silent_water [she/her]

lol the US security apparatus is bad but it’s not that bad. you might get put on a watchlist though.

how can privacy ever be stripped of political content? it’s inherently about social forces - ie politics.

I think the media companies have been abusing the DMCA to go after people who link to pirated material. also, I’m starting to suspect world is trying to get funding because they’re trying to “clean” the site up in exactly the way banks/VCs require for loans. it’s a conservative interpretation of the law, especially the recent rounds that purported to go after human trafficking but actually forced major websites to take down anything remotely objectionable.

defederation is good for nazi and CSAM instances. no one should touch either with a 10ft pole. there’s absolutely no reason to give them a larger platform.

when the capitalists expropriate the profits over creative works: cool, good

when some random person downloads it: how dare you

oh no, billionaire profits. anyway,