Communism through (my) ages:
1) When I was 15, a teacher told me "It isn't as bad as they say, and makes a lot of sense."
2) At about 19, college friends, "Socialism isn't communism."
3) At 20, on meeting my grandfather-in-law, "They are evil. We escaped in 1949."
4) At 30, "China is a wonderful developing Democracy"
5) At 35, I was sent to communist China on business. It was a crowded, smelly, dirty, factory of despair and hopelessness. This I saw with my own eyes.
6) At 36, "China doesn't count. Successful socialism is in northern Europe."
7) I moved to northern Europe when I was 40. It was much nicer than China, but also felt like I was living in the past. I had to wait 6 months for a hernia operation.
8) When I was about 45, the migrant crisis began. The socialist/globalist/pacifist allowed them entry into every country, regardless how many crimes they committed along the way. Just 20 minutes from my house, in Calais, I was shocked to see migrants jumping onto trucks, breaking open the doors, scattering the contents across the highway, then climbing in. They went through the Chunnel and got out in England.
9) At 52, the soft socialism around me had transformed into globalism. I was told I had to call people by their preferred pronouns, though it was a lie, and even if I didn't know what the preferences were. I quit.
10) I returned to the US, and am now 60. "Socialism" is no longer a dirty word here. People openly espouse the virtues of it. Politicians run as socialists and win.
Socialism has taken many forms, from the Bolshevism of Russia, to the CCP in China, the Nazis in Germany, Fascists in Italy, and the many forms of it found in Latin America. It is one of the two most destructive ideologies on earth. It is designed to deprive, despirit, and murder everything that comes in contact with it.
Socialism is a great lie at every level. It helps no one, not even those who benefit the most. This is because the cost is the imposition of one's will on everyone else, and that destroys the soul of the usurper and the life of the oppressed.
Socialism always fails on its own, but only after destroying almost everything in its train. It can also be conquered. Those are the options.
I'm not a fan of the push to use such stories... I appreciate those who go over 256 characters But the extra clicks And zoom in zoom out to read Is usually too much For a few minutes at a time for most... I'm sure they push it as a new option but I think the algorithm is actually reading how many people actually click on it rather than how many people are exposed to it... maybe?
For those saying he missed an opportunity to name it Skynet...
The actual Skynet already exists. China runs it. In other words it has already been in existence and the name was taken.
"Skynet" (天网, Tianwang) in China refers to two massive government-run initiatives: the world's largest AI-powered video surveillance network and a clandestine global operation used to track down and repatriate suspected economic fugitives. [1, 2]
The Surveillance Network
Launched initially in 2005 for urban security, the Skynet surveillance system has grown to include over 600 million CCTV cameras nationwide. It operates by integrating artificial intelligence, big data, and facial recognition to monitor public spaces.
• Capabilities: State media has claimed the AI-powered network can scan the entire population of China in seconds with near-perfect accuracy, identifying individuals in real-time.
• Integration: Cameras are heavily linked to biometric databases and are used for everything from catching jaywalkers and finding debtors to broader state monitoring and social control.
• Expansion: Skynet has inspired other domestic projects like the "Sharp Eyes" program, which aims to extend 100% video coverage into rural villages and local neighborhoods. [5, 8]
Operation Skynet (Fugitive Repatriation)
Launched in 2015 by the Ministry of Public Security, Operation Skynet (sometimes merged with "Operation Fox Hunt") is a global effort aimed at tracking down Overseas Chinese fugitives suspected of financial crimes and corruption.
• Global Manhunt: The campaign actively targets individuals across more than 120 countries, bringing back thousands of suspects—including political dissidents and former party officials.
• Methods: Chinese authorities use a variety of tactics to return suspects, including formal extraditions, deportations, and more covert methods like entrapment or pressuring family members.
• Current Operations: The Chinese government continues this initiative with the launch of "Operation Skynet 2026," targeting individuals on Red Notice lists and the recovery of illicit assets. [10]
AI responses may include mistakes.
