united, indivisible republic

So no federalism anymore, just one centralized state power.

All baronial and other feudal estates, all mines, pits etc. shall be converted into state property

The mortgages on peasant farms shall be declared state property

All private banks will be replaced by a state bank

All means of transport: railways, canals, steamships, roads, posts etc. shall be taken in hand by the state

So the state owns and manages all land, all finances, all infrastructure, and all means of mass transportation, on top of all the things the state controls already.

Idk what you think centralization of power looks like, but imo this is it.

Because that’s what creating an all-powerful government leads to. Imo the key is splitting up and balancing the power, not concentrating it in one easily corruptable entity.

Maybe take a look at Appflowy. It’s another Notion clone like Anytype, but it’s much easier to selfhost.

Why stop half way? All you need is a benevolent dictator, shouldn’t be too hard to find, right?

Some of these points are good, some are just absurd. Letting “the state” handle everything and hold all the cards, and then actually believing that it won’t be coerced and corrupted or that there won’t be strong disagreements about how to handle things is just delusional and wishful thinking on a grand scale imo.

I agree that most modern countries need to strenghen the public sector, but you still need checks and balances between powers, individual responsibilities and freedoms, real-world economic feedback and incentives, and so on.

Cause it’s one big part of why the Fediverse and Lemmy exist in the first place.

We wouldn’t need all this decentralization overhead if centralized sites were trustworthy and focussed on serving their users. The fact that they are not is what leads to privacy violations and enshittification, hence why people created the Fediverse and why we are here (at least most of us I presume).

I unironically think that quality political satire is a good way to engage with politics.

It often cuts right through the BS and talks about issues that regular news or talk shows are afraid to touch. Also, it’s always clear that what’s being said is the opinion/interpretation of the artist, so you’re encouraged to think about it for yourself and see what you agree or disagree with.

You have to be careful not to rely on it too much, and also use other forms of media to inform yourself, but it definitely helps when trying to get into political subjects.

There are a few variations in German:

• (hin)zugießen/dazugießen (pour one liquid into another)
• (hin)zuschütten/dazuschütten (also including rubble/powder/…)
• (hin)zugeben/dazugeben/hineingeben/beimischen/hineinmischen (also including solids, basically add+mix)
• (hin)einrühren (also stir the mixture)
• zusammengießen (pour liquids into each other)
• zusammenschütten (also including rubble/powder/…)
• zusammenmischen (also including solids, basically combine+mix)
• zusammenrühren (also stir the mixture)

Ofc all of them are combinations of existing words: (hin)zu/dazu≈added to that, bei≈with, (hin)ein=into, gießen/schütten=pour, schutt=rubble, geben=give, rühren=stir, mischen=mix, zusammen=together. You could probably build many more, but those are the ones I think are fairly common, and also found entries in German online dictionaries for.

German is really just an elaborate word construction project.

One cup of coffee on the balcony every morning. Just sitting there, enjoying the atmosphere, watching people walk by (I live near a park), maybe meditating a bit.

There always something missing, like

• Not available on all platforms
• No sync, or only to some corporate cloud service
• Missing formatting/linking/calculation/organization/sharing capabilities
• No/Limited/Only drawings
• Clunky/Unfinished/Buggy

Every app is different, but I have yet to find one that ticks all the boxes.

Didn’t know about that one. I’ll check it out, thanks!

Edit: Windows/Browser only, no mobile app :/

Yup. It looks promising and I’ve tried it a few times, but it still has a long way to go before it can replace Notion for me. Also, self-hosting it is a complete mess right now, definitely not ready for everyday use.

Notion + OneNote/Samsung Notes

There is a myriad of open source notes apps, but none of them really hit the spot for me.

Yea sorry for that, I had the same thought as you right after I posted my comment.

I don’t think I would even call a being like that “god”, more like “evil spirit” or something.

Isn’t the god supposed to define what good and evil even is, and wouldn’t therefore any monotheistic god be “good” by definition?!

I’d say there are two cases:

1. The argument is that Y and Z are similar enough to extend Y => X to Z => X. This might be valid if Y and Z are indeed the same in all aspects that matter, if not then I’d say it’s a False equivalence.

2. It is not known whether Z is actually Y or not, but it’s assumed to be true to extend Y => X to Z => X. In that case it should be Appeal to probably.

We really must have read two different posts and sets of comments. All they did was to ask for a foss license that makes for-profit endeavors give back some of the money they earn by using foss projects, just like they have to give back code under most foss licenses. There is nothing bad about that general idea imo, we’ve hopefully all heard about the problems os projects have to sustain themselves, even when they are being used by commercially successful businesses.

They were then told by some levelheaded people that this doesn’t really work with foss alone, and so accepted that the best course of action would be to dual-license their work going forward.

Everything else (including what you just wrote) is heavy projection and very toxic behavior by some people imo. Reading things between the lines that absolutely aren’t there, accusing the OP of nefarious motives without any valid justification, claiming that there is only one correct way to do foss or be against “the community”, and so on. That’s cult and herd behavior, it has no place in foss imo, and that’s pretty much exactly what the OP said when they called some of the more toxic responses childish.

I would encourage you again to realize that there is more than one valid way to think about foss, and that people who don’t 100% agree with your way still aren’t bad people!

Wtf is this witch-hunt?!

The person asked a legitimate question and was being made fun of by some people, and downvoted to oblivion for completely legitimate viewpoints imo (wanting to make companies give back to foss). A mod should absolutely be allowed to call out childish behavior and herd mentality when they see it, they aren’t supposed to be mindless drones after all! If anything they showed remarkable restraint when faced with some really nasty comments, mostly just stating/defending their opinion and trying to end toxic conversations.

Please just chill out, and accept that some people have different but equally valid opinions, even mods.

Boost doesn’t even have the option to show up/down votes separately, just the sum.

A contract just codifies an existing power dynamic, because its terms depend on the negociating powers of the people agreeing to it. It doesn’t say anything about the morality of the terms or the context in which it was signed. Very extreme and on-the-nose example: “We have agreed to only allow white people, you have breached that contract …”. This works just fine if your moral system is based on contracts, but it’s obvously immoral. There’s also the conundrum of people never explicitly agreeing to the social contract they are born into, and even if they did, it’s not like they have much of a choice.

Imo pure tolerance is a real paradox, because you cannot tolerate intolerance, and that makes you intolerant yourself. You can’t achieve it, but you probably should not want to in the first place. There are certain things we will and certain things we won’t tolerate in a modern society, and that is completely fine. The important thing is that we recognize this and make good decisions about which is which.