Same with Cuba right now. The US claims to be concerned about Cuba’s democratic deficits and human rights violations. All while ignoring their own democratic backsliding and ICE’s gestapo-like racial cleansing of the population.

I’m convinced that MAGA is attracting many people who live a rough life. Poorly educated, resentful, low income people whose attention is fixed on the next paycheck and the cost of groceries. Again and again, I see that many of them seem to view society as a zero sum game. Meaning “if those foreign looking people get punished now, I will surely be better off next month, right???”

The problem is systemic. I blame the chronic failure of political education across the country. Because of that, I do not expect meaningful political change unless it is triggered by some kind of major rupture, crash, or shock.

Amazing. Thank you very much!

I’m learning Dutch with Babel. I like the App a lot, and it genuinely does it’s best to keep the learning process exciting.

Only downside are the costs.

• Using Qwant instead of Google Search. It’s way more down-to-earth
• Completely stopped using PayPal
• Migrated from Gmail to Proton Mail
• On my way to setting up a home server with storage and Nextcloud
• Not really fully European, but switched from Reddit to Lemmy completely
• Convinced my GF to also have a look at every-day-products and choose European alternatives, if possible. And she’s into it 😎