Late Stage Capitalism

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I'm glad i'm not the only one to recognize the abject awfulness of a woman saying that, of all people.

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[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

I imagine the analogy is more nuanced than that. It is more like politicians promising their constituents a mutually respectful relation based on consent, then drugging them so that they can rape their constituents without them noticing while the billionaires watch and jerk off to that.

It goes without saying that this is just an analogy and the psychological effects of what is being done here is no where near a rape but we are all adults here and can infer that I think.

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[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago

psychological effects of what is being done here is no where near a rape

I strongly disagree with that. It's extremely harmful in a myriad of ways to everyone and any ecology anywhere nearby. Even if the individual detriments to ones life are not equal to a rape (which I am again I doubt of, not that I think rape is harmless but because this shit is so fucking heinous), the cumulative effects on the millions of people is indeed worse than rape.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (4 children)

No, it's called being a dishonest politician. Have a little respect for rape victims by not using the trauma they went through as a loose conversational metaphor.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

Yes, and you understand what a patronizing tone is, correct?

I've known women who were raped, and bringing it into the conversation to sound cool is lazy social media slop.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

So much verbiage and analysis for objecting to calling political lies "rape". I'm not gonna argue this - I guess just consult a dictionary.

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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

Even pure scientific discovery is an aggressive, penetrative act... There is always some proof that scientists were there, making their discoveries. Discovery is always a rape of the natural world. Always.

To call the unimpeded development of AI data centers anything other than the rape of the natural world is confusing to me. It's a very apt description, I think, and what Gretchen has admitted to is that she's willing to rape the world. Explicitly against the wishes of the people.

If your position is that the rampant creation of data centers and their environmental impact is not the rape of the natural world, then I can't really help you. We fundamentally disagree there.

Edit: That's Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park, by the way.