That doesn’t mean much tho, because authoritarian is basically a buzzword. Every single state in existence is authoritarian by nature. I recommend the very short read “On Authority” by Engels. That being said, if you are worried about your data being used, specially for nefarious reasons, being concerned with the US having access to it is pretty valid since they are the country on earth that loves to invade and bomb anyone that dares breath wrong, but I can’t see the same worry about other countries, specially China being very valid.

You’re gonna come up with an actual argument or just demonize me because I’m a communist?

Chinese company

??? It being Chinese has fuck all to do with Opera’s issues.

And for anyone reading, just use Zen Browser, it is amazing.

Taking a stance against fascism, LMAO. The Dems literally started funding the current stage of the genocide of the Palestinians. You libs are fucking spineless.

Tão vivendo a vida deles normal, enquanto eu to tendo que lidar com as consequências desse bullying até hoje anos depois. É horrível, mas pelo menos terapia ajuda.

Always funny how the right winger .wolders love to say shit about us, but are too scared to face the reality since they just defederated from us.

I was using Etehnity, but I had some issues with it and recently started using Raccoon instead, which has been pretty good.

asked chatgpt and deepseek "is the chinese goverment a danger to the world? " (obviously yes, anyone that knows what is going on with taiwan knows that).

China is not a threat to the world just because it wants reunification with Taiwan. Most countries in the world recognize Taiwan as part of China, including the US.

Geopolitical Influence: China’s growing economic and military power has led to increased influence on global politics. Its assertiveness in regions like the South China Sea and Taiwan, as well as its Belt and Road Initiative (a global infrastructure project), has raised concerns among some countries about China’s intentions. Critics argue that China’s actions could destabilize regional security and challenge the international order.

I thought ChatGPT responses were gonna be shitty, but not this shitty. Like really? China’s growing economic and military power is the problem? Not the US, the nation with more than 800 military bases around the world, that sanctions everyone that dares disagree with it, that finances coups around the world and that is the only nation in history to drop not one, but two nuclear bombs on civilians? And China is a threat to the world? lol

Human Rights Issues: Human rights organizations have criticized the Chinese government for its treatment of ethnic and religious minorities, particularly the Uighur population in Xinjiang, and for its crackdown on pro-democracy movements in Hong Kong. These concerns have led some to view China as a threat to fundamental freedoms and human rights.

This has been debunked ever since the Arab League sent representatives to Xinjiang and found nothing. But of course it would parrot the west’s false Xinjiang narrative.

Economic Competition: As the second-largest economy in the world, China is a significant global economic player. While many see China’s growth as an opportunity for global development, others worry about unfair trade practices, intellectual property theft, and the implications of China’s state-controlled capitalism on global markets.

It’s only unfair when they do it lmao.

Environmental Impact: China is the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, contributing significantly to global climate change. Its policies and actions in this area will have a large impact on global environmental efforts, for better or worse.

How convenient that ChatGPT leaves out the effort China has been doing into green energy transition: China to head green energy boom with 60% of new projects in next six years and How China is helping power the world’s green transition.

Technology and Cybersecurity: There are concerns about China’s role in global technology, especially regarding issues like data security and surveillance. Some Western nations, particularly the U.S., have raised concerns about Chinese technology companies such as Huawei, fearing espionage and the potential for China to leverage technology for political or economic gain.

The US has no place to speak of surveillance: States haven’t stopped spying on their citizens, post-Snowden – they’ve just got sneakier, NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data. Besides, it needs to prove China’s surveillance.

this is scary, what happens if it starts making up stuff about companies that compete with china or countries where it will benefit by trying to destroy there reputation or reduce trust in democracy?

As I said before, China is not the one going to or funding wars and genocides around the globe, it is not the one funding coups around the world, it is not the one that raises issue with how other countries are run. I suggest you watch this short clip.

The censorship goes beyond just skulls and skeletons these days

Like what exactly? You’re the one making the claims.

and there absolutely are requirements for time limiters on games.

Parental control is also a thing that exists in the rest of the world, and still it cannot be enforced, how would you enforce a country of more than a billion people to stop playing games after a couple of hours? I get that games need to implement these limiters, but these limits are only for children as far as I know, and like I said, parental control exists everywhere, it is the choice of the parent to use it or not.

I’m pretty sure the censorship of skulls and skeletons is a cultural thing. Also, as far as I know, how long a kid can play games is only a recommendation for parents, there is no way of enforcing such a thing.

A cap on spending is good, fuck lootboxes and other predatory practices.

Oh, thanks I forgot it was called bangs. I used DDG a few years ago but missed some features from Google, so I ended up giving up on it, maybe I’ll try again soon.

That sucks. I hope for the best for you!

I know there are a lot of different types of terapy and professionals out there, is there nothing else you can try?

Finding a good professional is tiring honestly. Finding a psychology for terapy has been easy for me so far, but a psychiatrist that actually listens for more than 20 minutes have been hard.

A few I can think of the top of my head:

Ludusavi - Extremely easy to use backup tool for savedata from games. Some games on Steam doesn’t have cloud backup, like Dark Souls 2 and 3, so it’s useful to have a backup if I ever need to format my pc.

Logseq - Obsidian-like app for note talking, it’s intimidating at first but it’s really great. I have been using it for notes, diary/journaling and for drafting ideas.

Haruna Media Player - This one I don’t think is available for Windows but if someone on Linux sees this, it’s the best video player I have tried. All it lacks for me is a way to download subtitles.

I use Brave Search on Firefox, but I mostly use the shortcuts it provides like !yt and !g. A few months back I mostly used it over google, but the search results more times than not have been worse in comparison for me.

Executive disfunction is a nightmare, what you are saying here almost describes me to a tee too.

I’m not gonna say you have X or Y, but you definitely need to seek mental health evaluation. I know it is probably tough even thinking of doing that, I only managed to after years of being afraid of doing it.

And please don’t be so though on yourself, it’s easy to take blame for everything, if you really were a coward you wouldn’t make this post. You clearly care about this and want to change, and that shows strength and a will to turn your life around.

I don’t think forcing yourself to change is gonna do you good, instead take it slow.

Something that is really helping me over the years is realizing that much of the reason I have these issues is because of something outside of my control, even when something doesn’t look like it is that. Also being kinder to myself, instead of thinking I’m dumb or a idiot for doing or not doing something and beating myself over it, I try to accept it and realize this stuff happens, telling myself it’s gonna be ok and I try to take it easy. It is really slowly changing my self image, but it is a change nonetheless.

It’s not a linear progression tho and there are gonna be times when it gets tough, but it is possible to get better, I believe in you, comrade.

Yeah, also faces are weird when you zoom in and some things melt together.

Oh, I’ve seen this poster before, this one is pretty cool.

I’ll try that, thanks comrade.

You convinced me, I’ll watch it when I get the chance. Thanks!

Am I tripping or is this AI made? I like the overall ideia of the image tho.

Also does anyone know of a repository to human made communist artwork? I tried searching for it before but didn’t find anything. Most communist art I’ve seen has been on youtube videos. Would love to use some as wallpapers.