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Bernie Sanders proposes bill to give the public a 50% stake in AI companies (mashable.com)
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[–] -1 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Except the nazis who matter don't give a shit. You think musk is going to give this a second thought? All this amounts to is a distraction. The problem with bills like this is they take away resources from something that can do some actual good.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    It brings it up for further bills. Adds history. Precedence that its worth making a law.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    Does it add meaningful history or precedence? There was a MN State Legislator that proposed a bill to formally define Trump Derangement Syndrome as a mental illness. It was a worthless "look-at-me" attention grabbing bill that never had a chance at passing. Did it move the needle at all for conservatives or was it just something they could chuckle about with all their idiot friends? I'd bet good money you won't see such a massive shift in American sentiment with regards to corporate profit in your lifetime if it ever could pass. So to propose a bill like that does nothing.

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  • [+] -9 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Except the nazis who matter

    And you automatically lose this round of “are you a piece of shit?”

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    This would be a nicer place if everyone extended a little grace to each other. It seems unlikely that the commenter meant “the Nazis who personally, emotionally matter to me” and pretty likely that they meant “the Nazis who are unfortunately very powerful.”

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    Maybe you’re right. But if they automatically give in to the powerful fascists, then what use would they be in a fight against them?

    In a war against fascists, against Nazis, one must consider their collaborators as fascists, as Nazis

    If I’m living in 1941 Paris, and I turned in my gay neighbor and my Jewish friend, how am I any better than any SS officer marching down the street?

    Of course, without any consideration, I’m obviously not. I might as well be shoveling bodies into ovens at Auschwitz.

    There are no shades of gray here. The evil herein is black and white, and quite absolute.

    And never forget: unforgivable

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    But if your fight against the nazis will only waste your energy and have no discernible effect on their cause, what good is it? In fact, your fight could serve the opposite purpose if it feeds their persecution complex. They can point to your failed fight in propaganda to fuel their movement. I'm saying fight smarter, not necessarily harder. I'm not saying don't fight at all.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago

    But if your fight against the nazis will only waste your energy and have no discernible effect on their cause, what good is it?

    That’s not the starting point in the argument we’re dealing with because that is not the reality of the situation. And if your counter argument is against propaganda, then dishing out a bunch of propaganda about how the winning side is losing, then I dare say the first thing you need to deal with is how you’re drowning in hypocrisy.

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