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AI 'godfather' says universal basic income will be needed
  • It's incorrect to assume he doesn't have any knowledge of economics. If you ever listen to him speak about Reagan you'd understand that yes, he does have an understanding of economics, just not from the perspective of someone brainwashed by the system.

  • Kim's sister denies North Korea has supplied weapons to Russia
  • Whataboutism. Comparing the situation between Israel and Palestine to North Korea isn't smart. And you say what "we've" done to Palestinians, I haven't done anything to them, I didn't vote for any of that shit.

  • We’re in a pivotal moment in American history. We cannot retreat | Bernie Sanders
  • The pivotal moment in American history was at some point in the 1970s. We're experiencing the effects of bad decisions made 50 years ago. Sanders winning in 2016 was our last chance. Biden will never be a progressive. We need our votes to actually matter. We need ranked choice voting or STAR voting, and we need to end the electoral college, popular vote now. I'm cynical at this point. I've accepted the idea that things will need to get worse before meaningful change occurs, which has been happening regardless of what I believe anyway.

  • Kim's sister denies North Korea has supplied weapons to Russia
  • North Korea is such a let down for humanity, a sad disappointment. They'd be so much better off if they worked together with the world. I firmly believe the US military has a complete view of their imports/exports through spy satellites.

  • Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift
  • manufactured term “marijuana”

    In accordance with my initial point that it's a racist law to keep it illegal, I'll use cannabis from now on. Reading the history of the usage of the term "marijuana/marihuana/mariguana".

    It's funny how we try to regulate a plant, yet the term cannabis could be referring to industrial hemp or the dankest highest THC concentration cultivar possible.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana_(word)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_sativa#Cultivars

    Broadly, there are three main cultivar groups of cannabis that are cultivated today:

    Cultivars primarily cultivated for their fibre, characterized by long stems and little branching.[21]

    Cultivars grown for seed which can be eaten entirely raw or from which hemp oil is extracted.

    Cultivars grown for medicinal or recreational purposes, characterized by extensive branching to maximize the number of flowers.[21]

    A nominal if not legal distinction is often made between industrial hemp, with concentrations of psychoactive compounds far too low to be useful for that purpose, and marijuana.

  • It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in NC
  • Banning masks is authoritarian fascist shit, especially masks that protect you from spreading contagious illnesses. Ridiculous, one year we're all told we need to wear masks to protect one another, next year we're told that it's illegal? Fuck off government, fuck off.

  • Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift
  • Anyone who believes the statement "land of the free, home of the brave" or "for liberty and justice for all". You're blind to think that we don't have so many in the US who believe we have a free country, and a free market.

  • Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift
  • federal legalization at 70% popularity

    You just made clear that we don't have a system that represents the people. How exactly does it become legal now with the argument "we just reclassified it"? When does that happen? 2, 5, 10 years from now?

  • Images leak of Valve's next game, and it's an Overwatch-style hero shooter
  • Ugh, as if we don't have enough of this kind of game already. SMITE 2 and Marvel Rivals are coming soon. Valve for fucks sake, look at how well Half Life: Alyx did. I seriously hope they're working on a future Half Life game or some new story driven style game at the very least. I'm calling it now, Deadlock is going to be another Artifact.

  • Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift
  • This is not a win, don't mistake it. They reclassified it and now it's going to be even hard to legalize because they'll use the excuse "we reclassified it already!". Full legalization is what we need, this doesn't actually change shit. Marijuana being illegal is one of the most racist laws we have.

  • Biden administration is sending $1 billion more in weapons, ammo to Israel, congressional aides say
  • Nah. There's no way the orange man would get more than 4 years. If he tried, we would see a nation wide shut down, the riots would be beyond anything we've ever seen in this country. The people with money know they wouldn't make more money trying that, so it won't happen. Biden is already helping them enough.

  • Is Lemmy a good alternative?
  • Yes, it is a good alternative IF you take part. Don't be a lurker, post stuff, cause friction, create interesting discussion even if you know you may get downvoted for bringing up things people don't want to talk about. Reddit is a censored pile of gatekept shit, don't ever waste your time commenting on there.

  • Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news
  • One of the best decisions I made was deleting my Facebook. I really mean that, one of the best decisions in my entire life. Not getting sucked into the absolute bullshit fest that greedy shit fuckers like Mark Zuckerberg set up for humanity is extremely relieving. Don't compare yourself to other people, you be you, just try to be your best self, it's worth it. Don't let the billionaire leeches of society take everything from you, fuck Facebook.

  • The US isn't authoritarian

    You're trivializing authoritarianism by focusing on the US. Focus on Iran or Russia instead, then you'd have yourself a fun time.

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    Reddit has become the face of enshittification

    I just wanted to peek at the front page. I guess they don't want people to use their shit anymore. I'm starting to believe in the dead internet theory.

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    A universal basic income to the ultra wealthy would be perceived by them as being given a couple pennies every month

    The way someone with $100,000,000 would perceive $1000 is how someone with $100,000 would perceive $1.

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    The message for all these campus protests

    The message should be for the US to stop sending money to Israel. Israel isn't going to stop this shit in the name of "peace". The best any US citizen can do is constantly berate the US for sending money to Israel. Biden needs to know he'll lose to the orange man in November if he doesn't take note. When you protest you need a clear demand, and the US could definitely stop sending money to Israel.

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