mdurak
2d ago
Why not just use browser automation tooling? The frontier models seem to be reasonably good at reading screenshots, and that way you're completely indistinguishable from a regular user.
mdurak
3d ago
I can't help but feel like calling China a "poor" country is a bit misleading. The modern parts are wealthy, and the poor parts are backwards. To the extent that China is modern, I would consider it wealthy too, and vice versa.
mdurak
3d ago
Why would those in power be unable to meme, when memes themselves are such a potent force for zeitgeist transformations?
mdurak
3d ago
Well the comment I was replying to said "Leftism is the king of memes," so assuming that is true, why would it be true?
mdurak
3d ago
it was largely a bunch of upper-class male lawyers who did it
So what changed to enable them to do it in modern times, but not the upper-class in medieval/ancient times?
mdurak
3d ago
Please actually elaborate on and demonstrate how this one statement shows liberalism to be self-contradicting.
mdurak
3d ago
Maybe we're using different meanings for words here, but in my mind modernity (modern cities with gleaming skyscrapers, high speed 5G access everywhere, efficient metro systems, etc.) is directly correlated with wealth. Which modern society is poor?
mdurak
3d ago
What would be the most immediate, noticeable effects for Phoebe if Phoebe isn't a trader who is concerned about market liquidity?
mdurak
3d ago
Gaza as the omnicause. Many words have been spilled about this already
Where can I read these words? I simply don't see why Gaza would have anything to do with women's (perceived) rights.
mdurak
3mo ago
for a cause that the majority does not support
And that is the problem with echo chambers, no? For all they can tell, it is the overwhelming majority that supports their actions, at least within one or two degrees of separation of their social circles.
mdurak
3mo ago
How and when did this form of organized agitation start? If it stretches back more than a few decades, why haven't police tactics adapted?
mdurak
3mo ago
Is it just might makes right, and the will of the people as interpreted by whoever is currently in charge, or do you believe that the law or its enforcement can, in principle, be wrong or invalid for some reason?
What an interesting question. What do you see as the implications of that statement being either true or false?
mdurak
3mo ago
these Leftists are not ordinary criminals but rather organized agitators who are there to disrupt, obstruct, and provoke
What is the difference from a mob, in practical terms?
mdurak
3mo ago
is not acceptable behaviour, but it is reasonably predictable behaviour
Should it really be unacceptable to do reasonably predictable behavior? At least if you're being reasonably predictable, others can be trained to maneuvre around you.
mdurak
7mo ago
And yet being vindictively cruel feels really good, and our biology is naturally pushing us towards it.
Are you aware of any evopsych theories on why this is? It feels true, but why on earth would sadism be an adaptive trait?
mdurak
7mo ago
But please understand - the practice of modern leftism, its modes of operation and expression, its lines of thinking and of everyday argumentation, its symbols and axioms, have also been grown here, in our youth clubs and universities and cultural centers. And then, though I know not how exactly, they made their way back across to America.
Do you have any sources I can read on this boomerang effect of American propaganda? What were the "modes of operation and expression" and whatnot that American propaganda imposed on postwar Germany?
mdurak
7mo ago
Unlike every other part of the Empire you actually managed to put reformers in office (and the reaction to that has resulted in at least one hard-Blue government being elected in another nation- one whose Blue-aligned voters have also been cheering this murder).
Ok, I'm a bit lost here. Which country successfully put reformers in office, and which other country elected a hard-Blue government as a result?
mdurak
7mo ago
The time for dialogue has been over for some time now
What does that mean in practice? Start prepping for civil war because all remaining hopes for peace are futile at this point?
mdurak
10mo ago
Sure, but it’s not something to celebrate.
Whether or not a freedom should be celebrated is different from whether or not it is a freedom in the first place. The latter is the point that you are trying to deny.
mdurak
10mo ago
Counterpoint: crypto. You have the freedom to be your own bank, meaning you can transact with whoever you want without anyone else (government, financial regulators) getting any say. That naturally comes with the responsibility of being your own bank: securing your own transactions, validating counterparty trustworthiness, etc.
Because the inability to meme might result in your removal from power due to your inability to steer the public narrative?
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