In addition to what others said it sparks discussion when some asshole in the friend group complains about it and hopefully gets torn into or excommunicated or otherwise corrected by their peers

It should be commended that he’s working with the premiere and not just worried about his party’s seats. Smith is the problem.

Fair I could be jumping to conclusions. I’m just saying that even if it were true that the majority of Americans chose Trump in a fair election where everyone had equal opportunity to vote, then even that wouldn’t mean the people are getting what they wanted. Aggressive misinformation, decades of propaganda, capture of the media, these are all things that we can’t blame individuals for that would cause this.

If the United States makes its way out of this, systemic change will be necessary. Capitalism is at the root of this all.

very naive perspective. bigger forces than “the people” are throwing everything they can at your democracy and this “oh well” attitude is handing your ass to them on a silver platter.

right?

CHINESE APP COLLECTS YOUR THOUGHTS AND SAVES THEM

Ah TIL! I didn’t know it originated elsewhere.

So while it’s true Apple and Microsoft got the idea from Xerox, Xerox didn’t originate it.

yeah xerox invented the GUI and mouse

A fair point. I hope we do.

lol did you miss the numerous stories of copyrighted materials and watermarks being spit out by early generative AI?

sadly “autocracy with litany of crimes against humanity” is rapidly approaching background noise when comparing nations

what about if the world had tackled the threat of Hitler sooner? do you think MORE caving in and capitulation was the lesson we should have learned?

Sadly the problem isn’t going to solve itself like that. We need to channel that anger into action. There are many non-violent actions we’ve yet to try (including a general strike) but they’ll take lots of organization. Violent options may be needed as a last resort as well, if history is any indication. Hopefully there’ll be support from the rest of the world.

no you see “not USA” is this amorphous “other” where you get to pick and choose parts from different countries and jerk yourself off about how great USA is.

Frankly I’m impressed this guy knew so many countries.

“I’m on board with change in the global order as long as we maintain hegemony”

very valuable contribution thank you

A lot of people in the global south might say they don’t want it to adhere to the “liberal world order”

You’re speaking from a position of privilege, and suggesting that you should keep your privilege

it can be expected and even understandable to some degree but that doesn’t mean it needs to be accepted and normalized. It’s wrong, objectively. Emotion needs to be put aside when deciding policy and action.

We can understand hate without giving in to it

Although you have the start of a point here all you’ve done is stereotype a class of people. Hate people that abuse welfare, whether immigrant or not.

I hate welfare abusers -> some immigrants are welfare abusers -> I hate immigrants as a class of person

That’s not rational

different corporations

which instance, if you don’t mind sharing? I’m not looking to move, but it’s good to understand the landscape.

that solves the paywall issue but the poor guy still can’t read