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i don't think they see any children as fully human

they see their own as capable of qualifying at some future point once they've been sufficiently indoctrinated

but they see Others as irredeemable children regardless of their age

it's a white thing

politics can only be optional if your identity is not politicised

people notice this because they do have media literacy

not because they lack it

they disagree with it because it is abhorrent

not because they don't understand it

i'm pretty sure that the so called 'literacy crisis' is actually an objectivism crisis

it isn't that people can't read and interpret text

it's that they can't figure out what the Properly Approved interpretation is

because meaning is always subjective and frame dependent

that is the system now

it isn't unconditional

it's only for those deemed 'legitimate' (by being able to afford to buy it)

language is a fluid flexible thing and interpretation is a subjective process

the formal kings english dominates in many academic spaces but it isn't the only form of english

the primary reason the concept of property has value is that it can be and is used to generate profit

what's your plan for changing the situation and why is it better than the op?

Computers and technology more broadly have valid beneficial uses

But the purpose of general AI is to suppress and replace human thinking. That isn't a good thing.

in my experience it's a common attitude in general

it's only really the establishment elites who love it

they're the ones setting the media narrative that claims that 'everyone' is on board

I say this every year, but:

The uni students I'm teaching are thoughtful, intelligent, will make everything they encounter better.

With a new addition for 2026:

They deeply hate AI.

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A broken washing machine might not be THAT big of a deal for most people, but for two Syrian refugees who are ALREADY unable to meet their basic needs, it is a big loss.

Even an old, moldy, really nasty machine is better than none!

Please help if you can, to #KeepFolksAlive

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or the base thinks that opposing harmful policies is more likely to lead to harm reduction than voting for them is

the results of the latter approach haven't been great

ebikes still require physical effort

driving a car is the easiest option here

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It is the #NationalDayOfRestForBlackWomen - and there are ENTIRELY TOO MANY BLACK WOMEN (& femmes) CROWDFUNDING THEIR SURVIVAL.

🧵Please add to this #MutualAid thread to HIGHLIGHT and UPLIFT needs for Black women SPECIFICALLY 💜

Let's work together to #KeepFolksAlive, most multiply marginalised 1st

all syntaxes must be standardised to guard against deviance 🫠

He's telling a much more believable story than the dinner party set can

It must be very upsetting

it isn't top down elitism

but top down elitism isn't the only possible mode of governance

in fact for those who are not elites it's one of the worst

the we that hasn't figured that out yet is a very small and very privileged group

acting like nobody noticed before tends to alienate those who did

that is logical
it's not good
but it's a very simple fixed logical rule

no

the US is the problem

seeing it as a threat is entirely reasonable

most of the world has done so for decades

it's a bad faith rhetorical style based on creating a strawman opponent who is completely unaware of the most basic of facts

the primary purposes are self soothing and in group reinforcement

it's not going to persuade anyone but that doesn't really matter

Yesterday the NHS banned all under 18 prescriptions of HRT for trans young people.

This ban was justified by 10 new studies that largely stated NO EVIDENCE for under 18s HRT exists.

The study underpinning this played one particular trick.

Let's briefly look at how the NHS rigged the game 1/5

in fact people have been predicting that excessive pride and arrogance will lead to destruction for pretty much all of human history

but the US was created by people who thought they were so pure they'd be granted an exception from that

the original purpose of academia was for rich white men to come up with reasons why they actually deserved the shit they stole and would definitely get into heaven

the Enlightenment is when they thought they proved it conclusively and would therefore always be protected by the divine/natural order

the Proper People who get to be part of the singular royal we

how dare people refuse to participate in the rituals that grant freedom from complexity and choices 🫠

these people are the middle class liberals who have alienated working class people by treating us as uniformly racist and ignorant scum

it's a transparent excuse for indulging in their own 'educated' biases and prejudices

including the ones they hold against working class people

it doesn't though

some people think it's supposed to work that way

but it's never been as effective in practice as the theory promises

I think that's why they're so desperate

they don't feel that way about everyone

just about right wing white people

marginalised people and those left of liberalism aren't considered people at all

we just get written off

A trans person drawing on a statue with chalk got comment from the Home Secretary and coverage on TV and in all the main papers.

A female Green MP being harassed and abused in the street by transphobes gets nothing...

#JustProtectingWomen