So Mamdani’s idea was not even new, and took it from the military? What was all that fuss about supposedly communist run groceries?

No, because pedophiles are elected to be in charge to protect them.

c/LateStageCapitalism

A lot of people don’t know about ICE because of personal distractions, but also the hyper-personalisation of mass media cooped all of us into our own bubble, which gives us information blindspot. We don’t really watch TV anymore, so we no longer share the same sources of information. Most people these days use social media for news, but the algorithm of social media curates our desires, which then forces us into a tunnel vision. Hence, we each live in different sets of reality, seeing only what the social media shows us.

But on the one hand, and I don’t know what to make of it, people genuinely switch off from the news because it makes them depress. I understand where they are coming from, but being completely cut off from news is just silly. A friend of mine did not even know about Trump threatening to take over Greenland.

I know through studies of the economic anxiety that the poor have, which led them to elect the populist right, but I didn’t personally feel it until I lived close to an underprivileged area. They do not get support from the government, and any social housing is blocked by the property-owning middle and wealthy class, because it brings down the property values. As a result, the poor are made to compete for limited resources with migrants, who themselves are victims of imperial capitalism through foreign interventions and environmental exploitation, leading to climate change and its resulting economic decline of the land prompt people to move. The competition for resources makes both locals and migrants go at each others throats, while the rich are laughing their way to the banks with the wealth pickpocketed from the rest of us.

And then cave them in.

The fascists yearn the mines.

Signal is easy to use, but I think mainly that some people might say that it’s “boring”. The motif and colour is not as jazzy and lighter as WhatsApp, and people like jazzy and light colours.

On occasions I have done overtime or feel under pressure due to work, I do feel my heart palpitating. But I am lucky I immigrated to a country where the work culture is more relaxed compared to others. Had I gone to another country, I might have ended up the same as the guy in the article.

Iceland protested after finding out their then prime minister is on Panama Papers, and the PM resigned.

That’s true, but the announcement is more like a warning, to be fair. She’s warning ICE but if the moment comes, we’ll see if she keeps her word.

I’ve yet to see any negative headlines about Mamdani ever since hr won election

Seeing the tankies talk about him on .ml would make you think he was leading the 4the Reich.

Well yeah, it depends exactly what kind of social bubble you are in. If you are in a right wing bubble, you would be led to believe that Mamdani is a woke Muslim terrorist commie.

As a Batman fan, it just occurred to me that I really hope Netflix won’t ruin the IP if they get the chance to buy WB.

There’s a concept in law enforcement whereby arresting one person dissuades others from doing similar things.

It doesn’t even have to be about being arrested. The threat of lawsuit, broadcasting licences not being renewed, or business acquisition of a media company by another not being approved by the government elicits enough fear to corporate journalists. These are done well before using threat of arrest to suppress free press.

So the real investment from Tesla is the company stealing from government resources!!

I see this meme all the time, which is an oversimplification. The 250 year time frame that people ascribe to is usually assigned to a country’s lifetime, but really, the time frame is the average length of a golden era of a country, not its existence. Rome lasted for 2,000 years and China today still exists. When the Chinese talk about this “250 year” thing, they would refer back to how long certain dynasties ruled, not China’s existence. Same with Rome having had its peak come and go while it existed until 1453. France also has had several golden ages as the bigger power in Europe from middle ages to Napoleonic era.

America won’t cease to exist, but it will not be the power it once was, and that’s okay (except for the ultranationalists). It’s okay to be humble.

Even the “good ones” eventually turn evil.

The best chefs in the world are men.

Authoritarians learned that 1984-style totalitarian control doesn’t work anymore; so they tried Brave New World’s control through psychological pleasure, and it is more successful than ever imagined.

So that explains why some entries on companies don’t mention about their unscrupulous history.

ICE agent: But these are illegal immigrants who are gang members trafficking drugs into the country!

Sane people: So why aren’t you arresting them instead of children, and shooting white people even?

ICE agent: … takes out gun