I think it’s rather about NFC-powered (i.e. “tap your phone”) payments. These are automatic, which comes with different security issues.

Depends on the amount of people and the size of a ship

Nah, it’s just the same as any other ideology - people follow it not because they’re ignorant and don’t know something, but because they expect a different outcome than you do, given the same inputs.

Every ideology has weak spots.

• Tankies can easily slip into left imperialism, which then locks them into an authoritarian trap and detaches them from reality on the ground
• Regular socialists and communists are yet to balance the incentives in relation to the more ambitious individuals
• Liberals are waging an impossible war against economic laws, trying to have a cake and eat it too (i.e. giving businesses incentives to grow while also fighting monopolies)
• Conservatives are inevitably undermining the very workforce they rely on, checking just how much they can cut before people fall off

Etc. etc.

Yet everyone thinks they’ll be able to manage the system in a way that always evades the issue.

To be fair, having authoritarian government means you’ll absolutely have an oppressive regime at some point.

If anything, Stalin was the one to cement authoritarianism as the system of power in USSR and make sure it cannot be reverted without massive issues in the form of separatism, civil disobedience, and more. The subsequent leaders could only open the valve of democracy so much without breaking the country apart.

So, it’s not just leaders, it’s the system of authoritarian power and imperialism. Communism and socialism must be democratic and directly managed by worker’s councils, bottom to top (i.e. Soviet in its original sense), lest you fall into the same trap with any leader eventually.

Yeah, the Western world preferred to export violence, not keep it home-grown

He kinda did, actually!

Pretty sure it was not the optimal way, but the country has seen unprecedented economic growth and improvement in the quality of life. Excluding fear of being sent to Gulag, that is.

In any case, it’s hard to make up a bigger opposition to MAGA than Stalin, lol. Both are authoritarian, though.

Paulus commanded a 360.000 strong army that was previously responsible for many atrocities, including mass shootings of Jews and Ukrainians at Babi Yar - one of the cruelest scenes of the war. His capture in the rank of field marshal was a major blow to the reputation of Wehrmacht command. He made the situation even worse for Hitler by switching sides and going for the Soviets, helping the anti-Hitler propaganda machine in the German ranks.

Conventional morals may question Stalin’s decision, and family values were strong in Stalin’s USSR. But he was also responsible for millions of Soviet soldiers and civilians, and any blow to Wehrmacht meant closer victory and less victims. Someone else’s sons and daughters.

Socialism plays just fine with self-interest and greed, it just limits what you can do in its pursuit.

Communism - yes, relies on your own self-control and moderation in the face of abundance.

Eh, massively outperformed by capitalists on that end.

Everybody was terrified

Not really. Many thought the charges are real, and that Stalin led them to a great future with an iron fist, that’s all. The problem was, there really was no due process involved, so many of those thinking it won’t affect them were indeed affected. My great grandfather has made some enemies at work, so they reported him on false accusations. The “investigation” was brief, he was arrested, never to be seen again. This was a shock to the family, who never expected to get into this, being law-abiding citizens.

Stalin decided to crush Ukraine

Also known as Holodomor, this topic is highly contentious among historians. There is no definitive proof that this was intentional and not a massive failure on the side of early Soviet logistics, which was a mess at the time, plagued with dishonest reporting, high latency, and other systemic issues. Still, this did lead to a massive famine killing millions, so it’s not to be taken lightly.

Stalin is indeed a highly contentious figure, and a lot of what he did has led to grave consequences. But it makes sense to set the record straight. Besides, history should serve us as an advisor, and not as an ideological battlefield.

And yet, Russians will still rather fire up a VPN to use Telegram than using the state-sponsored MAX. Moreover, one of the most vocal groups denouncing what Russia does to Telegram are soldiers in Ukraine, which the government usually relies on for support and which define Russian government legitimacy.

Tor is relatively slow and bridges are regularly blocked. It’s a high-effort, low-bandwith option, so most people still prefer more traditional VPNs.

As before, keep on coming up with more sophisticated ways to trick the automatic detection.

Russia got extremely good at deep packet inspection and determining all sorts of protocols.

Most existing protocols are now blocked for connections outside the country

Via bridges, yes

Whenever you get convoluted bonus systems, you know you’re being screwed over

Prioritizing your comfort

No, prioritizing survivability of all and forcing us to make reasonable long-term solutions that would actually work for all. This decision will slash into male drivers’ life sustaining income while also perpetuating the “man = perpetrator” mentality that only reinforces the anxieties. We have to find ways to live together, not build walls to pretend we’re safe.

Purge dangerous men from institutions

Absolutely! No conflict here between us, harassment should not be tolerated in any way, shape or form. I just think that simply “removing men” is not a good solution even as a band-aid.

Some men are dangerous and better kept away. Most men aren’t. People understand this clearly when it’s told about other groups, but somehow not men.

As a man, I genuinely wonder how much actual harassment women face vs how much they hear about it, driving the anxiety.

I get to feel that a lot of these fears are real, but many are manufactured. But I can be wrong.

A small percentage of women will ever face any sort of harassment from male drivers.

At the same time, all male drivers will be affected by this feature, reducing their life-supporting income through no fault of their own, simply because they have “male” in their documents. I think that’s the point.

Even though they were considered repairable, they are now better than ever at that, and they require as little expense as possible to replace certain parts.

I don’t know what’s so hard about that. They had it good, they made it better.