Nationalize and publicise the research data and other intellectual property of the large corps. That could be helpful.

Unfortunately this is the most likely scenario.

I agree but how does that punishment get played out? Like if we manage to kick the fascists out, and rebuild a semblance of of a society, how do we pay reparations to the entire world? I mean we can grind up the billionaires and give people their money but we have $40 TRILLION in debt. There’s not paying that back.

What is a mechanism of punishment for a society who so plainly doesn’t give a shit about anyone outside their borders?

This was averted by mass production of fertilizer through fossil fuels.

I’m sure that won’t come back to bite us in the ass.

Certainly not dangerous to have massive monocultures what could easily be wiped out by disease or heat waves. I’m sure all those people will be able to keep living when we aren’t making as much fertilizer with the destruction of our economies.

I literally listened to this quote in the wild in the audiobook earlier today.

Do you happen to work at the FBI…?

Just plausible enough for the politicians to not have to do any real work. As usual.

And the US.

So yes, poor countries. If you skim off the top 45 people, we’d be labeled as poor by any metric.

They see you changing channels on YOUR special window all the time

It’s accurate though

Precisely why I am worried.

Regardless, I know why I feel this way, there is no mystery. There are specific people responsible. They don’t even hide it.

Ok. I am talking about how how there is a non zero chance that if I go to therapy and say the wrong thing, I lose my freedoms. And that wrong thing is completely determined by the therapist. The idea that seeking help necessitates putting my ENTIRE LIFE in the hands of someone else that I do not trust (nor the entire profession) makes my skin crawl. If I say the wrong thing, they say you are not safe to be around others, they come to collect me and not wishing to go, I become that danger to others that they were so worried about. They would create the problem they seek to avoid.

I cannot in any way trust these people making the decisions.

Just because some people say their lives were improved through the prison system, it does not justify its existance.

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What a hellish description. I’m sorry that people live like that.

I hope you are able to find some people that will accept you. It can be hard to trust people who say they are changing themselves, but you sound genuine and I wish you the best.

You could be a video game wielding thug of the state, I guess?

Respectfully to your sister but the idea of there being a 72 hour expulsion of all rights or consent because other people have decided that they know better about your own life is beyond infuriating to me.

I know, suicide makes people sad and people often regret trying it. But just straight up imprisoning people for wrongthink is the literal reason I have never even considered therapy. It is so unbelievably dangerous to me to communicate with anyone the thoughts in my head because everyone around me or in any position of power would deem it harmful to myself, and therefore I am not allowed to have agency in the world.

I’ve been having these thoughts consistently, and nonstop for 25 fucking years and could never even imagine doing anything to fix it because doing so would land me in a mental institution where I would lose my mind instantly at the loss of autonomy. I would become a feral animal ripping at throats.

Why does anyone get to determine what is acceptable for me to do with my own body?

I really don’t understand how people can be so blinded by hopium that they cannot see the blindingly obvious consequences of allowing this insane tech to co-opt our planet, at the behest of the most powerful and evil people to ever live.

There may be use cases for this tech but it not worth it to sacrifice the entirety of our natural world to be ground up and processed to feed this behemoth. It is purely wishful thinking that this will solve everything and they are willing to pay ANYTHING to try it. They are gambling with the planet and it’s like 2% chance they win, otherwise life dies.

We were told 15 years ago, that we had a decade to change course to prevent CATASTROPHIC heating of the planet and degradation of the environment. Instead of doing really anything about that, we have exponentially increased out energy needs and fuel/water usage. Now with ai, we are doing it all over again in the span of a few years. Please explain with mathematics, how we get out of this trap of thermodynamics and not all die from heat? How does ai save us? Does it get us closer in any way? Or is it so that the elites can goon a little harder and try to fill the void inside them with yet more money?

I smile knowingly, and upvote thereby fulfilling my role in society.

Success.

Idk man. Depends how racist the guy was being…Situation is fucked.

Well we are well known for invading other countries. Maybe we will make a stop over there to collect our stolen goods.

/s