a vision that is more that ‘I can beat the other guy’

As was the case here in the UK, it’s all they need to manufacture consent to maintain the status quo at best. In reality, the descent towards fascism continues no matter who is elected, and it will continue to do so as long as we play by the rules those in power have set out for us.

Because the other option is to support Trump

Being given that illusion, doesn’t mean that’s actually the case. There are other options, they just involve more than bare minimum action, including the discomfort of confronting and unlearning the indoctrination we’ve been put through from birth, and facing up to the fact that the system is rigged by design and is working as intended, and that no matter which of the teams you pick, neither is there to serve you or society, but the owning class, and themselves, and that only playing by the rules they have set out will never result in that changing.

And I bet the, almost exclusively rich, people who actually created the mess (I would guess the vast majority of climbers have been there in the past 20-30 years) won’t even contribute to fund this, never mind actually clean up after themselves like they should have in the first place (and like those still swarming the sacred monument continue to do in exchange for the ego boost they’re there to seek).

<3

the RealPage algorithm

Which was programmed by humans, with biases and vested interests based in and fuelled by capitalism and the rest of the kyriarchy

I don’t see any value in saying that human behavior is the problem but then specifically carving out an exception for the automated agents we create to amplify specific behaviors.

Human behaviours. Machines don’t have their own behaviours, only those humans have programmed them to have, again, with those same biases and vested interests based in and fuelled by capitalism and the rest of the kyriarchy

When RedBubble ganks art and sells it on t-shirts, how is that different from when Stability ganks art and sells it at a text prompt?

It isn’t, both are automated systems designed by humans, you guessed it - with those same biases and vested interests based in and fuelled by capitalism and the rest of the kyriarchy

Convincing the working class that tools the system creates are free of the system’s agenda may be an even greater achievement.

And only picking examples of ways in which technology is used that are explicitly for profit is cherry picking and twisting reality. The existence of things like FOSS and other ways in which people share technology or otherwise use it to improve society without any profit motive proves you wrong.

AI isn’t intrinsically capitalist, just like computers aren’t, nor were steam engines or power looms. Capitalism convincing you that its way is the only way to use tools doesn’t mean that’s the reality, it only means the propaganda is working.

I got annoyed by something similar (E: also a google sign in pop up, in the same spot, though looks a little different than yours) not too long ago and found this worked:

https://support.google.com/accounts/thread/219332922?hl=en&msgid=222171998

But nothing is actually necessary. It depends on what you want to achieve.

Human rights are necessary, a sustainable, equal, equitable, and just society are necessary, commodifying the existence and survival of the human race to make a handful of people massive amounts of money and power never has been, and never will be, necessary.

The speed of innovation might have gotten a big impulse by capitalism

Lmmfao

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/08/how-capitalism-stifles-innovation

I’m not sure if we’d technologically be where we are

Lmmfao again, thanks

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/mar/18/fully-automated-luxury-communism-robots-employment

Truth is you’ve been brainwashed, by capitalism to think it is a good, necessary, and even natural thing, when in truth it has existed for the tiniest blips in human history (and in its short existence has cost, and continues to cost tens of millions of lives annually, not to mention the health of the planet, and that of the remaining working class), and you’ve been taken in by an appeal to tradition, rather than truth or reality, to ensure you don’t start considering what is outside of the box, or system, you’ve been trapped in since birth.

And evidently, it’s worked.

Love the matching glasses and hair band, they’re giving me Suzy Izzard vibes (massive compliment, she’s stylish af)

Very much this, and also - Starmer is a neoliberal, he plays for and by the rules of capitalism, which puts his interests in direct contradiction with acting to slow climate change and deal with its inevitable consequences, and hold those responsible accountable. I see a few acts of greenwashing at best, while the corporations exploiting people and resources for profit will continue to do just that. He might even end up making it easier for them, after all, he prides himself on being pro-business.

Also happy cake day 🎉😊

Because they can.

lol, managed to completely miss that, makes sense though 😂

The missing piece came up on my feed like 3 posts bellow this, courtesy of [email protected] :

(ID: drawing of a possum with a knife tied to their back, a person presents them as “Shanklin the stab possum! Part pet, part assassin - the perfect weapon!”)

Don’t forget his 115 grand of the taxpayers money that he’ll be getting every year for the rest of his life for "office costs and secretarial costs arising from his special position in public life” as well as severance and a special pension. Pocket change to him of course, but you know he’s going to claim every single penny of it just for the joy of fucking over regular people, and then probably invest it in arms manufacturing or oil and coal companies or private prisons or something else evil like that, as a treat.

Lmfao, I guess he he has to paint the door red, otherwise he’s indistinguishable from the previous resident…

Lmmfao…

The USA was founded on genocide and built on slavery, and has never treated either of the groups they owe their exitance to with anything but disdain and abuse, never mind other groups like LGBTQIA+, disabled people, those who aren’t white or Christian, women, and so on and so on…

Members of all of those groups are not only generally paid less, given less access to services and opportunities, but are openly abused by both establishment and society.

But for you to specifically use trans people as an example, in this climate, where they have been the direct target of bigoted and violent abuse really is infuriating, and I have a feeling you’re more of a self designated “ally” than an actual one, since you’re clearly not even aware of what trans people are having to deal with.

The fact that you find the idea of American not being inclusive surprising only proves your wilful ignorance, not the presence of any real inclusion in the USA.

Imagine being such a fucking bootlicker, and probably financially privileged enough, that as a Black man, you consider America now, but also historically, “inclusive” in any way shape or form.

Never mind having had the job to know that American democracy is a lie (but I guess lying to yourself about it to make you feel better).

Makes me almost think it’s a fake, but then neoliberalism is a hell of a drug…

You don’t have democracy at home.

What’s next? World War III?

Already in the works… 😬

The soundtrack for the first one was a banger, too…

Thanks for the reminder!