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The US media made sure not to make that mistake again with Hunter Biden's laptop.

It's still encrypted over the wire. And Pavel Durov isn't exactly a bootlicker (see his history with Russia).

That said, who knows who has access to Telegram servers.

It also suggests a strong selective pressure for uneducated, unproductive communities that do nothing but breed, take welfare, and vote.

the raw material for solving any problem is found in problem solvers, not the ground.

This implies that the quantity of "problen solvers" is more important than quality.

There used to be noble causes worth dying for.

Now we scroll through feeds and pat ourselves on the back for increasing the average lifespan. No one asks whether these long lives are even worth living.

No one asks why progress for the sake of progress is inherently good.

We're paying them to hoard zero-days.

(And sometimes share them with our Israeli friends for hunting down Saudi journalists.)

Shame, I smoked a blunt 3 months ago in California. I'll try again next year!

"One unfortunate thing about Black Power is that it gives priority to race precisely at a time when the impact of automation and other forces have made the economic question fundamental for blacks and whites alike. In this context a slogan 'Power for Poor People' would be much more appropriate than the slogan 'Black Power'."

Martin Luther King, Where Do We Go from Here, 1967

What would MLK say about billionaires using identity politics to distract the working class from any kind of solidarity? That's what I believe is happening here. A lot of identity politics started after Occupy Wall Street.

A racially divided nation is profitable, and it's much harder for workers to organize.

Essentially all American white people continue to materially benefit from a long history of systematic racism in America [0], including slavery, state-mandated and state-tolerated post-slavery subjugation and segregation. Heck, many living white Americans are direct beneficiaries of overt discrimination in public programs, not to mention systematic, coordinated private discrimination.

I come from a family of poor farmers in the South. I've done some genealogical digging, and thus far I've found three 16-24 year old members of my family who died in the Confederate war. We never owned slaves; service was mandatory back then, either through law or social pressure.

Approximately ~600-700,000 people died in the Civil War. This country has made sacrifices for African Americans and racial equality, more than any other country on Earth. It will never be enough.

No matter how much they give, apologize, change the rules, white Americans will never shed their "original sin." Because of my white skin, I "continue to materially benefit" from "systemic racism," and yet, where are these benefits? I come from a place riddled with opiate addicts and alcoholism. Most of the younger people don't make it out, they have to score much higher than African Americans applying to the same colleges (as do Asians).

Everyone was on board with MLK's dream of equal opportunity for all. Racial discrimination was clearly a bad idea. But, in the last 10 years or so, some people have realized that "racism" is perhaps the most powerful bludgeoning tool in the US. Now, MLK is outdated, the new movement is about racial revenge.

Yea, that makes sense. I'm wondering how it works with something like TikTok's Creator Fund [1] or Twitter Blue content creators (who might be compensated in the future), or even Medium.

[1] https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-gb/tiktok-creator-fund-your-q...

Thanks for the details. I'm curious though, couldn't traditional publications just say their articles are "user content" and absolve themselves of all legal liability, like defamation?

The groups argue the law, set to go into effect July 1, violates the First Amendment by compelling platforms to host speech they'd otherwise remove.

I'm not an expert on this by any means, but isn't this an admission that these companies act like publishers? Yet they have Section 230 protection?

How does that work? If they're removing legal content, you should be able to sue Twitter for content they leave up, right?

I've had COVID, and this is why I will not get vaccinated, despite CDC recommendations. It's very creepy how they've buried treatments and promoted experimental vaccines.

I disagree. The market and political forces are too strong, the "misinformation" umbrella will always expand to fit the needs of the wealthy and powerful.

When the stakes are high, exactly the time when you need radical honesty, the benefits of censoring information are also high.

Some might say, "hasn't this always been the case?" And you'd be correct. The difference today is that it is now a fashionable political position to cheer for censorship of any controversial ideas. This prevailing attitude combined with centralization of the public square (social media) is a dangerous combination, and we will continue to pay the price of this well into the future.

The trust in traditional institutions is plummeting, as it should for anyone who has witnessed their actions the past year.

I still remember the "hug a Chinese person" campaign in Italy.

Who would've thought that letting billionaires with international business interests censor scientific inquiry would end badly...

Seriously made me chuckle.

Yea, assuming someone had enough resources to create a powerful AI, they would also have enough resources for a hefty collection of unreleased 0days...

I recommend reading Curtis Yarvin's recent writing on this exact topic [1].

[1] https://graymirror.substack.com/p/there-is-no-ai-risk

Yes, I believe it's called God. Maybe one day we can find a formula!

It's genuinely concerning how 1:1 the Wyckoff pattern is for BTC at the moment [1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhf_2gJJS1I

How do you account for it? Just give them more money?

Rich African Americans commit crimes at a higher rate than Asians and Whites at the same socioeconomic level.

Irish people haven't had a particularly pleasant past either, and you don't see people making excuses for them.

I don't want to come off as a reactionary. I just want to find the truth and see where it leads, irregardless of political fashion trends.

The videos I've seen often include the perpetrator yelling racial slurs at the victim and telling them to "go back where they came from."

[1]: see 1:17 https://www.reddit.com/r/ActualPublicFreakouts/comments/mnys...

[2]: see 0:29 https://www.reddit.com/r/ActualPublicFreakouts/comments/mcjj...

[3] https://www.reddit.com/r/ActualPublicFreakouts/comments/mibr...

[4]: bystanders laughing https://www.reddit.com/r/ActualPublicFreakouts/comments/md8r...

[5] https://www.reddit.com/r/NoahGetTheBoat/comments/n5y1av/man_...

[6] https://www.reddit.com/r/ActualPublicFreakouts/comments/mal4...

[7]: "you don't belong here" + curbstomp https://www.reddit.com/r/ActualPublicFreakouts/comments/mg5m...

Of course, will these be charged as hate crimes? Doubtful.

Drug cartels are on the decline.

Are you just saying that because weed is being legalized?

Economic inequality sure isn't in decline, and there are a lot of 18-24 year old uneducated men out there with nothing to lose. The turmoil in places like Venezuela and Colombia leaves power voids that cartels step in to fill.

Look at the southern border.

I do empathize with those who believe they are unlikely to ever benefit from police presence, and thus don't want to pay for police.

You're saying this like the majority these people have a net-positive impact on tax revenue. It's quite the opposite.

The "Rise of the Warrior Cop" seems directly correlated with the rise of massive drug cartels.

Oh, I see. Perfect!

This is fantastic. My only wish is to be able to export them as a PNG... maybe add a small watermark so people can find you.

Unless they're under a legal gag-order?

Furthermore, it doesn't "mix" by creating lots of transactions and trying to obfuscate the trail--it completely cuts off the trail.