'Subscription fees' allow unregulated Capitalism to devolve into Feudalism.
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'Subscription fees' allow unregulated Capitalism to devolve into Feudalism.
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The problem does not lie in the premise of the American Experiment in Democracy. It lies in Capitalism which, unregulated, drives us back toward feudalism. Properly regulated, it might yet evolve into a healthy Socialist Democracy and from there toward proper Communism. It's the economy. Always.
Oh! Look! It's time to set the clocks ahead to World War III
There was a fat fellow from Queens
who hoarded and counted his beans
He conned half a nation
but deregulation
turned scams into legal tax schemes
Simple question. You're writing a movie script; does the hero protect the little girls or the wealthy, powerful men who abuse them?
Let's be the fucking heroes, people.
How's my mood? This ad hit my e-mail and I thought, "oooh, shoes to hang yourself in!"
The wind just came in like I owe it money.
Any kind words about my work will likely be repeated as a blurb.
Any cruel words about my work will likely be repeated as a semi-conscious mantra for 8 to 46 weeks.
Kristi Noem will move to a new, laughably named position: Envoy for the Shield of the Americas.
These pathetic monsters think Kristi Puppy-Killer Noem has any right to be an Agent of Shield? I want Fury on the phone now.
Kristi Noem will move to a new, laughably named position: Envoy for the Shield of the Americas.
These pathetic monsters think Kristi Puppy-Killer Noem has any right to be an Agent of Shield? I want Fury on the phone now.
Kristi Noem will move to a new, laughably named position: Envoy for the Shield of the Americas.
These pathetic monsters think Kristi Puppy-Killer Noem has any right to be an Agent of Shield? I want Fury on the phone now.
Kristi Noem will move to a new, laughably named position: Envoy for the Shield of the Americas.
These pathetic monsters think Kristi Puppy-Killer Noem has any right to be an Agent of Shield? I want Fury on the phone now.
Kristi Noem will move to a new, laughably named position: Envoy for the Shield of the Americas.
These pathetic monsters think Kristi Puppy-Killer Noem has any right to be an Agent of Shield? I want Fury on the phone now.
Kristi Noem will move to a new, laughably named position: Envoy for the Shield of the Americas.
These pathetic monsters think Kristi Puppy-Killer Noem has any right to be an Agent of Shield? I want Fury on the phone now.
Kristi Noem will move to a new, laughably named position: Envoy for the Shield of the Americas.
These pathetic monsters think Kristi Puppy-Killer Noem has any right to be an Agent of Shield? I want Fury on the phone now.
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Apparently Kristi Noem will move to a new, laughably named position: Envoy for the Shield of the Americas.
These pathetic monsters think Kristi Puppy-Killer Noem has any right to be an Agent of Shield? I want Fury on the phone now.
@jackiekashian.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social
The world, the law, my heart... all broken tonight.
Helplessness rolls in like fog and I avoid sleep. In dreams I must confront cataclysm armed only with my small voice.
Still, that behemoth slouches toward Bethlehem to seem bored.
Commands come from zealots.
How's the center doing?
When you come down to it, there aren't any chest wounds that don't suck.
Wait. Can I now beat people up in self-defense if I feel very strongly that they are going to attack first?
To my mind, risking the profit of military contracts by confronting their own source of profit--as obvious a choice as it seems to me--will always be heroic in a Capitalist system.
Personally, I try to avoid doing any business with military endeavors, but certainly tech-based corporations exist in hope of military contracts. To recognize--however late in the game--that military use of their tech is awful for humanity represents a difficult ethical issue for any corporation.2/?
As I understand it (and i don't claim any inside information) it was post Venezuela, in the lead up to this war that @anthropic.com (weigh in!) made a decision not to be a collaborating entity in A) Mass domestic surveillance and B) the use of their tech for autonomous weaponry. 1/?
Hegseth said we will have "no more stupid rules of engagement." This represents a clear statement of intent to ask the military to break laws.
He must be forced to resign or be removed or everyone with the power to effect this removal becomes complicit in all future war crimes.
It was that use (or the lead up to it) that led to Anthropic refusing to give up control of its code and the overlapping ban on its use by the Government on Trump's part.
As Anthropic heroically resist having its AI used in autonomous weapons systems, it occurs to me, that the people who have based their argument on "guns don't kill people..." are now saying, "But wouldn't it be cool if they COULD?"
Dear James O'Keefe, Nick Shirley, et al.
If you need to lie to make your point, your point might not be worth making
Bring me in to perform. I will fundraise for you any day, any where.
People who are very worried about pronouns and freak out over whether we can define a 'woman' keep saying 'underage women' when they mean 'girls' or 'children.'
They keep saying 'Epstein associates' when they mean 'rapists' and 'co-conspirators.'
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