Machinist3359

joined 2 years ago
[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Pointing out flaws in the country shouldn't be seen as a personal attack or critique. Many of the victims of America are it's citizens (e.g., the incarcerated).

Nationalism just twists the government into our personal identity to manipulate us. Making fun of the government/system is healthy.

This isn't "Americans dumb" content, which attacks the actual citizens and understandably may weigh on someone.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Yet, Mastodon had a big discoverability problem. No follow recommendations, no "highlights" tab, no search practically as follows don't think to hashtag.

There might be many great artists and creators on Mastodon, but good luck finding them!

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Christ famously wanted to put people to death for sinning /s

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Family values to these people is the right for a man to own a woman and for them both to own indentured servants. It makes exploitation sting less if you can be the "king of the castle" at home.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree the journalist and arguably the researchers themselves are representing these results poorly.

Participants across the studies were evaluated on their likely hood to die for the in-group or kill the outgroup. The groups in question appear to be nationality. So "Extreme ideology" is better read as "extreme nationalism" imho.

The finding is, as you said, more rigid cognition. Less lateral thinking. Not "extremists are dumb", which is a feel good line that undermines the threat of certain extremists.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

It's about time. Supervised use of these drugs can save lives.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Good on MN and CT! Sad to see where some other parts of the country are heading.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

The black panthers are really the best example of the (few) benefits and many costs of armed community defense. It's much worse now, too.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

It's unfortunate that this drop in replacement isn't in the fediverse though. Bluesky's success isn't technical (yet), it is better marketing and connections with VIP users.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I believe they opened things up to developers recently. I do think they will become decentralized, but am more concerned it will become a "no censorship" aka "no moderation" mess pretty quickly. It relies quite heavily on filters and aggregators rather than moderators.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, and fascism is authoritarian.

[–] Machinist3359@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Can't wait for spez to copy this decision too.

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