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stembolts ,

They are buying propaganda, but in this thread they are selling it. They're a bad faith actor, disinfo bot, or standard issue moron. The only hard part is knowing which one.

stembolts ,

So cool.

stembolts ,

I agree with the comedy image.

The only thing worse than the squalor of addiction is the unearned confidence of people with glasses.

stembolts ,

"Because what is legal is always right.
And what is right is always legal."

No?

In a fascist state, your mindset is welcome, "Well they broke the rule, they must pay," but do you never abstract one more level? Is the rule itself breaking something?

Those who downvote you say yes. Nuance is important. The rule has two main affects that I see.

  1. Direct effect (the goal) :Publishers maintain a monopoly on bookselling low value books, the structure of their business preventing any competition.

Okay lets think about #1. Is that good or bad?

  1. Indirect effect : the members of that society now have a restricted access to knowledge.

Okay lets think about #2. Is that good or bad?

Being critical in thought enough to recognize the flaws of the first quote is key.

stembolts , (edited )

"No one should stand up for new rights. Don't rock the boat bro."

Your mindset is the road to a dictatorship.

What does the Mafia do? Show up, "Wow you got a lot of valuable things here Be a shame if someone broke them. Best listen to us."

The Mafia leverages potential of damage to existing value to extract cooperation.

I see very little difference here between the Mafia and the plaintiff.

stembolts ,

I had nothing to say to that. I agree with it.

One paragraph discusses action, the other discusses philosophy. I only took issue with your regressive philosophy. I'm open to correcting misunderstandings, elaborate if you feel I continue to miss something.

stembolts ,

It's a quote of an opinion, so in general I ignore them. I'm usually more interested in distilling ideas constructed with some line of reasoning.

But I guess we can look at this one. Find it's essence. Tho it doesn't seem very deep..

"Societies with rule of law are dictatorships. How leaders are selected and the existence of fundamental Constitutional rights is not a factor."

So in short.

Having laws at all is a dictatorship.

Yeah, that is one of the opinions I'd ignore. It's easy to have that opinion inside the walls of a lawed society.

Luckily it is valid to respond to an opinion with an opinion, and mine is that I imagine everyone (except the strongest with the most resources) would abandon that perspective as soon as they lived in a world with no laws.

stembolts ,

It would be more accurate if you said, "This is not about right and wrong (for me)."

If you say it's not about right and wrong, dead stop, then you are pledging full faith to the institutions, the very ones we are critiquing.

Basically, you are dismissing my opinion as misguided, dismissing me as missing the point and I am telling you it was expressed exactly as intended.

In short, you are arguing on the wrong conceptual meta-level for me to respond without dismissing my own claim. If I take as True that "this isn't about right and wrong" (it is), then I am setting aside the power I have in a democratic society to say, "Fuck this I'm changing it." Maybe we've just been stuck in gridlock politics, with a ruling class that strips and monetizes every aspect of humanity that the society today doesn't realize the power citizens wield.

Not sure. Been fun to think and share thoughts with you though. Thanks for your time and have a nice night.

An impasse is a perfectly acceptable outcome on a sane platform like Lemmy.

Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp: Palestinian inmates being beaten, kept shackled to hospital beds or made to stand for hours (www.theguardian.com)

Prisoners held at an Israeli detention camp in the Negev desert are being subjected to widespread physical and mental abuses, with at least one reported case of a man having his limb amputated as a result of injuries sustained from constant handcuffing, according to two whistleblowers who worked at the site....

stembolts ,

Please stop submitting antisemitic posts. It is fine that Israel is torturing these "people" because the Holocaust happened. Any critique of Israel is because you hate Jews. /s

Sarcasm clearly, but from a right-wing perspective everything that is going on in Israel is fantastic. The world is seeing that the Jewish state is a child-devouring monster. Not that it matters to conservatives, the bigger picture is that more people will dislike Jews, and hard right wingers are happy about this. Israel, driven by hate, is playing right into their hands and showing that they are the monsters that conspiracy theorists have rambled incoherently about for years.

In short, while this isn't antisemitism I have no doubt that antisemitism will rise in response to Israel's genocide.

stembolts ,

Cast aside alcohol, yearn for the mines.

stembolts ,

Correct, now you are getting it. Everything Israel is doing is fine and we should all defend it, however please don't watch, comment, critique, record, or witness these totally legal and valid actions.

Otherwise you are behaving like a terrorist.. terrorists watch things, talk about things, mention international laws, they use words and pens, disgusting terrorist activities.

Meanwhile, upright citizens use bombs to tear apart childrens' bodies. And they look the other way when it occurs. Be an upright citizen and stop asking so many god damn inconvenient questions.

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stembolts ,

Some of the laws being passed by Republican areas of the United States are so dumb that they are hard to believe.

stembolts ,

I hate these bars, I have no idea how anyone tolerates eating it anywhere indoors.

https://programming.dev/pictrs/image/18a05d4b-0c25-4eb8-86ea-6dddc52d15d5.webp

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stembolts ,

What about 5C, 6C, why stop there? Let's do 7C.

