Five.
I only block people if they actively harass me online. Otherwise, I’m fine with disagreement and do not tend to rage ban.
Still, if someone follows me around Lemmy to spite on everything, I’d rather have them blocked to keep this place nicer.
Oh, and there’s Nicole in there, of course.
Then it would make such membership meaningless and will only undermine collective action within NATO?
Yes, as in “women deserve equal rights across the board”
No, as in “feminism is the synonym to and only valid kind of antisexism and every gendered issue should be seen exclusively through women’s struggle”
I’m here for the equality of men and women, and believe that only in cooperation, through consideration of issues on each side, we can efficiently combat sexism.
Feminism should not be “us vs them”. It should be one part of the larger circle that is looking at how we can improve things for everyone - women, men, and nonbinary people.
We should bridge the gap on all sides, so that whatever gender you are, you have equal possibilities in life, career, and everything else, you are safe and can build your life the way you want.
That means no one should be targeted by sexual harassment and exploitation. No one should be denied jobs or have lower salary based on arbitrary characteristics. No one should be forced to choose a binary gender if they’re neither. Kids should not be indoctrinated with traditional gender roles. Etc. etc.
And, honestly, I don’t think many will disagree here. Many of those who “do not support feminism” don’t mean they go against equality - they are rather concerned about a specific form of particularly loud online feminism pretending men are all evil and that there’s no related struggle on men’s end.
Ikarus is an absolute legend, imported by plenty of places including the Soviet Union, the home for UAZ vehicles from the original post
At this point, it’s not a race to get people to Linux, but rather a race to get people off Windows and MacOS, which is almost the same thing practically.
We really don’t want them to have it their way, as it’s detrimental to digital freedom.
Eggs enjoying an entire separate section on the fridge door:
While people in power are absolute evil most of the time, this is not an excuse to change your own morals for the worse.
Small acts of kindness, when taken in decent quantity, change the world no less than massive fraud and sex trafficking.
That said, one of the most moral things to do is to be on the lookout for powerful people doing nasty things and do everything in your capacity to prevent or at least retaliate. This makes abuse less common, and goes a long way to restore democracy and responsibility for everyone.
Could be, but how do you verify such claim?
You cannot assume gender by the position a given person takes, it’s antithetical to a productive discussion and may only serve to reinforce your (likely false) views.
Being alive is the only time when you can influence something, and as such, when your actions mean something.
When you’re dead, it’s over. There could be an opportunity for you to make something better for others or for your own enjoyment - but now all chances are gone.
So, why letting go of this amazing ability?
Florence + the Machine - June
Just to open it gently
Short answer? I don’t.
What if your worldview just happens to align neatly with your temperament, your social environment, or whatever gives you emotional relief?
It does. The things is, though - I happen to prominently share basic human values, such as kindness, mutual aid, cooperation, and care, all of which are normally seen as “good”.
My social environment is very median, and I do understand the regular person as I am one. I know the struggles people in my group face, and am open-minded about struggles of others outside it.
I feel relieved in the world where people are good to each other, and if that’s not what we strive for, then humanity has abandoned the very core of its own morals. When such basic things are betrayed, it’s always a sign of corruption, an attempt to justify greed, or selfishness, or something else.
Then comes the critical examination of ideas that claim to lead us there, whether they could be contradictory and leave us with a very different place than we intended, either because not enough thinking went into original concept, or because it was a con to begin with, clearly serving the corrupt interest of the few.
I’d argue voting system is overrated.
I had quite a few comments downvoted into oblivion because my opinion was unpopular in some corners of Lemmy.
Like, go ahead and make a same political statement at .ml or .world, or come to some specific community to argue against the OP.
Or, in reverse, there are plenty of examples when hateful or wrong BS was upvoted to infinity.
I’ve seen this again and again with others, and I can confidently say voting is not a good metric for reason.