Comment chains like this really highlight that the Lemmy userbase heavy skews towards a tech savvy crowd that enjoys tinkering with stuff. And that this userbase is really out of touch with “normal” people who aren’t particularly tech savvy and who want things that Just Work™. Having to set up a whole system just isn’t an alternative to a Fire Stick to >90% of people.

It is. I kinda thought that was obvious.

Even worse, it’s not caffeinated in any EU country.

At least until the next French election. Not exactly a long-term guarantee. Germany needs its own deterrent.

Even during the World Wars the defence industry wasn’t wholly nationalised.

37% of Rheinmetall’s shares are owned by NA investors, none individually control more than 6%. And no, Rheinmetall wasn’t founded by Nazis. It predates the Nazis by decades, the company was founded in the same year Hitler was born in. And even if it was, why would that matter today? The company is not owned by the people who founded it. It’s not even owned by their descendants (who still would not be the same people).

They are also NOT selling to both sides. I’m not even disputing that they wouldn’t, they might well want to, but they literally can’t. They’re not allowed to and that is enforced.

So what’s your alternative? Do nothing as Russia invades country after country and hope that they’ll stop before it’s our turn?

Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

Really? Because in my experience you have to wade through racist, homo- and transphobic, and misogynistic shit the second you foolishly open the discussions page on any game that features black or brown, LGBTQIA, and/or female characters.