This isn’t an unpopular opinion outside of Lemmy.
We have a problem with mega corporations asserting control over the population and the market, especially social media companies. It’s pretty naive for anyone progressive to be ok with that because all it takes is someone like Elon Musk buying a platform to radically change the political landscape. Republicans could also impose laws that prevent certain ideas from propagating on social media platforms. It’s pretty naive for progressives to be ok with social media censorship just because it’s benefitting them for the moment.
Capitalism has a real problem now because of the level of technology that we have. There are inevitably near-monopolies because of how hard it is to start viable competitors. There are also software based monopolies because you don’t have access to the iOS store on Android or the Google Play store on iOS.





This is clearly an unpopular opinion, but I can’t upvote it because of how horrific it was for a lot of people.
I’m on the spectrum and without that context this post might seem really terrible. I can’t stand it when I see other autistic people glorifying things that are utterly horrific just because it tickled their introverted tendencies. Just because you’re autistic doesn’t mean you’re introverted and just because you’re introverted doesn’t mean you don’t need social interaction. Lack of social interaction will completely destroy your mental health. The fact that you made a ton of money that year tells me everything. Many people were forced by the government to close down their businesses even if they weren’t at risk. Many other people ended up unemployed when their businesses shut down from lack of income.
This post reeks of privilege.
Celebrating unimaginable suffering that led to suicide is one of those things that makes me hate being identified with other autistic people.