Israel and allies have spent enormous resources convincing themselves and anyone they can that Palestinians don’t exist.
Israel and allies have spent enormous resources convincing themselves and anyone they can that Palestinians don’t exist.
Your iPhone / Samsung is manufactured there. So no, that’s a bad take. You get what you pay for, and good quality is still cheaper than made elsewhere.
I suggest you watch reviews of the BYD fleet. They are incredibly positive.
This is all true, and yet it’s still a good thing.
The more people invest in this stuff the cheaper it will get.
That is not true unfortunately. I tend to be very left wing socially - economically I’m more left of center - and that was reflected on my social media as well - either pushing me towards more radical content or stoking anger with more radical right wing content to get me riled up and coming back for more.
I ended up with a growing hatred and emnity for a growing number of people and “groups”, and black and white thinking. Even though I was aware that I was being manipulated, it was still impossible to sit on a high horse above the fray.
It’s quite easy to manipulate human minds, even ones that are careful and aware. We can all be manipulated. It’s why advertising works, for example.
The only thing to do really is to not play that game. Avoid advertising, avoid other content curators deciding what you get to see and telling you how to reason, etc… realise that most people are empathetic, that most people want what’s best, and those that are radical have been manipulated to be that way, sadly.
This is the first generation with worse prospects than the previous one. Wealth inequality is growing, and robber barons are back. Climate change is making any prospects even worse.
Combine that with a communication revolution (social media, to be exact) which allows anyone to pretty much target anyone else with any message they feel like, means disinformation pushing narratives is everywhere. And not to forget, there people in charge of these platforms are among the aforementioned robber barons.
It’s easy to offer simple solutions to these problems and push disinformation to people who don’t have the knowledge, time or energy to debunk everything and think deeply about things, since they’re busy slaving away to put food on their tables, struggling to build a future, and looking for solutions. And simple answers give people a sense of control or explanation over their difficult situation.
It’s why I have completely removed myself from every social media platform there is, except this one and I’m only on here intermittently.
I’m not a communist because I think communism is a big failure.
So is deregulation and unfettered capitalism. It’s why every time we deregulate and cut taxes, the wealth gap gets wider, life gets shitter for everyone but the wealthiest, etc…
These are the same clowns who added most of the debt (Bush and Trump tax cuts) then complain about the debt when they’re no longer in power.
You still haven’t made any sort of point.
There is a definition, and it applies. It’s unclear why you disagree.
Yeah sure.
Conservatives elect speaker who doesn’t believe in dinosaurs, ancient history or climate change, wants to make homosexuality illegal, voted to overturn the election and did everything in his power to thwart it, reporters aren’t allowed to question it, but it’s those opposed who are “scum”.
Them’s Nazi words, quite literally. You really need an education.
Yeah, he’ll get trounced by someone in his own party though, like the last one did.
Mainly because all the productive land was taken from them.
The few farms and fisheries in Gaza can’t produce enough for 2 million people. Especially since they aren’t allowed to mechanize their agriculture, and are limited in maritime range for fishing.
And forget the possibility of trade ports…
I’m not IN your house, I just surround your house, prevent you from leaving, can cut off your power, water and food at will.
There are quite a lot of Christians in Palestine.
And that other serial liar from NY.
Lol @ “ban on Nazis”
Russia doesn’t care about Nazis.
And he was still elected.
They literally published a game plan for how they will capture all levels of government and make it almost impossible to lose power, in the same vein as Hungary. It’s right in your face.
As I said, if you don’t find it extremely concerning, you are either happy about it or you are a useful idiot.
Ok, so you are either ok with this or are another one of their useful idiots.
Read up on Trump 2025, if you don’t think democracy is at stake in the US. They’re planning to turn every election into a republican primary at best.
Several points:
Lots of information is public, such as your address. That doesn’t mean somebody explicitly publishing your address for the purpose of harassing you isn’t committing an offence.
Some celebrities can’t fly on passenger planes for their own safety and even that of others or the proper functioning of infrastructure. Can you imagine Taylor Swift trying to fly on a public carrier? She would get mobbed at the very least. At worst she might be putting her health or even her life in danger. Especially now that the MAGA morons are attacking her.
I find Taylor Swift bland as beige, I don’t get the appeal at all, and I think Musk is a rabid twatwaffle. I also don’t believe anyone should really get to be so wealthy. Still, there are good reasons why one might need to travel by private means without their movements being broadcast.