We have the technology to switch from representative democracy to direct democracy. There would also need to be major changes to educate everyone on the topics being voted on. That would be a huge improvement if we can keep that education less corrupted by monied interests.

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AI reviewing AI Interviewing AI. Oh the humanity!

Bait hunting.

Almost everything done by this administration has been by executive order.

There’s a joy with high crafted tools that you can’t really get with an average equivalent. It usually comes down to comfort and looks. Is it worth it? Depends, I suppose.

Raw resources, utilities, and public services should never be privatized. No sensible person should ever trust a corporation to properly manage our land.

I always thought he was making them as a limited high-end run. It’s neither of those things.

“What’re you going to do, get Trump elected?”

How many red lines have been crossed now? I like AOC but the Democrats and Congress aren’t going to do shit if they haven’t already.

Imagine dealing with all of this when you tear it down to rebuild something new. Fuck plastic.

He was a vanguard single party advocate.

What options did Lenin have in mind for an authoritarian communist state?

Calling the kettle black and all that. The “hegemony” should be broken up but control systems don’t work like that.

I’m not talking at all about free presses. The Soviet Union didn’t have a free press and was controlled by 1 entity instead of 6 - which is much worse - which was my point I was trying to make.

Well, one option at most, seems the worst.

Isn’t that still better than only a single state-controlled media?

It would depend, and by who and how much. Article 5 doesn’t compel any member state to counterattack but rather an invitation to participate in one.

Couldn’t they’ve made it in a smaller form factor?

Like deleting the file old days?