You sound pretty married to capitalism.

1. By what metric does capitalism “work”? From my perspective capitalism has

• repeatedly led to fascism
• always subverts democracy by creating parallel power in the hands of the rich
• kept poor countries poor no matter what economic model they adapt
• been destroying the planet while everybody knows it’s happening for the last 40 years

I’m not saying nothing about capitalism works, but you can’t just say that it works as a blanket statement.

2. Growth on its own is not an end, it can only be a means to an end. Looks like you’re worshipping here too.

3. Just wrong. Like plain lie, the soviets were the first in space.

4. Not necessarily. A short read of On the phenomenon of bullshit jobs might change your mind, but if you don’t have time, just look at the advertising industry. In theory it should inform consumers about the market, but in practice we know that’s not what’s happening, it’s all subliminal influence and inducing demand. Capitalism needs to keep inventing new ways to do dumb shit to get more growth. We are in the middle of the AI revolution, the dumbest and least efficient downgrade yet.

5. I agree here, although this isn’t exclusive to capitalism. There are many forms of socialism that include markets and avoid central planning. I am a proponent of that.

6. Sure capitalist economies can adapt without government intervention, but the only mechanism is prices. For example take an oil crisis. Oil prices will go up until people use less oil, and then it stabilizes. This sounds great on paper, but in reality it means people can’t drive to their jobs, and even if they still can, they spend less money on other goods, resulting in economic downturn. Without intense government intervention, markets are naturally instable. As proof, research any economic crash in recebt history.

7. I agree here, markets are a useful tool.

8. Sure we’ve seen wealth creation but capitalism also fails to recognize many forms of wealth. Especially care work typically done by women such as raising children and caring for the elderly. Having free time is wealth. Having a say at your workplace is a form of wealth. But capitalism only measures wealth as exchange value.

But let’s get back to finding common ground. What do you think about socialist market economies, where groups of individuals can start businesses just like in capitalism, but these businesses are always collectively owned by their workers? Existing worker coops have shown to be more stable and often more efficient than privately owned enterprise.

Pure objective fact lmao cmon. Okay I hear you though, I wasn’t sure what you meant by communism but I think I get what you mean now. I’m only something of a Marxist and I don’t really consider myself a communist in that sense If you’re interested in a discussion let’s try to find some common ground. What aspects of capitalism do you like? Markets and decentralized production? I like those too, although I think they should be used as means to an end, not worshipped as the end itself.

To answer your second question specifically:

Are there Linux distributions that place a stronger emphasis on privacy?

Yes, luckily most distros do.

If you just want decent privacy, then honestly most of the popular distros are better than Ubuntu.

Aral is one of the first people I followed on the fediverse and I have a love-hate relationship with him. On one hand, he works on fantastic projects and his opinions are based (see above). On the other hand, he is one of the most negative and hateful online personalities I’ve seen

You clearly have a stereotype in mind. Anarchists come in all shapes and sizes and all walks of life. As an example, David Graeber was a level-headed, down-to-earth author, a respected academic, who wrote some incredible books which I all recommend (and they aren’t anarchist theory books, they cover various topics and are easy and fun to read)

You didn’t answer my question and you ignored my point.

Communism can mean many things, and many things that call themselves communism have very little to nothing to do with what Marx wrote about. As an aside, Marx was not just a grumpy philosopher, he was also an economist who laid the foundation for thinking of the economy in terms of power, ownership and democracy. The Marxian school of economics is still influential today.

Your ramblings about “communism has always failed” leads me to believe that you are talking about Marxism-Leninism, which I also believe is outdated and dominated by dogmatic thinking, but I digress. Let’s increase our scope to socialism as a whole. Now let me rephrase: Existing socialism has worked many times, but has always been stomped out by brutal capitalist imperialism. A brief look at the history of central and south america, and all other colonially exploited areas should show you that the system that has produced the most suffering, destroyed the most democracies, is capitalism. Let me rephrase: Capitalism has never worked.

So again, what kind of economic system do you advocate for?

I can confirm your statement about Germany haha but I’ve never seen a 24hr supermarket in the Netherlands or France either

Communism can mean a lot of different things. What kind of economic system do you advocate for?

It roughly means “session”, which also derives from sitting.

If he’s ready to give the homeless $240 a month, he can go do so and it would actually help them quite a lot.

1. Stability. Temperature outside fluctuates, food could freeze or get too warm.
2. Containment. The fridge prevents critters from getting to your food.
3. Location. The fridge is conveniently located in the kitchen.

In winter I do tend to keep drinks outside if the temps are alright, they cool down faster outside than in a fridge anyway.

It shouldn’t be for anybody who calls themselves an anarchist

where in the world can you go grocery shopping at 4AM??

You are wrong about debt leading to inflation, that’s monetarism and has been thoroughly debunked.

Would love if it showed the solve time and/or gave a pastable summary

do not engage with the jank

That’s a dodecahedron not a tetrahedron what’s goin on here

The app starting with K is probably a nod to how KDE names many of their projects something that starts with K. (Konsole, Kate, Kdenlive, Krita).

The litoris part probably refers to how linux apps often name things after random weird stuff, e.g. gimp, but it’s not always genital/sexual related I guess.

sudo rpm-ostree install meow

I’ve never heard gimp used that eay luckily, only the sexual slave fetish thing.

Pinta is more of a paint.NET alternative than a gimp alternative