>gets compliments

“Am I being bullied?”

Not authoritarianism: being the prison capital of the world, spying on everyone everywhere, police killing 1000+ a year, etc etc

There are degrees of sickness, right? An asshole business owner who feels entitled to run red lights and speed because they’re white and have a nice car and know the police chief’s son probably doesn’t need life imprisonment or execution.

I mean, I wouldn’t really be too upset if they were, but it just seems wasteful.

On the other end, people in the Epstein files might need to be hospitalized for more than a single human lifetime.

The “monster” framing precludes the idea that they even can be rehabilitated. Monsters don’t get healing, they just need to be put away or put down. That’s still an improvement over letting them run rampant, but it’s a waste.

So what if it is?

It doesn’t change the fact that they need to be involuntarily committed for rehabilitation and have their assets seized. For their health.

You just haven’t gotten a toaster that requires you to register your account over a continuous internet connection.

A start.

Naw that’s just rent in LA.

On the other hand, she dodged a bullet.

Do you think the US acquisition has zero impact on Tiktok globally?

They’re also good at collaborating together to both protect the wealth they already have and to get even richer.

They have class solidarity and are always cooperating to advance the interests of their social class.

We know you have sugar water in there!

Lasers are coherent, I think you need a lasing medium for that.

You could focus the light into a single point, sure, but that’s not really a laser in the technical sense.

They’re very good at it. Anyone can make mistakes but they’re certainly not stupid, bad at their job, or incompetent.

Because the sale of Tiktok was done to suppress Palestinian voices?

They’re good at what made them rich and powerful! They’re not good at much else, they’re not smart about much else, and they can’t really do much else. But! They’re still they’re very good at what they do, and they love doing it.

They have a specialized set of skills and interests that revolve around making money and gaining influence/power.

Your enemies aren’t dummies, that’s why they win. Stop underestimating them. They’re gonna fucking kill us all.

They don’t want IMAX in your living room, they want IMAX in the IMAX theater, where you pay a premium for their service.

Well sure, there’s wider context behind J6 as a single flash point, but I don’t think you should overlook the event itself. It’s the most successful single day of protest that I can think of - yeah they got arrested and jailed for a while, but in the end they got literally everything they wanted and were entirely vindicated. The J6ers were transformed into political prisoners and martyrs, becoming a rallying flag for their movement. I think Trump’s victory owes a lot to their contribution.

J6 has been the most successful US political movement in my lifetime

You’re right, no one ever does anything on purpose. Somehow the richest and most powerful people in the world are all stupid, bad at their job, incompetent, and make mistakes. There are only coincidences. Nothing is done on purpose.