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[–] TheBuddha 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I really can't speculate as to their motivation or payment. I just don't know. It's just really fishy.

I'm on the political left, I'm a Libertarian Socialist (we're few in number, but we exist) and this is well known throughout the site. I've been very upfront about it, very open about it, etc... I'm not a racist, by any definition. Frankly, the world is running REALLY well - even if people aren't smart enough to look at the statistics. We're pretty much at the best point ever. So, if Jews are smart enough to control the world with just 2% of the population, then they deserve to be in control, 'cause they're doing a pretty good job and it's reasonable to conclude that everyone else is too stupid to do so, 'cause they let 2% of the population control them.

I think everyone deserves equal rights, regardless of skin color or ability. I think that's what equality means - not equal outcome, but equal opportunity.

I've never posted on Reddit, so I can't really opine. I saw a free speech platform and was like, "I like free speech!" So, here I am.

The userbase is tiny. I'm not sure why anyone would want to control it, except to ruin it. Controlling the narrative here is controlling a very small number of views that are generally considered deplorable and are held by socially and financially marginalized people (in the statistical norm). The average user here appears to have mental health issues and, from observation, a goodly number of them appear to lack gainful employment. I don't see any rational reason to control it (were I a source of power), but I see lots of reasons to keep it discredited. That message, the discredited message, wouldn't be for our fellow goats, but for those who are outside and, maybe, thinking about looking in.

That's what logic tells me. Now, if it's paid - then I'd be a bit surprised. My guess is that it's just independent people who have chosen to make the site a discredited place. This sends a message to the people who aren't free speech advocates. "That Voat site is just full of Nazis, racists, and scumbags. But I repeat myself."

Last week's most popular thread was my weekly guitar thread. Process that, if you want.

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[–] TheBuddha 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

If you want a brief word of advice, productive land ownership is a very, very good idea. My land makes me money - more money than I spend. I have 400 acres of blueberries that are a commercially harvested wild crop. Each acre yields about 5000 pounds of berries and we harvest 200 acres per year. About 25% of that crop is certified organic. On top of that, I have a company that does TSI on my main lot. They harvest trees for logs, pulp, and turning. They pay me a set amount per cord and that's all I have to do.

For a while, I owned 276 Fairbanks Road, Farmington, ME. (Apartment complex. You can see it on Google Maps and see it's now under new ownership.) That was a bit of effort, so I sold it. I prefer to be able to be completely hands-off and the property management company was constantly fucking over my tenets and I'm not about fucking people over and ending up in court for actions I didn't perform. The second management company was just inept. Managing it myself was eating too much time. So, I sold it.

Take from that what you will - I'm just sharing my experiences with you.

I have a house in Florida. It's on the good side of the inlet, in Panama City Beach. Go across from Panama City (on 98) and hang the left that takes you beside the Publix. Go down two lights, then take your next left. It's out past the golf course and not too far from the State Park.

Actually, those people you mentioned were just figureheads - but they had huge numbers of people backing them. If you check the post count at the VoatStatistics sub, we're pretty tiny. My little weekly guitar thread got the most comments, out of any thread made last week. It was under 300 comments and had maybe a dozen people in it.

So, like you, my spider senses tingle when I see this sort of poster.

As for my politics, I'm -4 and -2, on that same scale. I'm very much about a strong social safety net (it's cheaper than prison) and education. I'm also really strong about personal liberties while protecting the commons. To me, the greatest way to enjoy our liberties is to be able to afford them and to know how to use them. So, I end up there.

For this discussion, there's a difference between liberty and freedom. I like to describe it as thus:

You're free to kill me, but not at liberty to do so. If I try to harm you, you have the right to kill me in self-defense.