Doomsider

Why shouldn't we use biometrics for security? Because you can't change them once they are compromised. It breaks so many rules for security it isn't funny. Why are companies/government pushing for this? It is not about security, it is about tracking. This is the opposite of security and if we continue to allow it we will have severe consequences in our future.

Extreme wealth inequality causes a host of problem we are facing right now. https://inequality.org/facts/wealth-inequality/ https://democracyproject.org/posts/extreme-wealth-inequality-destroys-constitutions There is no question about this. Please offer a counterpoint though. I don't think you can even comprehend how much a billion is let alone a trillion. Spending a billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) would take over 2,700 years if spending $10,000 a day. Are you seriously defending this level of excessive stupidity?

I am getting the feeling that you are a China apologist. Good for you I guess. You don't get billionaires by practicing controlled capitalism. A billionaire is about as far from small market capitalism as you can get. We are talking massive concentration of wealth and power. Hence the unfettered capitalism. While the state does take a cut of profits from every corporation it does not micro management them. Cool knowing you are hand waiving the execution of human beings. We already knew you were a human rights abuser, but thanks for the additional confirmation. As we see the wealth gap grow with billionaire and upper class mobilization, it creates a very obvious two tired society. Tying to say they are practicing socialism in a literal sense is pretty ridiculous. Their may be some socialist aspects specifically with universal medical coverage, but the devil is always in the details with substandard medical delivered to rural areas and far better care delivered to the urban caste. China is one party oligarchy with a side of authoritarianism. They are open about their one party rule and taking a cut of all business profit so denying the oligarchy is fucking silly. For the Authoritarian part well the executions and extreme surveillance society wrap that up in a neat little bow. If you don't believe me just asks the Muslim population they are so desperately trying to erase or their actions in Tibet as well as musings of preventing Taiwan independence. All signs point to tight authoritarian control of all aspects of society including religious worship. The fact that you deny China supplies arms is just stupid. I don't even know where to begin with this level of denialism. China exports drones, missiles, and fighter jets to over 40 countries, with key customers including Pakistan, Myanmar, Nigeria, and Algeria. If you are playing stupid, It is working. Yes, the United States is also a fascist nation like China. I have no problem calling a spade a spade. China is great because of the US not despite. They have been sleeping in each other's bed for a long time. Both disgusting nations built on imperialism. I would argue the US is far worse though. The fact that you say Chinese citizens support their government when opposition is not allowed is absolutely tone deaf and hilarious at the same time. I thought calling the US a democracy is a big stretch but you will stretch it straight to the moon declaring China a robust democracy. Thanks for the laugh I suppose.

The is no evidence the "clit-tor-is" even exists. It was made up by woke people to make our wives unhappy /S

When all the boomers are dead we will still be living in a fascist nation. I know it is popular to hate on them, but they are not the real enemy.

This guy Christ let himself get crucified. Where were his lawyers? Where were his people? I can't follow someone like that. Now supply side Jesus, there is someone to look up to. https://imgur.com/gallery/gospel-of-supply-side-jesus-bCqRp

Yup, found another authoritarian apologist. No surprise. Tell me how China, that cranked out more billionaires than the US this and last year, is not practicing unfettered capitalism. Tell me how supplying arms to war torn countries is not fascist. They are now the fourth largest producer of arms Tell me how they are not an authoritarian oligarchy with a single ruling party where dissent is punished with prison. Actually, don't bother. I hate hearing from human rights abusers. Disgusting.

If your referring to me you are about as wrong as you can be. I have no qualms calling out the US as the fascist nation it has always been. I am also not afraid to call out Russia and China as fascist nations as well. I grow tired of campists from .ml as they are mostly just authoritarian apologists.

You make a lot of good logical points, but religion isn't logical. You can read up on Abrahamic Religions below https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrahamic_religions The gist is that all these religions have a common ancestor with some slight differences. Jews are still waiting for their savior, they recognize Jesus along with the Muslims as a prophet, but not their savior. Muslims recognize Mohammed as the final prophet, but not a savior in the sense Jesus is to the Christians. Trust me, they have thought about it and all agree they worship the same god even if they have different key prophets (Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed). It is weird and confusing for sure.

Abrahamic religions generally believe other gods exist but that they are false gods. Christians mostly believe in the triunity, meaning that three separate gods (Jesus, God, Holy Ghost) are actually the same god. I am no biblical scholar, but I have spent over a decade studying religions out of self-interest. I know just enough to get myself in trouble, so I don't claim any authority.

All the Abrahamic religions share the same God. It is a shame some people don't understand their own religion.

That people lie about their intentions? Please tell me it isn't so.

Oh it is totally ridiculous.

Try reading between the lines and you will start to figure out people are not honest about what they say.

Is that the best you can do? You really are a pathetic fascist in denial.

I have no problem with that, the Democratic party is dysfunctional and deserves criticism. I do have a problem with people who never have anything bad to say about Republicans showing up around election time to talk shit only about the Democratic party. It was a huge issue in the last several elections I have participated in. In my opinion a lot of them are disingenuous political operatives.

Did your mom raise you to be a twat or is it just your decision?

What does this have to do with the conversation!?

Really we need a system that doesn't use popular vote to determine representation. Even with good safety rails it eventually turns into an oligarchy which has happened to every major democracy. I would even argue that democracy itself is just a window dressing around the world for the ruling class.

Fair enough, of course the US government has literally never listened to the people which is statistically provable. What is worse is most nations are about the same.

Please reread my original comment to see where I stand. It is clear you have a boner for the only political party that even slightly supports progressive policies. Perhaps you should reflect on that.

