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by saubeidl 10mo ago
Hear me out, but: You can elect a commission of experts to be deciding this. Term limits. Separate independent institution from the government. That's not a dictator. You're just grasping for hyperbole to prop up an ideological po
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
Indeed. I think with some of the more government-aligned oligarchs it's more of a pretense to enable said information warfare.
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
No, actually, through a campaign of propaganda that wasn't stopped. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichschaltung Goebbels himself remarked how stupid the institutions were for granting them freedom of speech: &g
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
Because freedom of speech was always a misguided creed at best. The speech of the manipulator is not the same as the speech of the expert and they shouldn't be given the same treatment, lest you want psychological warfare waged on your
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
https://archive.ph/UF531
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EU Parliament eyes freezing US trade deal over Trump's Greenland threats(politico.eu)
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French-U.K. Starlink rival pitches Canada on 'sovereign' service for Arctic ops(cbc.ca)
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EU envoys provisionally approve signing of record Mercosur trade deal(reuters.com)
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
As a socialist, I would disagree. Communism is about a would-be utopia after the workers own the means of production. For us tech workers, it could be argued that the means of production are source code. Thus, there is a socialist aspect to
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Grok Is Creating Sexualized Deepfakes of Celebrities and Children(rollingstone.com)
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
They're building 1984. They're building the Social Credit system they claimed China was building. Don't let them!
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
And yet they're not doing shit. Look at what Serbia's been doing. https://old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1jc0y... Be more like Serbia.
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
The news is that they were explicitly told those orders apply to the US.
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Danish troops told to 'shoot first, ask questions later' if US invades Greenland(lbc.co.uk)
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
There's another factor: Due to the unpredictable and unreliable nature of the current US administration, the rest of the west is "America-proofing" itself. Expect cash flows to dry up as Europe, Latam, Canada and Korea/J
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
My even hotter take: This was always the inevitable result of shareholder capitalism. The only outcomes left are either unchecked descent into fascism as oligarchs consolidate power and finish their government takeover before their current
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
If I were to join a resistance movement, I would surely keep such information from online reactionaries.
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
I can't control what other people do, unfortunately. But I can choose to engage on my own terms.
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
> Do you apply the same logic to owners of popular newspapers such as BBC, CNN, Fox News etc? Of course! It's always important to consider the agenda behind any media. > Since X is still highly popular, will you ever reconsider y
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
I hate X, its anti-user patterns and how its oligarch owner uses it to manipulate discourse to steer society towards his right-wing extremist views. That being said, many public figures have not made the same judgement and post their commun
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China seeks to enhance ties with Ireland to boost relations with EU(reuters.com)
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
A white person with feelings of racial superiority.
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
I think it's either that or an unchecked descent into 20th century style fascism. I don't want civil war. I just think it's preferable to the alternative.
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
I disagree with your framing about not wanting a civil war. At this point it's between the fascists taking over unopposed and them maybe losing this civil war. I'd rather take the chance than give up without a fight. I agree with
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
No, this isn't the work for a single person. It needs a movement, like the French Resistance or the Yugoslav Partisans.
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
Thank you for the thoughtful response. While we still disagree, I understand your hesitation. When I think of this, I think not of Robespierre, but of Tito, who managed to liberate his own country from the Nazis and keep the reactionaries (
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Hacker Dressed as the Pink Ranger Takes Down White Supremacist Websites Onstage(gizmodo.com)
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Denmark Tells Trump to 'Stop the Threats' About Greenland(nytimes.com)
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
She. And presumably behind the scenes submarines are being positioned. Crazy times we live in.
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by saubeidl 10mo ago
Let me quote the CEO of ycombinator. >You're thinking Chinese surveillance >US-based surveillance helps victims and prevents more victims https://xcancel.com/garrytan/status/1963310592615485955 Americ

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