[–] 10 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

Damn this is do annoying. West media outlets acting like the anglosphere is such a beacon of civilization, democracy and human rights, while the countries they bomb are such backwards and villanous entities that are simply evil. It's insulting.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago*

    Beloved artwork does no good if proprietary. OpenTTD does it best, making their own assets to replace the originals, but not everybody can put that much effort. I would rather have game with generated assets than no game at all or having to go through the hurdles of pirating abandonware.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    I think it would be more realistic like this.

    Choose one:

    • murder strangers and ignore you mostly.
    • murder strangers but kick you in the balls.

    Democrat voters:

    You are blind if you don't see the difference.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago*

    So when the usa runs out of weapons, even the "defensive" ones, the world stage already shifts to an atmosphere of peace and cooperation. Thank you Xi for blocking those rare earth exports to the usa military industry. Worthy of an actual peace prize.

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    There are lots of cultural opposition movements online, like against work exploitation, consumerism, car culture, surveillance, intellectual property, etc. I can find communities on lemmy for all those topics. But regarding a more general opposition to advertisements and marketing, other than the occasional person telling others to use adblockers online (what about ads in every day life?), I fail to see organized attempts to challenge advertisements. There is a lot that can be scrutinized. Ethical concerns such as manipulation, lack of consent and just the simple fact your attention is for sale. The effects range from damage to environment, to our mental health, to harming industries themselves, lowering product quality and maintaining monopolies.

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