I spent the last few months talking to people across the political spectrum, and to people who want nothing to do with politics at all. Here is what I learned.
We are not a divided country. We are a country being divided, on purpose, by an American oligarchy that profits from the fight. They’ve captured our government, denied our healthcare, looted our treasury, and saddled us with crippling debt.
I believe in a New New Deal. Healthcare as a human right. The right of every family to a decent home, and an end to endless wars.
And a dividend paid to every American from the AI economy, because these machines were built on the whole of human inheritance. That inheritance belongs to all of us, and not just to the handful of men playing God with our very existence.
And none of it happens if we just move on. Donald Trump, his family, and his administration are robbing us blind, not just of our money, but of our faith in one another, and they have to answer for it. Truth and reconciliation, not revenge. Then we break the system that let them do it.
The question is not whether we will lose our democracy. The question is whether we will fight to take back what has already been stolen.
I learned in recovery that you can’t heal what you won’t name. Neither can a country.
MAINE— Killer ICE Agent’s ex: “He wanted me to lie about his character. I won’t. He abused me and my daughter… I’ve waited years to speak my truth, and now a man is dead.”
They are hiring the worst of the worst.
For everyone hyping up Trump’s speech tonight like it’s going to be some kind of revolutionary proof of election fraud:
Why is he saying it on national television and not to a grand jury? Why has nobody been charged with anything? Should be a slam dunk case, right?
Imagine being the Republican party and trying to hide the fact that one of your Senators died to avoid holding a special election and then a totally different Republican Senator died from karma
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Reminder that shit like this is happening because Trump’s budget cuts to agencies like the FDA. Our food is less regulated now because of his choices as a leader.
To recap, AI
- Invades our privacy
- Makes us dumber
- Makes it harder to tell what’s real and what’s not
- Weakens data security
- Entrenches racial and bias in algorithms which affect hiring, policing and even prices
- Results in higher utility costs
- Leads to data centers poisoning water and emitting nonstop noise
- Enhances and increases cybercrimes
- Enables deepfakes damaging social trust
- Increases issues involving addiction and mental health disorders
- Adds to social isolation
- Makes all electronic devices more expensive for consumers
- Normalizes the theft of intellectual property
- Puts people out of work and
- Was used to wipe out social safety nets without oversight
But, on the plus side:
- Makes shareholders and billionaires richer
Flock and Flock-like cameras track where law-abiding people go, who they visit, and how they live - all without a warrant.
I attempted to stop this with an amendment, which unfortunately failed recently in Committee; that’s not the end of this, though. The mass surveillance of the American People must end. Call your legislators.
STOP THE FLOCK.