leftascenter
@leftascenter@tarte.nuage-libre.fr
- Comment on Why do Republicans hate the poor so much? 4 hours ago:
Capitalism is built on the notion that wealth is virtue.
That’s one of the excuses. Whatever period and place, there is a different ideology provided to explain the concentration of wealth.
Details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_and_Ideology - Comment on Why do Republicans hate the poor so much? 4 hours ago:
Why do Republicans hate the poor so much?
For the rich: money reduces empathy. There a a few funny studies on the matter, including one on lottery winners. Plus the very wealthy live in their own bubble.
For the poor: propaganda. Lack of education in logic, sociology, macroeconomics, human relationships. A complete education is not all math and literature and hard science.
trying everything they can to harm people who need any sort of assistance?
The power-hungry want power, control, coercion. Through media power, cronyism they allied with the ultra rich who have power and want docile workers.
The dominated Republicans are fighting the ghost of people abusing the system, afraid of change, hiding in conservatism, backing into 1930s racism. They didn’t think the powerful Republicans would cut their help, only do something about their fears.
Pretend I am rich? Like how much money am I getting back by Republicans kicking men off healthcare or destroying insurance for those who need it most. It must be alot right?
It’s not about economics: healthcare and general welfare have a net positive impact, up to the point of housing homeless people costs globally less than having them on the street.
Personal gain is really at stake only when said service is repurchased by friends of the government, e.g. medical research, police, military, roads anything can go. Helping the poor can’t really be sold. Policing them, yes.
- Comment on Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships 1 week ago:
Google droid: I’d suggest adding xiaomi 15T pro to your shortlist.
Degoogled if you’re into that or at one point want to try fleeing the centralized ecosystems : pixel + graphene.
The other other way: furiphone.
- Comment on Here’s what ads on your $2,000 Samsung smart fridge will look like 1 week ago:
So, buy fridge add-space to put the ugliest add for dumb-fridges ?
- Comment on Elon Musk’s Grokipedia launches with AI-cloned pages from Wikipedia 2 weeks ago:
To be clear:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_and_fact-checking.
Vs.
https://grokipedia.com/page/Wikipedia_and_fact-checking.Grok explains itself:
Co-founder Larry Sanger has argued since 2020 that the platform exhibits a pronounced left-wing slant, attributing it to the exclusion of conservative viewpoints via policies that deem non-mainstream outlets unreliable, even when they report verifiable facts overlooked by establishment media.[89] This is evident in the Reliable Sources guideline, which prioritizes legacy media—often critiqued for institutional left-leaning tendencies—over primary data or alternative analyses, effectively blacklisting sites like those affiliated with the Daily Wire or Breitbart unless corroborated elsewhere
- Comment on AI "Phone Farm" Startup Gets Funding from Marc Andreessen to Flood Social Media With Spam 2 weeks ago:
Silicon valley disrupting the scam industry!