It is not, as government agencies are not for profit profit organisations de iure. On top of that it’s violating law, and debfacto stealing from both the citizen and potentially from the state itself. You can’t just throw ‘capitalism bad’ on any observation of shitty socio-economic behaviour.

That’s not business, that’s corruption. They’re not generating any added value like business does, they’re parasiting on it.

Scabs, dregs… its like I’m in Warhammerk 40k. You guys play Darktide? If not: a question from non-native speaker: are scabs and dregs a, more or less, common expression/term in English? I’m just trying to escape the trap when you notice something, you start seeing it all around.

My favourite part was AMAs by scientists and authors or even ppl like Gov Schwarzenegger. I hope fediverse develops to that point one day.

As much as I’m interested in crypto I hate the bizarre idea of nfts. I’m glad they all but died out already.

It’s the same rhetoric as the apple guy used to show sideloading in such light as it would rob your grandma by its own.