Akhlys

@akhlys
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Pluralist, iconoclast-in-training, semi-polemicist, and quite pretentious.
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Show threadAkhlysJul 11, 2023

@yogthos absolutely! There should be no profit motive in healthcare, education, infrastructure, etc.

I'd extend that to housing as well. Adequate housing has been recognized as a human right since 1948 and human rights shouldn't be just for those who can afford them.

Show threadAkhlysJul 11, 2023

@yogthos I believe the means of production should be owned by the workers at that place, rather than private capital, the state or the public.

I like Jeremy Corbin's idea that any business that's to be sold, merged or outsourced must first offer right of purchase to the workers, with state-guaranteed loans as financing.

Even with the short term costs, over time workers would own the means to secure a more equitable future, and we would avoid the pitfalls of centralized state ownership.

Show threadAkhlysJul 11, 2023
@MissingThePt And due to shrinkflation they'll be more like semi-weekly events.
Show threadAkhlysJul 9, 2023
@mick It's almost as if people, when left to their own devices, will pull together in solidarity, and that it takes an active effort of conspiracy theories, political demagoguery and algorithmic bubble-segregation to subvert our natural inclination to be good to each other.
AkhlysJul 6, 2023
@gerrymcgovern I'm not sure that the Aljazeera article is right to connect the drop on the SDI to the Scandinavian welfare model. While obviously a more egalitarian society also means more material wealth for more people, we've been deregulating and privatizing since the late 80's, with a steady stream of tax cuts to boot. The period in which Scandinavia has dropped on the index has also been a period of more and more neoliberal policies in our countries.
AkhlysJul 5, 2023

@gerrymcgovern Here in Scandinavia we do some things right and a lot of things wrong.

There's a general consensus that green energy is important and we're investing in it, but at the same time there is little to no recognition that consumption at this level is completely unsustainable and that we should be looking for ways to a degrowth economy.

In Denmark we have one small political party (Alternativet) talking about it, and they have yet to present practical solutions to implement.

AkhlysJul 5, 2023
NanodeJul 5, 2023
OK, so I took the leap and spun up my own instance.

I was deliberating whether to go with #Mastodon or #Calckey.

Calckey won.

Why?

Because the Mastodon install was "follow these quick 45 steps in a Terminal".

Which breaks at step 44.
(I am not interested in advice as to how to resolve this, thanks.)

Calckey was "run this one script and answer a couple of questions"

Right now, it's just me, all on my lonesome.

I might open it later but at the moment I'm enjoying my own company.

I would appreciate boost to help with federation tho.

Have a great day everyone.
Show threadAkhlysJul 5, 2023
@dammitjanet @ablackcatstail Apple has been good at preventing privacy abuses from other companies, but they do get their own hands dirty with your data. Researches from security firm Mysk found that Apple themselves are collecting your data for device fingerprinting and advertising purposes, even if you turn on the privacy features. Cory Doctorow writes about it here: https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/#liar-liar #surveillancecapitalism #Apple
Pluralistic: 14 Nov 2022 Even if you’re paying for the product, you’re still the product – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

AkhlysJul 5, 2023
Hello Mastodon! I haven't been on any social network since I left facebook in 2012 over privacy concerns. The decentralized nature and community control got me interested in Mastodon. Happy 4th of July to our American friends! #introduction #hello #helloworld
Show threadAkhlysJul 5, 2023
@MissingThePt Now I'm morbidly curious about what else the Dark Lord Zuck poured into his federated platform. 🤔