[1] https://t.co/QXCLdTYHR3
[2] https://t.co/GB96wBlPMw
[3] https://t.co/Vuvdodloyw
[4] https://t.co/ZAN7UDEiaV
[5] https://t.co/Iq5ZbyjTXM
[6] https://t.co/DSqN73MdJi
[7] https://t.co/toj6C6s2IV
[8] https://t.co/OmsKpTFBnQ
[9] https://t.co/27RC8P7qqL
[10] https://t.co/oW5igD0QpF
The actual Skynet already exists. China runs it. In other words it has already been in existence and the name was taken.
"Skynet" (天网, Tianwang) in China refers to two massive government-run initiatives: the world's largest AI-powered video surveillance network and a clandestine global operation used to track down and repatriate suspected economic fugitives. [1, 2]
The Surveillance Network
Launched initially in 2005 for urban security, the Skynet surveillance system has grown to include over 600 million CCTV cameras nationwide. It operates by integrating artificial intelligence, big data, and facial recognition to monitor public spaces.
• Capabilities: State media has claimed the AI-powered network can scan the entire population of China in seconds with near-perfect accuracy, identifying individuals in real-time.
• Integration: Cameras are heavily linked to biometric databases and are used for everything from catching jaywalkers and finding debtors to broader state monitoring and social control.
• Expansion: Skynet has inspired other domestic projects like the "Sharp Eyes" program, which aims to extend 100% video coverage into rural villages and local neighborhoods. [5, 8]
Operation Skynet (Fugitive Repatriation)
Launched in 2015 by the Ministry of Public Security, Operation Skynet (sometimes merged with "Operation Fox Hunt") is a global effort aimed at tracking down Overseas Chinese fugitives suspected of financial crimes and corruption.
• Global Manhunt: The campaign actively targets individuals across more than 120 countries, bringing back thousands of suspects—including political dissidents and former party officials.
• Methods: Chinese authorities use a variety of tactics to return suspects, including formal extraditions, deportations, and more covert methods like entrapment or pressuring family members.
• Current Operations: The Chinese government continues this initiative with the launch of "Operation Skynet 2026," targeting individuals on Red Notice lists and the recovery of illicit assets. [10]
AI responses may include mistakes.
[1] https://t.co/QXCLdTYHR3
[2] https://t.co/GB96wBlPMw
[3] https://t.co/Vuvdodloyw
[4] https://t.co/ZAN7UDEiaV
[5] https://t.co/Iq5ZbyjTXM
[6] https://t.co/DSqN73MdJi
[7] https://t.co/toj6C6s2IV
[8] https://t.co/OmsKpTFBnQ
[9] https://t.co/27RC8P7qqL
[10] https://t.co/oW5igD0QpF
The actual Skynet already exists. China runs it. In other words it has already been in existence and the name was taken.
"Skynet" (天网, Tianwang) in China refers to two massive government-run initiatives: the world's largest AI-powered video surveillance network and a clandestine global operation used to track down and repatriate suspected economic fugitives. [1, 2]
The Surveillance Network
Launched initially in 2005 for urban security, the Skynet surveillance system has grown to include over 600 million CCTV cameras nationwide. It operates by integrating artificial intelligence, big data, and facial recognition to monitor public spaces.
• Capabilities: State media has claimed the AI-powered network can scan the entire population of China in seconds with near-perfect accuracy, identifying individuals in real-time.
• Integration: Cameras are heavily linked to biometric databases and are used for everything from catching jaywalkers and finding debtors to broader state monitoring and social control.
• Expansion: Skynet has inspired other domestic projects like the "Sharp Eyes" program, which aims to extend 100% video coverage into rural villages and local neighborhoods. [5, 8]
Operation Skynet (Fugitive Repatriation)
Launched in 2015 by the Ministry of Public Security, Operation Skynet (sometimes merged with "Operation Fox Hunt") is a global effort aimed at tracking down Overseas Chinese fugitives suspected of financial crimes and corruption.
