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bigolkevin
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...in response to Israeli acts of terrorism and crimes against humanity...
bigolkevin
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Hey now, I'll have you know that Trump just signed a deal to steal Ukraine's resources at gunpoint lest he let them be devoured by Russia. Art of the Deal!
bigolkevin
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Being their next target is inevitable. Their greed has no bounds.

Will you be a silent victim or will you resist?

Will you fight back now, when you have more potential allies, or later, when so many have already been erased?
bigolkevin
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It doesn't matter if it's fraud, "AI" is now considered an arms race, if we require them to fairly acquire their content we'll fall behind China or another country and then America might lose the WWIII it is constantly preparing for.

You might see a couple of small players or especially egregious executives get a slap on the wrist for bad behavior but in this political climate there's no chance that Republicans or Democrats will put a stop to it.
bigolkevin
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Respecting people's civil rights and the spirit of the Constitution? Oh, the horror!
bigolkevin
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Or Israel reportedly ordering assassinations in much the same way.

https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/
bigolkevin
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The wealthy and powerful, in exchange for their preferential treatment, their place of power, and more generous scraps from the master's table.
bigolkevin
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For real. I have a great deal of support for maintainers but that comparison is the quickest way for you to lose it.
bigolkevin
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bigolkevin
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The news articles, the protests and marches, the op eds, the videos, the comments? Yes, there has been lots of outrage across every medium.

And are you really surprised by that shift? Many in this country are suffering, and bought in to Obama's "HOPE" and "CHANGE" and got next to nothing for it. In this election Harris tried to sell herself as simply "Biden but younger" instead of presenting transformative ideas to help people - and in a choice between continued suffering or the promise of something better of course many will choose the potential for something better - even if the person presenting it is a deplorable con man.

And yes, I will absolutely call out the so-called Left in this country for doing too little, for being hypocrites, for fighting for the status quo rather than for their constituents. Sure, Republicans are worse, but Democrats keep handing them free elections by being utterly tepid.

And, for the record, "the people who keep voting for the systems causing common folks to suffer" includes anyone voting for Democrats too.
bigolkevin
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There was outrage for all of those things. Not by most Trumpers, no, and certainly not enough outrage, but there was and is opposition to all of the things you listed.

So many Liberals seem to have been emboldened by losing to Trump a second time into embracing bullying and letting go of what empathy and compassion that they had instead of using the moment to question why their party is so disconnected from so much of the country and why so many who are suffering would fall for Trump's lies instead of Democrats and the status quo.

It's not just that it's wrong to use your anger over a bully being elected as an excuse to become a bully yourself, importantly it's also a garbage strategy for trying to defeat MAGA down the road.

This recent strain of Liberalism and it's compromise is so exhausting. They sell out everything they're supposed to stand for and embrace things like fracking, the lie of migrant crime, they choose to proudly wear the endorsement of people like the Cheneys and expect to win elections by being "diet Republicans"?

It seems like they'll do just about anything instead of actually challenging the systems that cause common folks to suffer.
bigolkevin
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This response is already so tired, like we need more excuses to be incompassionate with one another?

It seems like it's just an excuse for mostly fine-under-trump White folks to go "welp, don't blame me, I didn't vote for him" to people who are actually impacted by his policies. And they seem to apply it liberally to people who may have never supported him or who belong to demographic groups that statistically voted for him way less than White folks.

And even if they did vote for trump and are now facing the consequences? I still care enough not to laugh at them from the side lines for being the victim of a con man, and so should you.