Let's all just burn everyone on the surface of the planet alive, otherwise the stock market may crash.

stembolts ,

thanks i rool

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The American system of government is the blame game. For example, few people seem to remember that during Obama's 8 years in office he had the government for 10 months.

During the 86 other months Republicans exploited that by simultaneously stonewalling everything while going to the media and questioning why the democrats aren't doing more for the American people. It is a masterfully effective underhanded tactic.

I also agree that everyone should vote. When more people vote, regardless of political affiliation, democrats win bigger. I don't know why that is true, but it is. So yes, everyone vote!

stembolts ,

When the quiet stuff changes to not so quiet, it is your way of life now.

Pause and think, what used to be presumed.. but quiet and with a measure of doubt, but is now said aloud? Many things.

Keeping track of these things keeps track of where a society is heading.

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a demon from hell, clearly

(jk, hell doesn't exist, the idea of an afterlife is a placating tactic devised by religious heads to get people to accept a subservient life so they can enjoy paradise in the next one, which doesn't exist, but you're dead by then so, mission accomplished. it had it's place in the times when it was founded to create order but in the modern era it turns people into subservient cattle for the system. wait, is this a Wendy's? again??)

stembolts ,

After the lecture on gay frogs sir/madam.
Please respect my time.

stembolts ,

Um sir or madam, I believe Bugs Bunny said it does, in case you missed that.

Have you seen what he is capable of? Have you witnessed the trauma of Elmer Fudd? You're treading on thin ice, I would advise that you exercise caution for your own sake.

stembolts ,

😊
Thank you!
I am.

stembolts ,

What am I supposed to do? Live in a perpetual anxiety attack? Instead I choose to accept I'm one of the last living humans before the atmosphere turns to acid, or skittles, or whatever the fuck.

But hey, line go up.

stembolts ,

I'm 100% not an expert on this, I'm actually stupid, so know that before you read what I write.

As much as I get what you are saying, the United States has continually expanded the rights of corporations to essentially be.. people. So on that they seem to have some legal standing? But then we factor in national security interests, and those override everything.

Without the national security interests I'd be curious which way this would go, but I don't expect, "I deserve to spy on your citizens because I have free speech," to fly..

So in a way I agree with you and in other ways I disagree with you, in the end.. I said nothing, but I did say I am stupid at the top, so really it's your fault for continuing to read this far.

At the very least it's gonna be interesting. I doubt it will spark any introspection for politicians to think, "Hm, maybe we shouldn't have given corporations more rights than people.." Nope. Poison the waters. Contaminate the soil. Torture the animals. Burn the sky. Cook all of humanity.

But hey, line go up.

stembolts ,

Heck no, but conflating two arguments at the same time makes them both unsolvable. I just approach one topic at a time. I'm very much anti-gov-spying. It's fourth amendment stuff.

But I think the constitution is more of a talking point than something American politicians care about these days. They like to use it to say, "Do the thing I like! But wait, stop using it to stop me from stopping the things I don't like!"

It's corruption all the way down.

stembolts ,

Oh sorry, I didn't mean that to come off as an accusation.

stembolts ,

The DOE said it is offering the impacted students — some of whom even graduated from the system several years before the security breach occurred — two years of free credit and identity-monitoring services through vendor IDX to help protect against identity theft.

So they are offering nothing. Absolutely nothing. In two years will this stolen data cease to exist? No. This data can never be unshared, these people can never achieve privacy.

But no penalties, no punishment, no prison. That's just for when the poors are negligent or commit crimes. We are just data-cattle. Accept your data-milking and get back to work.

If you want to do something about it, please present your case to the courts. My brother, neighbor, and former college roommate are the judges. Good luck.

Now watch this ad, we know people of your ethnicity with your academic record we acquired like these sort of things.

stembolts , (edited )

Ah, he's emotional. People shouldn't be outwardly emotional, especially men. Otherwise I can't absorb the content of their message. /s

Joke aside, did you have a point? One could alternatively say that he's passionate about the fights he chooses. Should we not all aspire to be passionate about the fights we choose?

I suppose I'm not making the connection with what this comment has to do with the content of the video. At which timestamp do you feel he was emotional and how do you feel it effected the overall message?

stembolts ,

Did he makes the youtube thing a men's rights issue? I don't understand, I only had time to watch the first half of the video so far. I'll check out the rest later.

stembolts ,

Fair critique, he is known for being verbose, I suppose his audience likes that though? Shows us the value of editors :)

stembolts ,

Given that Google search only returns like 9 websites now, shouldn't be too hard.

Google sucks now, use duckduckgo or something else.

stembolts ,

sudo !!

stembolts ,

The entire conservative, pro cop playbook is "say silly things, pretend you don't know they're silly".

