The English league is notoriously more physical than the other big leagues in Europe.

Argentina was no more physical than England that game. They were both trading fouls in the first half

I think it's very close.

Bush launched two wars where the US invaded countries in the Middle East, leading to decades of destabilization in the region and leading to millions dead. His admin coincided with the rise of Fox News and conservative punditry outside talk radio. Patriot act, tax cuts, oversaw the recession, etc.

Israel's genocide started under Biden, so I can't exactly put that on Trump even if he's supported it. This quagmire with Iran isn't as big as the invasions were.

Trump's been more damaging domestically with his scotus appointments and emboldening racists, but if you look outside just the US, then yeah I think you can definitely make the argument that Bush was worse.

Piefed is developed like a startup trying to disrupt a market, which makes sense when you consider their motivations and the main admins constant talk about "growth" for the fediverse

I was here before you by two years so the bot masters must be way ahead of you.

The absolute waste of money and time it would be to AstroTurf on Lemmy really just makes me more skeptical to every user crying "bot" than anything.

It's not a surprise that people with fringe or more radical opinions exist on Lemmy, an alternative platform

No I'm mocking this specific user, who is obviously an anarchist (instance + ML "cultist" as insult), for judging me based only on my instance being .ml, and yeah, I found some irony in that prejudice

I guess I also assumed they were an anarchist, but I'm only giving them shit for the prejudice, not for being an anarchist.

This is completely unsurprising when you're aware of the reasons that motivated PieFed's development (anti communism). Features designed to limit the voice and reach of certain instances lines up with that motivation. PieFed exists to counteract communist influence in the threadiverse.

Some here who helped push it spin it as a way to make the fediverse more palatable to the average Internet user because they care more about growth than culture, but the underlying motivation has always been to try to separate the threadiverse from its communist roots.

I'll take the tankie devs over liberal devs every single time, personally. You can say what you want about them and how they personally run their instances, but I'm not aware of them developing any underhanded features like these and others in PieFed.

What? Saying leftism doesn't entail veganism is not the same as saying vegans aren't leftist.

Did I miss something?

Insert the "wtf are you talking about, Jesse" emoji

Pretty sure liberation of the working class of humans is the defining feature of leftist politics, and also tends to include liberation and equality of oppressed peoples as well.

You can include animal liberation in your politics, but no, it's never been intrinsic to leftism as a political philosophy.

1. It's a joke to point out there is nothing inherent to "leftist" political philosophy regarding veganism. And there isn't.

2. Behold! The anarchist free thinker, unburdened by such base reactions as tribalism!

When I joined this platform, the choices were .ml and lemmygrad and I see no reason to change.

Me, furiously searching the sacred texts of leftism for the part where they talk about animals and not workers

Infidelity? Of course the worst thing someone can engage in, obviously.

Killing people for punishment with a a clear an obvious error rate that leaves innocent people murdered by the state? 'Well, you see..."