Vlado

Oh I agree that there’s an “international hate campaign”. It’s just that they’re all a part of it.

What does that have to do with liberal priorities? Why does everything have to be liberal/fascist and progressive/conservative nowadays? Are people universally happy in countries which are not liberal? Or is this just an “anti-liberal” propaganda which is currently very popular?

How are Poland and Czechia terrible? I get why they might not be the first choice for everyone, but “terrible” is REALLY stretching it. And I say this as a citizen of country where lots of people emmigrate from into Czechia, because they consider it a better place.

I am pretty aware of what those taxes pay for. But it doesn’t change the fact that they do exist and they are high. Regardless - in my country, lots of people are always complaining about high taxes, so whenever I see someone mentioning them, it doesn’t imply that they’re American.

Honest question, why? I’m not saying the guy doesn’t sound like an astroturfing attempt, but not because of those 50%. When I look at my payslip, I see that the money I get is 50% of the money I cost my employer. And that doesn’t include VAT I pay on everything.

I agree. I just don’t like the attitude where internet is already declaring “victory” when so far not much has been done.

I understand that people got angry (partially because of “Canada + Europe vs USA” stuff; partially because people are already pissed at Big Tech). I also understand that inside of niche communities people are trying to do something and are getting hyped.

The problem is when people start extrapolating the view of “their” community to the whole world. “Everyone is ditching big tech! I read about that every day! (In a community populated by likeminded people)”. And suddenly there are “victorious” headlines and people get complacent. “Yeah Big Tech, you lost… That’s what you get for messing with us”.

I might be preaching to the choir, but we shouldn’t get complacent this time.