ProdigalFrog

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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Vegans often supplement harder to obtain nutrients, B12 and bioavailable Iron is very cheap and easily obtained, so it's usually not an issue.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's looking like if we're going to survive on the planet, we can't keep waiting to do something that might personally effect us in the hopes that the corporations will someday have a muzzle put on them. It could be decades until that happens, so we'd best chip in with what we can do personally until that day happens.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

The problem is that it's incredibly difficult, if not effectively impossible, to actually get those regulations proposed and passed due to how much profit there is for the food corporations, who have bottomless pockets to lobby against those things passing. Collective action by reducing our own consumption is a way to overcome that issue, if done on a wide enough scale.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Specifically, consider donating to PostmarketOS, which is the most promising project!

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Not quite, though the Furi phone is, from the accounts I've read, fairly usable compared to most.

I'd recommend donating to PostmarketOS, if possible. They're the most promising project.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It says it was published today when I visit it, and references an event from 1995, which wouldn't be possible if it was written in '82.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's a bit extreme to call them a fascist when they likely are just ill-informed on the actual carrying capacity of the earth. If our standards are so high that we don't have room for people to be wrong and to learn before calling them a fascist, then we'll actively push people away from wanting to learn.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It'd be able to pretty easily sustain the current population with more sustainable lifestyles and renewable infrastructure in the most polluting countries.

Industrial meat, consumerism, and fossil fuel use are all driven by capitalism. If we get rid of that and work on addressing those problems, we'd be chill.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 51 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It says on the article it can take SD cards up to 1tb, and according to a reddit comment from someone who daily drives one, it has a removable back panel and battery.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

For those interested in a cheaper alternative, you can often find Quorn (a mushroom based meat alternative) in the freezer section of your grocery store. They sell both a chicken or ground beef alternative, and if cooked with a bullion cube, taste very good, with no off flavors!

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Neither Vertical Nor Horizontal I'm a bit more skeptical of. Again, I'm basing that stance on an interview of the author talking about the book instead of actually reading the book itself in the interest of an expedient response, but if that interview accurately represents some of the ideas he's putting forward, then from what I can gather, he seems to be repackaging some anarchist ideas in a way that's more digestible for more ardent marxists/Marxist-leninists.

As an example, his concept of “horizontality without horizontalism” and “vanguards without vanguardism” (of sometimes needing leaders in certain situations) is already done by Anarchists who can collectively elect people into leadership roles when necessary; they just do so with the ability to recall them at any time if they aren't living up to their requirements, or abusing that position.

All that aside, If that book converts some of the more hard-core MLs into unknowingly adopting Anarchist practices under a different name, I'm not opposed to that outcome.

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