@Crocodylus121@cjoye Talk to anyone who teaches at a university, they know it’s a scam. They usually pity the students more than the broader society which has the negative externalities to deal with though.
@tszzl It often seems like a lot of people can’t imagine anything worse than things continuing on without much change, their ego demands the end of the world not just similar challenges to every generation.
@AdamM1014032@haravayin_hogh@KANelson_Actual Look at what the Jordanians say about it, it’s just not an option. Even without the history of Palestinians trying to overthrow their regime, it’s an existential threat to their country and the demographic power balance they maintain.
@haravayin_hogh@CCOOMMMMAA My sense is China has developed into a post twentieth century state but nobody has a name for it yet and the evolution is still happening. In many ways it’s very right wing, in others something unique and probably more a high tech manifestation of older regime forms.
@kevinbonham@sandylanceley Not a Faruqi fan, but we should be able to genetically engineer a virus that has no symptoms but renders them sterile which would fulfill her criteria.
@SkullSpeedDeal@DiscipleOfZara Remember when Facebook and Google, with essentially unlimited capital and researcher depth were trying to build their own global internet with…balloons…Starlink and SpaceX are truly incredible achievements, whatever you think of Musk personally.