I never thought it would bother me, until I actually sat in a car where everything was dependent on software the first time.

At first I thought I was just getting old. But it dawned on me that relying on software to fucking roll down the windows or starting the car doesn’t feel too good.

(It was also an extreme jump in technology for me because the last car I drove before that was an old Corsa around the year ~2005.)

And what is the consequence from this observation?

You feel people should not be forgiven to vote for right wing / conservative / etc. parties. What exactly does that mean to not “forgive” them? What is the consequence you wish to see from that?

This article is absolute gold. It’s the same I try to tell people here in Germany with the AFD voters. The article nails it…

It will never stop when we keep going at it by trying to change people by telling them constantly how bad and stupid they supposedly are.

Predominantly, it’s the political system Mussolini used.

People today also often use the word to describe all totalitarian systems that are used to dominate people. Believing that everyone who personally has an opinion that differs from yours should be violently beat into submission or should otherwise be eradicated is totalitarian. And doing this on the basis of believing your conviction are superior is fascist.

Oh, you believe you know “what fascism actually is”? :) Well that will be fun. Please explain!

Threatening with violence everyone who doesn’t approve of your opinion. Your behaviour sounds absolutely fascist.

You do seem to like oppressive old shit like religion, though.

Actually, it does. Since the AFD had more voters in the eastern states of Germany (that was DDR in the past) bigotry against people from eastern Germany have increased again. It was never completely gone, but now you find people openly speculating people from eastern Germany are less intelligent, “inbreds”, etc. And that comes a lot from supposedly anti-fascist leftists.

A lot of people just want violence or don’t like people in general or have something else wrong with them and believe slapping an “anti-fascist” label on their violence somehow makes it good violence. Other ways do work and they are a better choice. Insulting, being cruel and being violent against people should never be your go-to idea and you certainly shouldn’t be trying to shame people into being violent.

Many AFD voters can be turned in better ways, instead of making them fear violence and insults.

By the artist Skrumpgoblin

No, I mean that they should think of own measurements against illegal media and communication.

Organisations and groups who want to protect privacy should come up with ways themselves on how to protect their services from certain activities.

Since the idea seems to be that pirating digital goods is a moral imperative, the question what are the consequences if everyone would do it is valid.

Do you believe actors etc. would still keep getting paid if everyone would just pirate everything?

But you do understand that if nobody would buy a ticket, there wouldn’t be concerts?

It just seems that what you are saying is that people shouldn’t be paid if their work doesn’t create something physical.

Why should an artist not be paid but a gardener or someone who build your house is supposed to be paid?

After all, humans build stuff and make stuff with plants without compensation all the time.

You just sound like a Boomer who thinks work is only work when the product isn’t entertaining or art.

What would you call it if you make a contract with a gardener, they make your entire garden and then you don’t pay them. Since it’s not stealing, where is the harm, right?

Do you give those 40 people back their donation money if you ever close your service? Since in the end, they never got any of the hardware or media they watched over your Plex for their money.

Don’t you see the problem in your reasoning? When everyone would just pirate, nobody would be able to get paid. The money that pays the wages for the workers isn’t willed into existence, it ultimately comes from the consumer. Bigger studios pay their workers before the project is finished. That money comes from ongoing sales they produced before.