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PaulG on building the infrastructure of the police state

46 points by pmcjones 1y ago

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CamperBob2 1y ago
Paul, there are also a huge number of other places where you can post your thoughts, rather than at a site owned by someone who pals around with the chief of the police state and does his level best to bring it into existence.
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- add-sub-mul-div 1y ago
  Principles are important, but not I'll-post-on-a-platform-with-less-clout-potential important.
  - 1shooner 1y ago
    It's not really purely principled when the platform is known to manipulate that 'clout' to meet ideological goals.
- wnevets 1y ago
  paulg loves that site's owner because stopping the "woke mind virus" is worth it for him
  - archagon 1y ago
    Well, this is the natural end state of the “‘woke mind virus’ virus.” I hope he realizes that at some point. But I feel like influencers have a hard time with humility and introspection.
giraffe_lady 1y ago
I'm ready to accept my "right too soon" medal whenever. Y'all owe shanley kane an apology too she's been writing about this shit for years. Sydette harry, so many others. We've known for so long, been saying it for years.
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ein0p 1y ago
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- archagon 1y ago
  Jail (with due process) is still better than freaking El Salvador.
  - ein0p 1y ago
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    - archagon 1y ago
      What was that about gangs? Most of the Venezuelans sent to El Salvador appear to have no criminal record. And Trump has explicitly said that citizens are next.
      - tgma 1y ago
        > Most of the Venezuelans sent to El Salvador appear to have no criminal record Your appear to does a lot of heavy-lifting here. Appear to whom? > And Trump has explicitly said that citizens are next. You have a different dictionary than I do: explicitly does not mean what you think it means.
        archagon 1y ago
        And what, pray tell, do you think that word means? Because I saw him say it in an interview. And in other venues, too. > "I call them homegrown criminals," Mr. Trump told Fox Noticias. "I mean, the homegrowns that grew up and something went wrong and they hit people over the head with a baseball bat. We have — and push people into subways, just before the train gets there, like you see happening sometimes. We are looking into it, and we want to do it. I would love to do that." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-homegrown-criminals-foreign-prisons-cecot/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-homegrown-criminals-forei...
archagon 1y ago
Incidentally, Palantir is the company that gets a hard-on from building slaughterbots: https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1hexwjc/slaughterbots_is_here_palantir_is_airing_tv_ads/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1hexwjc/slaughterbo...
- CamperBob2 1y ago
  (Shrug) Like it or not (and I don't), that's how wars will be fought from now on. Somebody has to build the weapons.
  - archagon 1y ago
    "If we don't build the Torment Nexus ourselves, someone else is just gonna do it!"
    - CamperBob2 1y ago
      Go to Ukraine and lecture them about the Torment Nexus, see how that goes over.
      - archagon 1y ago
        Palantir is a company that loves to saber rattle and post disturbing polemics about how “the West” needs to dominate the rest of the world. Moreover, Thiel is in bed with Yarvin, an out-and-proud monarchist. This is the last company I’d trust to build weaponized drone technology. If Palantir ever gets the green light to use these weapons against libruls, illegals, BLM, and/or antifa, they would in a heartbeat.
tgma 1y ago
There is an individual[1] who goes to pro-Hamas protests in England carrying a sign that states the official stance of UK on Hamas (i.e. that it is a terrorist organization) and inevitably gets arrested by the UK police state. Quite rich of 'pg to throw stones from his UK glass castle. [1]: https://x.com/GhorbaniiNiyak https://x.com/GhorbaniiNiyak
ThePowerOfFuet 1y ago
https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/1913338841068404903 https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/1913338841068404903

46 points by pmcjones 1y ago

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Paul, there are also a huge number of other places where you can post your thoughts, rather than at a site owned by someone who pals around with the chief of the police state and does his level best to bring it into existence.

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add-sub-mul-div 1y ago
Principles are important, but not I'll-post-on-a-platform-with-less-clout-potential important.
- 1shooner 1y ago
  It's not really purely principled when the platform is known to manipulate that 'clout' to meet ideological goals.
wnevets 1y ago
paulg loves that site's owner because stopping the "woke mind virus" is worth it for him
- archagon 1y ago
  Well, this is the natural end state of the “‘woke mind virus’ virus.” I hope he realizes that at some point. But I feel like influencers have a hard time with humility and introspection.

giraffe_lady 1y ago

I'm ready to accept my "right too soon" medal whenever. Y'all owe shanley kane an apology too she's been writing about this shit for years. Sydette harry, so many others. We've known for so long, been saying it for years.

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ein0p 1y ago

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archagon 1y ago
Jail (with due process) is still better than freaking El Salvador.
- ein0p 1y ago
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  - archagon 1y ago
    What was that about gangs? Most of the Venezuelans sent to El Salvador appear to have no criminal record. And Trump has explicitly said that citizens are next.
    - tgma 1y ago
      > Most of the Venezuelans sent to El Salvador appear to have no criminal record Your appear to does a lot of heavy-lifting here. Appear to whom? > And Trump has explicitly said that citizens are next. You have a different dictionary than I do: explicitly does not mean what you think it means.
      - archagon 1y ago
        And what, pray tell, do you think that word means? Because I saw him say it in an interview. And in other venues, too. > "I call them homegrown criminals," Mr. Trump told Fox Noticias. "I mean, the homegrowns that grew up and something went wrong and they hit people over the head with a baseball bat. We have — and push people into subways, just before the train gets there, like you see happening sometimes. We are looking into it, and we want to do it. I would love to do that." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-homegrown-criminals-foreign-prisons-cecot/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-homegrown-criminals-forei...

archagon 1y ago

Incidentally, Palantir is the company that gets a hard-on from building slaughterbots: https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1hexwjc/slaughterbots_is_here_palantir_is_airing_tv_ads/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1hexwjc/slaughterbo...

CamperBob2 1y ago
(Shrug) Like it or not (and I don't), that's how wars will be fought from now on. Somebody has to build the weapons.
- archagon 1y ago
  "If we don't build the Torment Nexus ourselves, someone else is just gonna do it!"
  - CamperBob2 1y ago
    Go to Ukraine and lecture them about the Torment Nexus, see how that goes over.
    - archagon 1y ago
      Palantir is a company that loves to saber rattle and post disturbing polemics about how “the West” needs to dominate the rest of the world. Moreover, Thiel is in bed with Yarvin, an out-and-proud monarchist. This is the last company I’d trust to build weaponized drone technology. If Palantir ever gets the green light to use these weapons against libruls, illegals, BLM, and/or antifa, they would in a heartbeat.

tgma 1y ago

There is an individual[1] who goes to pro-Hamas protests in England carrying a sign that states the official stance of UK on Hamas (i.e. that it is a terrorist organization) and inevitably gets arrested by the UK police state. Quite rich of 'pg to throw stones from his UK glass castle. [1]: https://x.com/GhorbaniiNiyak https://x.com/GhorbaniiNiyak

ThePowerOfFuet 1y ago

https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/1913338841068404903 https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/1913338841068404903