DandomRude

Ah, yes, the good old HAns RIegel BOnns.

Someone should keep a close eye on this guy, because he could be suicidal. I mean, he probably knows the president and his entire crew pretty well.

Neato! Kind of reminds me of this little guy somehow, who is not all too intimidating.

Well, I'm from Germany. Fortunately, our terrible history is still taught in every school here - in pretty much all its horrible detail.

That's why it's important to me to warn US citizens before it's too late. I'm not so sure I would be courageous enough to stand up against such atrocities if I had to face deportation to an extermination camp, as I would have in Hitler's time - please don't do as the Germans did and fight back while you still can.

I mean there's a world of difference between posting something somewhat critical on social media and actually having to fear consequences for life and limb. This is only for the really brave. I'm not so sure I'd be one of them if it really came down to it.

Don't let it get that far in the first place!

Yes, there are certainly many who are just inherently evil, but I don't think that's the majority. I think most of them are like Eichmann: objectively speaking, of course, they are also evil, but they don't get satisfaction from their cruelty. They simply don't question what they're told because it's their job - and that's enough of an excuse for them towards others and also towards themselves. Doesn't make them any less guilty, though, I would say.

If I were to carry out this order, I would refuse. Who cares whether she's "legal" or not - deporting a sick child is simply inhumane. Those goddam monsters!

But yes, that's quite right. The reign of terror in Hitler's Third Reich was also only possible with those who carried out orders and clung to the idea that they were not responsible. Hannah Arendt described all this very well in "The Banality of Evil".

Yes, indeed. RIP Grumpy Cat and all the others.

Is the lifespan of cats in this scenario 1,000 years or 9 x 1,000 years because of their nine lives?

I think there is a very simple solution to all your problems with reddit...

I think what makes most people pessimistic is not technology itself, but the realization that it is always embedded in existing conditions and cannot change these conditions of its own accord.

The internet in particular has shown very impressively in the lifetime of many how quickly promising technology geared towards the common good can actually make life worse instead of improving it for everyone.

What kind of videos are these? I hope it's not the cousins from Louisiana...

Because the advertising business is highly centralized. Getting sponsorships is not as easy as you think.

An example: YouTube pays content producers per click, so to speak, a ridiculously small amount, but in total, with billions of clicks, a crazy amount. The money to finance this comes largely from advertising revenue (also Google's main business model). They are the Gatekeepers so to speak.

But the content producers can't live off this because Google keeps most of it for itself. They do give people the opportunity to find sponsors themselves tho - and that's how people actually make the most money. But you have to find them for yourself or through intermediaries (that's an industry in itself). This is only realistic if you have sufficient reach (subscribers in the example). And that, in turn, is only possible if you have already invested hundreds of hours in the production of content (you can't make a living if you don't get paid for that).

So I think it would be best if the platforms themselves were powerful enough in terms of reach to be able to negotiate well with advertisers. But not as powerful as Google, for example, who can afford to pay content producers a pittance because - unlike small platforms - they are not dependent on them.