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If you were born in southern Florida to a set of Cuban parents and told your entire life that communism was the devil and that Trump is the savior against the communist DNC, you'd believe the same thing.

Doesn't matter if you have the whole of human knowledge accessible to you. The human brain is very good at filtering out things you don't want to see.

This idiot seems to be oblivious to the fact that there is no official language in the US

It doesn't matter. Nothing matters. "Small government and low taxes" but when you want to triple the size of ICE and institute historic tariffs (aka taxes) it's OK. "Party of law and order" but when you don't let asylum seekers into the country- overtly breaking US law, it's OK. "The constitution is sacred" but when you sign an executive order that explicitly contradicts the 14th amendment- it's OK.

Nothing matters. There is no consistency whatsoever. There doesn't need to be. The more disjointed, the better. You make people so disoriented that they'll accept anything.

The ADL is likely giving a calculated response because of what happened last time Nazis took over a western country

Israel is far-right. Far-right actors will align itself with other far-right actors. This shouldn't be surprising to anyone that the militaristic society who actively perpetuates the worst apartheid in living memory would naturally align itself with the far-right.

The next fascism will not be anti-Jew. That's all ADL cares about

he wouldn't be my first choice, or even my 2nd, 3rd, etc. but apparently the American voters appreciate billionaires

they can’t ban everything, the Internet is too big. people will find a way

they don't really have to ban everything. for example, the persistent chinese internet-goer has the ability to view things he's not supposed to see even though China bans large swathes of the internet.

but by making it as difficult as possible for most people and creating strict punishments for breaking the rules, you can effectively ban most things you want for majority of people

if posting on lemmy makes you an enemy of the state and the state is becoming increasingly harsh with its punishments... would you still be going on and posting regularly? i would certainly think twice.

I have a feeling this place and other decentralized social medias will be banned in the near future. Look at what's happening to TIktok. You either bend the knee or you get axed. It's why the other social media giants bent the knee. They understand the writing on the wall. There's more going on behind the scenes that they don't share with us. I think we're sort of watching a quiet coup.

i see your point too, but i also think you're mistaken.

engaging is any time of interaction whatsoever. i could go to a ragebait and go into the comments and calmly and politely explain xyz. But

a) in social media sites where algorithms are used the post I'm commenting on will be more likely to show up on other people's screens. because social media sites want engagement- doesn't have to be positive and

b) even in social media sites where there is no algorithm (like the one we're speaking on) people are more likely to click on a comment section the larger the number of comments are. no point in clicking on the comment section if there's 0 or 1 comments. every comment is an indirect increase to the visibility and probability of engagement with future users

while I do agree with you that there are different levels of engagement- either way you are engaging.

it probably does indirectly. users are probably more likely to go into the comment section if they see a larger number of comments. no reason to go there if it's empty

As a Floridian.. trust me when I say Florida is not 50% blonde

The rapper in question is Canadian and lives in LA. Gotta blame Cali for this one.

engaging with something is perpetuating it. that's how rage-bait works. the more people comment the more it spreads. content doesn't have to be good, it just needs people to engage with it

people with significant money in art assets have it documented and insured. if he had 30 pieces just by warhols and additional, we're likely talking millions of dollars of assets.

nobody leaves millions of dollars lying around without some sort of insurance

to be honest, this is a great opportunity for him to cash out of all his expensive art in one fell swoop. i would be elated if I were him