The news from the past few days is a stunning example of what happens when the state decides it wants to crush just one guy
Jason Kuznicki
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Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.
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As someone who believes in free markets, I'll just note that converting government subsidies into state ownership of corporations makes things worse not better.
Q: As a conservative, do you think the govt should have ownership stakes in private companies?
LAWLER: Generally speaking, no... I think what the president is seemingly trying to do is get a return on these tens of billions of dollars that are being invested by taxpayers into companies like Intel
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On twitterâpre-Musk!âI had my face pasted onto Auschwitz memes, my replies spammed with "faggot," death threats in my DMs, and a congressman trying to get me fired.
If you have not experienced similar, that says more about who you don't offend than it does about which platform has worse behavior.
Itâs actually far, far worse on Bluesky. The nastiness and vitriol here makes X look civilized and high-minded by comparison đ. The close-minded scolds on here shouldnât flatter themselves
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now THIS is a âscare the hoesâ take
all we do affects, for good or ill, all other lives
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But itâs bigger than just the word. Tying techno optimism to fascism pushes a lot of people toward Luddism. It makes the whole world seem doomier than it needs to be.
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And every single one of them is wrong.
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This is why if youâre actually a âtechno-optimistâ you should fucking hate Elon musk: self driving cars are here, they are real, they work. I could call one right now today. But all heâs been promising Tesla vaporware for like a decade so many people still think the technology as a whole is bullshit
It seems like there is not enough of a policy response to the existence of self-driving cars, with 57M miles of data, Waymoâs autonomous vehicles experience 85% less serious injuries & 79% less injuries overall than cars with human drivers
2.4 million are injured & 40k killed in US accidents a year
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There are two very different ways to be a liberal. One of them is reactionary centrist. The other is to be like @liberalcurrents.com.
If youâre a reactionary centrist, the establishment instantly loves you. If youâre like Liberal Currents⌠then at least you can say that youâre in the right.
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I think the only peaceful and lasting way we get out of this is by persuading some Republicans.
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In 1859 you would be pressuring the Republican Party to be pro-slavery to not piss off Democrats
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