Sadly no-one can tell you that as it is your decision based on your morals and your beliefs. It’s a hard decision, one that I also had to make. The question is, what is harder and more painful: losing this friend or being friends with someone who is like this.
Wish you all the strength you need to get through this.
You can’t win without them, you’ve got to work with them.
Only if you work with them then you have the chance to radicalise some of them. If you don’t work with them the movement stays as small as it is.
I know, it is frustrating, I also feel like everything’s doomed a lot of times, but I refuse to get drowned in this frustration.
If we can encourage others to engage more, then that’s a lot. Don’t underestimate what you’ve done so far. You can be an inspiration to others!
So you honestly think, that it is more beneficial to the cause to look down on people not doing enough instead of encouraging them to continue what they’re doing?
That’s an impressive „CV of resistance“, although I only asked what you’ve done specifically against trump, Vance and musk, and if I’m nitpicking, I can’t see much apart from protesting. The same thing you expressed your disgust about saying „is that the best you can do“.
I do hope, that you continue to do as much as you’ve already done and I’m thankful for every single thing you do.
I also hope, that you start to inspire others to follow in your footsteps instead of making them feel bad for not doing enough.
I’m European and I’m thankful for each American showing their disgust with Trump, Vance or Musk.
And I truly hope for more getting to the other side.
I’m curious though, what exactly are you doing to contribute to do something against Trump, Vance or Musk?
Ever heard the saying, „Your freedom ends where someone else’s begins“?
Exactly. Don’t give them a platform
A lot of us in Europe are aware!
Just a couple of examples
Red Hat Developed by a U.S.-based company.
Fedora A community-driven project sponsored by Red Hat.
Debian Originally founded in the U.S., with some legal ties to US regulations.
Slackware developed by Patrick Volkerding in the US
Since these distributions are developed or registered in the United States, they are subject to US laws, regulations, and export restrictions.
When I have a look at what’s happening right now in the US I’m not sure what kind of laws will suddenly appear which might affect privacy and security of any kind of software from there. That’s why I decided to avoid them as much as possible.
I will certainly go through your suggestions and have a look if I should change stuff (apart from proton, I’m sure about changing this one).
I listed the stuff I use and what I changed. There’s also a reason why I chose this specific Linux distro as I try to avoid as much as I can with the jurisdiction in the US, which means a lot of Linux distros are not an option anymore.
But that does not mean everyone needs to do the same. Do whatever you think is best.
Fastmail: Privacy & Security Overview
+Encrypted storage & transit (TLS 1.3, Perfect Forward Secrecy).
+No ads, no data selling – user-funded.
+2FA & Passkey support for added security.
-Based in Australia – subject to laws like the Assistance and Access Act (2018).
-No built-in end-to-end encryption (E2EE) – requires third-party PGP/S/MIME.
https://www.fastmail.com/features/security
https://www.fastmail.com/policies/privacy
Good for privacy, but jurisdiction risks & lack of E2EE make alternatives like tuta (or proton) a better choice.
I’m also not that happy with proton. Maybe tuta could be a replacement.
I’m also trying to avoid as much American tech as possible.
Can’t change everything though. I have a company phone. I could get an extra private phone, but I’d still need to use the company phone for company related stuff. Same is true for the company laptop, but I do have my own computer.
It’s not perfect, but the important thing to me is trying as best as I can.
How exactly? Raising tariffs to 50%?
Silencing those who talked about concerns publicly was also a thing back then.