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[–] 90 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (12 children)

Can you imagine how much better the world would be if all these evil parasite people just disappeared?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    And there really aren't that much of them, a few ten thousand at the most, world wide

    If they'd all get a heart attack at three same time, poof, most of the world problems fixed or suddenly fixable

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago* (8 children)

    I think sterilization and patience is a more ethical solution

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    Autoclave or GTFO, eugenics won't prevent billionaires

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    We have to deal with the current infestation and then we can think about preventing new ones because right now incase you haven’t noticed ALL of our elected representatives are owned by them

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (5 children)

    eugenics won't prevent billionaires

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    We know we need reform too we’re not stupid. Also, we can have the capital punishment argument after they’ve been rounded up and put on trial for ALL their crimes against humanity

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    This isn't a reform vs eugenics thing. Eugenics is, on its own, a stupid idea. Especially so for a very common trait frequently found in surgeons.

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  • [–] 58 points 4 months ago (15 children)

    Am I missing a link to the list of names?

    Joseph Gordon Levitt wasn't one I would have predicted.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

    Just saw the list, Joseph Gordon Levitt is surprising. He was a child actor tho so it makes me wonder if he was abused and used it for leverage

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

    JGL was (is?) a vocal advocate of repealing Section 230 liability protections for online content platforms. I want to believe his heart was in the right place, but he seemed to have a fundamental misunderstanding of the issues at play and I could see him being swayed by Thiel's negative aura.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Yeah, I remember he played a role as a pretty young teenager I wanna say where he was molested by his baseball coach and then sexually assaulted another kid. And it was all super dark. So I just gotta assume he has some first hand knowledge with folks who have been abused at the very least if not been abused himself. I hope he's just going to see what the other side is doing to better know the enemy but for all we know his name on the list is a red herring or even an inside joke for all we know.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    It's available on Maia Arson Crimew's Bluesky.

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

    The list does not indicate whether any of those named are members, conference participants or guests of Dialog. Other exposed data, however, provides greater detail into those associated with the organization.

    We probably shouldn't run after those guys with our pitchforks just yet, it doesn't mean much at this point.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I don’t know why, but I always kinda got the libertarian vibes from him. His clip show or however you’d describe it just seemed off to me, like he was trying to sell people something.

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  • [–] 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    They aren't libertarians, they are setting up complete surveillance of the population, the exact opposite of libertarianism. They are technofascists, aspiring to be technofeudalists.

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

    He's not wrong though. Those who both call themselves libertarian and lean that way are big into MAGA shit. Source: used to work for libertarian think-tank in misguided days of yore and am still chilled by it all. But I get your point that they're hypocrites/liars. Big-time creeps, some of them.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    The libertarian party was long ago seized by the oligarchy that is very true. David Koch ran for president several times for them decades ago even. David was just a dumbass playboy to be sure, Charles Koch was/is the one running the evil empire of Koch Industries, but still.

    I would like to know more about this work with the think tank even if you probably don't want to share the exact name, like what were they into? I know Cato actually is not all bad nowadays, there are a few issues they aren't totally fucked on, for instance I think they came out against pretti's assassination, what else, I forget.

    It's a low bar obviously they are fucking tools don't get me wrong.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago
    [–] 21 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Is it a super adventure club?

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  • [–] [S] 25 points 4 months ago

    Fuck all these technologist blowholes.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Attendees are also asked to provide their “Political leaning” and are given the choices of “Far Left,” “Left,” “Right,” and “Far Right.”

    We don't believe in centrists. Das ist verboten!! Pick a team!

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Is that like the thing from One Battle After Another?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    gives me the heebie-jeebies when I look at him, looks like some fucked up vampire.

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  • [+] -60 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    How dare he stay in contact with a diverse group of people.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)
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    [–] 74 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    Dude is really leaning into the "let's be the illuminati" bit, huh?

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  • [–] 43 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    So, I'm not particularly surprised that a bunch of rich psychopaths hang out together, virtually or IRL. I mean, we all find our tribe eventually.

    I'm not particularly surprised that a bunch of rich psychopaths hanging out together come up with schemes of mutual benefit. I'd be surprised if they didn't.

    I've always thought of the Illuminati as a thing beyond that. Like, some kind of quasi-religious thing that transcends mere greed and grift. Maybe we've just reached the point in capitalism where oligarch collusion is indistinguishable from world domination, because enough of our governments have already ceded authority to their corporate overlords.

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  • [–] 36 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    "Fascism is capitalism in decay"

    Turns out "capitalist democracy" is an oxymoron, because every business is a plutocracy/oligarchy, that rewards psychopathy because morality is less profitable, who inevitably end up using their capital to corrupt everything in their favor (politicians, regulators, media, military, the entire population, etc).

    It's actually kind of mentally ill that everyone just accepts democracy can coexist alongside systemic structural inequality, but I guess religion already proves that humans are just talking apes who'll believe anything.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Mythmaking marks the point in time when they stop to care about advancing financial profits and try to convert it into other resources they can gain, e.g. legacy and influence in the case they are playing masons, but with a starting ego boost of 9000x.

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  • [–] 49 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Cory Booker and Jared Polis.

    I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

    The list: https://github.com/nzaki-dev/dialog

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago*

    Strauss Zelnick - Chairman & CEO, Take-Two Interactive Software.

    having read nothing about him personally but plenty about how Take-Two acts as a company, I am not even slightly surprised that the head of Take-Two is the sort of chode that jives with Thiel and other techbro right-wing fascists.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Sophia Bush seems like a wildly random inclusion...

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

    Yeah her and JGL seem like outliers overall, I feel like I read something about him specifically being into something sketch a while back but can’t quite remember what, either way was surprised to see both those names.

    Sophia’s entry is particularly hilarious because apparently simply being on One Tree Hill brings a lot of influence all on its own

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  • [–] 45 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Attendees are also asked to provide their “Political leaning” and are given the choices of “Far Left,” “Left,” “Right,” and “Far Right.” A disclaimer next to the option states that “answers WILL NOT be shared in the app or with other participants — ever.”

    Then why ask?

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  • [–] 34 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    Who wants to start a super secret group chat?

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    Super secret, but can we keep the topics as boring as humanly possible?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    You know someone will show up with a special interest in whatever boring topic you pick and make it super interesting with all the lore and information they have on it.

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

    Dr. . Peter Attia is a Canadian-American physician and author who specializes in longevity and life optimization.

    Super tight with Epstein

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago

    Wants to be the next Epstein.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Weird seeing Sophia Bush and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on a list of CEOs and Politicians.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    It’s likely due to his heavy campaigning for repealing Section 230.

    Plus, his wife was a former OpenAI board member.

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

    You'd think AI companies would be all about having a legal layer between them and their users, so I can't imagine they'd be happy with a repeal of 230.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    Kaja Kallas on the list 😱

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    Curtain pulled back a little on the ruling class and how they control ideas and corrupt apparent "opposition"

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Kallas? I did not see that coming. Time to reevaluate.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Does the background look like the little xenomorphs from alien? Is he the role model for the evil corporations in the tv series Alien Earth?

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago

    This would be a cool place to get into.

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