I see lots of people on the left type “punch a Nazi” online but then never learn to throw a punch or lift any weights and shit on self defense culture like martial artists or even gun ownership. Punching people is not something you just do. Especially to people with Nazi mentality who probably gone their whole lives feeling anti social and waiting for a leftist to engage them.

Not saying this to discourage but to say go learn to punch Nazis and embrace being a fucking Nazi punching bear of a person

Then you’re in a bubble. One of the most frustrating things about the right currently is they have a large network that is very good at sharing information. They have a much tighter grip of current events than anyone I’ve seen on the left. The left are miles behind on any current events. Whenever something is happening, I’ve been heading over to right wing spaces because as much as I hate it, they tend to know things much faster and in more detail then the left wing spaces.

Just look at Lemmy here. Most information is a post and then 100 comments of talking about how upset we all are and gob smacked. But there is no further insight.

When I go to right wing spaces, it is similar but i do get extra information like background details about who individuals were or what led to an event that isn’t in an article. It comes with tons of bullshit but I trust I know ways to verify information enough to spot the bullshit.

Absolutely not true. I find more often they use lots of statistics. That’s the whole facts over feelings thing.

I’ve used it to learn how to read sheet music and help learn other skills I normally wouldn’t be able to.

I would have no problem getting anyone at r/conservative to pull up similar data points and statistics to show immigrants are taking jobs, contributing to crime statistics or any other claim. It’s very eerily similar to the emerging opinion on the left when compared to opinions on the right towards immigrants.

Regardless of validity of opinion. What I’m noticing is the role the media has played on shaping opinion and fed it.

That might actually reinforce my point

It’s the same sentiment towards immigrants that’s seen on the right.

The media have been running the exact same headlines. It feels weirdly like the corporate run media have an agenda to show us all the horrors of AI like they will take our jobs, they are going to collapse our society, they are a threat to our children, they contribute to organized crime. Same headlines every time.

I anticipate people here will be bothered by this statement just like if you say immigration isn’t really a big problem in r/conservative. The media is insidious. But I really think it’s a good opportunity to see how it shapes public opinion.

If anyone wants the non watermarked version let me know. I have lots left in stock.

Saddam insane isn’t going to be happy about this

Yea this is what I’m hearing from my dad as well. He’s tuned into right wing media.

There was a time when it use to be that I was more informed then him. Something has changed. Hanging out on left wing social spaces has put me so far behind the information curve.

On left wing spaces I see a lot of angry reactions but nothing really informative about a current event. But then I talk to my dad and he’s got all these facts which I argue like an asshole only to find out my sources were lacking not his. It’s so frustrating.

Found some information

https://www.reddit.com/r/behindthebastards/comments/1lbggh1/i_found_vance_boelter_on_a_website_that_is_now/

Yeah, people create stuff online without getting paid all the time. We literally built the Internet that way. Go back to the early days forums, blogs, dumb memes, personal websites, fan videos none of that was about money. People made stuff just to share it, to be part of something, or just because they wanted to.

It’s only after financial incentives got introduced ads, sponsorships, “influencer” money that everything started getting worse. Suddenly it’s all algorithm-chasing. Everyone’s copying each other, following trends, tweaking thumbnails, timing posts. The content got way more polished, surebut also way more boring. It’s all the same stuff over and over.

So yeah, people deserve to get paid if that’s what they want. But pretending like people only create if they’re paid is just wrong. Humans naturally create. Always have. We write songs, we draw, we tell jokes. Money didn’t start that, it ruined it. It made it a job. It made it about likes and reach and SEO. It turned the internet into a shopping mall.

Now everything online feels fake. Safe. Recycled. All because the moment you attach money to something, people start optimizing for profit instead of originality. That’s the trade-off.

There’s a whole place here called fuck AI. It’s people’s entire identity now. So yes

Need more Democrats to sit and wave cardboard signs. Need more protests to run head first into riot shields. Need more leftist to leave social media spaces wide open. Need more Faygo.

Then maybe things will be different

I fucking love these guys who show up and are like

Akshually…

Totally dismissing the current thing.

No you shouldn’t need to blur any license plate. It is public information. This has taken hold because people who drive like assholes and do asshole things fear it’ll identify them. So they raise a shit show everytime. We need to fight back against that. Pure clown behavior to ban people for posting a licence plate

I’m cynical because I think the left needs a big wake up call. We all talk about being critical thinkers and intelligent and they’re dumb and we’re smart. But we have lost everything the past few decades. I don’t just mean politically. The Internet was seized by the right. All these channels. Influencers. They Sid Meier “Civ 6” culture bombed us while we were fucking around with our tech tree.

I don’t see how a protest does anything. They can ratchet up the aggression far quicker then we can. I fully believe the people yelling the loudest right now will be the first to go home when the risk increases.

I’m hoping people do get mad at me. But then realize they’re also cynical and doing the same shit with everything going on around them. We need to be more critical and we all need to be more cynical because maybe that might motivate change.

There is better ways. Fight through culture. It’s insane to think we’re winning against armed trained thugs. We need to do what they did. They pay for these bots and influencers. We need to do it organically. Lemmy should be a generator of this stuff. Instead we’re posting about beans and Ed Sheeran. Like I found a clip with Sam Seder the other day that was cool. Thought maybe I’d post it here. There’s no fucking where to post that content. I can post headlines.

I think about this all the time. Kids today have no experience of the media without ads. Like we had commercials, but imagine Mr. Rogers stopping his show every 5 mins to sell you athletic greens and test boosters.

This image has a totally different context today then when it was first created

Anyways, these kids will grow up and make even worse and more annoying ads. They’ll be the next Gen of marketing executives in a decade or two. There’s nothing we can do about it.

Nice I love it. We didn’t stop ads years ago. Content creators deserve to be paid right guys. Right!!

Maybe the next Internet we can be more proactive. Whenever that is

I mean they’re in power, again, getting away with all kinds of crazy stuff because they have a ton of support

While we do the same thing we’ve done every 3 years. But this time will be different everyone. This time.

We’re sending kids and elderly people into a situation that these authorities control, they trained for, we didn’t. We’re doing what they want us to do. It’s fucking insanity that nobody sees this. We’re just doing things wildly because that’s what we do guys, we do protest and then… Something? What is that something guys, what is it?

A protest would be great if people were actually organized and figured out counter measures. Instead it’s a chance to bust skulls, grow their budget, grab more power. In a few weeks the protesters will be bored and go home. The right will be far more powerful and have far more content to spread against the left. Content that further brings the average person to their side. We’re going to contribute to them amassing so much more and we don’t even know what the fucking thing is we want out of this.

Sure but you all let him. Be pissy all you want every day. But if this was the right talking about Biden. They wouldn’t just be online. They would have 10 brand new American owned company’s selling stickers and books and social media influencers dedicated to just this one issue until every one understood what a tool he is. The left just bitch online but do nothing effective