Notices by benda (benda@kolektiva.social)

@jamesbritt @fstateaudio @yoniden @jessica im glad we're having this conversation and i think we should add @etherdiver @elsemusic @limneticvillains and maybe many more than im forgetting at the moment.

if we can back up really quick... i think the problem that has *always* existed is that the means on distribution is not in the hands of the artists. i dont know if relying on anything amazon-wise is going to be much more than a temporary bandaid on the problem. as @jamesbritt suggested...and this works for most of us but maybe not for ether diver and anyone else with serious numbers.... we go the very clunky route of emailing zips to our fans and then can paypal (but maybe librepay?) the money to the artists.
i have a NAS at home that i've been using to stream my own audio collection where ever i go. is there something we can do with that? if we have a handful of NAS's, can they somehow be networked together, mirroring content, and providing streaming for a decent amount of people? we also need someone who knows much more about IT than me. when i have the NAS connected to a URL, i spend all day getting bad actors trying to log into the system lol.

@jamesbritt @fstateaudio @yoniden @jessica @etherdiver @elsemusic @limneticvillains sorry, let me also add @SrRochardBunson and @radiofreefedi bc maybe the solution to all this will somehow be federated :)

@CosmicTrigger @Mondobizarrro @passenger yeah that guy sounds like a piece of shit. and if I thought you were in the same boat, I wouldn't have pushed you to dig a little deeper 😉
guitar tracks in the works, I promise!

@Mondobizarrro @CosmicTrigger @passenger exactly this. plus the never discussed fact that poverty kills.
being anywhere on the left usually covers with economic consequences in this country.
the boomers we're talking about are disproportionately the ones that were privileged enough to survive.
you're just not being radical with weird broad statements. I don't want want to be part of a community that's excluding people above 60 or wherever you want to draw that line.

@CosmicTrigger @Mondobizarrro @passenger yeah okay I agree 😉

@CosmicTrigger @passenger you might want to look back into anti flag.

@CosmicTrigger @passenger yeah I think we can all agree that making broad generalizations about any generation is bound to be problematic. and I think using celebrities as examples of those generations is even more problematic.
aren't you anarchist kids all about no leaders or something? 😉

@tothedaring @Vice @theintercept @annamerlan @robertmackey hey comrade, thank you for keeping your eyes open and thank you for posting the links. I honestly thought this was going to be unproductive leftist in-fighting and anti-communists shit. but I'm sold. block the #grifters

@dragnucs I've been working out at home since 2018. granted, I'm fortunate enough to have space in my parents' basement for some basic equipment (an adjustable bench, dumbbells). I feel like someone who is sufficiently self critical can reference plenty of information online to guide them, and at home I can workout to whatever soundtrack I want and not share equipment with anyone 🤣

@dragnucs absolutely. and to be honest, maybe I should start looking for a trainer. I lost a lot of muscle I gained when I stopped working out for a shoulder impingement, and for whatever reason I can't get it back.
then again, that "maybe" depends on me working less and somehow making more money. probably not happening 🙄

@redrozalia @SocialistStan @moondog548 @Radical_EgoCom yes yes I know. can anyone explain to me why I'm being replied to with arguments that Biden is bad? I hate the old man more than anyone else here, okay? I'll be throwing a virtual party here, everyone invited, when the old man trips and breaks his fucking head open.
the debate is whether or not it makes sense to vote for the less fascistic of two options and then organize against that administration versus just sitting out of the electoral process completely.

@redrozalia @SocialistStan @moondog548 @Radical_EgoCom this God damn app crashed towards the end of a very long reply lol.

@redrozalia @SocialistStan @moondog548 @Radical_EgoCom
so I don't debate anything you just posted. so let's expand on this part:
"but you will quickly learn that the more of a threat you pose to capital, the more FASCISTIC will capital behave, no matter who was elected to defend it."
but doesn't that mean it's working then? I think we both believe that when capital pushes back, we're doing something right. the problem here was the party's president, despite his rhetoric and marketing, is on their side. so capital didn't even have to act that fascistic to get him to break the strike. he was glad to do it.
you consistently see the richest political players spending good money to suppress people's votes or better yet, convince them they don't even want to vote. you and I have a similar politics. don't you wonder why your position on non participation aligns more with richard uihlein's propaganda than mine?

@SocialistStan @redrozalia @moondog548 @Radical_EgoCom bc I don't see something as miniscule as voting for Biden, as supporting Biden. (I'm glad you're back). that's where we differ. I see organizing, every day, as much more of an afront to Biden than voting being supporting Biden when the only reasonable outcome of not doing so is ending up with someone much worse.
you organize and fight everyday against whoever holds that office, because you are ideologically opposed to that office. I'm right there with you.
but once every 2 years, you do your small part to make sure you'll be fighting someone that gives more money to pigs versus someone who will also give more money to pigs, and embolden the pigs with pardons, and embolden the most deranged elements of our society to act violently on the hate they're already programmed with.
you can't tell me those two situations are the same thing. I absolutely 100 fucking percent agree with you that they're both shitty situations but until organizing reaches a certain critical threshold, it's necessary bc of the difference in real consequences between the acting-progressive and the fascist.

@SocialistStan @condalmo @moondog548 @Radical_EgoCom that's the point comrade, although I'm pretty sure you muted me months ago. in addition to your direct community organizing, you can make the smallest of efforts to change the legal framework that necessitates you having to fund raise to help people escape.
nobody here is defending the system. we all hate it. but it has real effects. effects that you, admittedly, have to deal with.
and even if you're up for the fight, there are plenty of persecuted individuals that don't know and your social network, and they don't have anyone else that'll help them escape. and escaping will only get harder as this spreads across the country.

@SocialistStan @condalmo @moondog548 @Radical_EgoCom the 40-50% of the electorate that doesn't vote have a politics that is more in line with you and I than any of the "representatives" in office. that's why they don't vote, just like you. if you as a group demand to be heard, you will define the politics of the party. I know, I know, but you want anarchy not a new state. you're not a bunch of tankies, I understand. but that's progress towards your goal. if we start with a government that maybe holds police responsible for murdering, we can collectively breath a little easier and put our efforts elsewhere. I just don't understand why you would want to make the path towards your goal harder than it already is?

@SocialistStan @condalmo @moondog548 @Radical_EgoCom absolutely, bc the party doesn't respond to the few actual leftists that participate. if all of us participated, hell if 70% of us participated, not just on general election Day but in every down ballot race and every midterm we would define the direction of the party. I'm not ignorant of the corruption in the party, especially on the federal level, but the left is also too disorganized to give it a try. when they do, they often times win.
and regardless, it's ignorant to say both parties are exactly the same. maybe on economic issues, sure. and maybe environmental too 🙃 again, I didn't say I like the fuckers. but like you said yourself, we're picking masters. okay, but... isn't that better than not picking?
(also, I'm glad you didn't mute me. I enjoy talking with you.)

@SocialistStan @condalmo @moondog548 @Radical_EgoCom and I think that's where we don't see eye to eye. that's the root of our disagreement. I used to feel the same way. but now I don't think it adds up. bc again, so many people aren't voting, but the system doesn't go away lol. cops aren't working less based on how many people don't participate. they're just taking the money and shoving it up the police unions ass and they don't see why they should stop bc nobody votes against it.

@aral @Longplay_Games keep us posted on how it goes. if you have good experience, I think I'll finally try to get Ubuntu touch on an old pixel I have lying around.

@aral @Longplay_Games which os does it come pre-loaded with? they have various ones listed on their site. I'm curious how mobile Linux is doing these days, as I would like to get away from Android.