Voting only works if people get involved long before election day. In many places, your vote literally doesn’t matter
But even if you’re just chipping away at a mountain, getting involved will only increase the influence you have over the process
I refuse to believe this would have been the first sign
Ok, yeah that sheds some light on the situation. It sounds like you’re in a gatekeeper role
I think pushing to force transparency is good, especially if you are getting traction on the issue
I have also found that the software in question wants to install 40 more packages from its creators personal website. This isn’t disclosed anywhere. And that is objectively shady af imo - but again, probably not actually illegal.
But this though…That is shady as fuck. Perfectly legal, but that’s a huge red flag. There’s a very high chance they have some data collection packages in there already, it is a reliable way to make money off free software
It also means the security is “trust me bro”. That’s far more disturbing to me than all the legal and transparency concerns put together. They may not be doing anything bad yet, but it means they could sneak it in easily later
Is there any sort of legal situation here?
Legal action runs on money… So no, legally I’m very confident nothing will come of it
Ethically? I mean, really ask yourself if your objections would make a difference. Would your concerns be heard and respected, or would you be risking your position for nothing? IDK the situation, but you should consider the situation
Then ask the more important question, if you could live with this or if it would eat you up inside
Your concerns are likely valid, but probably no one will thank you for raising a stink about it. In general terms I personally would probably go along with it since it doesn’t seem like a place where I could make a meaningful difference, and that’s the core question of my professional ethics
But you have to have to keep your own code of ethics. If this violates yours, you should do what you have to do
Be the person you want to be
It seems like you understand this but I feel like I’m missing part of the concept. What does that mean in physical terms?
Like, how do the blue and orange cars relate to magnetic domains?
Silver’s predictions have also not been particularly accurate over the last decade…I forget what the story was, but there was something that made me seriously question his credibility
It’s entirely possible that after his polls became famous that a GOP affiliated pile of money “encouraged” him to develop an intentional bias in his public numbers
Of course we shouldn’t let their narratives dictate our actions, but we should at least be aware of them and try to avoid playing into them. Know the enemy.
In this case I think you’re correct, but in general we’ve spent way too long letting them dictate the terms of engagement
They’re going to attack our people, whether we give them opportunities or not. I think we need to worry less about playing into them, instead we need to bulldoze through their attacks like the petty insults they are
But I’m this case I fully agree - we need to stop taking the bait when they demand we disavow this guy or that group. It’s a loaded question… If you refuse to “disavow”, it sounds to the low info voter like you tacitly support someone who sounds bad and scary. If you do, it implies there’s some relationship there that you’re betraying. You can’t answer loaded questions,
We need to do more like El-Sayed did… Turn it back on them as the stupid question it is…“I haven’t heard you disavow the Muslim brotherhood, why are you asking me? We all know why you’re asking me, come on, say it”
Fucking Cinema right there
We need to do more of that… When you’re asked a loaded question, the only answer is make them look stupid for asking.
