Wes4Humanity

Wes4Humanity , 2 months ago to world in EXCLUSIVE: “You Have Been Warned”: Republican Senators Threaten the ICC Prosecutor over Possible Israel Arrest Warrants

No no no… The laws they want to enforce only apply to not white people /s

Wes4Humanity , 2 months ago to asklemmy in What did you get into as it was dying or otherwise on its way out?

Anno online… Great game, got really into it, then realized it was on its way out… Sad times

Wes4Humanity , 2 months ago to lemmyshitpost in Oddly specific question

“lack of values and decadence” sounds like they’re afraid of themselves

Wes4Humanity , 2 months ago to news in Could student protesters turn the 2024 election?

I absolutely hate it when news corporations say any form of “here’s what you need to know”… What I hear is “here’s what we WANT you to know”… And I assume what follows well be mostly bullshit and propaganda

Give me all the information in an unbiased factual way, and let ME decide what I need to know

Wes4Humanity , 2 months ago to memes in Know the difference.

I’m sure they were able to pick themselves up by the bootstraps right?

Wes4Humanity , 2 months ago to news in Analysis: Misinformation has created an alternative world for some Americans

If I’m understanding the Overton window correctly, it’s the range of ideas that would be politically feasible without immediately getting voted out of office… So rightward pressure would mean society at large moving to the right. Since we know society at large has moved left, I think I’d have to argue that the window only works if we live somewhere that what society wants actually matters. Due to mapping and other shenanigans I don’t think the window means anything today. In a direct democracy I think we’d see a very progressive society develop. We live in an oligarchy though, so all that matters is what the rich want, and they want us fighting each other over trans people and guns and abortion rather than fighting them over economics.

Wes4Humanity , 2 months ago to news in Analysis: Misinformation has created an alternative world for some Americans

I think what I’ve observed is that economic politics has moved right while social politics has moved left… While society in general has moved left completely… I think both parties fight over the social stuff so they can distract from the economic stuff because economically they are basically the same party, working together for the exploiter class. And for every small step to the social left, we have to concede 10 to the economic right.

Wes4Humanity , 2 months ago to news in Analysis: Misinformation has created an alternative world for some Americans

Okay but playing devil’s advocate, that could just mean politics stayed the same as people moved left.

Wes4Humanity , 2 months ago to pcgaming in Facebook Has Lost $1 Billion Every Month On VR Since June 2022

True… But you’d think for $45b they could have developed some good software

Wes4Humanity , 2 months ago to pcgaming in Facebook Has Lost $1 Billion Every Month On VR Since June 2022

What blows my mind is that they completely squandered the opportunity that COVID provided for VR education. They could have, and imo should have, given away their hardware to every school/student and then created immersive education software that they could charge the schools for. Imagine learning Magic School Bus style… Chemistry and biology from the point of view of a molecule, travel the universe, be present at major historical events, or just take a walk around ancient Rome to see how they lived. They could have gotten a whole generation hooked on their system… Kinda like Apple did in the 90s. If they want the “metaverse” to work, they need to build an infrastructure that allows users to build their own stuff. Like just make a “city” but allow users to fill it with their own buildings, bars, houses, virtual work places, etc

Wes4Humanity , 3 months ago to nostupidquestions in If a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time?

How much is the UBI? Can I live off it comfortably? I’d probably contribute to society by spending the money thereby supporting the economy /s

Wes4Humanity , 3 months ago to news in ‘They Are Just Pissed Off’: Scott Galloway Warns Young People Are ‘Opting Out of America’ As Older Generations Failed Them

I wonder what happens to this chart if you remove the top 1% from the calculations. “Median” basically means halfway between the top and bottom… The massive and increasing wealth gap means this graph is basically worthless.

Wes4Humanity , 3 months ago to news in ‘Something will have to give’: IMF sounds alarm on US debt

Pretty sure they’re saying if we taxes everyone 100%… Collected all the money from everyone in the country, then gave it all back to the central bank we borrowed it from originally, we’d still owe the interest on the debt… With no more money in the system where would we get the “taxes”?