Lack of high quality public transit.
“Just drive bro”
“Capitalism isn’t a big deal.”
As though giving a select few billions won’t corrupt the nation around them over time.
And as a corollary, people acting how they just can’t imagine how an economy could possibly work if people who do the actual work owned their means of production.
I had a discussion/argument in ~2018 with a friend who is/was very anti-trump. I brought up the dangers of ICE and how, at the time, they were the biggest sign of an overtly fascist future. He immediately handwaved it and dismissed me as crazy.
He’s got a degree in history education and was obsessed with WW2 history, so I didn’t think this would be a point of contention. But for a lot of liberals (including him) Fascists have to literally be wearing a swastika before they’re called what they are. Some won’t even acknowledge the existence of a Nazi Salute when they see one.
Even today he’s obsessed with Trump as the single anomaly in US politics and doesn’t see the bigger picture.
When people dismiss children’s concerns. Maybe to adults is not a big deal, but to kids it does matter. I make an effort to pay attention and listen when a child tells me something.
I also feel particularly passionate about this, as felt totally dismissed by nearly every adult in my life as a kid. That shit feels so defeating and isolating. it can seriously fuck you up.
It is. Sending you an internet Hug. You matter and should have had someone who listened to you back then. 💜
as felt totally dismissed by nearly every adult in my life as a kid
So at some point it stopped for you?
I wish. lol. no, I just became an adult.
Something I sometimes forget as well. Great reply.
People not caring about their privacy and their data being collected and sold to everyone. “Eh, it’s not like my data is worth anything”. If it wasn’t, it wouldn’t be sold, moron. All those spam and scam calls you receive? Yeah, that’s because your “worthless” data is being sold, resold and spread out everywhere. But hey, if you fall for a scam and lose, dunno, 50k dollars, it’s not a big deal, huh?
If it wasn’t, it wouldn’t be sold, moron.
😂 More people should be aware of this.
Trump getting elected in 2016. “The checks and balances will keep him in line” I was told.
To that I say: go fuck yourself.
thats like any conservative or liberal i try to reason with
Trump getting elected
ads based internet is the death of democracy
Why are ads being made for the internet?
The comment is about the case google won for collection and selling data of individuals and the ramifications of that case. This is the primary underlying issue in the present.
The right to own and sell a part of a person—their digital self is ultimately a forfeiture of autonomous citizenship. It is also an implied forfeiture of freedom of information which is the third pillar of democracy. Allowing the ownership over a part of a citizen is giving up citizenship. This is why you do not own anything, and everything is a subscription, and enshitification; it is all due to this one core issue of your right to own all of yourself free from slavery including the sale and exploitation of a part of your person. This is a master link, the precedent that lead to where we are at. “The ads based internet” is about the sale and collection of your personal data with the intent to exploit you. That is a violation of a fundamental human right. This was never about banner ads. It is about placing people in information bubbles and spheres of influence. It is about stupid consumers and corporate overlords extracting taxes for every move a peasant makes. Such is the true power of controlling information. Like your internet search results are not deterministic. It does not matter where you search. There are only 2 web crawlers that are relevant in the present world; Google/Microsoft. All others indirectly query these two. They can fingerprint and track nearly everyone in real time. You are being targeted for more than just ads. This is the death of democracy because a citizen must be autonomous and well informed in any democracy and this is not possible when you can be manipulated through bowdlerization and targeted misinformation or overload.
US War Crimes!
bUt oRaNgE mAn iS wOrSe.
Why do you think he acts like he rules the world, you wankers? cuz you’ve defended your presidents from any consequences, forever.
But, now you have a problem?
How does it feel like to taste your own medicine?
How does it feel like to taste your own medicine
Yanks aren’t even tasting a fraction of it
Accepting the Democrats support for the genocide of the Palestinian people just because of “voting for the lesser evil”
