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And yet, China is using AI.

...I... don't know what to think about that.

...I really don't.

Because it seems that AI is just a scam.

It may "exist" but what it can do is a scam.

Maybe China thinks we have to use it just to "keep up" with the Western powers, but I dunno.

Anyway, interesting discussion with Adam Conover and Ed Zitron. It's long, but you can listen to it while doing other things. And the comments are interesting too, but then again, there are also trolls in the comments as well (AI supporters here and there).

Frankly, though? I oppose AI. I'm anti-AI. I'm anti-AI in China and anti-AI in America and anti-AI in the whole damn planet.

These are the same European and American liberals who not only couldn't bring themselves to express an ounce of solidarity with defenceless Palestinians as America's colony state went on an 18 month genocidal slaughter spree but who, in many cases, enthusiastically armed and funded this slaughter spree.

But now, in headline after headline, statement after statement, these fucking liberals, who’ve displayed biblical levels of satanic death-eating depravity, who said the square route of fuck all about the gravest act that a state can ever inflict on a people, they’re desperate for us to feel sorry for a rich man sitting in the White House because Trump said some hurty words?

FUCK OFF.

And let me tell you what you won’t hear from the media obsessing and whining over bullied little Zelensky. You won’t hear that at almost the exact moment Zelensky was walking out of the White House the Trump administration signed off on an emergency package of ‘military aid’ for Israel.

$3.01 billion in arms & equipment. On top of the $7 something billion from a few weeks ago. More than $10 billion in a few weeks.

They’ll say nothing about this. Nothing about this at all. Because they are murderous, racist, irredeemable scum who apply a selective morality to advance political and geopolitical agendas.

They’ll condemn Trump when he doesn’t play along with their imperial games but lose their tongues and their keyboards when he does.

Trump is an obscene and hideous character, but I blame liberals for all of it. All of it. Everything that’s happening.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7131235

Look at this chud video here.

It's just complaining about DEI, but why now? Apparently, Firefox has a "license" to all your data now. How much is that true? Is he just cherry-picking here, in this case? Librewolf or whatever it's called might be a better option. There's also Zen browser.

I got this in my YouTube feed and didn't know it was more anti-DEI slop and now I'm not sure what to believe. Wish they didn't have to make it so political like they accuse others of doing. Ah well. But what is this I hear about Firefox having a "license" to all your data?

I guess that's like a lot of browsers, tbh, but I suppose Firefox has higher standards, or did...

Once the Dalai Lama fled to India, the Central Government of China eliminated the practice of slavery and serfdom in Tibet.

I think Altman has the most correct evaluation of what changes with Trump right now regarding the imperialist system being dismantled back into a camp. I'll try to translate some of his recent writings later, but this interview is worthwhile.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26567894

A while back, I was trying to read "understanding the French revolution" by Albert Soboul. However, I never finished it, not because it was necessarily bad but because

A.Was swamped with work and classes

B.Pre-capitalist class relations have always kinda alluded me

I've also read origin of the family, private, property and the state, but I dont remember it talking about that in too much detail (although it was very good [and maybe I just can't remember {I have a really bad memory}]).

I know theres the soviet textbook on political economy from the 50s, but I would prefer something I can obtain physically, since I have difficulty reading on computers.

Thanks in advance

In video form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRSNbv30SE

"Today, Zelensky and his circle have consolidated nearly total control over the state. They can manipulate elections, suppress dissent, and imprison whomever they choose. Independent media are officially banned from television and radio airwaves, while opposition and anticorruption activists active online have been threatened with arrest. One man who had exposed corruption involving Presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak’s brother was sent straight to the frontlines, deployed to the most dangerous combat zones, where he died. Another prominent editor whose revelations brought down former Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov for corruption was saved from jail only by the urgent personal intervention of the US Ambassador. Another editor of an independent media outlet that irritates Zelensky was held by conscription officers for 24 hours incommunicado until he ‘found an understanding’ with them and went to the front. A parliamentarian who wrote that Zelensky must recognise he is losing and end the war was arrested for treason within three days and is now in jail, following a ruling from the district court of Kyiv."

