Ajen

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[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 days ago (18 children)

I don't think any cops have been drafted into police service. They also don't go to jail if they quit their job. And I haven't heard of police recruiters using predatory tactics and targeting disadvantaged groups. The military does, or has done, all of those things to recruit troops.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

What I consider a "better interface" is almost certainly not what a new user would consider a "better interface."

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mobile operating systems (Android, IOS) don't give the user enough freedom to understand how the system works, the best you can hope for is an understanding of how to use the technology. Knowing how technology works is very different from knowing how to use technology.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your other post really makes it sound like you think people use GrapheneOS to hurt Google's business model.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

GrapheneOS runs Google play services in a sandbox (rather than as a system level app) and randomizes the advertiser ID, IIRC.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

People don't use GrapheneOS to avoid giving Google their money. They do it to protect their privacy.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Those are libraries used by user space applications. Most distros won't boot without them, but you can still get into a recovery shell.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The basis of classical libertarianism is the non-aggression principal, which basically means "don't harm others." Seems like that would include causing harm after you die. But modern libertarianism seems to have a very strange interpretation of that principal...

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Very true, at least at that level in politics.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

That's disappointing. Maybe "modern libertarianism" would have been more accurate than "American libertarianism." According to Wikipedia, in the 1950's libertarianism was synonymous with liberalism, which seems to align much better with my interpretation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism#Etymology

I wonder if Penn's (old) interpretation of libertarianism was the same as mine.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

I think you misunderstood my point. What you're referring to as "libertarianism" and "the Libertarian party" is what I referred to as "American libertarianism."

I don't believe true libertarianism exists in the USA. I agree with your point that the Democratic party most closely aligns with the theory of libertarianism. It sounds like you agree with the point I was trying to make, but maybe misinterpreted it.

Edit: I want to add that the Libertarian party in America doesn't follow the principal of non-aggression as I understand it.

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