That’s worded a bit badly. What I mean is that the fascism of the GOP is giving the Democrats cover to not enact populous leftists policies and continue catering to corporatism. Thus they are profiting off the far right because the americans don’t really have a choice.
Afaik Blink is a fork of WebKit. It’s good there is some independent development but also safari is closed ecosystem.
Thanks that is what I was curious about. So good news!
But all of that is ignoring the power imbalance. There is very sophisticated techniques being used to control what people hear, think and say. And that technology or science is getting better every day. And that power is overwhelmingly in the hands of those who have lots of money or “economic power”. They can hire the smartest sociopaths.
While most people are too busy living their lives and are less interested in devoting their whole live to acquiring or keeping power. Or they belong to the unfortunate 50% of people who are less than average in mental capability. They are the easiest to manipulate.
There are certain flaws in how we see our society and how you represent it. And your explanation doesn’t explain any of that. It HIDES those explanation and redirects focus away from the actual causes.
We as a civilization have parasitic elements and can manipulate by exploiting emotions or weaknesses or disadvantages. Saying we deserve that abuse is like saying someone deserves to be robbed because they were too weak to fight back. Few people want to live in a world like that.
https://voshart.medium.com/mona-lisa-had-eyebrows-381ddcfad342
TIL mona lisa eyebrows vanished and don’t piss off art nerds
Do LLM or that AI image stuff run on CUDA?
You’re also not supposed to select the squares that have less than 10% coverage of the item. I think. Or maybe I’m just making that up :D
The whole thing is shit, starting with how they tell them to leave for no reason. And the you can see the cop pick off the last one for no good reason. They can bully and harass people however they want to create and escalate these kinds of situations.
Those cops aren’t just the usual ACAB they are outright fascists.
It’s not just about Trump, it’s about the one that comes after. Trump is a buffoon that is smart in some ways but overall too stupid to govern effectively. But I’m sure there are elements who are now casting someone who can activate people like Trump can, but is more self controlled or controllable.
Ultimately, you always get the politicians you deserve. If your choice is always a bit shit, perhaps you need to look at yourselves instead of complaining about who is assumed to be the best choice.
That is madness. The reason the US gets shit candidates is because of shit takes like that (sorry). Because there are incredibly forces at work. Not “behind the scenes” so much as baked into the rules of the system. Economic power rules all. And those who pursue power or money without regard for anything else are statistically the most likely to achieve it.
Do they require a phone number? I tried to sign up to gitlab (just to post bug reports!) but they required a phone number (which is linked to government ID).
This is kinda scary. Sanctions are one thing, but do you really want your internet provider to investigate people and act like an intelligence service for the state?
It’s a bit worrying that the journalist doesn’t point out that it’s ALL chrome. Safari, Edge, they all use the chrome engine. A complete monopolization of web features. Most recently we’ve seen the problems with that in trying to ditch good innovations like jpegXL.
Sorry, I guess at this point I’m trolling a bit lol. You’re too easy to wind up! Yes of course you have to vote for Biden, BUT… it has to be under protest. I think the best way to mobilize democratic voters (and it’s not so much people against Biden as people just too fed up to show up) is to tell them they can influence by protesting democrats into more popular opinions.
Because the democrats COULD totally push out more popular (left leaning) policies but they don’t wanna. For them it’s just a balance sheet of how much shit the people are willing to eat under threat of loosing democracy. There is a fight to be had about better and more popular policies. Like what is the plan for abortion, a federal law? It’s just crazy they are not campaigning on that.
2028: “Look at how Kamela Harris runs for her second remaining term on the idea of mining the southern border (much better than walls) and a path to citizenship for refugees in return for a stint of indentured servitude!” /s
True. But I’m thinking a bit in terms of “solar punk”. Batteries and fuel cells require high tech materials and very complex global production lines for manufacture and supply of raw materials or instruments etc. It’s a bit of a house of cards. So I’m trying to think how you can “democratize” the base of a local economy. Genetically engineering plants for bio fuel is one way. That allows third world countries or local cities to maintain civilization even if global trade collapses.
What I mean and I think @go_go_gadget@lemmy.world means is your reaction. Now buts or ifs. We’ve been played into a corner.
The fascists don’t even have to win the election to change the political landscape. Look at how immigration or abortion isn’t argued about by the democrats for decades. They cede more and more ground.
What we need is an anti-trump on the left. But that is just not were the economic power is.
I have prepared the sacrifices to Nyctelios so I should be good
We need banks that specifically are meant to allow the workers of a company to buy their company and turn it into a collective. Not that the workers can sell the shares but they own it in the sense that they can democratically determine how profits are spend and what managers are hired / elected. Just a loan which just requires printing a little more money which we do all the time.
That would solve so many inefficiencies and amoralities in the current economy.
That’s a bit harsh but ok. I don’t understand how my argument is offensive. If Trump hadn’t happened the overton window would surely be more to the left? And the democrats have been using a pied piper strategy to help more extremist far right candidates in order to more easily beat them, while at the same time undercutting the left.