Which is?
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If by explaining you mean hand waving and saying it's fine because it's in legal jargon instead of plain English then sure, you did a great job of explaining 👍
https://fedia.io/m/privacy@lemmy.world/t/1853068/-/comment/9571333
The problem with that referendum was that unless you can confidently and clearly explain why a change is better than the status quo then people tend to stick with what they know.
The offer in that vote didn't clearly show an improvement to FPTP. The question wasn't "should we enact proportional representation or not?". The question wasn't "Of these five voting systems which would you prefer?"
The question was "At present, the UK uses the "first past the post" system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the "alternative vote" system be used instead?"
The alternative vote system doesn't really have any obviously huge advantages over FPTP. It doesn't offer proportional representation.
This short video explains it well:
Obviously, any improvement is better than no improvement but people tend not to like change so you have to very clearly state what they will gain from changing. And that didn't happen.
This playlist has a few videos explaining voting systems if you'd like to learn more:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqs5ohhass_RN57KWlJKLOc5xdD9_ktRg
Holy wild speculation pulled right out of your arse, Batman!
https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Mozilla
Scroll down to Excessive Executive Pay.
Mozilla has zero financial issues. Mozilla is a non-profit that is actively investing, and receiving dividends and interest in return. A nonprofit that is generating millions in revenue for essentially nothing and paying their executives fat stacks. They have zero reason to need to do this beyond greed and disregard for their user base.
Linux Mint. You'll get a thousand other recommendations which you can perhaps explore once you're more comfortable with Linux but for the easiest most Windows-like experience just get Mint.
You don't even need to ditch Windows completely, if you're uncomfortable with that, because you can dual boot meaning when you turn your PC on it asks would you like to open Windows or Linux
If you don't like it, well, at least you tried. I think you'll have a great time though exploring free software to do tasks you would have had to pay or subscribe to previously.
Take your time, ask questions on forums if you need to, and most importantly, enjoy it. Enjoy the experience of learning how computers actually work, enjoy personalising your machine to truly be your machine.
Good luck, and have fun!
With Meta, Google, Amazon, and Apple on board the fascist train I don't think the people will see. The revolution will not be televised because algorithms will filter it from our news feeds.
That's why the Fediverse is so important but even if it succeeds and people can communicate freely we need to then worry about AI generated propaganda flooding and poisoning the well. Whether that be text, images, or videos
I'm not optimistic, but, there's still a glimmer of hope deep down inside somewhere
Oh legalese! The language used to explicitly state what people can and cannot do, specifically stating they can do what they want? Oh that's okay then. If it were in plain English I would be worried.
/s
We can have the oil back
@slrpnk.net
Something doesn't add up.
They've always existed in some way or another though.
Which pub you went to, which newspaper you read, which TV channel you watched, they all created echo chambers and bubbles in the past.
At least with the Fediverse we're more likely to break out of it due to various instances showing up in our feeds. Various viewpoints being visible. The Fediverse is still in it's early days so it's still a bit monoculture with the likes of Linux and anti-capitalism but that's changing now. We're seeing more and more different takes on different topics as time goes by.