I admit I got the wrong impression from you guys initially. The vitriol is all “fuck Democrats”, but you should follow up with “go socialism” to get the message out. From the outside looking in, it looked like more of the voter suppression campaigns that I see everywhere else. I see too many young people give up on voting because they think their single vote doesn’t matter. But they need to understand democracy is about everyone voting as a whole.

It’s true I have become a but of a fatalist lately which really make me sad about the future generations. I actually shed my brainworms decades ago. I have no delusions about the US political system. It is an oligarchy. And yes money/greed is to blame. I am 100% for socialism. Most people here who are not brainwashed agree with socialist policies. I support the socialist candidates in my area. And they are running under the Democratic party. But the voter suppression is real. I live in a liberal district in the south US. The ruling party here recently divided up (gerrymandered) my district to dilute the votes. Cheating to win is now openly acceptable. It makes me sick.

Is the US perfect? Fuck no. Does the US political system suck? Absolutely. Is the Democratic party going to make it better? Probably not anytime soon. But the average Republican is 100x worse than the worst Democrat. Do you live in a perfect society? If so, please let me know. I would love to visit.

I don’t disagree with the criticism. The only thing i dislike is the implication to that “there are no good choices” and we should just give up. That’s how the facists win. I also thought the meme was dumb. But tbh I was drunk. I am also new to this platform, so sorry if I fucked up the rules. It still amazed that anyone even read a comment from a noob and took the time to reply.

I am no fan of the us and I live here. Ive hated politics my whole life. I totally get the hatred of America. I would leave if I could. And there are pockets of resistance here and I do what I can to support that even if it means voting democrat. I have to believe there is still a chance.

The same problems always existing before 2003 which is my point. And every year gets worse. Every country gets worse. Every day the future gets worse and all you guys do is blame someone else. Blaming everyone else, minorities/immigrants is what got is here. Doesnt solve anything.

I meant China will be next to be the dominant power. This was the last comment on the thread. Didn’t mean to poke you.

Where you even born then? The same agency existed before 2003. That was just a name change. After 2001, everything changed. But it was nothing like what exists now. I’d like to see how you guys are doing anything to help humanity and not further it’s destruction. I agree most/all politicians are are selfish assholes. Most of humanity probably deserves to die off. Any number of man made disasters are ready to make that happen. The USA is already dying. China will likely be next dominant power. But just saying fuck Democrats is pointless. What does “join the revolution” actually mean? Just sow more chaos?

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I’m sure they will keep hardware exorbitantly expensive for as long as possible to push ppl to the subscription model. I would love to run local models, but the cost of hardware versus performance is too high compare to cloud at this point in time. I might break even in 5-10 years, but the hardware may be out of date by then. I hope things will level out in a few years. And I agree the us gov will try to ban non-us models and hardware. They may even bail out the ai companies because they will be too big to fail. Also expect ai and robot companies to get massive military contracts.

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Once there is enough adoption, expect token costs to skyrocket and advertising enshitifaction to accelerate. We are still in the “first hit is free” stage of ai drug addiction.

My point was to use all tools at your disposal. Revolutions can be waged on several fronts. I’ve always hated politics as do most people I know. But 50% voter turnout is partially to blame why it sucks so bad. We have a shitty government and we are to blame. Oh well, I tried nothing and it didn’t work…

If everyone thinks like that, then nothing can be done. The power is when many people act together. Giving up because you feel insignificant is what keeps oligarchs in power. They want you to feel small. One vote may seem small, but if everyone votes, then we can make a difference.

I know it can be incredibly frustrating. Only 50-ish to 60-ish percent turnout out most elections which is sad (https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_elections). You can also vote with your money. Be conscious about what you spend your money on or just spend less. Vote with your data (restrict access to it). Be anonymous. Delete online accounts or use fake information as much as possible. Don’t feed the machine. Vote with your actions. Protest and show support for what you believe in. Vote with your feelings. Don’t go for the rage bait and trolls. Block all that shit. Don’t let it drag you down. Free your mind. Vote with your morals. Help those in need. Be kind. And above all just survive. You can’t make a difference if you are dead.

Not voting is dumb. Might as well drown if you don’t.

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And the stadium was likely built with taxpayer money.

Who do you have? I pay that much for just myself in FL marketplace (bronze plan, high deductible)

Watched it for the first time recently. I thought Reacher was autistic because he seems so socially awkward and has a monotone, emotionless delivery of dialogue.

That thinkstation is now “starting at 5,849.00”. No matter how bad I want it, I can’t justify that cost. You can get nearly 6 years of Claude max for that amount. Maybe in 6 years the hardware cost will go down.