It's not that hard to switch browsers since most of them are pretty much the same. Sure, you need some time to adjust, but I think it's much easier than enduring shit that google forces upon you.

Well I'm not going in completely blind + I can't know everything about every topic. But I'm seeking more knowledge, thus the reason why I made a post.

Thank you so much for the links! Started with Another View of Stalin

No no, don't get me wrong, I totally get it. While I think that the statement is true, it's not the only way I tried to explain my position. Like I said, we are having respectful discussions with one another and I try to not be overly emotional. It's very important to find a nicer footing in the dialogue in order to convey your thoughts more clearly.

It's unbelievable how the whole prequel trilogy was about liberal democracy being turned into a fascist empire and Star Wars fans still don't get it.

Sorry if I confused any of you, should've clarified that I'm straight, now I feel kind of shitty because I probably tricked a lot of people into thinking otherwise. Not that only LGBTQ+ people can comment under the post, but still.

Saying that, because of the mobilisation, male population is still under a shit ton of pressure in Ukraine, only multiplied if you're queer, but I don't think much will change under Russia's rule, if there will be one. For liberals, Ukraine might appear as western rainbow utopia where LGBTQ+ people are widely accepted, but considering how many Nazis are here... I have my fair share of doubts about this perspective.

People are so confused, in fact, that in my university I have a person, who is an open Bandera supporter, while being gay and friends with a Jewish girl. Pretty crazy mind fuck if I ever saw one.

If we're talking about the future of Ukraine, man, I just want all of this to end as fast as possible. I don't care whether it be Russia or Ukraine, because at the end of the day, what's the difference? (except that Russia is anti-west, sort of, and Ukraine is pro-west)

I wish we took that deal at the start, many people would still be alive, economy and morale wouldn't be so fucked and I probably could've returned home, now I'm not sure about that no more.

I'm curious, what other regimes are on that list?

Thank you so much, comrade! While it is stressful, especially for her, and I have no doubt the psychological impact won't be fun, we are in a pretty safe spot compared to the region of the country we fled from. It's much safer and not as dangerous and we hope it stays that way.

Fuck that's heartbreaking. Double for me because having a girlfriend and living in Ukraine reinforces pretty hard the fear of losing loved ones, but I can't even imagine how awful it is in Gaza where it's 10-100 times worse than here...

The US, Japan, South Korea are the best examples

You know, the US that were so democratic to genocide the native population of the continent, using slave labor to build their economy while being systematically racist for their whole existence. The country that didn't have a single war on their soil, brought wars, despair and poverty to the other regions of the world.

Or fucking Japan that was just dumped with money and US control to become their satellite state, just like South Korea. So in order to be a democracy, and not to be the US, you need to totally give up your sovereignty? Is that how it works?

Is that the price that you need to pay to be a democracy? The one of the best examples of it? What the fuck is this guy thinking.

Jesus Christ, that is the most disgusting fucking thread I've seen in a while, what the hell is happening.

I often think that I have put myself into an echo chamber and I need to seek more alternative thoughts, but when THIS is the alternative, I'm sorry, there's no way I'm gonna listen to those fuckers not even ignoring, but cheering for genocidal actions because they deemed Palestinian people undeserving of even existing.

Such idiocy, companies (especially tech companies) artificially slow down the progress to increase their profits, not the other way around.

From the "Innovation" standpoint there's no need to release a phone every year, but Apple does it, why? To innovate or make money? Why then every time a new iPhone comes out it's barely distinguishable from the previous one, aside from a couple of features? iPhones are powerful enough to withstand 10+ years, so why not release a drastically new phone at least once in five years? Wouldn't giving more time for your engineers to innovate bring even more innovation?

I think there's a word for it... But for the life of me I can't remember it. I guess it rhymes with gravitoelectromagnetism

• How can you prove that Russia is imperialist?
• Literally 2014

best. argument. ever.

Recently I watched an awesome video about pseudohistorian who tried to explain that thousands of Polish soldiers were actually killed by the USSR and Nazis were just framed for these murders. It's in Russian, but YouTube translator probably will do a good enough job.

https://youtu.be/GKoqfjamBVE

Thank you, I'm really glad you liked my response)

To be honest, my claim was a bit hyperbolic, because essentially Cyberpunk as a genre is anti-capitalist, just CDPR doesn't really want it to be.

It boils down to how you want to view this game and art in general, with the original intent of developers or without it, making assumptions based on the contents of the story. And I rarely can choose the latter.

The whole game tries to tell you that corporations are the main (and only) issue, Johnny Silverhand literally says: "I've declared war not because capitalism's thorn in my side...", implying that it's not capitalism that he has problems with, but Corpos who: "Have long controlled our lives..."

But I don't view anti-corporatism as a synonym to anti-capitalism, and neither does CDPR. That's why they chose to paint a Marxist ideology as complete nonsense of some ai bot fortune teller (I'm talking about Bartmoss collective) and that's why there's not a word from Johnny criticising the system that let corporations become as powerful as they are today.

CDPR is the main reason, I presume.

Polish gamedev, who at the start of the war in Ukraine wrote: "Slava Ukraini" in their support letter.

Polish...

Slava Ukraini...

Yeah... Also not even a hint of anti-capitalist ideas in a CYBERPUNK GAME? Pretty fucked up.

I really hated the fact that there was no option to actually oppose those "people" from the government in a meaningful way, not just help another character.

What the fuck, we have an actual terrorist in our head that would lovely kill every single one of these fuckers if he had the chance, but we CAN'T??? And when we actually abandon them, it's a mission fail and the whole DLC is inaccessible... Great

Fallout New Vegas lets you kill anyone you meet and story ACCOUNTS FOR IT. But in 2023 there's not even a hint of that in a game that calls itself RPG.

CDPR really doesn't want you killing bastards who actually are responsible for the horrible fucking state, not only of NC, but the entire country. Not even a hint of responsibility from their end, it's just corporations.

Anytime anyone talks about opposing crackers before flags is capitalism imperialism.