High income in New York is definitely above 1% globally, and likely even nearing 1% nationally

Well the rich it seems did vote for Mamdani

You lost. That flag don’t fly.

This is a really bad argument that people use. Plenty good causes have lost.

The issue with the Confederacy is that it was a really bad cause, fighting for the enslavement of millions for generations.

Usually when people have flags it’s for fairly innocuous stuff. Poland has a kind of ridiculous law criminalizing the desecration of a flag of any country.

This is pointless

I’ve never used any, but Molly seems well liked

You can use Signal with a different client. Signal being operated within the US has no effect. As of now the jurisdictions that I know of to be worried about are:

The UK, where Apple was recently ordered to remove end-to-end encryption features, and have been gagged from talking about it

Sweden, where a law is proposed to add an encryption backdoor

The EU, where leadership is pushing for an encryption backdoor

My understanding is that the Indian government under the BJP and Congress has been pretty consistently anti-encryption, and violated privacy rights

France arrested the founder of Telegram for using end to end encryption in Telegram

Australia in 2018 passed a law that enabled the government to require communications platforms add a backdoor for government decryption. The Director of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) said that “privacy is important but not absolute”. Which has the same vibes as “this is not about human rights, this is about human life.”

WhatsApp was previously suspended in Brazil for refusing to hand over decrypted messages.

Austria is in the process of passing legislation allowing police to backdoor encryption in messaging apps

China and Russia are very obvious problems. Here’s an easy one of many examples

The White House both in Trump’s first term and in Biden’s presidency were pro-encryption. Signal and Tor were US government funded projects. That’s not to say the US is great on encryption, and there have been laws in the past that did/were proposed to limit it. But, as of now, it seems that the US is (edit: one of) the most hospitable jurisdictions for encrypted messaging non-profits.

BTW, I’m not saying using Tox is bad, or that Signal is good, I’m just talking about the US jurisdiction part.

Does it really matter who made it if you can see the source code? You don’t have to trust them.

Go look up sewage cleaner in India. No amount of money is worth that.

That’s just untrue. There is definitely some amount of money worth it.

And engineers who stood to make a lot of money

Yea I don’t disagree thats the case with most people, but some will try to twist it no matter what you said, to conform to their current world view.

I don’t agree with that

You’re saying you would, I explained why others might not feel the same way, and still genuinely oppose them

And you’ll be called an incel when you point out the double standard

I argue with people for a lot of reasons. I an saying no one has an inherent obligation to argue with anyone.

Because that’s me being an argumentative person, I don’t think someone has an obligation to, to prove to external observers they’re not a nazi. That’s also not their job.

We already talked about this

Having a “fun” conversation with a nazi

Next paragraph explains

But whatever, I just don’t care - you are not beholden to be kind to someone just because they are multifaceted and complete humans. Humans can be evil, and if even one of those “facets” is murdering or a desire for genocide, I have every right to disagree with that. I do not owe anyone my time, or my patience.

I agree, you don’t have to. But just because you choose not to, doesn’t make me a nazi if I choose to. That was what this was about, it was never about forcing you.

Funny if you’re racist.

Again they have the capacity to say stuff outside that.

And again, I do not have to wade through a mile of shit and corpses just because there might be a slice of cake at the end. I am allowed to say “no, fuck off”.

And again where did I try to change your mind on that?

Like I already said: when you said you’d prefer a “fun” nazi to someone else “boring”, and implied by you taking issue with me saying you should either argue or leave. This implies you’d prefer to stay and not argue. And if you’re not arguing with them or leaving, what are you doing? Standing completely still with no words or body language of your own? No, you’re engaging in the conversation.

You understand that nazis talk about a weather too? I would do the same as I do with everyone. Make it clear I disagree with what I disagree with, but also have the capacity to talk about other stuff.

Well it is your responsibility in some ways to not intentionally mistreat others. But I agree your job isn’t to talk to racists. I never tried to tell you it was. I did tell you someone can talk to racists without being a racist themselves though.

I have massive problems with prisons and by extension policing. I think prisons are the some of the most cruel institutions on Earth. But I am kind of disappointed that that community isn’t really proposing anything it feels like. Prisons are cruel and need reform, you don’t need to convince me there. The problem is I do think there is a legitimate need for something to protect people, and to separate people who are a serious risk to others.

They say:

creating lasting alternatives to punishment and imprisonment.

But what?

One idea I think, that is a small reform but I think would actually be very valuable in increasing prisoners quality of life: increased internet access. I think the isolation, and the feeling of being trapped within the prison culture, is very harmful. It would also be easier to bring abuse to public attention.