I think you are being naive. The LofN failed, the UN is now failing too.

None of them really can do much other than issue recommendations, which are then used for political plays for optics on the international stage. They by definition cannot solve problems. That said some related incentives have succeeded, such as the WHO. The idea of a United earth authority is not unappealing, but it needs to have teeth, and that’s not easy to achieve, because geopolitical power today stems from cultivating economic dependence and nuclear stockpiles, without both, the any United earth is out of the question.

However, I think something like the European Federation is in theory, more feasible, these countries are not only dependant on each other, but they are culturally adjacent, an easier sell. However even that is extremely difficult, potentially impossible, in a world where national idea won over the solidarity idea. EU is failing too.

This has nothing to do with literally anything I said

Old post but I’m just lmaoing @ calling fellow anarchists “intellectual right” and accusing them of having “alts” just because most people agree.

Ehh, in anarchism there’s a concept of nominated authority Vs compelled authority (not sure of the exact phrasing of either but you get the point). If a group of people voluntarily elect authority there isn’t really a problem with it.

“Down with all authority, except on a both figurative and literal anarchist plane/boat where the passengers all make the conscious informed and democratic* decision under no duress and a freedom of association that it’s in their best interests as a community to delegate decision making power for their community to the captain of said boat/plane as he has the knowledge and experience to navigate it.” doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue does it? Nor does it fit on a poster.

But the same is true in communities. Humans are in their initial state very atomized and individual we are not like ant colonies or bee colonies where by default the welfare of others is even a known subject to us, but as we seek to accomplish tasks, we voluntarily commit to some degree of communal benefit and to ensure this community lasts long enough to yield said benefit we learn to keep the peace and abide by some social norms within this community.

It sounds like conservative hell, but the nuanced position between that and hyper-individualistic self-expression is that as long as said communities aren’t coercive and association is voluntary, it’s kind of okay.

However one flaw in this take is something like the Amish. Is it ethical for say, Amish or some other community that willingly foregoes the benefits of modern technology to have children, who may find that growing up not surrounded by tech has reduced their development in some ways?

Oh god the linkspam with the moneybags emoji, the YouTube grift is so out of hand these days, especially these faux progressives like hontra, toob and this sex pest - all narcissists. We need to return to text-only content.

Artists aren’t proletariat if their job is “artist”.

I don’t care if it’s harmful to artists. “Artist” is not a real job, it’s something you nepo-babies can do in your free time outside of cooking McRibs or mining Lithium like the rest of working class folks.

I’ve never paid for digital content and I ain’t about to start.

Say: “You can’t use someone’s own creative work to compete against them in the same market”

So just IP laws then? Also would this not literally ban learning

We practice it where we can. Right now IRL is bust, but the internet has been a bustling hive of communal activity for the betterment of all humanity, open source GenAI included.

Nice! How much of it will be built by the Uighurs?

Yes

App? Is that really how you lot see tech? Apps on a phone spoonfed you by a corporation? No wonder you fucking hate it lol I would too, it’s just sad. I don’t use apps or corporate products as I can, that’s why I like GenAI, it’s pure expression of the socialist politics of open source software.

the only ones left are the corporations making money,

So at worst by your logic there is no difference. I have no preference for artist capitalists over chipmaking capitalists.

No lol there is not a clear difference at all, what?

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Yes, I’m pro-both. IP only benefits the ultra-rich.

This is a great book

Yes but that doesn’t address the fact that people won’t throw away their phone just because it doesn’t have an update.

Plus user features for most people will be independent of the Android version since not many android features actually make it to Samsung’s touchwiz/oneui/whatever-this-month for example

How relevant to it is this though? Like never - not once - have I ever heard of someone upgrading their phone because their version of Android was too old.

It’s far more likely they’ll upgrade due to degraded performance and/or battery life packed into these updates with either new features (or more like, anti-features if we’re being cynical). Want to use a smartphone for its lifespan? Don’t upgrade software unless you absolutely need to. This actually applies to any computers really.

If anything, thanks to manufacturers like Samsung slowly overwriting android with their bloatware crap most people aren’t even aware of what version of android they run because it doesn’t even look anything like any other version of android on any other phone, unfortunately brands like Samsung succeeded in creating a soft walled garden for users by obscuring the fact they’re using anything but ‘A Samsung’.

Ask a non-tech savvy user for a USB-C charger, and they’ll not know what you mean, but ask them for a Samsung charger and they’ll hand you USB-C.

Odd tbh, the only flyers and stickers I saw was Snapchats for buying weed and the occasional TERF one.

The only record store I saw was operated by two elderly men who seemed irritated at the fact they had customers, and low-balled harder than pawn stars (I needed money to get to work once so had the misfortune), they also seemed to be part of a chain.

At speaker’s corner I def saw political orgs too, but it was either anti-vaxxers/anti-maskere or TERFs usually.

I did find one cafe in Islington with pride flags, but there wasn’t anything besides that, certainly no “bulletin boards” and the coffee was the most disgusting swill I had, don’t think I’ve actually seen an independent book shop that wasn’t Waterstones or WHSmith in my 8 years living there.

Only thing I saw close to a community centre was a mormon church, which was never open, but often had entertaining crazy spiceheads outside of it that would chase people down the street on occasion.

I guess it depends on the area. I was also advised to look on Facebook, which is a good idea as I’ve never been on there before. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

P.S. Btw just to avoid confusion in the future: “City of London” especially when capitalized in this way as a specific name is actually a bit different from “London”: it’s a district within London https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London semi-autonomously operated by the CoL Corporation, judging by you mentioning Speaker’s corner I think you meant just London https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London which is the stuff around the City of London.