It’s going to get worse for sure, but in the US I expect this to have an upper bound of pain given how much oil we produce domestically. That doesn’t make us immune, but it should give some limits to the pain.
Not that I think this is ok or anything, just gives me some small hope that the bread lines might take longer to get to.
I’ve seen a lot of violence posts coming from non us users. It seems there’s some kind of effort to incite the us into violence going on and I don’t like it one bit.
I feel this. I stopped using almost all social media except pie fed (if you can call pie fed social media). This makes me part of the disappearing voices elsewhere, I used to be pretty active elsewhere.
I know I feel less safe knowing the a lot of arsenal is spent.
It’s not weird, mainstream media is owned by the oligarchs and they want this crap.
Independent media however is having a foundational moment and it’s helping me get through this.
Guess what? Americans are doing what they can and should at the moment.
There are protests, strikes, election defense programs, community organization, signal mobilization, and more.
It’s not being reported by the media because it’s all propaganda. Democracy needs to do its thing unfortunately and that takes time.
There’s a LOT that needs to be done and tried before it turns into something more dramatic. We need to have mid term elections, need to see them be fair, and then let the democratic accountability take hold.
If that fails, then there’s more. But that has to fail, and people need to stop saying it will fail before it does. We don’t need more agitation, it sucks here right now, but the tide is turning at the pace of democracy. If you want something faster you’re asking for fascism to replace fascism and nobody should want that.
And in the long run, as much as this also sucks, the presidency.
“Eat it raw” makes me wonder what the well prepared artisanal propaganda might look like…
FWIW I’m a genx who did well and I didn’t grow out of it.
I know the system is rigged, I don’t want to hoard anything, and I want to live in a world where everyone does well.
People that change their values because they make a lot of money don’t actually have any values.
Yes, but she will have really earned it unlike the other trust fund super villains.
It’s going to take a revolution at this point.
That sounds about right, I’ve definitely found a number of them in sales. They tend to have a talent for sales because of the lack of morality and the insane charm.
Can we start a citizen class action lawsuit to get refunds for everyone?
All I can say to this is, it’s magic. So, you get to stay on if the carpet wants you to stay on.
That’s is, that’s your protection.
If they try to ingratiate themselves too aggressively, if they make way too good eye contact and smile so big and are effusively positive, and they make the hairs on the back of my neck crawl, I know it’s highly likely I’m interacting with a sociopath or psychopath.
Everyone that’s normal has a chance to be good or evil and it changes over time.
If the person hits the trigger points above though I know they aren’t going to be a stable actor to deal with because they will lack empathy, be utterly self serving, and never feel guilt for their actions.
I’ve encountered quite a few of these people in my years and they often are in positions of authority because they are really good at fooling and manipulating people.
I don’t know if this is good or bad but I definitely try to avoid or at least ring fence people like this when I encounter them.
Owned. It’s the owners that are complicit.
Epstein class has the wheel.
JFC jobs aren’t getting automated they are getting enhanced.
Work will shift it’s not going away.
This hyperbolic c suite AI nonsense is pure pump and dump.
I love this place. It seems like real people, real memes, feels like I went back in time to the good internet.
You have to let the algorithm decide how you should be creeping. Shh, sleep now, and scroll, and click.
I mean, duh?