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@Maeve@kbin.earth So....do the Uyghurs agree?

@Maeve@kbin.earth Do the Uyghurs agree?

@Earl@mast.john1126.com @Gehtso@social.tchncs.de "Yet #Ukraine is now attacking the nation which possesses the most #nuclear weapons of any nation on earth. " Is it? Or is it defending itself against that nation?

@Maeve@kbin.earth Hey, assume whatever you like. Please, feel free to keep ignoring the Uyghur population; lots of people hate Muslims in general. I don't, but you do you. Have a nice day, now.

@Maeve@kbin.earth Says the person who can't answer a yes/no question.

@chuls@mastodon.world I see lots of people pointing out how the richest people control "trillions of dollars". None of them ever seem to point out that the middle class, as a group, controls far more than the super-rich. And somehow, many of those commentators support giving the government far more control over, well...everything. And guess how many trillions the government already controls

@engravecavedave@mastodon.social There's a group of amateur radio operators that make it their whole deal to work within the confines of 5 watts of power (legal maximum for the top license is 1500 watts on some bands). Kind of makes me wonder if there are homelabbers out there who make it a point to build truly minimal systems, or only use discarded hardware, etc.

@theloopfarm@mastodon.social Every dollar you don't pay in taxes is another dollar that can't be turned against you. #libertarian

@MissGayle@urbanists.social Yet another person who mistakenly imagines that "our system" is free market capitalism; as if the government does not control, directly or indirectly, huge swathes of the economy. Well, not really; "mistakenly" implies a lack of intent, and this person CLEARLY hates learning anything that might challenge their narrative.

@ZachWeinersmith I mean....people in general don't care much about mathematical proofs, from AI or any other source. I'd be surprised if 1 person in 1000 has ever read any mathematical proof at all. But about half of the planet will, at some point, care about having a girlfriend.

@Quasit@kolektiva.social @minmi@sfba.social Yet another pile of nonsense from someone who fails (or refuses) to grasp basic facts or consider history honestly.

@paulschoe@mastodon.world @J2@tldr.nettime.org @YimbyEarth@mas.to @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green "Haven't you learned the first rule of unregulated capitalism?" "My post is not about regulation." Hmm.

@spacemagick@mastodon.social @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon@mastodon.social No, no, there's no meaningful material difference between life now and life 50 years ago. People back then all had microwave ovens, cars as safe and fuel efficient as we have now, and they all carried around portable phones with free long distance that also had more computing power than spacecraft of the era. There have been no meaningful medical, technological, or other advances. It's a pure, apples-to-apples situation.

@ebel@moytura.org Okay, see, perfect example. Where are you getting that definition from?

@lvl3k@mastodon.social A stance against capitalism does indeed imply advocacy for socialism or communism, because there really aren't any economic system that don't fall under one of those. Your color analogy is therefore heavily flawed.

@faket@veganism.social @theloopfarm@mastodon.social Ehhhhh....not really, no.

@sheislaurence@mastodon.social "anyone care to explain what the benefit of having more sunlight on earth is supposed to be?" I hear plants are quite fond, in their own way, of sunlight Personally, I have a certain fondness for plants in general. "More sunlight" would also, in theory, make solar thermal panels and photovoltaics more productive.

@ZachWeinersmith "So, two things I really value are free trade and open immigration." #libertarian

@Quasit Please, if ever once a private actor has held a gun to your head.....EVER....by all means, say so. As opposed, of course, to the government (AKA, the people socialists want to be in charge of, well, everything), who not only have a big pile of guns but use them constantly.

@HakeemG@mastodon.social @paulschoe@mastodon.world Don't worry; I didn't imagine you had developed an appreciation for facts or honesty. Have a nice day.

@sibylle @juglugs Okay.

@ebel@moytura.org I never demanded anything; that is you imagining things.

@iamnickw@infosec.exchange You couldn't come up with your own definition of this thing you hate so much? Or...find an existing one?

@lvl3k@mastodon.social Oh no!

@MartMichaelis@mastodonapp.uk Yet again, you fail to understand what capitalism even is. Healthcare in the UK is almost entirely controlled by the government; it's the exact opposite of a free market. This isn't a hard concept, especially for someone who claims to be a professor. Have you absolutely no intellectual honesty?

@gcvrsa@mastodon.social You were doing so well until your third paragraph. Like it or not, most people simply are no in a position to just stop driving entirely. It would be better for half the people in world to cut their driving in half than for a handful of people to give it up entirely. You shouldn't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Heck, I doubt you yourself truly do not get any utility from cars.

