Well, in their minds they're not giving their rights away, they are giving YOUR rights away. They will be very surprised when they have to realize that they've given their own right away as well.

Sorry to attempt to change the subject, but I recently discovered just HOW much the timeline for your Sprawl triology seems to line up with current event (the path to irrelvance of the American state). Were there any sociological patterns you noticed and expanded on?

"says" being the operative keyword, Russia in no way, shape or form has the capability or the resources to match what SpaceX is doing. Lucky for Musk that he's Gwynne Shotwell, otherwise his dreams would also just remain dreams.

Why are you surprised? An autoritarian was elected, along with only sycophantic toadies in the parliament, what did you expect besides fascism? The only question that remains is whether or not they can 'fix' the midterms, if they do the take over is complete.

Better to cancel everything connected to Disney, it hurts more if you hit the parent company. I just canceled my Disney+ subscription.

Nope, the US is falling apart quite quickly. The similarities with the timeline in William Gibsons Sprawl triology of triologies are quite eerie. In his books the US still exist but the government apperatus has become completely irrelevant due to lack of trust.

The similarities with Horst Wessel in the 1930's are quite scary.

Correct, and THAT is the point of his actions.

You are aware that fascism is a right wing ideology, right? Nah, that would require you to actually know stuff that is not being spread by Fox News and the Fanta Führer.
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power." -Benito Mussolini

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Præcis, og derfor ville det være meget passede med et lovkrav om at de amerikanske SoMe virksomheder faktisk modererer deres produkter. Lige nu tjener de penge på trafikken, hvad enten det er mennesker eller bots, så de er ligeglade og dét er der nogle der benytter sig af.

Det er enormt svært entydigt at fastslå at en konto er en bot. Det er let at overbevise sig selv, men at dokumentere det så entydigt at det er indiskutabelt er pænt svært. Det sagt har du helt sikkert ret i at bots fylder meget i SoMe billedet.

Eller også skulle man kræve af de sociale medier at de modererer deres medier. Tidligere er de sluppet uden om pga de rå mængder af kommunikation der løb igennem dem, men med AI er det ikke nogen undskyldning længere.

Mango Mussolini signing a price of paper doesn't mean any judges will go along with it. Any court in the US would throw out a case built on an executive order alone.

It strikes me as quite funny that this jerk wad thinks that any former Canadian districts wouldn't be as blue as his balls. The Canadian right would t be anywhere near the American right, with VERY few exceptions.

Som den politiske kultur er, så er det ret ligegyldigt hvem du stemmer på og hvor de er fra. I samtlige partier vil de folkevalgte klappe hælene samme og gøre som ledelsen har bestemt, for ellers bliver de ikke genopstillet.

Og DERFOR har mange (sønder)jyder et anstrengt forhold til København, de føler sig ignoreret og underprioriteret bortset fra når regninger skal betales.

Før havde alle landsbyer deres landsbytosser og byerne deres bodegatrolle, med Internettet har alle de tosser så desværre fundet hinanden...

So where the f*** is the South Korean response? SK is one of the largest arms-producers in the world and yet they dont seem to be providing much to Ukraine. That reluctance to help another democracy makes it kinda har to justify coming to the aid of SK if/when NK starts something...

Good riddance

Indeed, and on a serious note, it's quite common for stroke victims to suffer from general anxiety, random fear and reduced empathy after the stroke, which might explain Fettermans sudden turn to the right after his stroke.

I guess that Fettermans current behaviour is confirmation that you do indeed need to have brain damage to be a Republican...

See, that's the exact point, China will NOT lose European markets. The US has made it clear that Russia is a European problem, well that makes China an American one. Why should the EU stop trading with China when the US want close ties to Russia? That is what Trump has chosen.

Chances are quite high that the USA will end up as a failed state. The differences between the coasts, plus the north, and Trump country seem too great to remain United in this era of "my feelings are just as valid as your knowledge". And yes, the Trump states are run on feelings, malicious ones.

"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power."
- Benito Mussolini
And THAT is precisely what the US got with Trump, so yes the US is now a fascist run state.

"everything is rotting", that car is a fine analog to Russia itself...

Momentum and my arse, the Russians are stuck almost exactly where they were a month ago...

It's 'funny' how the Russians seem unable to fathom that the population of a country is opposed to the authoritarianism they represent

Unfortunately not as this is a civil case, the crime was too long ago for a criminal case.