Most western conservatives are economically liberal, though there are certainly stupIDPol or maga “communism” types.

In general, the left-right political spectrum that implies liberals can be leftist or that conservatives can’t be liberals is oversimplified, inaccurate, and not how the vast majority of people actually view politics.

Most working-class people do want social benefits for example and may therefore be considered economically leftist, but if they’re in an economically disadvantaged region they may have a backwards view on social norms and be considered socially right-wing.

BRICS will probably accelerate when Trump comes to power and fucks up US foreign policy even more lol

This has to be the biggest fumble of all time lmfao

Fucking over microsoft is always good

Me when I have to cope with not having any cool emojis

That’s why the “should be” I guess, though that’s not to say there aren’t idiots (right in this thread too) actually shilling for this.

If current open source licenses still have flaws like this, we’re gonna need new ones.

Yeah I’m sure the maintainers are in talks with Putin directly

This sets such a bad precedent…

Yeah the kernel might end up being forked if this shit keeps going. Sanctions affecting open source software like this was not something I expected…

Free as in… obeys US foreign policy

Shouldnt you be on the ukraine front lines with your fellow nazis?

Least racist corporate shill

I use this extension and it lets me bypass pretty much every paywall including NYT’s

Best way to decentralize users more would probably be to make your own instance. .world is certainly centralizing Lemmy’s userbase too much right now.

Tons of piracy sites are hosted in Russia. They’re comparatively lenient on it.

This is why stuff like this should be hosted in Russia or China…

It’s also one of israel’s primary trading partners, despite its pro-Palestinian rhetoric.

Turkey halted its trade with israel in May of this year. Only due to internal pressure most likely — and far too late — but better than nothing, and it is another sign that the country is looking more and more towards the rising east than the declining west even under Erdogan.