I was alluding to ideological purity tests, but yeah, I don’t think I communicated my point well enough. If you're referring to my trans-whatnot being tied/fettered to economic policies, or at least having the perception of being attached to economic policies.

Australia isn't doing so well right now either. We're all screwed. I think Australia as a whole is about on par with Florida alone at the moment. Something has been holding Australia back from developing properly, even more so than the problems the United States has been facing.

If Republicans vote for a slightly less damaged economy but end up with Zionist infiltration, it makes their side look bad. Similarly, if Democrats push through free healthcare & gay rights but also incur Zionist infiltration, it makes their side look bad as well. In this kind of system, winning is like losing if you cannot remove the root problem.

Both sides are bad" is true, though. The Democrats and Republicans are infiltrated by Zionists. The reality that both sides are bad could also motivate people to vote for a third party.

You're going to end up with AI that works for some people & not for others under these sorts of policies. I don't really think this is in the spirit of democratic socialism.

In your view, can someone support trans rights & not be a communist/socialist/democratic-socialist/etc.? Is it okay for me to oppose nationalized currency & support freedom of association? How do you define transphobia? I want to support trans people, but I don't want to have to pick up the baggage that comes with leftism, like bad economic ideas or taking away personal freedoms.

I disagree with the genocide stuff (i.e., I don't support Israel), but from your perspective, I support bigotry because I advocate for freedom of association. Which would allow for situations like Japanese store owners not wanting to serve foreigners or American coffee shops choosing not to serve Zionists. That is, you would be free to discriminate even if the reasons were stupid.

I was like this before I tried regular Arch. I probably would’ve settled on NixOS if I had tried that first. I feel like Linux Mint could be the end of the line because it just works on a lot of old machines & does so quickly.

I would agree that there is no real difference between state & non-state violence, aside from public perception, the additional liability protections that states grant themselves, & stuff like that. However, I probably have the "wrong" opinion about murder & shooting billionaires on Lemmy. I happen to oppose killing billionaires simply because they are billionaires. I don't support murder, & I don't think being a billionaire is a reason for someone to be murdered. Maybe if I were trying to impress a socialist girl, I could pretend to have that opinion. But I'm a terrible actor & an even worse liar, so that's not really my thing.

P.S. I could also just be wrong, & maybe your opinion (about the murder stuff) is actually the correct one. I don't know. If that's the case, then there's definitely something I'm missing.

What sort of opinions would get someone onto the cool people list?

I tell people to try to take the GED & graduate high school early (since it's a waste of time & full of propaganda), then save money on their first year of college by taking CLEP exams using vouchers provided through completing Modern States courses.