I don't understand why people think the end goal should be one network of Fediverse instances connected to each other. We already don't have that and never will.
Meta adding "more users than the entirety of the Fediverse" is irrelevant. They already have more users and content from Facebook, Instagram or whatever else Meta owns is not showing up on my Lemmy or Kbin front page. How would I notice any difference if the tech behind Meta's services is different?
What revolution are you talking about? Billionaires already run the world, so the only possible option is to reverse that. In which case my position seems like it would appeal very nicely to the new ruling power.
AI has nothing to do with it other than a convenient, topical scapegoat.
I wouldn't have even hesitated to buy Premium if it was the only way to use third party apps. That seems reasonable. I paid more for a completely pointless Snoo bobblehead like a decade ago, at least Premium in that context would provide some actual benefit!
Yes, it absolutely is the point. I don't think billionaires should exist, full stop. They have already dehumanized everyone but themselves, so IMO turnaround is completely fair in this situation. Starting with a very extreme demand like "eat the rich" gives us lots of room to negotiate their surrender.
In general, I agree with you. But some cases are too important and cannot be reasoned with. As an otherwise avowed pacifist, I'd put "punch a Nazi in the face" on this list of acceptable moral hypocrisy, too.
The world is ruled by idiots, and anyone that thinks being rich makes you smart is an even bigger idiot.
Of course they can, what else would moderators be doing? Not entirely sure how this is even a question...
Defending billionaires is an even more ammoral act than making a joke you don't like, comrade.
Pretty sure parent is making a glib reference to the common "eat the rich" saying. It's meant to be a provocative way to illustrate a larger message of anti-capitalism and the immorality of extreme wealth disparity.
The whole point of the Fediverse is to add a human-based trust component. Why would a company that has repeatedly shown itself to not be trustworthy get the benefit of the doubt?
IMO, Meta can start their own instance and ask to be invited to the larger system, assuming they first prove to be worth taking that risk.
Where you on reddit when Digg collapsed? Because it wasn't just a solitary wave. Like human migration around Earth in prehistory, it was multiple waves, each motivated by different reasons.
The important thing is that this wave may have been enough to jumpstart something that can survive on its own. Just need to be ready for the next wave.
OMG why do tech bros try to force blockchain into everything