@DoomsdaysCW Spooky Scary Socialists

@wdlindsy "We have always been at war with..." -- 1984

@Kalki_Rider

Why would you suggest that socialism leads to totalitarianism?

@davidnjoku

@Kalki_Rider

Yes, that is correct. Capitalism says nothing, however, about ensuring that ownership is equitable, fair, or even common.

@davidnjoku

@Kalki_Rider They seem directly connected, to me. Capitalism causes both of them.

@davidnjoku

@arem @Angle @cstross

I am all in favor of exploiting ignorance among the malicious. :queer100:

@emilymbender "We are gonna get lynched."

@lina LLM ➡️ PSM (Persistent Squirrel Model)

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@amcooper shoes and ships and sealing wax, and chatbotages and [no] kings!

[throws a chatbot into the machinery of state]

@BigShellEvent

So the problem is...

• since you blocked the instance, you cant follow those specific people on it
• you don't want anyone else from that instance having any access to your posts, so unblocking the instance isn't an option (because it would allow read-access from any accounts you haven't specifically blocked).

Do I have that right?

@therightarticle There is, but it's just one part of the resistance in general. The zone is flooded; we're already bailing as fast as we can.

It's spelt "chatbot", but it's pronounced "shah-BOW".

@MAKS23 I would like to see world leaders change their tactics by observing that there's absolutely no point in meeting with Tr#mp or any of his misadministration because they can't be trusted to keep a promise for even 5 seconds, and therefore they will only negotiate with the US once it is under different leadership.

Alternatively, they could offer to negotiate with the military, some of whom may not have lost the plot.

@JulieSqveakaroo
I was thinking very much along the same lines as #2, just about a year and a half ago now:

• Dear_Red_America/2024-11-15: make America have trolleys again?
• Dear_Red_America/2024-12-08: make America have healthcare again?

(Of course I knew dingetty-danged well that P2025 was against both of these things, but I wanted to see if actual Tr#mpers were. Answer came there none; I got the greatest crickets ever. 🇺🇸🎆🦗)

@blogdiva I like the way you think.

Asymmetrical nonviolent disruption FTW!

@BigShellEvent Well, at least whatever I did wrong isn't so obvious that it survives the language-barrier! 😅

@ablueview Are they next going to claim that Iran was historically American territory, and the US has a right to reclaim it to restore our national glory?

I truly would not put it past them...

@tiago Classic "it's okay when we do it", aka "conservatism" in a nutshell: laws exist solely to protect the powerful from everyone else.

@thefunnypages How about half the year we have a DST system and the other half we don't.

(This works out best if the half-year when it's in place is also the half-year when we're on Standard Time.)