stembolts

stembolts , 4 days ago to Lefty Memes in Self-Regulation

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 , 4 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to Lefty Memes in Self-Regulation

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stembolts , 13 days ago to Technology in Why we don't have 128-bit CPUs

So cool.

stembolts , 14 days ago to Memes in i shall simply remain illiterate

I agree with the comedy image.

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

stembolts , 14 days ago to Technology in Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win

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.

stembolts , 14 days ago to Technology in Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win

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 , 14 days ago to Technology in Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win

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 , 14 days ago (edited 14 days ago) to Technology in Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win

"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 , 14 days ago to Technology in Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win

"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?

2. 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 , 1 month ago to Interesting Global News in Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp: Palestinian inmates being beaten, kept shackled to hospital beds or made to stand for hours

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 , 1 month ago to 196 in me btw rule

Cast aside alcohol, yearn for the mines.

stembolts , 1 month ago to Interesting Global News in Gaza: Israel shuts down Associated Press news agency live feed

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.

stembolts , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Memes in feeling old now?

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stembolts , 1 month ago to unions in Alabama: companies that voluntarily recognize unions barred from state economic incentives like grants, loans, tax credits

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

stembolts , 1 month ago to Mildly Infuriating in Nature Valley: 10 bars in 5 packs

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

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