i don't wanna hear about the "excesses of woke" costing Harris the election when she ran on being tougher on immigration than Trump. The Left is not losing a "culture war." It is losing a real war with the state. And you aren't analyzing the reactionary turn. You are part of it.
news outlets and reddit have banned the internet archive’s access to preserving their content bc they’re afraid AI will scrape it. if the archive — essentially a modern day library of alexandria — falls, it will be another casualty of the AI bubble. it’s collateral damage
There is a great book called Dying of Whiteness that posits that white americans will deliberately choose policies that create self harm as long as they believe people they don't like are being harmed as well.
For example:
hey guys i know ai is bad because it's water and energy intensive, but i actually wanna start with the fact that it is poisoning Black neighborhoods for generations
Iran is not planning an attack on California. Their drones can’t even reach the West Coast. The CIA/Mossad is planning one to manufacture consent for an unpopular war. That’s how false flags work & if you think it’s all some silly conspiracy theory it’s because you are the mark.
DO NOT FALL FOR US PROPAGANDA!!!
Iran is NOT going to attack california. Trump only wants an excuse to continue bombing them
Trump does NOT want to “save brasil” it is an excuse to invade their country and steal natural resources. he does NOT care about civilian lives!!!
most discourse about the problem with friendships "these days" is that they're actually emergent of anxiety over not being able to govern the lives of others in light of existing in structures and systems that deny them autonomy.
Why would capitalist media corporations tell you communism is good when they instead can just cash in on your dislike for capitalism while suggesting vague solutions that end up reinforcing their preferred status quo?
really disturbing how little people seem to be reacting to the human trafficking concentration camps. a congresswoman showed up to try to inspect one of them and ICE attacked her and are trying to put her in prison for 17 years about it. yall are the germans that "didnt know"