Sure, it’s just fun, and good fun at that. But I’m more concerned about people who are destructive. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with a little teasing - quite the contrary, in fact. Harmless fun in particular should be monetizable because it is so entertaining for all involved.
Yes, yes, please don’t misunderstand: a certain amount of trolling seems perfectly appropriate to me. I even believe that there are people who can hardly be dealt with in any other way. But I’m talking about trolling on this platform, where, in my opinion, there are relatively few absurd opinions that cannot be countered with arguments. Of course, there are also views here that run counter to rational thinking, but after more than two years here, it seems to me that most users, despite perhaps destructive views, are still somewhat reasonably willing to accept arguments (if not, in my opinion, it’s best to simply ignore them).
I mean, fortunately, we’re still quite a long way from reddit or even X or Truth Social here. So it seems to me that there is at least a willingness to discuss things here, which is why I can’t really understand why anyone would want to undermine that. I’m not referring to you at all, of course, and I very much appreciate your answer - I completely agree.
I’m just trying to understand why even here there are apparently people who are bent on pointless confrontation. I just don’t get that.
But a response doesn’t mean they’ve won in any way…
It just means that someone has responded, nothing more. How can that be considered a victory?
Edit: Not me with the downvote btw - I don’t get why ppl feel the need for that either, but that is a different topic.
So 4chan is ubiquitous? I had thought it was a self-reinforcing effect caused by completely degenerate people gathering on the same platform.
Please explain.
Such as the open threat to invade a NATO founding member state?
Yes, very ironic indeed. Nowadays, everyone seems to be spying on everyone else. That’s probably how it is in a world where the secret services operate outside of any democratic control.
And for good reason. Remember when the NSA tapped the German chancellor’s cell phone, even under Obama? Not to mention the constant industrial espionage… It’s been a long time since we could even think of the US as our partner or ally.
I think it will be a self-referential medium in which machines bombard each other with propaganda messages. Creativity and innovation will become increasingly rare, as people will hardly produce any content anymore because they can neither make a living from it nor gain recognition for their contribution. Hate speech and misinformation will be omnipresent.
In short, I expect the internet as a whole to develop similarly to Reddit or Twitter: away from free discussion and the exchange of information, toward a hellhole full of hate, disinformation and slop.
There are significant differences: Radio works according to the sender-receiver model, whereas with social media, anyone can be a sender - and that is just the fundamental difference.
Kim Jong-un would do the same. And billionaires get away with abusing children, even though there is hard evidence against them. That doesn’t seem like much progress to me in 400 years. Call it what you will, but the balance of power hasn’t really changed all that much.
The US’s abduction of Venezuela’s head of state, in violation of international law, is tantamount to an invasion. The murder of civilians off the coast of Venezuela before that and the attack in Nigeria on Christmas Day were also unscrupulous violations of international law.
The US regime has thus made it clear that international law is no longer relevant and that only the law of the strongest now counts. It was foreseeable that the US would act in this way with this regime, even though it is inhumane and nothing but destructive. Therefore, there is actually nothing left that could prevent the Chinese from invading Taiwan. The US mafia regime has already illustrated several times that such a flagrant violation of international law has no consequences for powerful countries.
So, since we are already very much in this situation, I don’t quite understand what you are getting at: The US is already invading sovereign countries and it is obvious that the orange child molester and his Nazi crew will not shy away from even the most heinous crimes. So…
Thank you very much for the information. Although I only know the US system from afar and through observation, I come to the same conclusion.
I think you’ll have a hard time finding allies if you can’t even express what you want to achieve. I’m not your enemy.
What do you think is the right approach? Your smurf accounts will definitely not fix it…
I am by no means calling for violence - I have no idea why you would think that. I am calling for civil disobedience, for a general strike that could paralyze the country until the regime is overthrown. I see no other way out of your situation, and I see no reason why that should not be legitimate.
Dude, you understand what I’m saying, right? Are you implying that the US is already a dictatorship?
Yes, that’s true. But in a dictatorship, things look very different, as evidenced by the fact that there are no protests in Russia. If you think that’s because all Russians agree with Putin, you’re wrong.
What I’m saying is that things will only get worse in the US as time passes and the fascists tighten their grip. And that’s what I mean by apathy: not the people who are already doing something, but the millions who, despite the regime’s inhumane actions, pretend that they can just bury their heads in the sand.
Don’t you agree that the regime could be overthrown if the decent people in the US, who in my opinion are still very likely to be the majority despite MAGA, were to join forces?
Please don’t get me wrong: I’m up for a laugh, but not for most of the stuff that 4chan finds funny because it’s at the expense of others (exceptions are, of course, those people who are quite rightly targeted, such as Nazis or TV priests who only enrich themselves at the expense of their clientele).