These days I see it as a shorthand, a metaphor for dismantling the system of resource hoarding so that we can more equitably distribute it - let the world consume what the elite have hoarded.
It's also sort of a joke that reduces them to use value.
It means the social contract has been broken beyond repair. Wealth hording, inequality, the power balance, lobbying, mega-corporations, data harvesting to profit from us even further, working until death for pennies while other profit from our labour. We are slaves to a system that has the illusion of comfort and freedom, when in reality, a small subset of the population control it all and are actively clamping down on what little freedom and comfort we actually had.
The 2008 financial collapse lifted the curtain to most, and it became glaringly obvious just how transparent and artificial the entire concept of economy actually is.
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Ohh u didnt report someone ur also guilty cant see any problems with this.
That’s… not what this is about, though?
“However, plaintiffs contend the defendants’ platforms are more than just message boards,” the court document says. “They allege they are sophisticated products designed to be addictive to young users and they specifically directed Gendron to further platforms or postings that indoctrinated him with ‘white replacement theory’,” the decision read.
This isn’t about mandated reporting, it’s about funneling impressionable people towards extremist content.
I appreciate that earnest made a post yesterday, or maybe it was the day before, saying that he is not dead and hasn't given up on kbin. It's not on this magazine, so I'm not sure where it was since this seems to be the most appropriate one, but in any case....
Meh, it’s a practice in gratitude. We have it better than 99.99% of humans that ever lived. Is that an excuse to stop improving for future generations? No. It does make our shitty life seem a little less shitty tho. Things can always get worse, if it can’t your dead and won’t be phased anyways.
As social media sites were flooded with misleading posts about vaccine safety, mask effectiveness, Covid-19’s origins and federal shutdowns, Biden officials urged platforms to pull down posts, delete accounts, and amplify correct information....
If yelling “Fire!” In a crowded theater is not protected speech then any kind of healthcare misinformation shouldn’t be either.
The whole reason you can’t yell “Fire!” In a crowded theater is because people could get hurt or killed.
Covid misinformation also gets people killed.
Seems pretty clear to me.
Gender and sex are not the same thing. Gender is an emotion experience, sex is a biological categorization based on an individual’s role in reproduction. Gender and sex needn’t match. Gender can change (mine often does), sex cannot. Just like sex people do not have control over their gender, if someone’s gender changes or doesn’t match their sex it is not because of a decision they made, it is merely an emotion. So be nice to trans people, they’re just people trying to not be uncomfortable living in their own skin.
Absolutely this. If anything is going to change, we’re going to hear about those changes like this. If the reaction is always “fuck you -ACAB!” the change won’t work.
I actually strongly feel that ACAB, but I’d like to live in a society that could have fair and just policing, not one without police.
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What does 'eat the rich' mean to you?
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Ernest needs to quickly delegate or this instance will quickly die
I appreciate that earnest made a post yesterday, or maybe it was the day before, saying that he is not dead and hasn't given up on kbin. It's not on this magazine, so I'm not sure where it was since this seems to be the most appropriate one, but in any case....
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Two have a point. One does not.
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Sweden: 7/10 retail employees work while sick due to inadequate pay and covering for understaffing (uniglobalunion.org)
Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks (www.tomshardware.com)
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Supreme Court to weigh whether Covid misinformation is protected speech (www.statnews.com)
As social media sites were flooded with misleading posts about vaccine safety, mask effectiveness, Covid-19’s origins and federal shutdowns, Biden officials urged platforms to pull down posts, delete accounts, and amplify correct information....
What is a tip, fact, or piece of information that you want to share?
Around 26% of toys bought at Christmas are neglected by the end of January, and 40% will be thrown out within the first 3 months of being unwrapped. Combined weight of electronic toys comes to 3.2b kg (environmentjournal.online)
'Know why I pulled you over?' Fortunately, California police can't ask you that anymore (www.latimes.com)
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