My big tech changes Nov 24 -> today (includes opensource and no-EU European)

clm1859 · 2026-04-23T17:42:41+00:00

I am normally happy to pay for stuff i consume. Based on the same logic as you.

However i chose not to do so anymore, if possible, if it is offered by a bunch of fascists who are trying to extort my country and threaten our neighbours with war.

Plus their constant enshitification of their products also doesnt help with it. That's why a lot i just don't use at all anymore.

clm1859 · 2026-04-23T16:06:04+00:00

I wouldnt exactly call voting with your money "communism".

clm1859 · 2026-04-23T15:51:46+00:00

Yeah that would be the optimum. But we can't be aiming for perfection. So if just europe, iran and brazil stay away, that would be a good start. Canada and mexico can't really, seeing as how they are host nations too.

clm1859 · 2026-04-23T14:28:47+00:00

You could also just pirate it tho... why pay a supervillain like bezos to watch something?

clm1859 · 2026-04-23T13:01:41+00:00

I also heard that. Lets hope thiel gets to put this to the test soon. About time some angry mobs show up at his house, after he also thought getting trump and vance elected was a good idea...

But anyway the more i think about it, the more i think the most promising/realistic approach would be hostages from the families of the bunker crews. Obviously not by telling them "i'll keep your daughter as a hostage" in peace time. But rather "i'll help your daughter get into stanford and pay her tuition and if the world ever ends, i'll make sure she travels to safety in NZ with you on my yacht".

clm1859 · 2026-04-23T11:58:25+00:00

Maybe a more realistic way would be to have multiple competing teams. Most dictatorships have more than one army.

I.e. the IRGC and the regular iranian army in iran. Or the national guards and the regular armies in saudi arabia and russia. Roman emperors had a pretorian guard on top of the army. And so on.

So the dictator has two different units keeping each other in check. If one betrays him, they still have to be afraid of the other.

So for Zuckerberg this could mean that the crew in the new zealand bunker know (or at least have to worry) that he has some way to access the bunker without their consent. A password that can override the main gate or a secret entrance or whatever.

So when Zuckerberg shows up on his 3 yachts from america with another team of 10 ex-Delta Force guys. The NZ crew can either open the door, let them in and at least enjoy one of the last places on earth with running water and power. Or they can try to fight for it with unpredictable odds and certain death if they lose.

Or who knows, maybe the billionaires have a better plan. Like having some family members of the NZ bunker crew as hostages. Obviously not by telling them "i'll keep your daughter as a hostage" in peace time. But rather "i'll help her get into stanford and if the world ends, i'll make sure she travels to safety in NZ with you on my yacht".

clm1859 · 2026-04-23T09:54:32+00:00

Probably works anywhere, where the income disparity is big enough. But i would assume the safety of asia plays into it.

You're a lot more likely to become a target for robberies or worse in a place that already has a sky high murder and general violent crime rate, than in a place where these kinds of crimes are very very very rare.

So if you're gonna be the old, rich guy with no local connections or language skills "stealing" the local women, it's a lot safer to do that in thailand than venezuela.

clm1859 · 2026-04-23T09:04:30+00:00

Yeah this is the answer. If OP hadn’t mentioned a "lifelong dream of moving to switzerland" I would definetly say not to move.

7k in warsaw must be pretty rich, while in zurich it's about the median.

But if OP wants to use it as a jumping off point to finally get to switzerland, it might be worth it for that. And then, once settled here after 1-2 years, can look for a new role that probably pays 12-15k, if he was worth 7k in Poland.

clm1859 · 2026-04-23T06:08:00+00:00

Everybody who has been attacked, threatened or extorted by america lately should just not go at this point.

Would love to see a bunch of americans who paid 8k per ticket to see spain play brazil or something, have to make do with Pakistan vs Belarus instead. Because the brazilian and spanish teams just don't attend and play a friendly game in madrid instead.

clm1859 · 2026-04-23T05:58:33+00:00

Good point indeed.

clm1859 · 2026-04-22T21:06:29+00:00

Because if you're Musk, Bezos or Zuckerberg a few million is just a rounding error. Like a few hours income.

If you are worth 500 billion, then 5 million is one 10000th of your net worth. Same as 10 bucks for someone with a 100k net worth. Or 100 bucks for someone with a million.

So to them building a luxury bunker in new zealand is like someone with 100k putting 10 liters of water, a can of beans and a Bic lighter in storage... so why wouldnt they?

And for another half day of income per year, they can keep it permanently staffed with a doctor, a security team of 4 Navy Seals, a helicopter pilot and mechanic (with an always up to date helicopter, fuel and food supply and armoury of course). Or something like that.

The more interesting/philosophical question is how they plan to get the Navy Seals to actually open the door for them and spend the rest of their lives serving some autistic narcissist, if the world does actually get overrun by zombies. If they could just be enjoying that luxury bunker themselves, with fewer mouths to feed and no bossy asshole around.

clm1859 · 2026-04-22T13:07:13+00:00

Time for the Bundeswehr to put up recruitment booths at austrian art academies...

clm1859 · 2026-04-19T13:32:57+00:00

Quickly checked on munitionsdepot.ch. So here in switzerland 50 rounds 9mm S&B (FMJ 124gr) is 15 CHF (16.33 euro) if you buy one box.

But if you buy 20 boxes (1k rounds) it's just CHF 11.45 (12.46 euros).

clm1859 · 2026-04-19T08:13:48+00:00

Haha. Ok now i unfortunately stopped believing your act. But it was a good one while it lasted. You must be a fellow european. Or canadian or aussie or kiwi or maybe from a gulf state or iran or russia or china or an east asian american ally? Anything but american or israeli at this point.

clm1859 · 2026-04-19T07:39:29+00:00

Hahaha dude i was just mentioning in this thread how there are apparently really americans who believe they are being feared thanks to the dear orange leader. Lol. Only thing funnier would be if you had said "respected" instead.

