@RationalBlonde Good points. You can add to that the average Chinese minimum wage (it is not national in China) is about 1/2 that of the US. If Trump cuts the minimum wage to around $3.75/hour or abolishes it, then parity is more likely. https://t.co/k6k2mabJIi).
@atrupar These folks are out to erase a fact-based society & grift. If data show vaccines don’t cause autism, they’ll destroy those data. Ditto for climate data. Protect the oil industry, line up for your payoff. When no one has access to facts, we’re told only the leader speaks truth.
@EdKrassen Assuming the Senate leaves the filibuster in place, this announcement is just Trump’s move to create chaos, dominate the news cycle and own the libs. Yawn.
@Lukuion@OliverHidWoh@AOC I understand your sentiment but you should care because w/o communication, poorly informed voters will fear for survival, be brainwashed & threatened to keep them in line for a Vance vote in ‘28 (if elections occur). Think of Putin’s Russia and all those hurt - coming to the US.
@CalltoActivism@Laurie_Garrett How will that work nationally once Trump abolishes the Department of Education? Suppose it will become a states issue, with Chinese Trump bibles, like in Oklahoma, where local districts are bending a knee or opposing. https://t.co/dJa3syHbAV.
@eddie9691@anyonewantchips Hope this is not true and never becomes true because all one would need is access to a working quantum computer and encryption would be broken.
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@nebluegirl@mehdirhasan As are many who don’t support the barrage of disinformation and bots, which Musk so loves. Funny how most of us were taught by our parents that being a lying sociopath is bad. Musk was taught lying is good as it’s “free speech”. Also, consider boycotting those advertising on X.
@RadioFreeTom Conflating WaPo with X is not the same. Under Musk’s direction X is now overrun by bots spewing disinformation. If you plan to stay, that is your prerogative though, for mental health reasons, I’d advise adding *at least* one other X alternative that attempts to screen bots.
@StrumpetLily@SethAbramson Analogy is that US billionaires now have the same status as Russian oligarchs. With billions, investment will be carving up the US and selling the pieces. They’ll destroy unions and hire disposable workers for subsistence wages, spewing disinformation on X to control their minds.
@SDRandyO@SethAbramson Sadly, there is no shortage of those incarcerated for J6, Proud Boys, Incels looking to transition from video games like Hell Let Loose, etc. who would sign up as mercenaries for a paycheck, similar to Putin’s PMC Wagner.
@MichaelEMann Despite its length, I think people should read it and draw their own conclusions (and yes, my conclusion is that it’s not good for those who care about a “common good” approach to the environment, climate, clean air, clean water, etc.)
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@AndreaChalupa So true. Remember when Anthony Kennedy was forced off the SCOTUS? All Trump has to do, for example, is to find one weak spot in Powell’s history or in that of a family member, then blackmail.
@SisOffTheChain@UROCKlive1 “Push the Statue of Liberty into the ocean” After rolling back every environmental regulation on the books, sea-level rise will accomplish that without any push.