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@sethadam1 And even better... Omarchy is a non-woke distribution! That means, if you're ever so slightly libertarian or christian or conservative, you'll be welcomed, instead of spat on, like with the woke distros. 🍾

@BBC If the pope is not happy with how the US handles immigration I guess he could always accept all the immigrants he wants into the vatican.

Put up or shut up Leo!

@ChrisMayLA6 Haha... yes, that's certainly true. In sweden, there is a function for complaints, but since it is all the government, it's not really super effective. Marking ones own homework.

@ChrisMayLA6 Ahh... ok, that makes sense. I think we disagree about the decline, but then the starting point and connection with the right fits the pattern! Thank you for clarifying!

Current election result in Hungary:

https://vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2026

@shortstories It shows how weak the countries are who make it illegal. Apparently they are so insecure that they think allowing holocaust deniers would turn the voters against them.

Will be very interesting to see the election result in Hungary in a few hours!

I wonder if Orban will just declare the election a fraud, and shut down democracy, or do the classic "vote again" until the correct vote has been registered.

@citc Not paying cash is my bad conscience. I should do it more often. The only mitigating factor is that I use my company and my lifestyle to reduce my tax burden significantly. But yes, I should pay more in cash.

@ChrisMayLA6 I think there should be compensation to the individual, but there should also be some kind of fine at a much higher level for the state itself, and that money should of course not go to the states coffers.

The idea is to make errors like that so costly, tha the government will increase its due diligence and "quality control".

@ChrisMayLA6 @tartanroots about dismantling the modern surveillance state?

For instance... the swedish nationalists where at the beginning very anti-EU. Then they became mainstream, and their EU politician suddenly received life time pensions and made them millionaires. All of a sudden, they are pro-EU.

@ChrisMayLA6 @tartanroots This is the truth! It seems to me that privacy is a question that frequently lends itself to cooperation, or at least aligntment, between libertarians and the grass roots left/greens.

Nationalists and incumbent left and right (typically socialist or center/right) seem to be very happy about dismantling surveillance.

The key question then becomes... if the grass roots green, reds or libertarians should ever become incumbents, will they then quickly drop any ideas

@ChrisMayLA6 But surely you are not saying that it was socialism that led to the UK becoming the world capital of finance? According to my history books, it was the turn away from socialism that led to the financial wonder of the UK.

@shortstories Yes, what I like about them is that they "do their thing" regardless of what the world does, and they teach us to ask, do we _really_ need this technology? Maybe we can survive without it?

Personally I do not own a smartphone. Yes, I pay higher prices for things both in terms of money and inconvenience, but it is worth it for me.