I saw an analysis of cults that have turned into religions - that is, outlived their founder. There's some very specific criteria that need to be met in order for it to endure, must critically it needs a charismatic reformer/organizer to take over when the founder dies.
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As if I was ever stupid enough to use Alexa.
I like both. Best of both worlds.
I regret surviving into the 21st century.
The GOP has finally succeeded in murdering I've if the few naritive channels that didn't bend to their control, one that had a moderating voice in their most brainwashed rural voter base. Also they hate children but that's no surprise. RIP Sesame Street.
They were desperately waiting for you to figure those enough promises and now that AI has dominated the narrative, they've either skunk off to try and get in on that, or finally just cut their losses and tried to rebuild their ruined lives.
And the Orange one. Especially the Orange one.
When you can't write in your native language but at least you own 12 guns and have a deregulated electrical grid.
Lots of things have always had middlemen. Any sales representative you've ever encountered is a commission-driven middleman. Cars, insurance, housing, the guy at the phone store - they all exist solely to make money doing what a well made website is valuable of. If a company has a sales team, they ate unnecessary middlemen.
We already knew she was a crazy idiot, there's no logical explanation for anything that takes around in her drug-scorched brain.