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[–] antonim 52 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Lots of people would like to "leave politics", as they find themselves under "vicious and unethical attacks" by politicians. However, those people's political existence was forced upon them, they didn't want to be a "political" object, especially not in the current landscape.

Musk instead took up his political role consciously, and used it to further attack and harm many who would prefer to be left in peace. He had the luxury to activate himself, commit far worse violence upon the people than he has been subjected to by the people, and when he realises he doesn't really like it, even though the issues he's facing are probably comparatively trivial, he (believes he) has the luxury to return to a more secluded, safe position.

It's really quite disgusting. And I fear he'll get away with it. But I am at least satisfied that his story (a supposed tech guru with his marketing bullshit and his comically immature behaviour) has damaged much of the aura of the modern technocapitalist elite.

[–] antonim 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, the death of an 88-year-old man who has been suffering from serious medical issues for months is so odd and unexpected that it is more reasonable to propose that the vice-president of the US personally killed him.

[–] antonim 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But it is the Diet of Worms that the meme refers to... D:

[–] antonim 2 points 3 months ago

Not necessarily, there's still some young people getting into the franchise. My sister who's from '06 recently started playing H3, and I've seen her playing H5 with her online friends...

[–] antonim 10 points 3 months ago

If you find any on archive.org, they're likely to be only for "loaning", i.e. you need a profile and can only view them within your browser, because they're still under copyright so they limit their distribution.

I'm not linking a workaround for that.

P.S. The JPEGs are better than PDF, the latter have some compression that's really bad on images.

[–] antonim 5 points 3 months ago

Tbh I find that they were always surprisingly lenient on piracy. There are multiple subreddits about piracy websites, some of which had their Telegram channels blocked multiple times in the last year or two, while having no issues on reddit, and even some subreddits where people directly link to pirated content.

[–] antonim 2 points 3 months ago

This is a great article, thank you

[–] antonim 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Right, you the hero would cuff yourself to Garcia. Then the guards would simply stop you (possibly before you'd even manage to do it), unlock or cut the handcuffs if needed, forbid you from entering the country ever again if not outright prosecute you, and possibly put Garcia under even stricter control and isolation, to, you know, prevent having people try to get him out.

Because realistically considering the consequences is... liberal.

[–] antonim 0 points 3 months ago

Wow you're so cool and edgy

[–] antonim 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

No. Qanon stuff mostly happened on 8chan, and even then there's no secret "historical" data to access. It was one or multiple obsessed and/or manipulative people spreading insane ideas anonymously, and idiots falling for it. There's no secret inside some system out there, it's essentially just organic stupidity. Some believe the guy who owned 8chan was "Q", it's not an unreasonable idea, but it changes nothing.

[–] antonim 16 points 3 months ago

Considering all the stuff you've written, the let's say philosophical and ambivalent conclusion there feels inappropriate. A society that puts random innocent people without trial into a death camp is not stable. It all comes off as if the system just restructured the violence (who does it to who and by what means), rather than being on the path of eliminating it...

But it's an enlightening and valuable comment anyway, thank you. Do you know when was the deal with US made? I can't find it on Wikipedia...

[–] antonim 3 points 3 months ago

Hmm, I tried it out on my phone and the results are visually uneven, most oddly the comment text is slightly smaller than the comment timestamp. I don't know if this is intended or really an issue though?

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