One of the reasons that both Neoliberals and fascists hate people like Mamdani is because he proves they are all liars who have effectively sold out their constituents to billionaire interests.
All of the pain we have been told to endure has been a choice to sate the wealthy
“Practice any art… no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.”
- McKellen reciting Vonnegut
When I wrote this I wondered if everyone would immediately know where the picture was taken. And yes everyone immediately knew. There is no confusing it with anywhere else because there has never been anything like it
Democrats continue to facilitate fascism rather than meaningfully stand up to it because they do not fear their base. They know that no matter what, they’ll vote blue. And if a few people don’t, they’ll blame the state of the country on them rather than themselves.
The biggest capital outlay ever, for a product that no one will pay for. OpenAI loses ten billion dollars a quarter. There is no path to profitability for subprime AI. These absurd data centers will stand sentinel over the ruins of our fake economy like moai on Easter Island.