Ask why some twitch streamer matters. Ask them how many hours a day they’re on twitch. Demand to go through the audience one by one and avow or disavow each person together. Pick some of Trump’s biggest mistakes and ask them to disavow his choices. Bring up his friendship with Epstein. Ask if they’d commit to impeaching Trump if a video of him with a child comes to light
We need to stop letting them control the narrative, and better yet, create our own
No, you’re upset that someone with good positions is being praised for qualities that shouldn’t matter instead of their policies
But those traits do matter - the fact that El-Sayed delivers his message in a way that inspires confidence in low information voters doesn’t take away from his positions. Instead, it empowers his positions. It enables positive change
This is what forward progress looks like. This is what winning looks like. It’s progressive policy in a pretty package. It’s good delivery of a good message
Nothing about that is a compromise
Yeah well… You can spend your time upset about how the world sucks, or you can look at it accurately so you can effectively do something to make it better
Politics is a dumb game, but it’s really important to play it well
Literally no, we can’t
Politicians have broken faith so many times that talking about policy doesn’t work. People will not simply vote for their self interest
A good candidate has to dress up their policies in presentation. They have to stand out in people’s minds in a way that inspires confidence with limited exposure
What is gender but a bucket of traits and behaviors we group into a social role. It’s ultimately a mental shortcut - if people see certain traits or behavior, people assume other associated traits and behaviors
The way that people are engaging with the gender presentation of a candidate is really important in politics (and pretty much nothing else)
I mean, he’s failed all his life. Now he’s obsessed with getting his name on things, but it’s probably all going to immediately be stripped off
It’s not legal consequences, but every time he gets ahead he’s faced with failure. He’s a deeply unhappy old man who will die as a footnote to the forces that allowed him to take power
I think a pedo tape of him would still cause problems, a lot of people know he’s a pedo but actually seeing it would be hard for most to stomach. And if he cracks down on it, that would convince most people it’s real
A video of him murdering and eating a baby would very probably lead to actual consequences, just for the sake of the argument. Which would be surprising, but not that surprising…I mean they say every accusation is an admission, and I’m sure you remember pizza gate
It could also be videos with congressmen… Trump himself might be nearly untouchable but who knows? If enough of Congress gets switched out (especially in an Epstein scandal) the new members are much more likely to remove him from office
Sure, but realistically billionaires as a community are the reason they are like they are. They’re a group that only really socializes with other billionaires and lives their lives between home and 300 something hotels, resorts, and compounds across the world
The real reason none of them ever break the mold and do something meaningfully good for humanity is each other - their whole social sphere is full of “peers” locked in a twisted game of comparison with each other
Interestingly enough, there’s actually some billionaires who live like actual people. They secretly live like normal people with the security of an endless safety net
There’s a lot more to it than that… It’s a complicated situation primarily motivated by a lust for power and profit, but there’s layers and layers to it. There’s many involved interests and much to learn about how and why horrible things are happening
It’s easy to point to a war criminal and just label them as evil, but then you learn nothing useful
No one is evil in their own story, and by understanding the motivations and methods of great acts of evil you can understand where to apply pressure to stop it, as well as recognizing these same patterns elsewhere before it ends in another example of the worst crime against humanity
Why don’t billionaires turn a slice of the world into a paradise, where they can live as a universally beloved hero and still live the most decadent live money can buy?
Why don’t they leave $5k tips everywhere they go, since they’d never run out? Why don’t they invest their money to singlehandedly fund the development of wonderous new technologies?
Billionaires don’t spend their money. They beg, borrow, die. They live not as people, but as avatars of their own dragon hoards. They not like us
Yes? Obviously.
There’s plenty of people susceptible to codependency, but it used to take two to tango. They had the tendencies, but didn’t have an endlessly patient enabler to make every little decision for them
Most people get annoyed when their partner, friend, or family member calls them 15 times a day with inane low-consequence questions. They push back. They stop picking up.
I’m not pulling this out of my ass either, there’s better research than this article on the topic. It overwhelmingly says that people who are most affected aren’t necessary the ones that use AI the most or have an AI girlfriend, it’s the people that have begun to reflexively consult the Internet djinn as part of their decision making
It’s like a new category of codependence. The problem isn’t using AI, it’s that it’s maximally available and supportive
Every time you have a decision to make, it’s easy to consult the AI. It will support basically anything you say, it will help lay out the arguments, and it’ll give you a recommendation
The parts of your brain that make decisions and evaluate situations will physically atrophy if you don’t use them
We’re not asleep at the wheel, we’re very pissed off
Turns out this laws Clinton rolled back, intended to protect the independence of media, are really fucking important to preserve democracy. Propoganda works… We’re dealing with the majority of the country genuinely detached from reality in one way or another
It’s making it very difficult to steer the ship
Because platner turned out to be a rapist and she was hand picked by the DNC leadership. The people of Maine got screwed hard this election cycle
I don’t get what you expect us to do. We’re protesting constantly, we’re organizing politically (very successfully it seems like, we’ll find out in a few weeks), we’re destroying flock cameras and physically driving out ICE from our communities. Hell, there’s even been a steady stream of assassination attempts.
We’re the furthest along, but this infection is global. Billionaires have taken control of our government and media, and we’re trying to regain control. It’s not an easy process.
And money is global, do when you face the same battle I’ll be supportive