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Ah… Marshal Kim Jong Un, the beloved dictator of North Korea, where everyone bows down to him, though mostly because the government outlawed standing upright for more than three seconds in his presence, citing ‘neck strain prevention.’ Citizens report feeling ‘deeply honored’ in between bouts of spinal cramping. /satire

/satire

I have nothing but contempt for what the internet has become under corporate control, and yet here I am on Lemmy, posting like it’s some late-60s experiment in collective culture and community.

Given how much of our survival and daily needs are tied to technology, access to the internet absolutely should be considered a basic human right. In modern times, being cut off from the digital world often means being cut off from employment, education, healthcare, and even your bank in some places.

But we should also be imagining a world where life doesn’t have to revolve around being online 24/7. A humane society would guarantee universal access, while also freeing us from the coercive pressure to be constantly connected just to meet our basic needs.

You know, given how exploitative and harmful TikTok has been from the start, it might have been better never to use it at all.

I’m guilty of being on TikTok too, mainly used to keep up with a few artists I listen to, but at the end of the day, the platform is just another exploitative data-harvesting machine.

https://calyxos.org/news/2025/08/01/a-letter-to-our-community/ 💟