It is a Ponzi scheme from a financial sense. In the end, it's just a launch provider. It's not suddenly going to become the next Apple in terms of market value. But it is valued like that, and they were able to raise billions of dollars by lying about its potential business ventures.
All of those statements existed to either drum up investment money or get people to buy non-existent products. So those things are examples of securities fraud too.
There are limits to that type of thinking. As someone that is very familiar with what happened at Reddit, Twitter, even Digg before them, you are absolutely playing with fire here.
It is vanishingly unlikely given what we know about the subject. Even the possibility of running into multiple right-wing black people at once in normal circumstances, given that they're around 5-10% of the black population, is very unlikely. Combined with an industry where they're rare to begin with, even more so. As a result, it is exceedingly unlikely that this story is real. But again, not impossible.
Then you think like Elon Musk, who thinks we should have "both sides" of the issue, even when the other side is just extremism or foreign actors. We know from history that this doesn't work. The community will inevitably end up being simply not worth it, and nearly everyone leaves.
I know enough to know that black constructor workers are surprisingly rare and usually discriminated against. Though I cannot say this with confidence for every region. Like I said, your claims are vanishingly unlikely, but not impossible.
Everyone on the left that is reasonably informed is aware of the danger. Trump could plunge the US into a fascist dictatorship. As a result, we are all vigilant on trying to avoid it. But guys like return2ozma are trying to muddy the waters as much as possible.
So be careful with this line of thinking. Same goes for mods who tolerate him. History of such characters tells us that sooner or later, return2ozma will say something outrageous, like making statements blatantly in favor of overt fascism or whatever. Eventually, the mods will have to respond or face a crisis.
While that story is not impossible, it is vanishingly unlikely. I know that there's enough racism in the construction industry that it's a rare occurrence to even see multiple black people at a worksite.
It's accurate for the West and Southwest too. But I don't know enough for every region to be totally certain that it is the case. Therefore, I am saying that it is "vanishingly unlikely," not that it is impossible.
The poster of this article is almost certainly some kind of troll. If not a Russian agent, a fascism sympathizer. If you look at his posting history, it is almost entirely about attacking the Democratic party and Biden. Even when he is "pro-progressivism" it is usually in the form of a concern troll.
As a result, everyone should ignore return2ozma. And it's probably time to block him entirely. Also, report him for being a troll, since he breaks the rules on a regular basis.
The problem is his dishonesty. It's likely watching Foxnews or Newsmax. Sure, you can do it, but unless you're intentionally about seeing the "other side" then it's a waste of time. You're just exposing yourself to right-wing and fascist propaganda.
The demo is focused on being anti-fascist. Biden just happens to be the main line of defense, if not the only one. Hence the sensitivity to those that only seem to attack Biden.
Anyways, if these people aren't going to be banned, then I will say this: Everyone should block every users that seems like a troll on this topic. And the same goes for any communities that seem "off" on this issue. And for problematic instances, demand your local instance defederate them entirely. Hopefully, decentralized social media will be able to avoid the disasters that happened in centralized social media.
You literally can't do it. If you try, you just get an error message. Pretty much anything from hexbear.net is unblockable. Which is really unfortunately, because it is one of the worst instances out there.
French hydrogen company Lhyfe has received a grant of up to 149 million euros ($162 million) from the French government to build a green hydrogen production plant near Le Havre in France, it said on Monday.
Senator Joe Manchin (D), who is the chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, announced funding through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office for two projects.
Democrats are hemorrhaging support with voters of color (www.natesilver.net)
Leaked SpaceX documents show company forbids employees to sell stock if it deems they've misbehaved (techcrunch.com)
Behind the scenes, Biden has grown angry and anxious about re-election effort (www.nbcnews.com)
Black Voters May Be Abandoning the Dems—But They'll Never Be Republicans (www.newsweek.com)
What are my options when a community/ magazine doesn’t exist on fedia.io? (fedia.io)
This is something that could go in the FAQ. If the answer is to post to a community on another instance, I never figured out how to do that....
Is anyone else finding it impossible to block anything from hexbear.net? (fedia.io)
You literally can't do it. If you try, you just get an error message. Pretty much anything from hexbear.net is unblockable. Which is really unfortunately, because it is one of the worst instances out there.
France's Lhyfe wins 149 mln euro grant for green hydrogen plant (www.reuters.com)
French hydrogen company Lhyfe has received a grant of up to 149 million euros ($162 million) from the French government to build a green hydrogen production plant near Le Havre in France, it said on Monday.
New York unveils over $16M for clean hydrogen innovation (www.fingerlakes1.com)
New York unveils over $16M for clean hydrogen innovation New York State
Metallica’s European Tour Rocks Ahead With Electric, Hydrogen Trucks (www.thedrive.com)
Exit petrol, enter green machines.
Manchin announces $20.5m in funding for two WVU Research Corporation projects (www.wdtv.com)
Senator Joe Manchin (D), who is the chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, announced funding through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office for two projects.