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[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

The only difference between the conservative Burundi government and the conservative American government is what they think they can get away.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Probably lots of reasons, all of them fucked.

The main reason is probably money. There's no better way to turn billions of dollars of public funds into billions of dollars of private profits.

It also reassures neoliberals that for all his rhetoric about forgiving loans and improving healthcare access, he's still willing to kill children if there's money in it.

It's also a chance to show off the unstoppable force of American arms against people who are considered completely expendable to America.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 19 points 8 months ago

This was so awkward I had to check if you were joking but nope, actual conservative who got his feelings hurt and retaliated with the two most generic right-wing insults there are.

I could teach your entire personality to a bird.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

they can give millions in subsidies direct to corporations

That's exactly why they're fighting it -- every dollar they give to poor people is a dollar less they can give to rich people.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 48 points 8 months ago

They were 100% aware they were hosting a "not technically child pornography but we're going to use it as child pornography" sub, but there's no subreddit degenerate enough that they'll ban it while it's profitable.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

I also have to subscribe to and use Adobe software but suggesting it's less buggy and less expensive than other apps is delusional.

The moment you try and do anything outside of basic image editing, Photoshop immediately shits the bed.

It's riddled with features that were half developed or half removed. Tried using any of the 3D stuff? It pops up a box saying "We've abandoned this and it probably won't work, but go ahead and try because we haven't properly removed it". Using artboards? Probably not, since half the app seems to break with them, including their brand new features like Live Gradients that rearrange themselves when you save.

Looking for a filter? Well there's 2 places to look since they seem to have lost interest in the filter gallery half way through, then piled mediocre AI filters on top. It'll be a slow search, since for some reason some popup windows take fully 3 seconds to open, probably due to their 4 different UI systems in various states of abandoned.

Photoshop is widely used today because it was good 15 years ago. If someone hasn't already creating a leaner, more stable, better designed, more ambitious piece of software, it's only a matter of time until they do.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

We also have no idea what measures they take to stop the system being manipulated (if any).

The far-right could be working to ensure they're recommended as often as possible and if it just shows up as "engagement" or "impressions" on their stats, YouTube is unlikely to fight it with much enthusiasm.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 21 points 8 months ago

Libertarians are mostly just neoliberals who are upset they're not allowed to be more psycopathic.

Their new utopia will tear itself apart with greed, drugs and sex abuse just like all the old ones.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 26 points 8 months ago

But he was naive thinking he could store that much data with a tech giant, his "life's work", risk free.

Google made a promise they didn't keep and articles like this are the consequence of that.

It's not ideal, but it still feels better than "let them lie and then blame their victims for believing it".

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Pro-gun propaganda masqurading as life advice.

You openly admit that idiots and fascists have been armed, that you wouldn't win a fight against any of them even with your guns, and that an armed population has done absolutely nothing to stop a fascist running for president.

Yet rather than fixing any of that, your solution is "everybody buy more guns even though it doesn't work and funds fascists by proxy".

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 32 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I haven't even gotten to ask what anti-drone measures they have.

The answer will be "none" because unless they're ex-military, their entire contribution to any militia is usually "gun".

Most of them wouldn't pass fitness requirements nor take orders. Few of them have other skills such as first aid, communication tech or drone piloting.

Even when contributing their gun, you can't assume they know how to safely and usefully handle a weapon, or that they're mentally fit for combat, because none of that is a requirement for buying a gun.

It's a hero fantasy they've literally never thought critically about, but it's supposed to make all the mass shootings worth it.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

I've listened to songs with suicidal lyrics, I'm not suicidal

A song with "suicidal lyrics" is not even remotely comparable to the albums this site sells, which is why they don't need a dedicated pro-suicide website to sell them on.

Would you rush to defend an album put out by ISIS, that pushed the agenda of ISIS, with all profits going to ISIS?

It's getting exhausting seeing people become increasingly unhinged and justifying it because "well, they're baddies."

Then maybe you should explain your exhaustion to the group responsible for their overwhelming majority of mass shootings, who openly celebrate the killing of black and LGBT+ people, rather than someone you've decided isn't appropriately sad that neo-nazis got exposed for doing a thing they did.

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