@paulschoe@mastodon.world @HakeemG@mastodon.social No, it's more of an assertion that calling something unregulated when there are regulations that apply to it is inaccurate.

@rival@mastodon.social Okay, so you have no answers, no actual position, no real useful principles. Got it.

@chuls@mastodon.world Just interesting how the commentary pretty much always leaves those sorts of things out. People point a finger at these super-rich people and how rich they are, and folks are left to conclude, or are directly told, that it's bad. And then the "solution" is usually to give more power to the government, as if they don't control far, far more wealth, and exert far more power.

@Earl@mast.john1126.com "Ukraine could have conceded to Russia's demands, whatever they were, and avoided so much death and destruction." Sure. And if someone was getting raped, if they just stopped struggling, they could avoid so much personal injury.

@juglugs Is this why there are no capitalist firms producing solar panels? No capitalist firms providing affordable health care? No capitalist agencies fighting for peace and against war?

@HakeemG@mastodon.social @paulschoe@mastodon.world "What a disingenuous argument" Hardly. If someone wants to call something unregulated when it is regulated, they are simply wrong. If you want to call pointing out the truth "disingenuous", you do you; I certainly don't expect better, given our previous encounters.

@TinJar "Women are the first to die when extreme weather hits?" I'd be interested to see actual, not anecdotal, proof of any such effect. The linked article certainly doesn't provide actual proof. Statements like "Women are the first to die when an extreme climate event happens because they'll save everyone before saving themselves"? Please. People are not a monolith or this simplistic. Plenty of women have fled natural disasters, which is fine. And plenty of men have died helping others.

@iamnickw@infosec.exchange "Here is the core idea of surveillance capitalism, according to Claude dot ai." Something deeply ironic right there.

@bewilderbeast23@mastodon.social @paulschoe@mastodon.world @J2@tldr.nettime.org @YimbyEarth@mas.to @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green I never said anything of the sort. Of course wealthy groups and individuals can and often do get treated differently.

@paulschoe@mastodon.world @J2@tldr.nettime.org @YimbyEarth@mas.to @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green ...do any of you really imagine that these datacenters are not subject to regulation?

@paulschoe@mastodon.world Please feel free to let me know if you ever come up with any actual defense for your claims.

@ebel@moytura.org I've never seen anyone who shares that quote demonstrate an actual understanding of even basic economics. None of them seem to understand what capitalism even is, much less have an actual articulable objection to it.

@paulschoe@mastodon.world I never said it was about any regulations in and of themselves. But you complain about this "unregulated capitalism" in the context of datacenters, which is nonsensical. I challenge anyone to point to a single example, one, of a datacenter that actually exists and is not subject to regulations of some kind. Just one.

@faket@veganism.social @theloopfarm@mastodon.social Meh. I hear such idle, baseless claims almost daily. No need to be sorry.

@MeimeiTakuto@sakurajima.social "Racial capitalism"? Yeah, sounds like a waste of 90 minutes. If they're got a TLDW summary to at least hint they're not full of it, that would be nice.

@oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.social @bewilderbeast23@mastodon.social @paulschoe@mastodon.world @J2@tldr.nettime.org @YimbyEarth@mas.to @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green "its"

@ariane @prau After watching, reading, and listening to some hundreds or thousands or tens of thousands of pieces of media produced by people with a certain viewpoint, it sort of becomes clear that none of them have anything worthwhile to say. They just regurgitate the same nonsense over and over.

@oh_sure@mastodon.social The sad thing is, most of the people listening to this woman think she has any clue what she's talking about. The sadder thing is, they could learn how very clueless she is by spending all of sixty seconds with a dictionary...and they just won't.

@bewilderbeast23@mastodon.social @paulschoe@mastodon.world @J2@tldr.nettime.org @YimbyEarth@mas.to @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green Well, I won't imagine you actually speak for anyone else unless and until I see them saying you do, but for you, if you imagine these sites are unregulated, you are deeply ignorant. Heck, just zoning laws apply; this is very low hanging fruit.

@rival@mastodon.social You're more than welcome. Maybe someday, if you ever develop any honesty or desire to have an actual conversation, you'll drop me a line.

@MartMichaelis@mastodonapp.uk No, you couldn't return the complement, because you cannot return what you have not received and do not have.

@IndyRichard@mastodon.scot Yes, it's super easy to use lies to push pretty much any agenda. Do children ever go hungry under #socialism? Or #communism?

@martin_t@mastodon.social Sounds great. Go right ahead.