I don’t think this is specific to lemmy. We generally like to hear people agree with us, and social media allows us to a) find spaces with like-minded people b) block people we don’t like from interacting with us

We put ourselves into echo chambers where our assumptions and opinions are never challenged. You might talk about people with different opinions, but rarely to them. Live in that environment long enough, and you stop to question your convictions, and become increasingly incapable of articulating why you hold them, or to consider the perspective of ‘the opponent’.

One thing I like about having human friends is the shared human experience. No AI could replace that.

Admins don’t need any qualifications, and neither do the mods they choose.

If you like a community but not its mods, you may be able to find a similar community on another instance, alternatively you may try starting a “competing” community yourself.

There are plenty of people though who do these kinds of calculations daily. Like engineers and scientists.

The problem with living paycheck to paycheck isn’t that you can’t book cruises. It is that you have zero security. If something breaks, you can’t repair it. If you lose your job, you’re on the street. If things get any more expensive, you are skipping meals.

It’s not like international law really meant anything before Trump. It has been broken many times before with no real consequences, also by the US. The UN really doesn’t have the power to enforce anything.

Or animal wellbeing.