The difference is back then, it was relegated to the insane fringe. The premise of the X-Files is “what if all those farfetched conspiracy theories were true”, evil FEMA was in the same category as cryptids and alien abduction. Now it’s part of the platform of the second largest political party in the country. It’s roughly equivalent to campaigning on killing Bigfoot, if not worse because at least the latter is harmless.
Yet you participate in society
As frustrating as propaganda victims are to deal with, they’re still victims, not perpetrators.
If it turns out that we’re actually truly past the point of no return and nothing we do will save our species, I don’t think the response is going to be as passive as billionaires would like.
My guess is that’s the plan all along. When Trump said he’ll be a dictator “but only on day one”, he meant Vance would be a dictator going forward.
You can’t have it both ways. Trump supporters say “he tells it like it is” and then turn around and say “well he didn’t actually mean what he said, he actually meant this other thing”. Which is it?
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.”
Anatole France
No, they’ve alternated between good and bad ever since 98.
98 - good
ME - bad
XP - good
Vista - bad
7 - good
8 - bad
10 - good (eventually)
11 - bad
What exactly is your ideal outcome? They successfully prevent Harris from being elected, Trump gets in, funds the construction of the Israeli version of Auschwitz, and the Palestinians getting thrown into gas chambers will think “at least the Americans voted on principle”?
Raises questions? No, it answers questions that we already knew the answer to. He was, and still is, completely mentally unfit, and he’s continually getting worse. What’s left as a question?
So the Panopticon. The hypothetical prison that even people in the 1800s thought would be a human rights violation to build because it was such an extreme form of psychological torture.
Republicans do a thing, baselessly accuse Democrats of doing that thing, so idiots conclude “oh, both sides are accusing each other of doing that thing, it’s probably not happening.”
LLMs are fundamentally a dead end though. If we ever create AGI, it will be a qualitatively different thing from an LLM.
Conservatives think the only two possible roles for a father are distant or abusive. Love is probably “too woke” or something.
“For too long, the average American has been squeezed by the big banks and financial elites,” Trump wrote. “It’s time we take a stand — together.”
Do people actually believe for a fraction of a second that Donald Trump of all people is on the side of the average American? And that the way to “take a stand” is with a crypto pump and dump scheme?
It’s not a modern standards thing, Genghis Khan was seen as a complete monster in his own time.
And likely intends to do so for life.
Speedy is relative. It’s in response to monarchies which would, if they didn’t like you but didn’t have a case against you, lock you up “pending trial” for the rest of your life. The point was just to prevent that.
The kids in the top one are so excited about their newfound Freedom™ to toil away in the mines.
Perfect malicious compliance opportunity: the price tag stays the same, but add an itemized Trump Tax for the difference.