I for one am going through quite a culture shock. I always assumed the nature of FOSS software made it immune to be confined within the policies of nations; I guess if one day the government of USA starts to think that its a security concers for china to use and contribute to core opensource software created by its citizens or based in their boundaries, they might strongarm FOSS communities and projects to make their software exclude them in someway or worse declare GPL software a threat to national security.

    • Aatube
      -18•26 days ago

      I see why some people block lenny.ml. Many there put everything through a high-standard threshold function.

      • Binette
        35•26 days ago

        1. You’re replying to someone from db0

        2. Lemmy.ml is not the only place that believes the US isn’t a democracy.

        3. The US is an oligarchy. It’s one of the things agreed by philosophers, including my teacher. The current controversy in the left surrounding the elections obviously proves this point.

        • Aatube
          -9•26 days ago
          1. Oops. That’s… interesting.
          2. Maybe, but we at least get to select which oligarchs we prefer. In Russia, you select from Putin, Pootin, and Puteen.
          • macabrett[they/them]
            5•25 days ago

            If you think the oligarchs in America are the people up for a vote, you’re completing misunderstanding what you’re being told right now.

            • Aatube
              -1•25 days ago

              The candidates up for a vote represent different oligarchs at feud.

            • Aatube
              1•14 days ago

              I’m not saying the system works or rises to the level of good. I’m saying that it is much better than the Russian system. The people at least get to choose who they think they want, and which group of people will be whipped more.

      • @geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
        19•25 days ago

        America: we need military bases all over the world to surpress their population and steal their natural resources. This is why Israel must grow to expand our foothold in the middle east even at the cost of a genocide. We also overthrow democracies to replace them with authoritarian dictators when convenient to us.

        You: Democracy!

        • Dessalines
          17•26 days ago

          People don’t realize that the US founders explicitly modeled their new state on the Roman empire, with an expansionist aristocracy / slaveocracy controlling the state. The debates on this in the federalist papers are very explicit, as is the way they structured its government. Hell even half the buildings in washington DC are modelled after roman architecture.