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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Of course, the purpose of a system is what it does.

But that means there is no path to fixing anything through voting, and in fact, the worst thing is people believing that voting "works" and voting is the only thing they have to do to change the system. We aren't going to give Democrats comeuppance to Democrats by voting for them either. Voting is a busybox.

Do something else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

First you say "you’re not mad a GenAI as a technology, you’re mad at Capitalism" and then when I agree with you you move the goal posts to argue against it? Are you just arguing for its own sake?

It's like I never left Reddit!

Talking to you was a mistake. You're just trying to "win" the conversation, you don't actually care about anything I have to say.

I'm done. You can have the last word.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Wrong. The right takes it just as seriously, they just see job losses from AI as an opportunity to kill off the surplus population.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

And you can't separate the technology from it's historical and material context. We could say "capitalist LLMs" instead of just "LLMs" every time we talk about the technology, but is that useful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It also makes them unable to understand art. They think art is when something looks or sounds nice, they have no appreciation for anything deeper than that because for them the art is a commodity alienated from the labor that produced it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The problem is capitalism, but the technology was produced under capitalism and you're using this technology under capitalism. So, a distinction without a difference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

That's why FPTP doesn't work. It's a broken electoral system that produces exactly this result, because the majority of people are not willing to vote for lesser evils and you can't make them no matter how much you scream at them for letting Trump win.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I don't think it's an exaggeration to say these people are dehumanizing and debasing themselves.

After a few years of this they'll scarcely be able to think at all.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've noticed a vibe shift; my theory is that Trump is a radicalizing force (which was the purpose of the so-called No Kings protest, to sheepdog libs back into the party and away from radicalization) and so it should last at least the next few years.

Although if there is a presidential election I'm sure lemmy.world will defederate from lemmy.ml and the libs will have their revenge.

Also! Ukraine is still the one issue that liberals will not budge on and I don't see that changing as Russia racks up victories and the US pulls out of the debacle. I envision a new EU-centered revanchist stabbed-in-the-back myth which sees a need for Europe to reclaim its power from the US and return to its old imperial might to "spread democracy" and "defend human rights".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They used to actually believe it was politically neutral, can you believe it? 😂

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What "both"? Are you under the impression the US has an organized left?

 

Most of the incident was captured on video from multiple angles. Rather than argue that he didn't do it, Huston's defense is arguing that he had the right to drive through the protestors because his traffic light was green.

In the videos shown in court, many of which haven't been seen before, Huston's truck appears to approach a car at the light. When the light turned green, the truck is seen swerving around the car and comes up to the protestors who are crossing, before stopping when it collided with a pedestrian.

It's truly amazing what motorists think they can get away with.

 

The mention that this is happening because of actions of creditors made me look up wtf they're talking about.

Y'all? It's not good

Preston Hollow Community Capital, a specialty finance company that claims Mercy is in “a financial freefall,” wants a district court judge to appoint a receiver who will take control of the hospital’s assets. Preston Hollow claims the 234-bed, acute care hospital is incurring “unsustainable financial losses” and argues that a receiver is needed to avoid a shutdown of the hospital.

Mercy is now seeking dismissal of Preston Hollow’s petition for receivership, calling it a “pretextual power play by an investment fund that puts the medical team, employees, patients and larger community at risk.”

In new court filings, Mercy argues that Preston Hollow’s legal action was triggered by the Mercy board of directors’ refusal to go along with the finance company’s “aggressive and improper demands to abruptly change management.”

American healthcare everybody!

 

Abolish the border.

 

I'm not out to my parents as non-binary (they would reject it most possibly). I want to come out at school to all new teachers, that way i can just slowly come out. this law would be a disaster to any of my plans, which is why I find it scary to imagine me in Iowa.I'm not out to my parents as non-binary (they would reject it most possibly). I want to come out at school to all new teachers, that way i can just slowly come out. this law would be a disaster to any of my plans, which is why I find it scary to imagine me in Iowa.

If "First, do no harm" is a principle in caring professions, Iowa elected officials are demanding adults cause harm to vulnerable kids in schools, and teachers have an obligation to resist policies whose purpose is to inflict cruelty. In fact, we know that using chosen names can literally be life-saving for transgender kids, as being able to use chosen names is directly linked to a decrease in depression and suicide. As a basic human courtesy, it’s the bare minimum, costs us nothing, yet can mean everything.

I like Bleeding Heartland, but one criticism I have is how they don't actually ascribe motives to fascists. They still try to maintain this bizarre appearance of """neutrality""" by just presenting the facts and not actually examining our enemies.

The entire point is to harm queer children. They want us to commit suicide before we're old enough to vote against them or spread our deviant ideas to other children. They want to increase depression and suicide. "The cruelty is the point" is trite, they're not just meanies that want to hurt us.

They're fascists. This is social Darwinism.

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