I’m sorry, Dave…

Do I have to provide this information to Palantir myself, or will the authorities do that for me?

I’m not concerned with definitions, but rather with people’s opinions. This seems to me especially relevant given that there are many US users here. I’m interested in how they perceive what is happening in the US, what their legal system allows, and whether they consider it just in any way.

That may be true, but I still think it’s a question worth considering.

My parents always said: “No path in vain.” By that, they meant that I should - for example - always take some plates with me and put them straight into the dishwasher when I’m on my way to the kitchen anyway. That’s probably why my place looks pretty tidy today.

If I didn’t still do that, the household chores would eventually overwhelm me.

Thank you for your thoughtful response. I will consider the matter further.

It is exactly as you say: Lemmy is, of course, excellent and absolutely worthy of support. I am just not entirely sure whether my contribution will actually end up in development. However, I will have to live with this uncertainty. I just find it problematic that .ml stands for pretty much the opposite of why I want to support Lemmy — namely, free discourse free from political influence by the platform itself. That’s simply not the case with .ml, because their moderators only allow their own narrow-minded views — and I fear that this approach is supported by the developers.

Nevertheless, the software itself remains worthy of support, you’re absolutely right about that.

You do realize that the developers of Lemmy (the software) have a very close relationship with lemmy.ml, right?

My question simply relates to whether I can support the software development without supporting lemmy.ml.

I understand that, but the Lemmy developers are deeply rooted in .ml. I just wonder whether it makes sense to support that. I am aware that this is FOSS, but there is no transparency as to whether my support actually ends up in the software development or perhaps in .ml, which I do not want to support.

Thanks for the reminder, I think I’ll take a look around.

I just don’t want my opinion to be censored for political reasons. That’s what I had hoped for from Lemmy – not some propaganda bullshit. Do you really see this platform as a counterpart to Truth Social? If so, then I’m in the wrong place, because I’m interested in exchanging opinions and arguments, not in having my opinion confirmed.

I already do that. So stop supporting Lemmy developers and only support the instance?

Is it my fault if a comment I posted is removed by .ml-Mods simply because it states that there can be no justification for terrorism?

Honestly, I can’t support that. Do you see it differently?

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He had his guys as has your President.

And that is what concerns me. I’m from Germany btw - it feels almost like a flashback from history class.

It is for now…

You think Hitler was the mastermind behind the German reich?

I’m aware.

What I am concerned about is whether undesirable citizens will soon simply “disappear,” as is the case in Russia, for example.

The word you are looking for is probably “Niemandsvorbild,” which means “nobody’s role model”.

It is a made-up word that is apparently sometimes attributed to Kurt Vonnegut, but it probably wasn’t coined by him. It doesn’t actually exist in the German language, but it is still easy to understand.

More common would be “Negativ-Vorbild” (“negativ role model”) or “Antiheld” (“antihero”), although the latter describes a likable but imperfect protagonist in a work of fiction.

Thanks for doing that!

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