you’re fine with the rest of the world viewing you as cultists who can’t tolerate being exposed to outside ideas then I guess there’s no issue. But that’s not a model for a very successful political movement.

For the record I also think it’s stupid for communists to be banned for wrongthink but I personally haven’t observed that too often outside of outright fascist spaces.