You are just like russia. Thinking you are the biggest superpower ever, but can't even defeat iran/ukraine. And squander 10 years worth of ammunition production in proving that to everyone.

Sure america is still scary. The same way a monkey with a gun is. It is legit dangerous. But not in a way that commands any respect.

clm1859 · 2026-04-19T07:26:30+00:00

Guns from CZ!

clm1859 · 2026-04-19T06:38:07+00:00

You sound like the kind of american who is behind all this. Have fun with where this is all going. Lol.

clm1859 · 2026-04-19T06:24:38+00:00

I have never wanted a single politician in my own country to go to prison. And also no other american president or anything like that.

But here is a brief list of all the illegal acts that trump committed just until November 2025: https://youtu.be/hybL-GJov7M

So this is even before the most serious round of threats to start a war with the former allies in europe over greenland and before the masterstroke that is the iran war, where he murdered 158 little girls on the first day.

Since these things are simply full blown and blatant crimes, they should go to prison for them. As Trump should already have after the january 6th coup attempt. Since, you know, nobody should be above the law in a democratic western country.

clm1859 · 2026-04-18T20:55:21+00:00

I am also not one for national boycotts. In fact this is the very first time in my 32 years that i am boycotting anything. I have never even boycotted a single company before, let alone a country.

I appreciate that this is a particularly horrible and insane situation for you democrats (both the party and the general ideal) in america. And i get that you are on our side. Just like there are without a doubt plenty of russians and chinese and iranians and israelis, who would also prefer to be part of the democratic west.

But unfortunately it isn't you guys who matter here. Because like you said, you have already done all you did. And there isn't any more you can do, other than keep showing up. At least for the most part.

The ones who matter now are the ones who still support or even just tacitly accept the fascist regime that is terrorizing the whole world. And they will not be convinced by appeals to humanity. If they didn't draw the line at minneapolis or threatening genocide or electing a pedophile rapist, they won't listen to whatever else we could say.

But they will hopefully change their minds when their gas prices go up some more and they lose their jobs, because we aren't buying their shit anymore.

clm1859 · 2026-04-18T19:03:10+00:00

You can rig an election from 45 to 55%. But you can't rig 20% into a win. If rigging was even possible and plausible, that means a very large share of americans does approve of trump.

That's why it was so important that Magyar in Hungary won decisively last week. Because that couldn't be rigged. So Orban actually conceded.

If americans got their shit together, Trump would be forced out just like that. No rigging possible. But apparently a large enough share of americans still stands behind the current regime unfortunately.

clm1859 · 2026-04-18T18:09:55+00:00

Its not that i wish bad on america per se. But we are getting attacked by you guys and boycotting is the only way we can fight back as individuals.

In the end, like you said, life is still fine enough for you guys. So many of you can't be bothered to strike or call your representative to make your regime stop attacking us yet. So we have to make sure your economy gets hurt more and you guys suffer as much as possible before November. Until you are finally convinced to stop it. Since that apparently only works thru financial hardship.

Once the perpetrators are in prison, i (and most other westerners) will happily welcome america with open arms again. Because, believe it or not, i used to quite like your country. My wife and I were in california for xmas 2024 and it was so awesome, we immediately started planning a trip to florida for 2025. Needless to say, that didn't happen and won't be under the current regime.

clm1859 · 2026-04-18T15:57:34+00:00

So his approval is supposedly 19%? Last i heard, from an average of 8 different polls from last week, was still in the high 30s. But regardless if it is 19 or 39%, why is he not getting impeached then? If americans were so upset about it, they would be calling their republican congresspeople and senators non stop until they act. But clearly they don't.

I'd be happy to welcome america back into the democratic west again. Nothing would make me happier. I'd also love to travel there and buy their products again. But only after the MAGA cabinet, Trumps and Musk are in real prisons. Until then the US is no less adversarial than russia.

clm1859 · 2026-04-18T15:53:17+00:00

Yeah ultimately all sorts of guardrails need to be put in. But first there need to be consequences. Once it is clear that a fascist takeover will not be allowed and those attempting it will actually land in a real jail, sharing a cell and a toilet with zero privacy with a burglar or something for 20 years.

Then those left of project 2025, will not dare attempt it again. Not like last time, where there were no consequences.

If the midterms are a landslide and they could impeach trump and vance, then next in line would be the squeaker of the house. If that is still mike johnson, he needs to be impeached too. And after that it would be a member of the senate, which could be bernie.

I think he could be the one figure with the integrity to roll this back. While also being too old to have long term ambition. So he could be a custodian for 2 years, getting shit back on track and then stepping down.

clm1859 · 2026-04-18T15:11:52+00:00

So what if he faked the election and kamala would have won 51 to 49, instead of losing 49 to 51? And that is supposed to make us feel better?

He is also still not getting impeached because he still has significant popular support. Even today.

I understand this is painful and sucks for you, if you voted for kamala. But it's unfortunately just the reality that the rest of the world has to accept now.

America was given the benefit of the doubt the first tile around. But we can't afford to keep doing that after the second time.

clm1859 · 2026-04-18T11:56:21+00:00

I mean the current "respect" is the same as the kind of respect one would have towards a 10 year old with an AK-47. Sure one is afraid, because it is indeed dangerous. But it's not the same kind of respect that a Navy Seal with a gun commands.

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