Call me conspiracy-brained but I legit think that not only are the most ridiculous "conspiracy theories" pushed and spread by the alphabet soup agencies as well as discredited so that any "conspiracy theory" can be written off as batshit no matter how plausible it may actually be, but that that sub is also ran and moderated by those same agencies, which is exactly why you get that kind of gatekeeping.
CindyTheSkull
joined 2 years ago
all of America will be a graveyard
I kid, I kid.
I don't know how I accomplished this tbh, but I curated my homepage recommendations pretty well. It got to a point where I would not watch certain videos not out of a lack of interest, but out of not wanting the algorithm to think I wanted to see more of that shit and keep things balanced. My homepage ended up being mostly the latest content from my subscriptions anyway, with something reasonably related to them thrown in here and there. In other words, it was mildly helpful.
That was over a year ago though, and I don't know if it's changed, because I still fucking hate youtube, google, etc with a burning passion and exclusively use frontends like invidious or piped now. I have a redirect script on every browser I use to change any youtube link to one of those alternatives. I think you can still have subscriptions on some of them, but I don't use that feature.
There are a few users who have names that kind of flaunt the fact they're evading an old ban. (coughzedcough. excuse me, getting over covid again.) I took it the same way you did, that mods knew what was up, but were just like "don't do it again and we'll let it slide." Fair enough, the way I see it, especially when they consistently post good takes... mostly. But then there are also sometimes prolific people who come back immediately after a recent ban with an obvious name and still expect mods not to do anything about it. Keep that popularity contest shit out of here, I would say.
Furthermore, I would even more strongly urge you not to report yourself to any authorities except in certain very extreme and particular circumstances.
I can't believe that needs to be said here. 
, 1312, All Cats Are Beautiful FFS! Did you mess up like bad with giving shit advice and having disgusting opinions and so you need to do some serious fucking self crit right now? Yeah, probably, it sure looks like it. In fact you should get on that now, if it means hashing it out with trusted comrades, or doing deep, painful, quiet, but honest self reflection, or going to a trained therapist yeah, go do THAT.
But calling "the authorities"? "Turning yourself in?" For fucking what? Having a really bad take as your gut reaction to an emotionally complex and arguably manipulative post? No. No, calling the authorities would very clearly do nothing but pile on more shit decisions and faulty thinking to what you've already done, oh and maybe give you some sense of atonement or some shit? I don't know, maybe not on that last one, since I don't know what your motives are that deep down. But don't fucking report yourself for having the wrong reaction to a post. 
My god that's depressing, but I think you're 100% correct. I think about this every time I watch another piece of media where yet another rich, beautiful, tv/movie star (even when they're coded as being plain and poor) is completely consumed with solving their SUPER important in-universe problem, a problem which if thought about for more than 3 seconds is actually the most trivial, mundane, and ultimately inconsequential "problem," one that is easily solved when you consider the star's exceptionally privileged material conditions at their disposal, yet is still totally a universally relatable problem of course.
People watch that over and over and think "so that's what American's problems are like! Those lucky bastards! The culture I live in should be more like theirs, and then my problems would be more like theirs too." even if it's all subconscious. I mean, I know it happens to me way more than I like to admit even though I try to be aware of it and fight it off in my own mind. The soft power of hegemony as propagated through entertainment mediums is deep as fuck, insidious, tenacious, and overwhelmingly effective. One of the main reasons it works so well is that people like to think they're immune to propaganda and are just having fun consuming some treats. (trying to channel @UlyssesT with that last sentence, he knew what I'm talking about.)
I have no people in my life anymore. I had to do regular check out at a grocery store instead of doing self checkout and I couldn't even form sentences. I bought vodka so I couldn't do self checkout. The checkout clerk asked me to pull my mask down to verify my ID after I showed my drivers license. For a split second I thought "aw, he's being nice and pretending I might still pass for being under 40, let alone 21" then I realize he probably just didn't like that I was wearing a mask and wanted me to take it off. Power thing? Who knows. I don't. I don't interact with people so I don't know if I'm being paranoid or attentive and perceptive.
Do it, officer. This place is severely lacking in havoc. Not even the occasional trash can fire to break up the tedium. I'll even throw in my Red-dyed heavy fuel oil. Sucked it out of a cop's fuel tank myself -- back in Jamrock.
Look, neither you or I get to define what "the West" means. It is a racist concept, but that's the unfortunate reality of the situation. "The West" is not defined by who thinks they should belong to it, it's defined by the material reality of exploitation. It's nearly synonymous with "Imperial Core." If you're in the periphery, you are not part of "The West" no matter how much your society mirrors so-called western culture. Just as a regular worker is not part of the bourgeoisie no matter how much they want to be. There are the exploiters and the exploited. Latam, on the global stage, is exploited by the imperial core and there is no escaping that fact. The exploiters will never see it as part of their club because they're exploiting it! It's not like we (hexbears or leftists in general) see this as a good thing or want to perpetuate it. We want to tear it the fuck down. But we can't deny material reality, and it seems like that's what you're trying to do by insisting that Latam is western and getting mad at us for the fact that it's largely racism that determines who belongs to the in-group "Western" and who doesn't.