I played it for a bit and it just seemed like a collection game. Fun but no depth. Did I miss out on something important?

That just means they don’t want you to leave their service and can get at your data anyway if you use a VPN.

Yeah, that one falls into point 2.

The nuance is being able to tell which comments to reflect on and which ones to toss. Took me years to figure that out.

You know they exist because when they’re found they’re punished and it’s not normalized.

And what I’m saying is “local” systems will lead to “local” pedophile cults. Which absolutely has happened in America already, and which I think any society should have a mechanism to stop.

Delete your account and create a new one. Problem solved.

But also, two things. First, always be questioning yourself. Those jerks might have a point. But second, jerks are jerks and you shouldn’t listen to them or be bothered by them.

If you can balance those two ideas, you’ll do really well online, and probably in real life too.

This is the best explanation of prompt injection I’ve seen

You’re just mad that they’re higher on the food chain than us

That doesn’t actually answer the question. You make some very good points about the futility of our current mode of criminal punishment. I very much agree. But you offer no solutions that would require anarchy or benefit from it.

A centralized institution to implement all the changes that you mentioned is absolutely something a government would be more capable of.

Apathetic participation

Is it really a replacement if there aren’t crazy people ranting about their neighbors while drunk?

You can hope all you want that I’m not a pedophile, and coincidentally I’m not, but some people are. For some people, the only reason they’re not doing it is because they’re in jail for doing it.

And that’s my problem with all of these explanations of anarchy that I’ve heard. They all rely on people being fundamentally good and choosing to do the right thing together as a society. And most people are like that. But a not insignificant amount of others aren’t.

How would anarchy handle those people?

Being profitable so you can continue to exist does not mean you are motivated by profit.

This is the same argument as “you hate capitalism but you participate in it.”

Eh?

Coercive authority is how we enforce rules that not everyone agrees with. Rules like “don’t rape your kids”. The answer shouldn’t be “they get their own community but we kick them out of ours”, right?

And what’s the viable other route? By all means, if there is one, put it out there. If you’ve got one in your head and you’re holding out on us, I’m going to be a little pissed.

Welcome to being poor in America whole also being a member of an unprotected class.

We WANT immigrants because they’re cheap labor. You don’t ask too many questions.

Today’s popular option seems to be car crashes.

Well, two things. First, the tea party did exactly that and it didn’t fix first past the post. They just tanked the Republicans, and then melded it into the Republican party the next season.

Second, there are a certain number of Americans that will vote Republican or Democrat because that is what they self-identify as. That number is about 30% of the voting population. So for a third party to be viable, they would have to take all of the independents, and then break some people of their identity.

So is it possible? Yes. Will you ever be able to do it? No. It’s possible the same way winning the lottery is possible. I.e. it feels like a chance to people who are bad at math.

You can disagree all day. Do you have any logic behind that disagreement? Or just a bunch of feels?

Assuming you’re not just a troll or Russian plant.

It IS flawed. But it’s also REQUIRED. we have a first past the post voting system. Only one of two parties can win. So you never vote FOR anyone. You vote AGAINST the worst candidate. Voting for third party helps both main parties equally by reducing the bar to win.

Hate it all you like, but that’s just math. You want it to be different? Push for ranked choice.