The reason they are doing that is because the capitalists have painted themselves in a corner. Wealth inequality is growing wider and wider to where it is hard for the working class to continue to ignore. People are upset and need scapegoats. You can only blame immigrants for so much. So they promise to come in and “disrupt” the government’s bureaucracy. Of course the real reason to do that is not for the benefit of the working class, it is to benefit Trump and the wealthy that inflate his ego.

But you are right that they have forgotten that people get upset when the trail of corruption leads straight to them instead of being obfuscated in bureaucracy.

I am using the Librem 5. I don’t do anything all that demanding so it is okay for me. Basically light web browsing, Signal messages, some occasional SMS/MMS and calls. I was one of the pre-orders so I saw all the drama unfold with delays and denying refunds, but I received my device and have been daily driving it for 3 years now. I like it overall and don’t plan to go back to dailying ios or android.

Would I recommend Purism Librem 5 to others? I dunno actually. Despite the refunds fiasco, Purism made every effort to deliver a phone to everyone who ordered one. My phone works fine, but it is noticeably slower than most normie phones. There are more options out there like the FLX1, but I have no experience using it so I can’t speak to it. I would say, it’s worth a shot getting the FLX1 for the slightly beefier hardware. Just be sure to temper your expectations and take your time testing things out.

Laughing using mobile Linux

Exactly!

Maybe they are all gay Nazis. I’m not saying openly gay, but gay nonetheless

I grew up with #4

I got thrown of thinking they meant 'til, but they mean TIL= Today I Learned

God intended for a monopoly, hence there must be an armageddon between Apple and Google

Pozoleius

From what I read at the link below that doesn’t seem to be the case. They took a baseline of the poverty threshold in 1978 and adjusted for inflation every year. However that line seems to have been set suspiciously low to begin with.

https://aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-economic-mobility/poverty-guidelines

The vibe I get is that they mean it as a compliment

I have actually seen one IRL. There was a local shop that worked exclusively on Prius’ and they had made a stretch Prius similar to the picture.

And don’t forget American made: https://puri.sm/products/liberty-phone/

Depends how pedantic you want to be. A large portion of Russian land is in Asia.

My MAGA family member sent me an instagram post of a screenshot of a Mayo Clinic article headline that said measles prevents some forms of cancer, so we should just let it run wild.

Ignore the fact that the natural form of measles has the risk of causing too many complications and long term negative health effects to be considered effective, and the cancer prevention research is on genetically modified strain specific to fighting cancer cells. Naturally, the instagram post did not link to the full article.

Who is the Judas that took him out, though?

When I go to a protest with friends/family we leave our phones at home and then use basic walkie talkies. It’s open channel, so no privacy, but the main goal is to just communicate basics like “I’m safe.” We predetermine a couple of locations to meet up at if things get rough and we’re separated.

True! I tried looking around for one, but after scrolling through 5 long pages of search results I settled on using an image that could get the job done.

Today I learned something. Thanks!

The irony is if I download this meme, it will be in webp format 😐