Tell me about cleaning my house when you probably live in a fascist nation *yawn* I am not a Democratic Party Member, I have been an independent for almost thirty years now. Probably longer than you have been alive, but please do tell me what is up.

Hey look, someone who thinks that independents can win and not just siphon off votes in our two party first past the post voting system.

If you want to deny what your up to that is fine with me. Perhaps you just haven't reflected on your message. The pattern I notice is people showing up to talk shit about Democratic Party (yes, they do suck) around election time, but strangely never have anything to say about the Republican party.

Lol, so true.

I swear every time the next election is near all these anti-democrats show up to convince people not to vote. Pathetic.

Look we have a both sider just in time for the next election. What a strange coincidence.

No, there are many progressives and socialist leaning people in the Democratic party.

A little tone deaf because Trump is in the billionaire class, but I think I get their point. The problem is not just with Trump, but he is also definitely party to it.

No, there is no such thing as an ethical billionaire. We must reject this and creates policies to reduce and eventually eliminate the wealth gap.

No it was photography. William S. Burroughs called photography "obscene and sinister", while many 19th-century critics dismissed it as a "mechanical" activity lacking soul or a refuge for "failed painters" Edvard Munch Dismissed the medium by stating, "The camera will never compete with the brush and palette until such time as photography can be taken to Heaven or Hell". Susan Sontag described photography as "soft murder" and a form of voyeurism, asserting it turns people into possessed objects. And lastly “This industry, by invading the territory of art, has become art’s most mortal enemy.” - Quote from 1859 about photography. Strange, as the above quote sure sounds like it is about AI.

Absolutely bizarre thing to say. The first liberation of women in the US was 1837 when women were allowed to control their own property. The second big liberation was securing the right to vote in 1920. The issue with what you say is how women were treated after the "boys" came home. As other responses pointed out Women have always worked. The change was the type of work. They were forced out of their new roles. This was not liberating at all. In fact, it was quite the opposite know your place kind of adjustment. I suppose you could make an argument that this created an eventual backlash where the first women won the right to equal pay in 1961-2. You have a point about more women working after this time, but it was not equal as they were forced into "pink" color jobs. I would argue the war really lead to more exploitation of women. Hitler's murder crusade inadvertently lead to women being exploited even more than they were before by US capitalism. I suppose it did prove that women could do the job of men, even if their society didn't respect them.

He lied, it was a single fart from him lasting 37 seconds. *slow clap*

Cool, now we can add global extortion to cryptocurrency benefits.

Cool, now other countries can steal China's IP and thus the circle of knowledge continues on.

They already committed war crimes with multiple destroyed schools, hospitals, bridges, and thousands of civilians killed. CNN is being actively threatened by this administration. They are trying to reframe war crimes as almost happening when the reality is completely different. Garbage organization.

Remove Disney music, speed up video by 25%, and replace with Benny Hill Yakety Sax on an endless loop.

Most patents for the medical sector are built off public research. Companies make minor changes to the formula to extend patents sometimes what seems indefinitely. Reverse engineering a physical device at this point is trivial. There is no need. The reality is these are legal tools that slow down or limit innovation so the "inventer" can collect monopoly rent. Software patents are absolute insanity often describing concepts from several decades ago like they are novel. The entire patent system is absolute garbage rife with patent trolls gobbling up any small business that dares to exist. There are so many examples such as the developer of X-plane that spent 1.5 million dollars and three years fighting a single frivolous lawsuit over a software patent. https://www.x-plane.com/x-world/lawsuit/ The average patent lawsuit, if it goes federal is around $1.5 million and can go as high as $5 millions Patents are a game normal people get eaten up by. From an ethical standpoint companies exploiting patent laws to overcharge is disgusting and the practice is rampant https://www.i-mak.org/overpatented/ There really isn't anything positive for the typical person. In fact, quite the opposite. Patents are legal tools corporations use to extract monopoly rent. The rest is just propaganda.

That literally has nothing to do with patents nowadays. No one is hiding anything anymore, it is about artificial scarcity to collect monopoly rents. The fact that you deny that we have already lost billions of lives because of corporations trying to extract monopoly rents is your perogative. It is stupid and ignorant, but your choice.

This is how it was before patent law. The sciences, arts, and commerce existed for thousands of years without these corporate laws. It is about creating artificial scarcity, which is an incredibly dumb concept in our modern world. You need to eliminate the thought of the big guy stealing ideas from the little guy. This is propaganda used to play on our emotions. Intelectual Property benefits an extreme minority at the cost of billions of lives.

Prisons silly.

They are just doing the bidding of advertisers. This is all about verifying there is an actual human so advertisers will continue paying companies like Google. Meanwhile people are debating about child safety. Propaganda successful!

I once hit a dead skunk and for the next two years when anyone would get in my car they would give me the look. I got tired of denying it after awhile and just went with it.

Not saying it can’t stick to clothing, but having been around a lot of cigarettes and marijuana in my life I can say they are considerably different. Marijuana does not stick to clothing in the same way cigarettes do. Often times the stink comes from someone having unsmoked marijuana on their person. When smoking outdoors it doesn’t stick to clothing or the body much, but this can vary depending on how you smoke it (joints compared to a pipe are more likely to stick because of excess smoke and resin).

I think smoking in confined places is the culprit. If they went outside to smoke only their fingers or breath would stank.

Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Amazon are already doing what IBM did and a whole lot worse.

I always thought this about cars. You should get a discount by letting them stick their name and symbols all over it for their free advertising.

It is the seat.

Chances of you experiencing the apocalypse - Zero Chances you will get trapped in an Cybercuck and be unable to get out - Not Zero

Lol, fair enough. I hope we are around to see the end of it I guess.