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I hadn't thought about this, it's a good point. Thank you for broadening my perspective

I wonder how Lemmy can avoid becoming an echo chamber

There are many progressives who are calling for the release of the hostages and calling the October 7th attack a war crime, but the problem is that it is a perfectly acceptable in progressive circles to pretend that the attack wasn't that bad, or that it was terrible but was necessary for the liberation of Palestine

As I said, I consider myself a progressive, and I know that a lot of progressives think like me. But there is a strand of the left that is very vocal online that I fear has lost its way

I'm not a fan of hers, but I do think she has a point here.

There was a significantly different response by progressives to the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram and the hostages taken by Hamas. When posters were put up of the kidnapped Israelis they were ripped down by the same kinds of people who tweeted #BringBackOurGirls.

I know there will be many downvotes to this comment, but I consider myself a progressive and am worried that progressives are losing sight of their values in favour of what is the prevailing groupthink online

I'm convinced that dating apps are no longer a good way to find a relationship. They've realized that if their users get into LTRs it will hurt their revenue.

I used to be an avid user of most dating apps, but I've had a much more fulfilling love life since quitting them to focus on meeting people IRL

Good! We need to hold these companies accountable. Around the mid 2010s they realized that it's more profitable to have addicts instead of users. Casinos, bars, and cigarette sellers are forbidden from selling to children. These addictive platforms should be subject to similar limitations

Relevant Tom Scott presentation

The extreme ends of content moderation is Echo Chambers or Nazi Bars

You don't need a reason to see a therapist. And just because you don't have any easily diagnosable label for your mental state doesn't mean therapy couldn't improve your life. There is probably <1% of the world that are enlightened enough that they genuinely wouldn't benefit from the experience

Sounds like we need to push Signal in Afghanistan!

I was thinking that too. Works as long as asset appreciation > interest.

We're in a higher interest rate world with a recession on the horizon, so this strategy may not work moving forward

Gold standard isn't an odd choice, it was used for many thousands of years. It's just odd today because no countries still use it.

And while a Bitcoin standard sounds crazy, if you lived in Argentina, you'd probably rather keep your savings in Bitcoin (despite all its problems) than in the peso.

She has one thing going for her though, she doesn't seem to be an active threat to democracy. Specific policy disagreements can be worked out over time, but lose self governance and it's hard to get back