• Global Manhunt: The campaign actively targets individuals across more than 120 countries, bringing back thousands of suspects—including political dissidents and former party officials.
• Methods: Chinese authorities use a variety of tactics to return suspects, including formal extraditions, deportations, and more covert methods like entrapment or pressuring family members.
• Current Operations: The Chinese government continues this initiative with the launch of "Operation Skynet 2026," targeting individuals on Red Notice lists and the recovery of illicit assets. [10]
AI responses may include mistakes.
[1] https://t.co/QXCLdTYHR3
[2] https://t.co/GB96wBlPMw
[3] https://t.co/Vuvdodloyw
[4] https://t.co/ZAN7UDEiaV
[5] https://t.co/Iq5ZbyjTXM
[6] https://t.co/DSqN73MdJi
[7] https://t.co/toj6C6s2IV
[8] https://t.co/OmsKpTFBnQ
[9] https://t.co/27RC8P7qqL
[10] https://t.co/oW5igD0QpF
The actual Skynet already exists. China runs it. In other words it has already been in existence and the name was taken.
"Skynet" (天网, Tianwang) in China refers to two massive government-run initiatives: the world's largest AI-powered video surveillance network and a clandestine global operation used to track down and repatriate suspected economic fugitives. [1, 2]
The Surveillance Network
Launched initially in 2005 for urban security, the Skynet surveillance system has grown to include over 600 million CCTV cameras nationwide. It operates by integrating artificial intelligence, big data, and facial recognition to monitor public spaces.
• Capabilities: State media has claimed the AI-powered network can scan the entire population of China in seconds with near-perfect accuracy, identifying individuals in real-time.
• Integration: Cameras are heavily linked to biometric databases and are used for everything from catching jaywalkers and finding debtors to broader state monitoring and social control.
• Expansion: Skynet has inspired other domestic projects like the "Sharp Eyes" program, which aims to extend 100% video coverage into rural villages and local neighborhoods. [5, 8]
Operation Skynet (Fugitive Repatriation)
Launched in 2015 by the Ministry of Public Security, Operation Skynet (sometimes merged with "Operation Fox Hunt") is a global effort aimed at tracking down Overseas Chinese fugitives suspected of financial crimes and corruption.
• Global Manhunt: The campaign actively targets individuals across more than 120 countries, bringing back thousands of suspects—including political dissidents and former party officials.
• Methods: Chinese authorities use a variety of tactics to return suspects, including formal extraditions, deportations, and more covert methods like entrapment or pressuring family members.
• Current Operations: The Chinese government continues this initiative with the launch of "Operation Skynet 2026," targeting individuals on Red Notice lists and the recovery of illicit assets. [10]
AI responses may include mistakes.
[1] https://t.co/QXCLdTYHR3
[2] https://t.co/GB96wBlPMw
[3] https://t.co/Vuvdodloyw
[4] https://t.co/ZAN7UDEiaV
[5] https://t.co/Iq5ZbyjTXM
[6] https://t.co/DSqN73MdJi
[7] https://t.co/toj6C6s2IV
[8] https://t.co/OmsKpTFBnQ
[9] https://t.co/27RC8P7qqL
[10] https://t.co/oW5igD0QpF
@elonmusk No sense of guilt then and he's the only one that could do a lot of what is happening today so there's no sense of guilt today for the evil he represents then, now, or until he meets his maker...
No sense of guilt then and he's the only one that could do a lot of what is happening today so there's no sense of guilt today for the evil he represents then, now, or until he meets his maker...
My 17-year-old daughter:
“I’m confused. We’ve always been taught not to share personal information or anything that identifies us online because it isn’t safe. Now they want us to do exactly that to access social media.”
