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[–] 161 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Allow me to list all the reasons why the government cares and all the repercussions that will come out of it:

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  • [–] 39 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Why are people still trying to hold the new government to old standards?

    The people have already spoken. Stop bugging the government and let them do what's best for them, I mean us.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago

    They're just trying to get clicks. It's attention seeking behavior, not real concern for public policy.

    FIRE has always been a corporate friendly libertarian-right organization. They post this stuff because they need to appear relevant to their sponsors.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    The right to free speech under The Idiot’s regime is fraught at best. Basically subject to his whims.

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I’m so tired of the same fucking articles. Yea the regime has violated probably every aspect of the fucking constitution. No one does shit. The Nazis got bailed out for trying to overthrow the government meanwhile the “Goood guys” fund Ice and the war.

    Hey media, knock off your bullshit and start reporting who is fucking gay. That seemed to be the last time anyone spooked these fucking dick heada is with Gawker. Bring receipts. Show the world which Senator is fucking kids. Having abortions. All the shit they say is bad? Use it against them ffs. They are clearly doing all of it and worse.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    Just added to the pile I guess.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

    I don't agree that the government should be able to do what they're doing regarding the company, but I don't understand how it's a violation of free speech.

    It seems they're trying to clarify that AI projects are a creative project used for expression of motion. And that seems like a stretch to me? I don't know, I don't fully understand it.

    Like I agree that they were within their rights to refuse to do business with the US government, and I don't agree that the response to them refusing it should be the US government blacklist their company for contracts. But I don't see how those factors make it a violation of the First Amendment.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    they were within their rights to refuse to do business with the US government, and I don’t agree that the response to them refusing it should be the US government blacklist their company

    I mean... you want to refuse business but you don't want to be refused business?

    How does that work?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago*

    my apologies, apperently I need to clarify. It's because that's a big overstep. There is a big difference between telling the DoD we don't want to do buisness with you, to telling the DoT you don't want to do buisness with them. Refusing buisness from the DoD or the Pentagon shouldn't impact your ability to do buisness with the other branches. It's abuse of position.

    This isn't "oh my company doesn't want to do buisness because you won't agree to give us the keys" this is a "ok so myself and my parent company along with any affiliates with us are not going to be doing buisness with you for not giving us the keys to the kingdom."

    That's my mentality of it anyway, I don't think it violates the first amendment but, but I still don't think it's right.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    I misread that at first as whatever company bullying the Pentagon and now I miss those dopamines. Please give them back

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    First amendment of what? "The suggestion of independence"

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    [–] 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

    The problem is: The letter of the law means nothing to them. Consequences vanished the moment they stacked the supreme court because asking a Republican Congress to hold a Republican candidate accountable would be like asking Exxon Mobil to police itself.

    That's why midterms are VERY important.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Anyone else getting tired of each successive election being the most important of our lives?

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Just throw it on the pile of constitutional violations that are going to be ignored by our corrupt government

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  • I'm not at the "fight for rights of corporations" stage yet. First all the people, then maybe companies that don't ignore copyright for a buck.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (3 children)

    I have a really hard time feeling bad for some AI bullshit company, so I won't. Fuck 'em.

    People want to back them up because they opposed the US government and that's a great reason. Everyone should oppose a fascist government that's just the most default stance anyone could take. But everyone conveniently forgets they are an AI focused company who signed a contract with the fascist US government willingly. So they are still 2 parts of the problem and deserve no praise or support.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Don't support the company. But do fight against a government who's hell bent on taking away your rights and they'll do it taking the rights of people or things you don't care about first. If you give them any leeway, they'll take it all.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    While i'm all for what they're standing for, i can't help but doubt that the issue here is that corporations don't have enough rights. The government is breaking the law and failing to legislate/enforce corrections.

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