so in this case AI would take work opportunities away from people, that’s bad, but that’s not copyright infringement nor theft.

I think it's quite literally copyright infringement, assuming the models are fed with work from actual artists who typically don't agree to it. Whether copyright should work this way is another matter.

It's basically for-profit piracy. Which is still kind of a shitty term because actual pirates weren't copying any of the goods they were taking.

The most neutral term might be copyright infringement, though that carries all the baggage of the 'should copyright even exist'-discussion.

Alternatively, you could shout 'they took our jobs' to complain that they are letting algorithms and engineers do the work that artists want to do. IDK what to call this, but 'theft' or 'robbery' doesn't sound right.

What if the state you secede from also strips citizen rights from dissenting residents?

I kind of doubt an independent Texas would be any less of a fascist police state.

Seceding was never wrong per se, the issue is the 'why'. Seceding for slavery is still an asshole move.

I can see why male doctors would be ignorant, but wtf is the excuse of female doctors here?

Nicolas Cage outfits? Like a suit?

I really don't want to use voice chat when I'm talking to random people, I'm already not using any chat features. I'd rather use a different platform/software if it comes up at one point (e.g. for stuff like coordinating between mods); I generally prefer it when software keeps its scope small.

Good for you, but I don't think it's alright to just demand it from others, especially not in this way (like telling people they're nazis if they don't want to go to prison).

I'm personally not a fan of the legal situation, but you can't mod or admin from prison and evading a country's law is pretty hard in the long run if you live in that country.

The question then is, should the biggest europe-centric comm be hosted and modded in such a way that criticism about one of Europe’s most powerful nations isn’t allowed?

You can discuss whether this legal situation is wrong or not and whether the German government should support certain countries, though, if you don't include stuff like "you're a nazi/zionist/etc." (usually unhelpful, anyway) or "this country should be destroyed" (I don't think it's super necessary for discussing Germany, unless you also want to destroy Germany).

That said, I agree that it's probably better to move English-language discussions of that topic to a different instance; German law enforcement is pretty gung-ho on that topic and frequently breaches the law itself.

If THAT is what counts as "being treated like a dog", woof woof!