zbyte64

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 5 days ago

Like the plot line.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 5 days ago

Surrendering power and appeasing dictators, famous for not backfiring. /s

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 12 points 5 days ago

Male FUPA. The lower abdomen above the genitals that is extra fatty on the individual.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 5 days ago

Bo Burnham explains why with a song: https://youtu.be/oDQXFNWuZj8

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We can keep telling ourselves Mark Cuban's "opportunity economy" was good enough but objectively it was a flop with working class voters. Either it was a messaging failure or it wasn't populist enough, Bernie is saying it is the latter. If it was a messaging failure, then we're likely to conclude it is because our media landscape is toxic. Bernie would agree and say that is why we need a populist message to cut through.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 64 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (9 children)

NAFTA and Wall Street bailouts come to mind.

In regards to Bernie, his premise is that wealth inequality is the core problem, which means tax the rich until they can't have an outsized influence on our politics.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago

Oh, I think the people getting rid of Lisa Kahn have other ideas about competition.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The call is coming from inside. Google CEO claims it will be like alien intelligence so we should just trust it to make political decisions for us bro: https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2024/ai/former-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-urges-ai-acceleration-dismisses-climate

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 11 points 1 week ago

History starts when I say it does

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago

You might be on to something in the sense that coming back with a more inclusive response is a better approach. I don't think that makes them "right" though.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But then how will billionaires get to say they're literally thinking of the big picture because they got to go on a brief space joy ride?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago

Please deliver this to my moon base

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