Digital piracy can get you at least one of those happy things.

How many games and studios do you think have been ruined by uncreative people who do ‘business’ with things like non-competes and non-disclosure agreements?

Thanks for the clarification because that headline sure is worrisome.

I’m all in favor of Canadians taking up the cause of helping their American (not-Trumplican) cousins.

And from the paragraph you cited: “Berlin police confirmed the incident on their official X account…insisting that the officers had no choice but to use force against protesters who they claim were acting violently.”

They say shit like this even when there are hours of video demonstrating otherwise. I’m sure afterward they’ll investigate themselves and find no wrongdoing.

I don’t think Saleh is saying anything about all police being this way.

But the fact that any of them are like this, and that there are enough of them like this, is a genuine problem for the well-being of regular people.

This isn’t an all-or-nothing situation. We can recognize that there are a significant number of police using violence to accomplish political ends without having to make a disclaimer about not all individual police being this way, because there are clearly enough of them behaving this way that there is real cause for concern.

Wouldn’t you agree?

Pro-Palestine protestors really seem to get the pigs into a rage. They must believe that they’ll be able to get away with it.

And so far, it looks like they have. Right now, in the U.S., the Trumplicans (and Leon) are revoking the visas of international students who took part in protests to support Palestine. I’d guess for every couple we hear about there are a hundred more we don’t.

It seems strange the countries all over the world are using similar violence against anyone protesting the Zionist genocide.

Is this a free trial followed by a monthly subscription?

I’m not particularly for/against anything here, but holding corporations accountable is the only practical option for legitimately reducing environmental degradation.

We could all use paper straws and long-lasting lightbulbs, and it would have a negligible effect on the environment. Add to that the issue that it’s unlikely we’ll all ever do anything.

I like the idea of personal responsibility for consumer decisions. But, it won’t really reduce the global environmental impact of corporations. In that sense, getting really into sustainability with your own behavior is more about a personal sense of righteousness than anything else. If we’re going to reduce the ongoing harm to the environment, we must reduce corporate power. Of the two options above, it’s the only one that will produce any measurable positive impact on the environment.

Pirate everything. Pirate streams, torrents, whatever.

Pirate. Everything.

*unless it’s an independent artist of some sort. then, just buy some merch from them or something.