“word scary” is probably the most annoying crowd.

I think decentralization mostly shines in sharing. Comunopedia would obviously do what I’m thinking but I bet there’s some who would feel scared of it.

I think there’s more anonymity away from phone numbers because the way phone numbers are plain text and sold. The only way to really keep a phone number anonymous is to constantly switch phone numbers instead of switching logins.

In today’s world I feel like it’s much easier to whitelist who you want to talk to instead of blacklist who you don’t. It’s way too easy to spin up another virtual phone number and just call again or spam texts.

IMO we shouldn’t use phone numbers anymore. Usernames that can request to contact are far superior. The fact that my number can be passed around and shared against my consent then called whenever they feel like it is ridiculous.

I hope you feel better soon

So the act of commerce is ethical but the source of the commerce might not be? I feel like I’m being really obtuse here and I apologize but goods and services could be stolen or forced and rarely is legislation enough. But I can totally see two unknowing people engaging in trade at their free will for items they don’t know are stolen.

I feel so pessimistic about the world at times that I find materialism and ethics just don’t mix.

I think you’re making a discussion into a spit fight for the sake of feeling better about yourself. I ask because I want to understand and for no other reason.

It’s already been done with lighting and building. It used to be that you could only work when the seasons, weather, and sun allowed.

Why do you say commerce is specifically ethical? I’ve always considered it more neutral and up to implementation.

A lot of it is decades of misinformation and propaganda paired with limited to no education and what some journalists call “braindrain” where those who do come from these areas and do get educated end up leaving.

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The fluctuation in Simplified Chinese use makes me pretty suspect here. It was nearly cut in half in one month and suddenly 20% of Steam’s users that used Simplified Chinese just didn’t exist.

Honestly that big of a fluctuation in regional selection tells me none of the other data means anything.

That’s what I am saying, this is nothing and we shouldn’t be celebrating nothing. It’s not like they fixed the Trump admin’s tax changes, it’s not like they’re taxing the wealthy more.

To do more than nothing takes an act of Congress and they’re not doing anything, they’re doing nothing. This is the legal equivalent of 4th grade graduation ceremonies.

The IRS can audit the ultra wealthy exclusively and it still wont really change how fucked taxes are in the US. The tax brackets are a fucking wreck, capital gains is a joke, and estate tax is basically non existent.

It’s like cheering for Biden for really sticking it to those rich folk when he’s just checking their couch for quarters.

Oh it does, just for private entities.

In 2021 4,752 children had gun related deaths. That’s 13 a day.

I’m sorry you’ve found it worse. Reddit was always incredibly toxic for me and even smaller communities were terrible.

I wish being kind was easy. Sometimes I feel like kindness is one of the hardest things to do.

It’s weird how frequently people disagree but talk to eachother with respect on lemmy.

The Linux users seeing an Nvidia GPU