“[For] people who live in the country or in remote areas or minority groups or [who have] small businesses, that is a really good way for them to communicate and reach other people,” she says.
“It’s just not possible to set up an alternative at this point in time. So, to put it bluntly, we’re in a bit of deep shit, to be honest.”
No mention of Pixelfed, but I can understand why. Will it only be seen as an alternative once a critical mass of users move there? And can that happen if they don’t see it as an alternative? Chicken and egg. I’m trying out, but it’s a little vapid when everyone I know is on Instagram.
Ah, I think what you’re looking at there is called “capitalism.” It’s what enables selfish anti-social/sociopathic behavior without triggering our societal inclination to kick them out.
You are removing agency from people by blaming capitalism sure that’s the system of property ownership we have
It doesn’t directly result in bootlicking population ie other countries with similar property rights ain’t as much of bootlickers as we are.
They expect their ruling class to deliver some base QoL, Americans overall too lapring cultural wars their handlers told them on teevee
Nah, you’ve got cause and effect flipped. Know what we used to do when sociopaths did too much sociopathic stuff? We made the sociopaths leave. Now they have too much money, so we can’t effectively do that anymore.
Of course, yes, they did create that system. But they created it so that they could retain the benefits of the society without contributing to it meaningfully.