ruuster13
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- Comment on How come NK doesn't just come out and say we are in trouble and need help? Like their lack of food and stuff? I really don't see a downside for a country admit they were wrong and need help 3 days ago:
Capitalism is economic policy, not a governance system. You are committing the gravest sin leftists struggle with by conflating it with a power structure. They are not the same thing. Capitalism is not actually practiced anywhere in the world now, as oligarchy is the norm. The whole “capitalism vs socialism” argument has been conflated and abused to drive a wedge between Democrats and leftists in the USA.
- Comment on How come NK doesn't just come out and say we are in trouble and need help? Like their lack of food and stuff? I really don't see a downside for a country admit they were wrong and need help 3 days ago:
The authoritarian ruler maintains control when enough people are brainwashed. See the current situation in the USA as an example. It’s not necessarily even the majority, but enough to maintain and enforce power.
- Comment on How come NK doesn't just come out and say we are in trouble and need help? Like their lack of food and stuff? I really don't see a downside for a country admit they were wrong and need help 3 days ago:
This. Their entire system of authoritarian control depends on it. The people are brainwashed into believing it’s true and if cracks start to appear in the facade, the government could (and definitely would for NK) quickly lose control of the people. The regime would be toppled.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
Jesus said “feed the hungry” and AOC said NEXT.
- Comment on Andrew will be banished from royal premises to King Charles' private and remote Sandringham estate 4 days ago:
Private and remote enough that you need your own Lolita Express to get there.
- Comment on Why isn't the rest of the world doing anything about the USA? 4 days ago:
Why didn’t the world sanction Russia over Chechnya or China over Tibet? It has to have a certain impact on everyone before they’ll do anything.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s Grokipedia launches with AI-cloned pages from Wikipedia 1 week ago:
It will be full of frog memes and crypto “fundraiser” popups. The references section at the bottom will be links to buy life insurance and commemorative freeze-dried Trump feces with bits of undigested/unpaid bills sprinkled throughout.
- Comment on ‘I’m suddenly so angry!’ My strange, unnerving week with an AI ‘friend’ 2 weeks ago:
That’s the point. This isn’t for anyone.
- Comment on ‘I’m suddenly so angry!’ My strange, unnerving week with an AI ‘friend’ 2 weeks ago:
This type of device is probably perfect for people who are ALL of the following: lonely, depressed, financially comfortable, cognitively able to accept the device’s limitations, not prone to paranoia or delusional thoughts, not easily manipulated by propaganda, have capacity and empowerment to enact change in their lives, and able to reflect upon and respond to their inner world. For the rest of us…
- Comment on Julia Gillard endorses Donald Trump 2 weeks ago:
Okay but… If you describe yourselves as unserious, you have the main trait of American conservatives in common. We used to laugh in America too. Do you have space for the next round of criminal exports neé Democrats?
- Comment on Introverts of our era spend their time on their computers, but what did introverts do before? Like when literacy rates were lower (pre-1950s)? Or before the printing press? 2 weeks ago:
Build model trains.
- Comment on Is it possible to be a leftist, but still really enjoy capitalism? 2 weeks ago:
If your friends always play Monopoly and you get dragged into it, do you refuse to have fun on principle? Or do you choose to have a blast with your friends, occasionally chuckle at the game’s shortcomings, and indulge in exploiting some of its weaknesses to ensure you come out on top? (That last one is optional and depends on you getting assigned to play the banker)
- Comment on Fuck this expresso depresso life, but double fuck all these assholes. 3 weeks ago:
Imagine you get chased by a wolf through a forest. You nearly run off this cliff, catching yourself in the roots of this tree. Then you notice a ripe wild strawberry…
- Comment on Why everyone is quitting social media 3 weeks ago:
Spare me the buzzwords. Doomscrolling is horribly addictive and ruins attention spans. There’s a proliferation of news/propaganda sites worldwide that are shared uncritically. Bot vote manipulation creates a false reality. Ads masquerade as opinion posts. Foreign actors locked behind monitored firewalls participate in open free speech discussions.
The list goes on and on. Don’t point to brain cancer to defend thyroid cancer.
- Comment on Why everyone is quitting social media 3 weeks ago:
No there isn’t. Not as it affects your mental health. Bots are on the fediverse fueling the same paranoia.
- Comment on What happens if a world leader gets assassinated during a foreign visit by a *former* citizen of that leader's country? (Like: international relations wise) 1 month ago:
Read up on Franz Ferdinand if you want to know how it goes.
- Comment on Kinky 1 month ago:
Me, dialoguing with myself to enter the public pool:
- Comment on Elon Musk tells Tommy Robinson protest ‘violence is coming’ in call for change in UK government 1 month ago:
Remember how Nazi Germany tried to take over the whole world? There’s only one authoritarian playbook.
- Comment on You're Welcome, Grandma! 1 month ago:
“Egghead neuroscientist grandma” feels like it would disarm me.
- Comment on I may swear like a pirate, but I'm a fucking PRINCIPLED pirate 2 months ago:
IDC; I am judging them.
- Comment on Left-handed sep funnel anyone? 2 months ago:
You’re right. I’m no longer laughing.
- Comment on I may swear like a pirate, but I'm a fucking PRINCIPLED pirate 2 months ago:
Look me in the eyes and tell me you don’t judge people who wear red hats.
- Comment on I may swear like a pirate, but I'm a fucking PRINCIPLED pirate 2 months ago:
You came for the circle jerks but til this stable is full you only get horseshoe handies.
- Comment on Anon is a fact checker 2 months ago:
Sorry you’ve felt left out of the conversation. If you spend time in male-only spaces you’ll find they aren’t talking about it.
- Comment on Anon is sick fuck 2 months ago:
At this point, 4chan is just AGI’s alt account trying to convince world governments to eliminate privacy and break encryption.
- Comment on Anon is a fact checker 2 months ago:
“Male loneliness epidemic” = “all lives matter.” Though counterintuitive, they both attempt to bring increased attention to men on an issue that is already universal. There is a loneliness epidemic conversation you could join.
- Comment on Checkmate Atheists! 2 months ago:
But that’s what makes you a prophet. You picked the right quote and the right person without even knowing why.
- Comment on Checkmate Atheists! 2 months ago:
Gaiman carried hell and inflicted it upon those he abused.
- Comment on Checkmate Atheists! 2 months ago:
Lettuce not forget the other one.
- Comment on Checkmate Atheists! 2 months ago:
That’s your atheist afterlife. It’s perfectly valid of course.