@GuntherEagleman@SenatorAndyKim@grok@grok , it seems like Gunther's point was made, but let's actually compare. What was the overall inflation rate when Biden took office and when he left? And what did Trump start at on this term and what is it now? And I believe we have two plus years to continue this discussion?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a proud Zionist. 🇮🇱
"The whole world must see that Israel must exist and has the right to exist. I will always take a stand against antisemitism. It’s wrong and evil."
Powerful words.
The time is coming for truth to be wrong... for wrong to be right & right to be wrong...
"Almost" sent to prison for speaking the truth. (But for a technicality)
Cynically, even the judge that convicted me admits as much by writing in his verdict: “Even if all of the statements made by Van Langenhove are based on scientific evidence and statistics, it makes no difference to the criminal intent. Van Langenhove is not charged with spreading false information. He is charged with presenting facts in a way that incites hatred against persons on the grounds of one or more of the protected criteria in the Anti-Racism Law.”
That's a lot of words just to say he wants to send me to prison for speaking the truth.
A very sad announcement.
I have just been convicted a second time for 'hate speech' and it is only due to a technicality that I could not immediately be sent to jail —to the judge's frustration.
In an ironic turn of events it's actually thanks to my previous prison sentence (for memes in a private group chat) that I am now still free —in a physical sense, at least.
Call me naive but I didn't think they would take it this far, given that this precedent criminalises many of the arguments used by even the most moderate politicians critical of mass migration.
In February 2024 I gave a lecture at Catholic University Leuven wherein I linked mass migration to crime and a deterioration of our quality of life. Every single point I made was 100% the truth and based on scientific evidence.
Cynically, even the judge that convicted me admits as much by writing in his verdict: “Even if all of the statements made by Van Langenhove are based on scientific evidence and statistics, it makes no difference to the criminal intent. Van Langenhove is not charged with spreading false information. He is charged with presenting facts in a way that incites hatred against persons on the grounds of one or more of the protected criteria in the Anti-Racism Law.”
That's a lot of words just to say he wants to send me to prison for speaking the truth.
Even the regime media write: "It did not matter to the court that Van Langenhove was quoting scientific sources. The judge argued that Van Langenhove's main message was that a big part of the societal problems like insecurity, housing shortages and lowering educational standards are due to mass migration."
You may think the regime media are being sympathetic to me in the first sentence, but in reality they are warning people: even if you speak the truth, if you go against our narrative, we will crush you in every way possible.
Both the public prosecutor and the judge did not present a single real argument as to how or against whom I would have incited hatred. So even if I would accept their crazy, dystopic law, I still did not break it.
The only argument they present is that I created a "hostile atmosphere of us versus them” in regards to migrants. But even this silly argument (which is not even a punishable offence) is not true. To me, the deadly disease is self-hatred and one of its worst symptoms is replacement migration. My enemy is thus NOT the migrants themselves but those orchestrating the mass migration.
Sadly, in Belgium, evidence is not needed and ‘vibes’ are enough to put someone in jail.
Given the fact that I have another court case coming up in September and that I have a dozen active criminal investigations for hate speech, time is running out for me. I have already paid more than €420,000 in legal fees and there is no ending in sight. I have been in an intense battle of attrition for eight years and must now regroup to make sure I can still win.
If you want to help me, you can do so via the links below. If you can help in other ways, please contact me via DM.
If you live in a country that still has free speech, never let them touch it, however noble they make the motives sound, because this is where it leads to.
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I will tell you for me I would love to read more articles but for some reason the extra click to expand it is just laziness I know but often not only does it have to expand it has to load more stories and I'm sure that's my phone more than the CPU power at X.. but you write extremely well-worded lengthy tweets that are far more than 256 characters that are packed with plenty of information. It's like a lot of video platforms find out they make more money with 3 minute videos than 30 minute videos. It's all about the attention span of your readers and for my part and possibly others laziness... and not so much the attention span... but sneaking in a few minutes here or there during a work day that is not conducive to stealing more than a moment or two here or there.