In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.
He might as well answer in Russian.
The grift never ends. Most corrupt regime in history
The people with the capital should decide how to allocate it:
We are literally at the point in history where the Pope is battling the Antichrist. 🍿
The fact that Mamdani just seems like a cheerful normal guy who's policies are things like "we're going to tax second homes to fund pothole repairs" or whatever and yet this generates panicked responses like "This is basically Stalin's great purge turned up to eleven" is... telling. It tells things.
If we accept the meaning of "capitalism" as "the belief that those with capital should decide how it gets allocated" then no I really don't think you are a capitalist and that's okay.
It cannot be semantics when "capitalism" literally means "the people with the capital should decide how to allocate it"
You could, for example, call yourself a democratic socialist, and that would give you all the room you like to permit freedom of exchange and wealth accumulation, without claiming that such accumulation is ideal and to be maximized.
Try this:
The allocation of private wealth is inevitable in a sufficiently free society. Whether we adopt "capitalism" and accept this inevitability as optimal is a choice.
We can agree freedom should be maximized while not being capitalist.
Again the second half challenges the first.
The capitalist response to "hundreds of billions of dollars in private wealth allocation" is "that is optimal"
I personally think you're using the wrong word here.
It's okay to decide you aren't actually a "capitalist."
to wit: achieve the second half, and you will also achieve the first half, to the degree possible
oddly, the second half refutes the first half
“If you criticise Palantir’s platform one more time, you are going to lose your job.”
Solidarity to all NHS workers opposing this toxic corporation. Shame on those bullying them. But they won’t stop us. We’re going to ditch Palantir.
www.ft.com/content/ff70...
I think this is far more true than anyone cares to admit.
can’t say what i want to happen to these people for legal reasons
Cardinal Cupich: "We're dehumanizing the victims of war by turning the suffering of people & killing of children & our own soldiers into entertainment. To splice together movie cuts w/ actual bombings & targeting of people for purposes of entertainment is sickening. This is not who we are."
Interesting stats via a new CBS-YouGov poll.
Note the use of “very badly” not just “badly.”
59% of American adults say the Iran war is going very/somewhat badly
62% say Trump does not have a clear plan for the war
66% say the Trump admin has not clearly explained U.S. goals with the war
This is a welcome if long overdue development
A scientist I know has been laughing at artists for being upset about Ai stealing our work & our livelihoods ... Now she is (rightly) PISSED that someone (not Ai) plagiarized her scientific paper & I am like ... it sucks to have your work stolen, doesn't it?
chat, is this unethical
Perhaps Magyar's most important promise, and the one that certainly resonates with voters: "never again a country without consequences!"
The crowd chants: "To prison! To prison!" [with the corrupt officials of the outgoing government]
Orban's loss has financial and organizational consequences for the far right worldwide.
definitely makes me think twice about adding a new full time position
more seriously congrats to the hungarian people for kicking that asshole out
even the most tenacious autocrats have a difficult time denying a landslide result against them
The Great Leap Forward
“when did you last have to find a new job” probably explains an awful lot about where you fall on the positive/negative sentiments about the economy
