Then why are y’all letting capitalists destroy your healthcare system? Bring this same energy to domestic threats, too.

Do you think those channels are left? LoL

K. Power still corrupts. Always has.

Do the Ecobees have any issue if you block their access to the internet? Any issues making it lan only?

All people are like that. Our brains aren’t built to handle that kind of obscene wealth and power. It would break anyone, just as overindulging in any unhealthy activity.

The fix is to not let anyone accumulate that level of wealth.

I wouldn’t be surprised, but I’d be interested to see what they used to make that determination. All of the AI detection I know of are prone to a lot of false-positives.

LoL. You’re the one who accused China of being capitalist. Now you’re claiming it’s not even a real economic system?

What is it that you think “capitalist” means?

Participating in markets does not make a country capitalist. It’s depends how the means of production & profits are controlled and distributed.

This took place in China, but that doesn’t imply legality at all. Just as all of the articles reporting labor law violations in the US is a reflection of the company breaking the law, rather than the law itself.

If it’s not the Democrat linked powermods from Reddit that control r/news, then they at least draw inspiration from the same behaviors. Though I suspect it’s the same operation controlling the narrative on both.

I enjoy Star Trek for the technical stuff, and Star Wars for the spiritual stuff. ST is at its worst when it leans too spiritual, and SW is at its worst when it attempts to be too technical.

Anyway, preferring ST over SW for being stuck in the same era is ridiculous. When the hell are we going to get a worthwhile jump past the next generation era? When will we get to see the distant future glimpses in Enterprise? How many more stories must endure from the TOS era?

Because they want the big money donors more than they want to win. Their campaigns are above all designed to bring in money for the high-priced consultants.

You’re not wrong, but the Dems are in on this, too. They were pushing the same chipmaker’s visa when they had the reigns, so I wouldn’t count on them helping.

I think you’re severely underestimating the amount of white collar work that is just boiler plate, and understating how well AI can quickly produce a workable first draft. Or maybe you just aren’t writing good prompts.

And they’re not even trying to create American jobs with this crap. The CHIPS Act is paired with a “chipmaker’s visa,” which intends to import cheap labor from Taiwan to work the US chip factories.

I bet he claims to be a Christian.

Capitalism will by its very nature always lead to monopolies and depressed innovation. You cannot prevent corruption, while concentrating control of the means of production in the hands of a very few.

They released DeepSeek for free. It was a side project the company worked on. How is releasing it for free in any way profit seeking?

I don’t think you understand how China’s economy works. Seems very clouded by anti-China propaganda.

In reality, the working class exercises a great deal of control over the means of production in China, and the 996 culture you’re referring to is in fact illegal.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58381538.amp

Again, capitalism vs communism is not defined by the existence of production/profits/markets, but how control and benefit of those systems is distributed.

Correct. It’s bad, whether the Dems or the GOP are in power. It’s not suddenly bad now.

I believe them. They’ll praise whomever is in power. Neutral opportunists.