Not just an ego thing - some people have livelihoods that depend on their follower count. Twitter is very important to update Youtube subscribers, Twitch followers etc. on things. Remember, we are in the early stages of the Technological Adoption Life Cycle (assuming the Fediverse actually catches on) so most people don’t use the Fediverse. As a content creator, you have to adapt to what people currently use.
Trains are kind of expensive if you live in and are trying to get around a small to medium sized town that is underfunded by your government. BRT is fast to implement and cheaper (although yes, a lot easier to get rid of if the party in charge of your country is obsessed with austerity).
Just prefacing this by saying I am not making a funny ironic post at all, I am dead serious.
Am I wrong in thinking even the highest paid sportsmen are part of the proletariat? They are effectively using their bodies for their employers to generate capital, in some cases having to risk their lives (boxing, rugby, NFL, extreme sports), whilst those employers effectively do nothing but manage the capital these athletes generate and get the majority of the money. Yes many athletes are multimilionairres, but they are the people that make effectivelty most of the money for the multi-billion pound (or dollar or euro) businesses to function.
It’s quite shit right now but ngl I wouldn’t want to live in America either. There are some things I value that we have here which is why it’s ever more of a shame it’s going down the shitter.
Damn, I really wish I knew portugese at this moment 🥲 - sounds like the PCP is a good case study (especially the owning the streets part) so I’ll definitely take a look at learning more about them. Thanks for the in-depth answer.
This was a really helpful answer, thanks!
thanks, do you happen to have a link to which page on the cpusa website has the resource?
So much for the “free market” lmao