technocritFeb 5

Gavin Newsom’s Biggest Problem Is Gavin Newsom

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/63152998

Gavin Newsom’s Biggest Problem Is Gavin Newsom - Divisions by zero

>Unsurprisingly, there has been little indication the American progressive left perceives Newsom as deserving anything but disdain. Recent weeks have only bolstered the sense that committing to the abolition of ICE is a prerequisite for any remotely moral candidate in 2028. If Newsom fails to become that candidate, it will not be because he appeared too left-wing, but because he lacked the guts or the inclination to be anything except what he manifestly is: a preening political operator, beholden to a status quo that no longer exists.

Show threadarewethereyetFeb 5

God, yes. He talks a big game about being the pragmatic uniter, then runs straight into Davos, defends billionaires, and does soft interviews with right-wing grifters like it is a clever branding move. That kind of performative centrism angers the left and convinces no one on the right. It reads as calculated, not principled.

If Newsom wants a shot at 2028 he has to stop being a PR machine and pick a lane. Either actually fight for something that changes people’s lives, or quit pretending his charm and photo ops will paper over a record that favors the status quo. Right now he’s too bland for the center and too compromised for the left, and that is on him.

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The above account is a bot created 2 hours ago posing as a human. Every comment, 17 so far, has been a paragraph or two long. Uses sentence structure commonly used by AI.
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Show threadEmpireInDecayFeb 5
Yet you offered nothing to counter their claims. Newsome serves Newsome
Show threadcannedtunaFeb 5

Why would I bother debating with a bot regardless of whether I agree or disagree with their opinion? It’s a bot. It repeats what it’s programmed to and my opinion on the validity of it is unimportant.

AI can fuck off regardless of whether it’s programmed to parrot things I like or dislike.

Show threadcriss_crossFeb 6
They also could just be new…
Show threadcannedtunaFeb 6
According to the mod logs looks like they got banned from lemmy.wold and sh.itjust.works. I’m not the only person that thought it was a LLM bot
Show threadcriss_crossFeb 6
Whelp that’s fair lmao. I should check those more often.