2d ago

Welcome to Lemmy

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I’m a Democrat.
- That's illegal!
- Most of Lemmy: EAT THE RICH!!!
  Me: Idk, liberal democracy with reasonable social safety nets, some wealth anti-accumulation, and a robust education system? We should get there by showing up to city council meetings.
  Most of Lemmy: LINUX!!!!
  Me: but I want a computer where I don't have to troubleshoot the wifi driver every 3 months...
  
  You had me until you started shit talking Linux like that. WiFi used to be an issue on Linux systems, but it hasn't been a major issue for like an entire decade now. WiFi on Linux pretty much just works outside of libre only distros, or using Linux distro versions older than your hardware. Now WiFi on FreeBSD is still a bit of an issue, which is entirely there own fault.
  
  I don't have to troubleshoot the wifi driver every 3 months...
  Seriously I haven't seen an actual WiFi issue on Linux for years.
  
  Oh fuck this reminder me
  Like a week ago my wife's PC starts getting absolutely terrible wifi speed, like 1mbps when she normally gets 50 (terrible walls for wifi and the router cannot get closer sadly) so I go to investigate it
  Turns out a recent update broke the drivers for her wifi adapter, of all things, resulting in some wacky ass behavior. This was not on a Linux installation, though....
  
  Me: but I want a computer where I don't have to troubleshoot the wifi driver every 3 months...
  That's what we said, "Linux." I haven't had to troubleshoot a driver in like seven years.
  
  Me: but I want a computer where I don't have to troubleshoot the wifi driver every 3 months...
  So, you have no control over your own decisions?
  
  I think you’re reading the room accurately. Nothing flops here like exposing childish extreme views to reality. If you’re not an extremist for their side, you’re worse than a monster.
  
  I don’t think anyone here is an extremist I think they’re all so pigeonholed in their respective flavors of progressiveness that they forget other people have slightly different views.
  
  Anyone who supports communism is an extremist relative to the rest of society. At least this is the case in the whole of USA and Europe.
  
  Thats my biggest gripe with leftists.
  We could agree on 80% of things, but that 20% that we don't is the thing they'll obsess over.
  
  Is really depends what that 20% contains...
  
  Yeah, usually that person you agree with 80% of the time is called an ally.
  
  Precisely. But the biggest defining trait of 'online leftists' is they're much more concerned about fighting amongst themselves, than fighting republicans.
  
  While blaming democrats for their own incompetence as a political block.
  
  Yep. Literally without fail.
  The party that would absolutely welcome their views into the party they refuse to participate, while also complaining that said party doesn't try and court them.
  Like, you don't get courted with policy and with seats in congress if you don't show up. It's the height of delusion and entitlement.
  
  American Democrats aren't a good example here as they aren't a leftist party, they are centrist. Generally though I get what you are saying.
  
  The democrats would never welcome communism into their party
  Because fully embracing communism would mean disbanding the party
  
  The party that would absolutely welcome their views
  So you're delusional for real, then, eh? Like, did you seriously not pay attention last election or what?
  
  The party that would absolutely welcome their views into the party they refuse to participate, while also complaining that said party doesn't try and court them.
  They welcome our views just not our voices, most especially our tone when we desperately plea for help to be able to keep on living.
  
  Maybe so. Views tend to become simpler out at the extremes, and I think we have a lot of young people here who are drawn to simple, direct views. I mean shit I’m drawn to simplicity as well, but once you’ve had to manage things out in the real world, the first thing you realize is how complicated they are.

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