i just use pacman, mean it has checksum tests after downloading since youre only really downloading the launcher

im stupid

i agree with everything, but calling cuba tiny is a bit of an understatement, cuba is about the size of portugal or bulgaria or hungary or south korea (not combined, individually)

i only ever used arch linux idk how other distributions handle it

try installing ffmpegthumbnailer and see if that works after reboot / relogin, if not uninstall and try another method

american cultural imperialism is pretty prevalent in the western world. everyone known american music, wears american clothes (jeans), speaks english, has american military bases etc

how would be changing your overlord to a worse overlord be good for them? do they think american rulers care any more about their cultural heritage and past crime such as forced sterilisation of natives etc?