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Sure they are. I’d probably have to stop using the Internet entirely to avoid using a service powered by AWS.
For consumers it is irrelevant because they aren't buying "aws" directly.
You don't have to have a job, you are free to starve.
You don't have to live in your country, you are free to go.
You see, freedom is not absolute, there are power relations involved.
Because freedom is not absolute it does not mean I'd want to give whatever freedom I have away
Under socialism you do not get do pick jobs at will. And you better show everyone how happy you are at the job assigned to you.
"You don't have to live in your country, you are free to go."
Many have died for this freedom alone. And you don't have to go to North Korea to know this. Right in the heart of (now) western Europe people were shot dead for running away through the Berlin wall.
How come people risk death to run away from the utopia? They must be counter-revolutionaries better murder whatever family they left behind
Socialism might mean you have more choice of work, because there is greater social mobility and access to education. Perhaps also you might work for a "cooperative" firm, where every employee is a part owner and gets to vote on issues and a take on the profits.
I agree with your perspective on socialism, and that yes, the is messy. It's just not the point here. It's simply what the other camp thinks of bitcoin. (assuming the writing is truthful and all that jazz)
Could it be that you have misunderstood this? He was talking specifically about ultra-right / far-right like "National Front"/"National Rally" in France and Vox in Spain. That economic crises benefit parties like that (And you can see that parties like that are/were on the rise in popularity after 2008 crisis in Europe).
here's a starting point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...