To expand on your second point in case anyone isn’t sure what you mean:

Different browsers render webpages slightly differently, because they use different “engines”. The most popular browsers are Chrome or Edge, both of these which use the Blink engine, whereas Firefox uses a different engine called Gecko.

Web developers want their websites to work for most people, so they develop websites that are optimized to run in Blink, which means they sometimes don’t look as intended on Gecko (Firefox). It’s not Firefox’s fault that developers are doing this – of course developers want to reach the most users possible. There’s nothing wrong with Gecko, either – if it were more popular, then developers would build sites for it instead of for Blink. But, this issue of sites breaking can sometimes turn people off.

(Conversely, I develop for Firefox first, so sometimes webpages I make don’t render properly in Chrome/Edge. That’s not ideal, but I don’t care much. I think Gecko is the better + more consistent engine, and I’m not interested in chasing mass appeal.)

I play Morrowind on Linux all the time, running OpenMW (bought from GOG) on Lutris.

“It’s possible” is a god-awful basis for a political strategy that involves electing a known fascist.

Or it could be like ww2, where it gives the world a common enemy to defeat.

Who cares? Having a common enemy to defeat isn’t a “good” thing, this isn’t a superhero movie. It’s a sign that evil people have become too powerful. Millions of people died in WWII as a result. And fascism is still going strong around the world.

There are a lot of very clearly known things, and accelerationists ignore all of those in favour of a crackpot theory of social change.

Why are you equating the people who criticize non-voters and Trump voters with the Democrats? I will criticize non-voters and Trump voters all day long, but I am not a Democrat; I am not even American.

Your framework suggests that only Democrats have agency (and you also rhetorically equate the party and its voters, which isn’t reasonable), whereas non-voters and Trump voters don’t.

In reality, everyone has agency, and everyone is affected by large-scale social forces. I see lots of people on all sides doing everything to limit their side’s responsibility. Everyone is responsible for the role they played in this election.

I know plenty of supposed leftists (really these are people who spend 90% of their time criticizing liberals and calling them “shitlibs”) who are relieved that Trump is in office, say that he is better than Kamala on Gaza, and believe that America’s descent into fascism will spur a revolution that will save humanity.

Don’t underestimate people’s stupidity.

Murder is still murder regardles of numbers.

Man, what the fuck? Does it register with you how fucked up it is to dismiss the difference in how many will die under a given administration? You do agree that quantitative differences are real and have moral importance, right?

They asked 2 questions and you just said “yes” 🙃

Yeah, well, they’ve done it, 95 million Americans didn’t vote. Now what?

Y’all really are unble to take any kind of accountability whatsoever. “It’s done so it’s not relevant anymore” is a textbook example of what abusers say.

Are we gonna point the finger at them, lay the blame at their feet

Yes, absolutely. Non-voters are neglectful assholes whose inaction has had devastating impacts for multiple different countries. You are all just typical abusers trying to escape accountability.

This is a stupid distinction to make. There is no speech that doesn’t affect people materially.

“Free speech” is a morally neutral thing. Most leftists don’t go on about “free speech” because it’s not a value we hold. We value tolerance of people of different races, genders, sexualities, and so on. The issue is not speech in general – it’s the content of speech that matters. “Free speech” sidesteps the issue of what is actually being said.

That saying is total bullshit. I’ve seen people say it for years, only to one day turn coats and reveal that they supported the falsehoods all along.

Sunlight helps scum find other scum.