Or in its shorter/sick band name version: The League of Struggle.

I don't necessarily hate the French one though, I think I have some books of their's

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7086573

CPUSA was fine but suffered from acute management issues on the lower, middle, and upper levels of the organization, imho

I loved learning the history and I highly recommend others learn more about their history and politics (beyond just Settlers and Black Bolshevik, which everyone seems to read before calling it a day, and which are biased against the org, not that bias is necessarily a strike against either; but do get the other side of the story sometime). Honestly, I've never seen an org quite like it. It's so... different, but in a very interesting and fascinating way.

We were also the prime target, or one of the prime targets, of the PatSoc / MAGA communist threat that started around 2019 - 2020, around the time of the pandemic, and incurred a big wave of proto-ACP freaks trying to do mass entryism and sabotage the org. We combated them. I don't regret that. Feds get the wall and I don't mind fending them off, even from a controversial org like CPUSA. The threat lasted until, say, 2024. As the ACP came into being, the entryists seemed to abate and disappear, but not before harassing and attacking trans members, stealing items, and being all-around racist and doing wrecker behavior all the while.

I would highly recommend joining, though I would warn of certain things before you join. Also, whatever one thinks of Nat'l Committee, they are the last of the old guard, and once they're gone, they're gone. So learn what you can from them about the history and tactics and victories gained through them. So yeah, I've seen the obituaries in People's World and cpusa.org and it isn't pretty. Despite disagreements here and there, I do wish them the best, and hope an exchange of ideas between the Nat'l Committee and the new rank-and-file can continue. I'm not sure what to think about their recent comments of self-criticism castigating themselves as "tailist" regarding the Democratic Party as, in general, I've seen how things can get topsy-turvy with people like Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin in charge (compared to the previous Dems). Joe Sims' recent comments also gave me pause, though Joe Sims was ever the leftist of the organization (compared to, say, John Bachtell, who is more right deviationist, I feel).

We grew a lot in the last 5 years, though whether we can maintain that growth, and retain the new members (however many we retain) is another matter.

I'm thinking of starting a club for Southern Workers Assembly here in upper region of Virginia (I'm just above the central area of Virginia, or maybe I should consider myself to be in the central area, from the looks of things, but often have access and go around NoVa, or northern Virginia).

If anyone lives in NoVa, the DMV area, or the metro area of D.C., please, PLEASE tell me so we can maybe meet-up and jumpstart the club or Southern Workers Assembly (SWA) org here in NoVa (we already have one in Richmond and I believe other places in Virginia).

Lastly, I have a YouTube/TikTok video about the CPC (the one in China, that is) coming up soon. Does anyone want to be pinged for when I upload it? It's been a while since I posted one. The TikTok version will, of course, be broken into several parts.

Also, I'm in a book club for the AFL-CIO in this state, but it's open to other people outside of Virginia.

Let me know if you want to join and I'll send you the link.

If anyone has recommendations on which org to join next, please tell me, but also, I'm practicing "self-care" and that means not going back to the same activism that gave me stress all the while, even if I encountered good things as well. FRSO seems interesting. But I'm not interested in another political party org. What else is there?

Cheers, everyone! Just had to get some of this off my chest and reflect on what has happened these past 5 years since the start of the pandemic. I hope nobody was offended by some of the negative comments about CPUSA. There were a... lot of internal issues, it seemed to me. And my mental health took a toll in the last year. I don't think I'm going back. But I wish to maintain my friendships with several CPUSA members in the org as I really respected them.

Anyway, I was noticeably vague about my time in there and so I'll leave it at that.

Oh yeah, and join the Southern Workers Assembly if you're in the South or Mid-west! Let me know if you're around central or northern Virginia and hit me up through DM.

I'm sure Palestine played a big role in this

I need them for an anti-nato talk I'm working on. I remeber seeing some where they were swinging their flags in a government building but I can't find them for the life of me, any help is appreciated. Bonus points if you have one of them entering some newsstation, I remeber seeing a photo of that as well but can't find it either.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7085645

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