And if anyone calls you out, act offended. Everyone knows if you are offended you are right. Growing up in a religious household it's incredible how many times I saw someone use, "You're rude therefore you are wrong" as a core tenant of "debate".

The 'victim card' is the conservative 'race card'.

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Boop beep I got delete.

stembolts ,

Possibly so.
When they say the "first" I cannot tell if they mean the first one I mentioned or the first one they mentioned.
Relative references in language is confusing!

stembolts ,

Thanks I'm the best.

stembolts ,

If this were to come to pass, it would be a massive hit to the middle class. Truckers make up a HUGE part of the American middle class work force.

Also consider the economic impact to all of the gas stations and rest stops created primarily to service them, a huge amount of infrastructure exists to service truckers. That said, many could convert for autonomous service needs? I expect it to be a net loss for them also. RIP Loves?

And from a technical point of view, it's a lesser challenge than generalized self-driving because point A and B are already known for each route, so more of the route could be "hardcoded" (not actually hardcoded but I think you get the concept).

That said, I can't predict the timeline of when this would be feasible, but when it happens I expect it will cause a lot of anger from truckers.

Anyway, the jist of my comment, this will route a substantial amount of middle class wages from the truckers to the truck owners, increasing inequality even further.

This is the biggest catalyst to sway the public toward a UBI than anything else I can imagine.

stembolts ,

"Welcome to university, where we teach you to be the leaders of tomorrow, think for yourself, and pursue truth regardless of the consequences."

"Wait no, not like that. Shut up. Stop expressing yourself. There will he consequences for all of those who express the wrong truth. Now please, disperse and sign this form proclaiming obedience and asserting that you commit to never disrupting any entity with your speech or actions."

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stembolts ,

Percentage of gross annual earnings from the year of the crime.

0-100% sliding scale decided by a judge based on crime severity.

Let the public veto the fine (back to a new judge) via referendum if they deem it too lenient. Rinse and repeat. Let the public get some punches in because corps have been swinging down at us for over a century.

The fact that this is "too democratic" to be realistic is a sign of the times, imo.

Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time?

I'm sick of random capitalisations mid sentence. I'm sick of common words being replaced by less common ones or even downright nonsense. I'm sick of it taking three attempts to successfully get the word I want. I swear it's been like this for five years or more. Can we have a better version yet, or at least the old one back?

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私はねこです。
それいぬをたべましょか。
🐕🐈🐈‍⬛

(I am a cat)
(Should we eat that dog?)

stembolts ,

I would love it if the government banned Reddit.

Lemmy I could live without. If any users are making their livelihoods on Lemmy or Reddit, they should find something more productive to do.

by Stovetop@lemmy.world

I nominate this for the least aware comment on lemmy. We truly have a gem here. "If someone is making their living in a way I don't understand, they should get a real job. After all, it doesn't affect me, so it must be fine."

Truly well-spoken, just look at all of the many high-paying jobs available to people of all skill levels, I mean, it's not enough that an entire generation needs to hustle and convert every waking moment into opportunities to generate capital in order to barely survive.. but also please do it in a way that Stovetop understands and supports. Otherwise, it's not "productive", whatever high-minded values that meaningless phrase is supposed to represent. Clueless.

Null empathy, null emotional intelligence, null consideration. Truly a masterpiece.

Stovetop please stay the way you are, we want to study you.

stembolts , (edited )

That is a good question.

The world of late stage capitalism. When "scammer" starts to become a common profession.. perhaps instead of asking why everyone is becoming a scammer, ask what type of system rewards and necessistates it, and why?

There are hints in this discussion to what is wrong with the world we inhabit that leads people down this path, and that is the picture I want to draw for you.

In short, people are extremely desperate. Some might think this is just how things are, but I happen to be one of the people who thinks it is by design. The richest want to keep the workers hungry, afraid, lacking security, and the house (in which they have financial stake in) can rake in the gains. The intentional applied divisiveness of capitalism.

In that context, I wanted to point out the privileged life that you likely live in order to not realize the desperation that drives someone to capitalize on every financial opportunity available, even the crazy ones. My statement isn't in favor of making revenue on X, Y, or Z platform, my statement is in critique over your critique of how others earn a living, as well as your disregard for their situation. I was urging you to walk a mental mile in someone else's shoes.

Also I apologize for mocking you, it's not personal but I couldn't resist taking the piss out of your comment.

stembolts ,

And the weapon is ideas? If a society has to shield itself from ideas to prevent revolt, then perhaps that society has bigger problems. Patching the hole as a united bipartisan front, when the ONLY things that receives united bipartisan support is corporate interests, kinda gives their hand away. They're doing this as a desperation move to prevent societal erosion and more importantly, loss of power in media. I think it's too late.

Seems like an upheaval, electorally or otherwise, is at hand and this is a desperation move. I don't expect the patching to prevent the rain, but who knows.

My interpretation, open to being wrong.

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