desentizised

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[–] desentizised@lemmy.zip 5 points 14 hours ago

Is the word still used there?

Leader would be "Anführer" these days. "Führer" was probably a perfectly neutral word before 1933. Now you just can't use it anymore without alluding to that period. You can call your mountain guide "Bergführer". All such derived terms are unaffected, but "Führer" is basically off limits for anything outside the Nazi Germany context.

In it’s used context for Hitler it straight up means dictator

From what I gather I don't think the German people meant it like that (read: they weren't supposed to). Of course he was the solitary head of state and everybody knew that his word was above any other's, but addressing him as "my Leader" is much more about ideology than politics. The honorific would've probably been "my Chancellor" if it had been about his political authority. As "Führer" he was the figurative savior of the German people after the perceived injustices encapsulated in the WW1 armistice. And he did lead them back towards a sense of national pride that was completely shattered after 1918.

Being a political figure was just a means to an end for him. If he hadn't been dismissed as a bad artist by a Jewish professor and if WW1 had taken a different course who knows what he would've ended up doing with his life. His weapon was his voice and that weapon was fueled by all these toxic convictions. If your hatred is aimed towards entire peoples and nations I guess your only shot at revenge is becoming a politician.

[–] desentizised@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He definitely gets his "digest" of stuff that's not Fox. If reality doesn't fit, it gets warped. Like Portland being a burning hellhole. But if reality fits the bill of retaliation then theres nothing that's beyond their radar. Like obviously he doesn't watch Canadian TV, much less their political ads. But his sycophants are gonna do pretty much anything to be/get/stay in dear leader's good graces. Including reading.

[–] desentizised@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

I get that. Maybe the irony is lost on me because I have yet to see Microsoft make an effort towards something that an end user would care about. Windows playing Windows games worse than another operating system is entirely expectable.

[–] desentizised@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I guess in that case it's not irony but rather a shoddy job on Microsoft's part as per.

[–] desentizised@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That Pocket S Mini at the end of the video has me intrigued. March 2026 unfortunately. I think i will set a reminder for this.

[–] desentizised@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The fact that ISPs can do this should be a fkn outrage. But this is so far removed from what people care about. And so net neutrality gets eroded.

[–] desentizised@lemmy.zip 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We've been through this with Canonical when they tried to shove something into Ubuntu that would've only benefited them and nobody else. And I think this is the point. You're suddenly not all about keeping the web free and open anymore. Suddenly this is a byproduct of your endeavors at best. And for anyone who does mind that shift you really have no other option but to switch to another browser. Today it may be just their beta-programme. Who knows about tomorrow.

We don't delete our Xitter accounts because the core product has changed, we leave the platform because nothing good can come from morally bankrupt leadership. Comparing X and Mozilla in that regard might be a stretch, but like you said, "Mozilla has plenty of issues", these don't get talked about nearly enough.