zbyte64

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 9 months ago

Underated article. Do not surrender political space, find community, trust yourself, make strange alliances.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 9 points 9 months 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 62 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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 10 months ago

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

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think they mean voting isn't enough and we all need to shit post harder

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy that ends with the least resourced groups dead. Good thing the capitalists are famously the least-strapped chuds around.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 19 points 10 months 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 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know many things but the voters are obviously to blame. We drew 100 different trolley problems and told them democracy and women's rights were on the line. We even had Bill Clinton logically explain that Palestinians were human shields. We even had better policy even though most voters didn't know it. I can only conclude voters are selfish and that's why they vote against their own interests.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 62 points 10 months ago (2 children)

When they say it's about race, it's about class. When they say it is about class, it's about gender. And when they say it's out gender, it's about race.

Or at least that's how it feels sometimes.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 19 points 10 months ago

I am completely wrong and yet completely vindicated by your response.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 11 points 10 months ago

People didn't care enough to show up to stop forced births, you think they care about puberty blockers? Doubt.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 37 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's like splitting hairs over whether a abortion is banned in Texas, cuz technically it is allowed under very narrow circumstances that no hospital is willing to try.

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