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"Different world views" isn't a problem, the problem is users espousing repugnent "world views" and being assholes.

Pretending like we have to put up with other users' repulsive, insane "ideas" and bullying behavior in our spaces is laughable. Bigots, fascists, and actual tankies can fuck off.

A hexbear user "called me out" in chapotraphouse for "transphobia" for a comment I made pointing out how insane it is that the hexbear team was calling the admin/mods of blahaj.zone "transphobic" -- the admin and most of the mod team are actual trans people.

So I replied to the callout by saying I'm a landlord (I'm not) and asking how much I should charge for rent as a "card carrying leftist." Replied to a few responses about how I'm a one of the good landlords and providing an essential service at a reasonable price.

My idea was to bait the worst offenders, and it worked. I waited for the replies to roll in, then blocked every single user that commented on that post. Anyone that DMed me about it got blocked too. A couple weeks later I blocked the hexbear and lemmygrad instances in my user settings.

It worked great and I haven't had many issues since.

Hexbear mods tolerate (and sometimes encourage) the worst behaviors of their user base, which is why instances defederate from hexbear.

When those users join other instances one of two things happens:

• the mod team does their job, forcing those users to tone down their behavior or get banned.
• the instances goes to shit and other instances defederate from them.

As long as you stick to a decent instance it's eventually a self correcting problem. You can also block instances yourself in your account settings on lemmy.

Any major power could easily assasinate the leadership of any other major power, but doing so is taboo for obvious reasons.The nuclear taboo is higher on the list of "things that are not done."

Opening the door to actually using nuclear weapons represents a threat to everyone -- including the rich and powerful. Whoever is dumb enough to use even a tactical nuke is going to not only find themselves a pariah, they're going to face coordinated efforts to eliminate the threat they represent by everyone.

Imagine being in his inner circle: you'd be getting credible offers of "whatever you need and want" to remove Putin from power from every major power on the planet.

There's plenty of really nice nursing homes in the USA ... they're just charge thousands of dollars a month and kick you out if you can't pay.

That's what I'm running, though I had issues with it randomly requiring a reset. Installing OpenWrt fixed that problem.

"Guys, don't even try to fight back. Please just give up."

Edit: Check out this user's post and comment history.

narcissists into his cabinet

The great thing about narcissists is they're narcissists: they only care about themselves, they're thin skinned, and they're vindictive.

There is no chance in hell this admin is going to be efficient. One of the things that stands to save the USA is the inevitable infighting of Trump's cabinet and party.

I think they're saying Ukraine should have been given everything they needed to win the war quickly from the start. A lot of people believe the "slow trickle" of aid was designed to drag the war on.

The argument is that a long war is far more damaging to russia, whereas a losing a short war leaves them in a better position to recover and try again in the near future -- beating russia to a bloody pulp vs giving it a black eye.

The states have limited power to defy the feds.

Case in point: legalized marijuana. That said, my fear in regards to states defying laws is:

• Targeted attacks by MAGA terrorists, particularly regarding anything LGBTQ+ or reproductive healthcare related.
• The fed withholding federal funds to punish states that don't fall in line.

The former is particularly concerning as police and the national guard are predominately right-wing. My state passed the SAFE-T Act to address abuses in the police/justice system. Naturally, various police departments weren't happy about this, and through obtuse interpretation of the act they'll claim they can't legally do vital parts of their job -- something I've seen multiple times first hand. Refusing to do their job competently in response to MAGA terrorism isn't hard to imagine.

The later gets tricky. Most of the states that would push back against unjust federal laws are also states that pay more in federal taxes than they receive in aid. The "obvious" solution withhold tax dollars going to the fed to make up the difference ... which would be next to impossible in practice. Even if states mange to do it they'd be playing into Republican hands by defunding essential federal services.

Well, when the Nazis initially started "getting rid" of Jews they started with deportation and other countries refused to take them.

Given how that turned out I'm sure it will be fine.

The CHIPS act? You mean one of the things the Biden admin bragged about?

Good thing the incoming administration isn't petty enough to nuke anything associated with the previous administration...