American Culture is Common Culture at this point…

For years, the United States has benefited most from globalization. They either don’t admit it or don’t realize it.

Ministry Of Indoctrination

1. From Maduro’s part. They are deeply incompetent.

2. The Oil is a curse. It could be a blessing if people knew how to use it. Chavez thought he knew, he was wrong. The Saudi’s know. They have a lot of skeletons in their closet, yet it seems like receiving their money is not big problem. Branding.

Bukele can rule over El Salvador as he please because he is a The Gang Buster. Branding.

Peru can have as many presidents as they like without affecting the economy cuz… well, they are all corrupt, “but least they aren’t communist”. Branding

From a Venezuelan living in Venezuela, in short: he wasn’t Chavez.

Long answer: Chávez had the political savvy to make a name and reputation for himself that could protect him despite criticism from hegemonic states. Maduro was never able to hold a candle to him, which is why he declined in popularity despite “technically” perpetuating what Chávez had built.

“But the drugs! But the human rights!” Center-right politicians in the region have faced similar (more verifiable) accusations, yet none have received the same level of global criticism as Chávez or Maduro.

“But democracy!” Peru has had five presidents in less than two years, and no one says anything. Bukele intends to remain in power in El Salvador for life, and no one says anything.

It’s not an ideological or moral issue, It’s Branding.

I believe that the revenue comes more from advertisers paying to advertise on Google than from people paying for the advertised products or services.

I’ve been playing only retro games lately and I just finished Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for a second time yesterday. Now I’m continuing playing the Fatal Frame saga on my ps2.

Explain that to right-wingers. Good luck.

So they can gather more followers for their atrocious ideology of the echo chambers that are Bluesky and Mastodon

Yeah, me neither. Maybe because it wasn’t a post perse but a modification of the main page that they modified again? I don’t know if github saves previous states of a modified page.

Oh, were they able to resolve the legal issue they had with the Spotify API? Really glad to hear that.

My Sweet Passion (Theme of Amy Rose) - From Sonic Adventure

For my part, I have seen several people highlight the role of Collective Shout in the whole mess (at least in Spanish-speaking sites). But you’re right, in situations like this, fire is fought with fire.

Those kinds of technicalities are so damn annoying.

And it would be a good argument, because they wouldn’t be wrong.

So no private company can be held accountable for censorship? That’s pretty messed up.

Lucifer

Go with the gatherers, fuck the hunters, it better be someone else who ends up eaten by Saber-Toothed Tigers.

Not all men, but ALWAYS a man.

I abhor violence, both witnessing and exercising it, but I accept and support it if it is used as a form of defense against abuse, whether systematic or personal.

In short: I personally would not set fire to an ICE vehicle, but I would applaud anyone who did.

Floorp, a fancy Firefox fork.