No idea why you’re arguing semantics. I’m not trying to make a point that there’s a difference here. Nazis and national socialists are the same, we’re in agreement.

Are you seriously calling me a nazi sympathizer? Fuck you.

Sure, call them whatever. I’m over it.

No, by definition they’re not fascists either, but these words get thrown around so much that they’ve lost all meaning so sure. Call them whatever the fuck you like.

Oh, I think I got one of those. It's that girl with the bong, right?

I'm honestly not a fan of calling these people nazis, as there is a very clear definition of what a national socialist is, and throwing any far right authoritarians in with them diminishes that definition.

They're MAGA, let's tie that definition to their actions. This is MAGA behaviour, this is what MAGA does.

EDIT: Oh cool, so this is just an echo chamber then? We got people straight up calling me a nazi sympathizer for trying to make the point that maybe not every god damn authoritarian is a "nazi".

You know, just call them whatever you fucking like. I’m done.

I'm sorry but "goons" will never not be a hilarious word.

Don't be sorry for him! Alpine is clearly moving forward, and with Gasly as their number one driver. 6th or 7th doesn't matter much when they were at the very back of the grid not long ago.

This race should hopefully restore some confidence to both Leclerc and Hamilton. I doubt they can challenge the championship, but we'll see how McLaren measures up to the rest in Spain and moving forward from there.

I really hope Norris doesn't sail into a P2 because of a possible penalty for Russell.

Seeing the way things have been going in different countries the last couple of years have given me a newfound gratitude for the country I live in. Even our most right wing party is left wing by any international standard.

The government should find a way to protect the local economy from the influx of tourists that own property in Spain.

That's really interesting. I doubt a comment like this would be allowed to remain on Reddit, which is a shame because it naturally would reach a lot more people.

In addition to the blanket tariffs already announced? Seriously I think that guy might be an evil alien supervillain or something. He seems to be doing his best to ruin the world in any way he can.

That is just... Insane. Incredibly sad.

I had no idea about all of that. I really learned something today! Already really like Lemmy and the Fediverse, I feel like most people here put some extra thought and effort into their posts and comments. I've used Reddit since I was 18 and it used to be the same, but as its popularity grew I guess the "wrong" kind of people started joining and participating. I think that's bound to happen with anything that gets really big. I've described some social justice movements the same way, where you had people who genuinely cared in the beginning but eventually as the movement becomes a trend the values and sentiments gets simpler, dumber and eventually unrecognizable from what the initial goal was.

By the way I think there's a little birthday cake next to my username because I created the user today lol.

The situation in Norway is luckily a bit better than that, but I've heard from friends that their mortgages became a bit more expensive the last couple of years. Shit, is it really that bad in the UK? People's payments tripled or even quadrupled? Sounds like capitalist dystopia.

From what I can gather the payments didn't increase near that much in Norway, and we have solutions like exemption from down payments among other things for situations like the one we're in now. I know some people with really expensive homes sold them and bought smaller cheaper ones to lighten the economic load, and a lot of people defaulted on expensive car loans. I think the situation hit people with expensive homes and cars the hardest because a lot of those people weren't willing to adjust to the reality.

If I was allowed to get a loan I wouldn't have gone over 1/3 of my income, just like with the rent I pay today. I'd manage, but they're incredibly strict with who gets one.

I was replying to someone that said they could use it to treat covid, which has lead to people dying. Guess I got reported by them and for some reason an admin thought it was meant as a threat?

That’s really interesting! Did you have any problems getting your hands on it when people started buying it for covid?

Oh and happy Lemmy anniversary. Is it really today? Weird coincidence that I joined today.

I got temporarily banned from Reddit for saying that using ivermectin might kill you, and that was it. I’m done.

I love talking with people with a different perspective, and I love playing the devils advocate to try to understand other points of view better. As you said, if it’s just going to become a fight it’s completely meaningless.