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Why are socialist and communist countries usually considered more authoritarian than capitalist countries?

PSA To people watching YouTube with AdBlockers

You might have noticed that even on Firefox (depending on your lists) YouTube may detect uBlock Origin on Firefox now...

Who do you consider a Great Author of the last 50 years or so (first well-known work after 1970)? I'd like to get a feel for who's who in modern literature. Any language/culture. Fiction only.

Bonus points for any books you believe are classics from that time period. Any language, but only fiction please....

What (free and open-source) applications do you use on a daily basis?

Try to avoid duplicates, keep it interesting.

How do you make someone understand that being drafted by force and ordered to invade another country is not a good thing?

As title, if you have post or link any useful resource you have

I am not a native English speaker and I have sometimes referred to people as male and female (as that is what I have been taught) but I have received some backlash in some cases, especially for the word “female”, is there some negative thought in the word which I am unaware of?...

New Linux user here. Is this really how I'm supposed to install apps on Linux?

mullvad.net/en/help/install-mullvad-app-linux...

You've been instantly teleported two feet to the left. How does this affect you?

How come liberals dont hate conservatives the way conservatives hate liberals

I constantly see angry mobs of people decrying “woke”, “critical race theory”, ““grooming””, and whatever other nonsense they made up this week. They march around with guns, constantly appending lib as a prefix to any word they can use to denigrate. They actively plot violence and spew hatred in the open....

What’s something on your mind lately that nobody else would understand?

Interesting how artists don't make enough money from their creations, so our solution is to make certain information illegal to share, rather than give them a universal basic income.

Lemmy Babies of the Rexodus - it's been 9 months, how has Lemmy changed you?

Just Switch Over

What's your list of banned brands?

What brands do you avoid at all cost? I don’t keep up with the news all that much, and many of the reasons to avoid something don’t make it there anyway. So I’m asking here to make a big list of things to avoid. It could be anything from bad security practices to really frustrating packaging. Working as a cashier myself, I...