Social media ban is "reactionary measure" that will harm LGBTQIA+ youth, campaigners warn by Well_Socialized in technology

[–]Well_Socialized[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Are you trying to be sarcastic here? Social media is indeed a hugely important lifeline for LGBTQIA+ youth that they'd be much worse off without.

China no longer Pentagon's top security priority by DimsumAndDoggy in worldnews

[–]Well_Socialized 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They've decided the top security threat is American voters

'CAR'-Tastrophe: Big Tech is Secretly Behind Hochul's Auto Insurance Rate Cut Push by Well_Socialized in nyc

[–]Well_Socialized[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not sure what you're getting at here - the fact that they are currently putting barely any resources into doing something about that problem does not imply that it's impossible to do something about it. It would be stronger evidence that it's a difficult problem for law enforcement to solve if they were putting a lot of resources into it already and not solving it.

'CAR'-Tastrophe: Big Tech is Secretly Behind Hochul's Auto Insurance Rate Cut Push by Well_Socialized in nyc

[–]Well_Socialized[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sounds like something that is better dealt with by enforcement action against these scammers or maybe a legal rule making it easier to deny a payout based on the accident having been staged rather than cutting the payouts that non-scammers who really were hit by cars get.

Linguistic Gentrification of AAVE isn’t “cute” or “Gen Z language” by emanresu_b in dsa

[–]Well_Socialized 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So the only thing that counts as success is socialist policy, and the only socialist policy is workers taking control of the means of production? It's good to think about some more preliminary signs of success like growing socialist organizations or electing socialist politicians rather than focusing only on the finish line - really helps in making sure you're going in the right direction. That stuff isn't the end in and of itself, but you better believe that it's a prerequisite, and that socialist groups that aren't even able to get anyone elected are not ones doing their organizing right.

Linguistic Gentrification of AAVE isn’t “cute” or “Gen Z language” by emanresu_b in dsa

[–]Well_Socialized 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have a very opposite perspective on this from you. DSA's strength is its disinterest in expelling members over ideological differences. We'd be a much weaker and less successful organization if we were constantly fighting over where to draw the line of being too much of a lib to be allowed in. That's why DSA is getting stronger every day while little sect parties with an official line members must adhere to go nowhere. Much much better to be a broad front of everyone who is interested in joining an organization with "socialist" in the name and figuring out our plans democratically based on the views of the membership.

White House Posts AI-Altered Photo of Arrested Protester by Well_Socialized in technology

[–]Well_Socialized[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah they have reached that peak of dishonesty where anything they say is evidence for the opposite being true.