so we just all buy guns and fend for ourselves? we need communities in order to fight fascism, we need to be able to organize and share valuable information with people. is technology the answer to the problem? no its not, but it is part of the answer, and to ignore that is shortsighted.

in America you either get private healthcare out of pocket, government assistance, or through your employer. I’m fact many people join the military because of the benefits it provides like healthcare and education. when your insurance is tied to your place of work, you normally have your children covered by that plan, otherwise the only option is to pay out of pocket. for somebody who joined the military to get healthcare, they probobaly won’t be able to afford to do that.

i mostly agreed untill i saw those z folding screens that can unfold to tablet full tablet size with a perfectly usable experience as a phone, its expensive as heck, but if i bought a flagship phone and a tablet, it would probobaly cost as much.

yeah i have a friend, they only play the same 3 games, web browse, and talk to a like 2 people on discord. they could easily move over to linux/matrix and never notice the difference, i have offered to help them several times, but they just dont wanna do something different. they know how their computer works already, why change it? i argue that there really isnt much of a change, but its enough to completely dissuade them.