sorted by: new top controversial old
Western open-weight models still can’t beat China: Chinese open-weight AI models offer high capability at significantly lower costs than U.S. frontier systems. in c/technology@lemmy.world
2027 gonna be our year Lemmy! in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] 9 points 2 weeks ago

That's why jackasses do the shock and awe technique.

By making such a spectacle at the onset, folks don't notice the slower, boring work of a fascist takeover. It's mostly HR work, firing people who believe in the law and constitution then replacing them with corrupt psycophants.

2026 has been scarier because people have got used to things like Trump buying Russian fuel just a couple months after sanctioning India for doing the same.

2026 is scarier because a dude getting shot and held in prison where he sleeps on the floor for days before he's able to see a doctor to get the bullet removed doesn't get a reaction.

2026 is scarier because people are numb to Musk has been put in charge of the future of our military. The dude who obviously plans on becoming a weapons manufacturer with factories in the US, Germany and China... He literally has a deal to get a trillion dollars if he can get TSLA to 9 trillion in market cap in the next decade. It's currently at 1.5 trillion. He's building a workflow for a robot army and has a satellite internet that is already critical military infrastructure.

2026 is scarier because CBS news has been taken over by billionaire oligarch propagandists and most folks haven't noticed or don't care.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • context
    • Journalist Amy Goodman won't take 'no comment' for an answer in c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net
    Drop a pic of your credit card in the comments and I will also buy stuff for you! What could possibly go wrong? in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
    Swatch Watch (1990) in c/vintageads@sh.itjust.works
    Ubuntu Currently Suffering From Sustained DDoS Attack in c/linux@sh.itjust.works
    I wonder why people treat it like an Ancient Egyptian cat? in c/memes@sopuli.xyz
    Your lesser evil over 50 years has grown to an uncontrollably large evil in c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
    Your lesser evil over 50 years has grown to an uncontrollably large evil in c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
    Your lesser evil over 50 years has grown to an uncontrollably large evil in c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
    [–] 3 points 1 month ago*

    Yeah, this doesn't track

    I voted for Nader in 2000 who ran on a platform of getting corporate money out of government. After 8 years of being mad at Clinton for defunding welfare, NAFTA and bombing folks (though still thankful we weren't in the nightmare of the Gulf War,) I felt the difference between Gore and Bush JR wasn't enough and I needed to let the corporate Democrats know they need to work for my vote.

    I also thought there was no way Bush would get elected 'cause he was obviously dumb as a brick, and his daddy was a nightmare that oversaw Iran/contra affair and the failure that was Gulf War. Gore ran on maintaining the balanced budget and was concerned about global warming

    Bush won, bringing about: Record debt Homeland security TSA Iraq War 2 Afghanistan War Repeal of environmental protections SUVs Freedom Fries Cancelling musicians for even slight protest of government 2008 crisis

    Yay

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • context
    • can you comment something cool here? in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
    can you comment something cool here? in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
    view more: next ›