It really does feel like online communities get more relentlessly xenophobic when they have more Europeans. It just seems like a lot of you can’t get by without mentioning where someone’s from. Like, no, someone not seeing the value in retro computing doesn’t say anything about “the intelligence of the average Scot.” And if you can’t tell where they’re from, American by default.

ITT: As per usual, Lemmy thinks living in conditions and condoning them are the same thing

Good. Living in a super power seems to suck period, because super powers care about ideology and power, not people. Do we need “hyper?”

If we could internalize the notion that real patriotism is the drive to create a better tomorrow for the people instead of blind conservative hatred of the unfamiliar we could do so much good.

Favorite: Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Folgelberg

Worst: Dominic the Donkey

Leftists often argue for unilateral disarming the minute after they win the revolution because their glorious revolutionary party couldn’t possibly betray the working class in any way.