Unregulated capitalism places all of the power in the hands of the wealthy. Even with the amount of regulation in place, the last 4 decades has irrefutably proven that. The transfer of wealth from the bottom 95% to the top 5% has has been insane.

The only reason we need so much regulation is because people are garbage and if they can gain something for nothing, they will. You cannot consider the pure idea of capitalism without also considering the reality of human nature, that it is inherently going to create a pyramid scheme like situation where the top transfer power and wealth to themselves in the largest quantities they can, in spite of pesky things like laws and taxes.

Lemmy will need to hit a critical mass of regular users before all the niche non-Programmer orientated communities will start to properly populate, hopefully it doesn’t drop off before then

Pretty much the same, having reached a certain age before the internet was a thing, all my shit is out there already. I genuinely don’t care if Google has all my info from decades of Gmail, YouTube, googling, Android phones etc etc because they make it convenient for me to use all their products. What I’m not happy to roll with is massively sub par experience due to adds or rage bait curated feeds. So I’m not on Twitter, Insta, FB or anything just because the experience of using it would suck. If they want to track me that’s fine, just don’t be gross about it and don’t get hacked (hoping I don’t jynx myself)

Ok I think I understand, thank you for taking the time to write it out for me 🙂

Gotcha, so it’s IBM’s own brand of enshittification lol

I see, so what’s the difference between that and Communism, I’d always thought the difference was socialism was the, I guess goal of supporting all of society? Regardless of the economic approach that generated the money. I’m pretty unfamiliar with this kind of discussion and I want to rectify that haha

What does blue washed mean?

What does blue washed mean?

I too am a refugee and hope that the communities I enjoyed before grow & thrive here too

By the same token though, doesn’t socialism exactly mean basic welfare? Doesn’t socialism just boil down to looking after every member of society equally, such as with basic welfare if they aren’t working or universal healthcare to make sure anyone can access it regardless of station or wealth?