no i’m reading everything you’re saying but it seems to me like it’s one of those “it doesn’t work in the us because x” arguments. yes you’ve been oppressed, yes the laws have been written against you, yes the odds are bad. do it anyway.

nobody is keeping people from organising. sanctioned organising, yes. but that right was only granted due to unsanctioned organising in the first place.

number of unions != number of members

and there’s no generic one? crazy

from what i hear there are unions everywhere in the us. why are they not doing anything?

medical fields usually have some sort of clause that prevents complete strike, like the postal service. you can still strike but in that case it’s without union authorisation.

here the metalworker’s union is paying striking workers at tesla 125% of their regular salary and have the funds to continue doing that for about 200 years.

but i mean… the entire reason unions work is because of a mandate from the masses. if they close an office the only reasonable counter-action is for every other office to unionise too.

i mean national unions exist to strengthen the local chapters.

why not?

then join a union! they can supplement your pay when on strike.

really? i thought one of the main benefits of gamescope was that it can be nested inside an existing DE?

…do you not know how strikes work?

bazzite is probably the better choice.

you can most likely get all of the same benefits from your existing install, though. just need the right configuration.

sure but there was no way that wouldn’t have been thrown out.

…what kind of brain damage did the rep have to think that was a viable defense? surely their human customer service personnel are also responsible for their own actions?

ah yes, government advertising.

and if it does i’ll change my tune. i already don’t like the man.

because stallman can never fucking shut up about anything.

yeah i’ve followed the entire conversation for years. he’s not fit to run the fsf but he’s also not done anything illegal. when i read the interview in which he explained that he rescinded his statements on relations with people who are underage after consulting with a psychologist, i read it as the words of someone who lives in a completely rules-based world: he did not believe it would cause harm because there was nothing in his experience thus far that pointed to that. after having it explained to him by a professional, he changed his mind. the man has no tact, he runs entirely and completely on rationalism. when new information comes up that puts his beliefs into question, his beliefs align with that information almost instantly. but if the source is not authoritative, he disregards it. it’s a very useful form of neurodivergence for a scientist, but not for a public figure.

no, rms the autist with no ability to read the room. he’s never been a pedo, he just has permanent foot-in-mouth disease.