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davel , 8 months ago to asklemmy in Why is Lemmygrad hated in the wider space of Lemmy?

This is the common refrain. It’s easier to believe we’re bots or shills than believe socialists walk among us specter

davel , 8 months ago to technology in OpenAI co-founder makes spectacular return mere days after ousting, with the board that fired him mostly swept away

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me, at the thanksgiving table tomorrow
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davel , 8 months ago to asklemmy in Why is Lemmygrad hated in the wider space of Lemmy?

The “Uyghur genocide” is bullshit Atlanticist propaganda, and English-language Wikipedia is basically NATOpedia in its slant on the topic, so yes we will deny it. It’s a product of the new Cold War propaganda campaign against China.

davel , 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to asklemmy in Why is Lemmygrad hated in the wider space of Lemmy?

More often than not, when Americans say leftist they really mean left-liberalism a la Bernie Sanders, which is really center-left at most, and not actually leftist in the original sense, a sense which Americans have forgotten thanks to two Red Scares and the first Cold War.

davel , 8 months ago to asklemmy in Why is Lemmygrad hated in the wider space of Lemmy?

Lemmygrad and Hexbear aren’t “leftist” in the confused sense that Americans usually mean “leftist.” They’re actually leftist in the original sense, meaning that they want to abolish private ownership of the means of production. To the extent they’re “widely hated,” it’s largely because the Anglosphere has been indoctrinated against real, actual socialism their entire lives.

davel , 8 months ago to worldnews in Ex-Obama adviser says more Palestinian kids should die in Islamophobic rant

He fucked around knowing he was on camera and found out he was fired from his lobbying firm.

davel , 8 months ago to technology in OpenAI co-founder makes spectacular return mere days after ousting, with the board that fired him mostly swept away

People are asking what is wrong with these cults. It’s a lot to cover so I won’t try. People who follow the podcasts Tech Won’t Save Us or This Machine Kills will already be familiar with them. Here’s an article relevant to the moment that talks about them a little: Pivot to AI: Replacing Sam Altman with a very small shell script

davel , 8 months ago to technology in OpenAI co-founder makes spectacular return mere days after ousting, with the board that fired him mostly swept away

On the one hand, the board was an insane cult of effective altruism / longtermism / LessWrong, so fuck them. But on the other hand, this was a worker revolt for the capitalists, which I guess shouldn’t be surprising since tech workers famously lack class consciousness.

davel , 8 months ago to worldnews in Donations have surged to groups linked to conservative Project 2025

Will liberals hang on to their debunked RussiaGate conspiracy theories until the end of time?

davel , 8 months ago to worldnews in Donations have surged to groups linked to conservative Project 2025

Dimwits don’t have money. It’s coming from the wealthy. This is how the capitalist class has always run “democratic” countries.

davel , 8 months ago to worldnews in Argentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as president

If you wanna believe in dunning-krugerrands, I can’t stop you.

davel , 8 months ago to worldnews in Argentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as president

I’m an elder Silicon Valley software developer who has followed crypto since the early days. I never bought the hype because 1) I understand the technology and 2) I have a Marxist perspective on economics and politics.

I think cryptocurrency was a libertarian monkey’s paw wish that only further empowered those who already had power. The crypto grift collapsed early last year, and everyone has moved on to the shiny new AI grift. Most people know now that the crypto emperor had no clothes.

davel , 8 months ago to worldnews in Argentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as president

It’s a good reason to end capitalism. Until we abolish private ownership of the means of production, the capitalist class will control the State.

davel , 8 months ago to worldnews in Argentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as president

If they can print as much money as they like then they obviously they can always make any interest payment, as former Fed. Chair Alan Greenspan himself has plainly stated.

Furthermore, the government doesn’t need to borrow money in the first place, because again, it can print as much as it wants.
So you might ask, why does our government create these treasury securities in the first place? I think the answer is largely twofold. Firstly as another tool for managing inflation. By giving the wealthy a safe place to profitably park their money, that money is temporarily removed from the real economy. Secondly because those same wealthy capitalists are the ones calling the shots in the first place, and they want a safe place to profitably park their money.

davel , 8 months ago to worldnews in Argentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as president

The value of a State’s fiat money comes from them requiring that taxes be paid in that same money. Yes they can print as much money as they want, but they don’t, and they can regulate its value by destroying some of it through taxation.
Second Thought: Why The Government Has Infinite Money