Even before any of the vaccines were finished, there were plans to not grant them any patent protection so they can be produced and distributed as widely as possible. Gates and his foundation lobbied hard against that and instead came up with the bullshit plan to have rich countries buy vaccines for poor countries, which helped no one but the insane profits of the pharma companies. In the case of the vaccine developed with public funding by the Oxford University, Gates actively talked them out of releasing it with an open license, so they sold it to AstraZeneca instead.

https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-the-world-loses-under-bill-gates-vaccine-colonialism/

[+] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Don't waste your breath. I'm done with this platform. I hoped it would deliver what reddit couldn't, but I was wrong.

I don't think I'll ever find another platform that encouraged such measured responses. Every thing is either team red or team blue. I just hate how much people are willing ignore so their side can win. Maybe that's just all of the internet now. That's fine, it's just that it's no longer for me.

^(Edit: I agree with this person for what it's worth.)

[–] LemmysMum 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Don't waste your breath.

I just hate how much people are willing ignore so their side can win.

Sad that your side lacks representation? Or is it a lack of conviction with your own opinions?

Nobody wins a discussion because it's not a competition, and your words aren't going convince anyone who doesn't want to be convinced. There's never been a time when one could seek divine cognition from the mouth breathing troglodytes that make up the bulk of the bell curve.

The problem isn't the people, it's your expectations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't have a side. My personal politics is a shit mix that trends left. I feel like a leper wherever I go when I'm not ready to commit 100% to what either group is saying. I was just frustrated when I wrote that, I apologize.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

My five year mission: To seek cognition from the mouth-breathing Troglodytes that make up the bulk of the bell curve.

[–] Jaigoda 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I find it strange that you've said this to one of the only comments that actually provided quotes of multiple articles that weren't just opinion pieces. It's also a bit odd that you're "done with this platform" due to a relatively centrist position that mostly amounts to "it doesn't seem like Bill Gates is James Bond Supervillain level evil."

In fact, generally both the blue and red "teams" (of the US) kinda hate Gates, just for different reasons. Someone coming out, reading the article linked by the comment that they're responding to, and then providing reasonable counter-evidence is actually a bit of a breath of fresh air compared to typical Reddit or Lemmy, or the internet in general for that matter.

And to be clear, I really don't have a stake in the game here. I'm mildly interested to see whether Gates is as bad as others in this thread are saying, but coming into it I didn't really have much of an opinion one way or the about the guy. Now, I'm just curious what has made you feel that the commenter you responded to couldn't deliver what Reddit somehow did or does.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Sorry, it's been a tough couple of weeks and I was just frustrated. Layoffs finally got to me in the aftermath of the actors strike (leaderships reasoning, not mine because I actually saw what was going on internally).

I can't tell sometimes if I'm trading one echo chamber for another. Reality is just bizarre sometimes. I had someone arguing with me about code in a video game. I wrote the code almost 10 years ago. I know reddit was just as bad, if not worse for that "loudest persons right" way of commenting. Usually it gets mixed in with a dash of hive mentality.

I know those points are all loosely related, I'm exhausted after working insane hours through the year with no vacation just to be dumped before the holidays. I need to unplug for a week or two I think.

Edit: Wait, about the comment I replied to? Yeah my bad. I've been avoiding disagreeing with people directly after I got harassed several months ago. I was really happy with that person's comment, I was just a miserable prick at the time. I had to leave some communities and almost nuked my account when another lemmy instance unleashed their bots: every post I would walk into would be targeted and voted down into oblivion. You'd lose all visibility within a short period of time.

I'm not sure if there's been work done since to address this, but I totally understand if they're still not ready to tackle it. They are a volunteer crew after all. I should follow the repo on Github. Maybe there's some small stuff I could help out with while I'm looking for work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You should stick to this platform over Reddit solely because you don't get silenced here for your opinion when it conflicts with fragile, self-important moderators. Blue team / Red team is the natural tendency of all contentious issues, not the fault of the platform.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Welcome to the club. Also got dumped after years of service, just before the holidays. Software devs, we do all the work, but have the least job security.

[–] Lev_Astov 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

That's just social media in general. It was definitely a mistake.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I think I'm going through some dumb "the internet was better when I was young" phase. Looking back on some of those proto-memes though.... oooff.