Several people here have mentioned the genocide in Palestine, which I accept is a major issue and one no one should be dismissive of. Biden himself acknowledged the validity of the issue in his speech to the DNC.

I honestly find Biden’s decision to keep spending so much money arming Israel baffling, but there is at least some chance Harris will change that policy.

But if Harris doesn’t win the White House, Trump’s policies will intensify the perescution of the Palestinians and also lead to pogroms, if not actual genocide, in the US and elsewhere.

I agree this is not a happy choice to have to make. But it’s also quite clear which is the right choice.

Tear it all down and start fresh or GTFO.

Okay.

Now what?

Part of me still reads it as ‘slur punk’, which sounds appalling.

The Tories loves burying a report. Theresa May did the same thing at the Home Office: she commission a report to try and ‘prove’ that immigration was bad for the economy, but the report found the exact opposite at every single level, so they sat on it for ages, till I think it was either leaked or someone managed to FOI it.

I don’t know about philosophers per se, but I do know that the European branch of the Free Software Foundation has been campaigning for a law mandating that any software developed for a state be made FOSS so that, even if you have to use it, you can at least hypothetically see what it does with your info. That would somewhat address the issues you raise here.

I think the simplest has got to be: get a bicycle.