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New Zealanders' biometric information and other sensitive data may be handed over to the United States government under a new border security agreement between the countries

https://lemmus.org/post/20438436

Feb 25 at 6:01pmWeb
Show threadFelixCressFeb 25
Handing you own citizens data to fascists - what could possibly go wrong?
Show threadSoulphiteFeb 25
Hmm, I can recall one particular instance around the 1930s that lead to some very horrible atrocities by a one piece of shit.
Show threadPhoenixzFeb 25
Yes, yes, let’s give our biometric data to nazi Germany in 1938, what could possibly go wrong?
Show threadAppleTeaFeb 25
The logistics of the Holocaust was enabled by IBM tabulation machines; this comparison isn’t that much of a stretch.
Show threadWammityblamFeb 25

I’m so fucking sick of this fascist shit.

It feels like no one in any meaningful position of power has any morality.

Capitalism has morally bankrupted just about everyone in a position of power.

Shout out to the ones that are genuinely trying to improve our lives.

Show threadBeepFeb 25

Shout out to the ones that are genuinely trying to improve our lives.

Like who?

Show threadWammityblamFeb 25
AOC, Mamdani, Talarico, Sanders, Buttigieg, Brandon Scott off the top of my head.
Show threadhumanamericanFeb 25
Brandon Scott, mayor of Baltimore, MD, USA?
Show threadWammityblamFeb 25
Yeah, I saw him on the Lemonade Stand podcast and man sounds like a stand up guy.
Show threadhumanamericanFeb 25

Baltimoron here - he’s definitely not the worst mayor we’ve had in recent history, and he probably gets some credit for supporting the violence reduction programs that have led to our truly historic drop in homicides over the last couple years.

Also, he has good taste in music

Show thread😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈Feb 25

Wassup “human”… Feel like connecting to be a beer supplier?

I’m looking for a hook up to Crooked Crab Brewing.

Show threadtlekitekiFeb 25
Linos Torvalds
Show thread4amFeb 25
I’m so mad that the world saw Linus’ gift and said “cool, let’s build all the torment nexuses out of this because it’s cheaper”
Show threadtlekitekiFeb 26
… and every other open source dev. how many of us are there, millons?
Show threadVirtvirt588Feb 26
“Fuck you nvidia!”
Show threadmyrmidexFeb 25

So before capitalism you don’t know of any rulers being unjust?

It’s not a feature of capitalism to corrupt, it’s a feature of power structures to be corruptible.

Show threadWammityblamFeb 25

It’s not just rulers being unjust.

The issue is the rich and powerful are manipulating every aspect of our lives and our political system to gain more money and power for themselves and never face accountability for their wrongdoings.

These people are genuinely evil

Show threadmyrmidexFeb 25
Still comes down to the rulers imo, as they enable such behavior from the rich. The longer this goes on, the more blatant it becomes. And they’ve been at it for a looong time.
Show threadGreenBeardFeb 25
Of course the rulers enable this behaviour. Who do you think made them the “rulers” to begin with? You think our broke asses pay to get these people elected?
Show threadmyrmidexFeb 25

Elites will always be troublesome, but of no importance when they cannot corrupt anyone to do their bidding. That’s why I focus on rulers.

The problem is that people still seem to think that the next politician will change this, which is exactly what the elites want.

Show threadGreenBeardFeb 25

Elites will always be troublesome, but of no importance when they cannot corrupt anyone to do their bidding.

Given enough time and enough resources, anyone is corruptible. The most corrupt are usually those who believe they can’t be corrupted. You just have to get them to honestly believe something that isn’t true. Once you figure out what cognitive fallacies they’re vulnerable to, you’ll have just turned a bulwark against you into your most loyal zealot. That’s why the wealthy usually win. With enough money, one person can command more time, and resources than 50% of the country combined.

Show threadmyrmidexFeb 25

Totally agree. Everyone is corruptible.

Chomsky being in the Epstein files is the perfect example.

Show threadAuthFeb 25
None of this is a capitalism issue.
Show threadWammityblamFeb 25

How is it not?

The rich and powerful are using their essentially bottomless pit of resources and money to influence political systems to give them even more money or resources.

Billionaires own everything and it’s wreaking havoc on our lives.

Show thread4amFeb 25

Capitalism gives them the tools to create the wealth disparity. Wealth = power. They have used their capital to create more, and this have gained a outsized leverage over our entire society.

You’re not a capitalist, you’re a worker who can’t see past the ruling class’ propaganda that socialism requires totalitarianism. It ain’t true.

Show threadAuthFeb 26
Do you think there is no growing wealth disparity under socialism? Do you think an Nvidia employee is going to earn the same as a person working at a small business? People will always have tools to create wealth disparity. Even in a moneyless society people can create wealth disparity.
Show threadiamthetotFeb 26
Look, I’m not a huge fan of capitalism but it’s a little silly to pretend that the world was free from corruption prior to capitalism.
Show threadWammityblamFeb 26
I’m not saying that capitalism is the cause of corruption. I’m saying that capitalism is an accelerant for corruption
Show threadiamthetotFeb 26
Your comment wording implied cause to my reading.
Show threadtlekitekiFeb 25
They don’t even have a border. Just a shared interest in crushing the proles.
Show threadDevotedShitStain69Feb 25
Y’all better demand your government to backtrack on giving our fascist government your information.
Show thread∟⊔⊤∦∣≶Feb 25
Oh i will be.
Show threadpurrtasticFeb 25
Sadly, somewhere along the line New Zealand became a very conservative country that’s hard to rouse to action.
Show thread(des)mosthenesFeb 25
how fun.
Show threadOptionalFeb 25
Show threadwonderingwandererFeb 25
What the fuck.
Show threadMOARbid1Feb 25
Hey guys, don’t let them do that.
Show threadfloquantFeb 25
I mean, the five eyes have been a thing for a long time. Not sure what this is really news aside from the publicity
Show threadAuthFeb 25
90 day travel no visa is pretty good though
Show thread4amFeb 25

Do you think America just snaps out of this in 3 years? Or do you think Trump starts to round up people who didn’t vote R in the midterms and then appoints his successor, President Elect Steven Miller?

And the fact that you thought about it for a second means you should be scared.

Show threadAuthFeb 26
Americans are really really stupid so I cant say for sure. But I’ve got good vibes that dems win next election and fix things. They are absolutely sweeping in the smaller elections and we’re seeing a ton of strong democratic candidates we’re even seeing lefties win in a few places.
Show threaddeathbirdFeb 25
And still I’m told to be afraid of China.
Show threadSocialMediaRefugeeFeb 26

Biden’s fault!

/s

Show thread0_o7Feb 26
por que no los dos?
Show threadT00l_shedFeb 26
I mean, china does this kind of stuff too, collecting biometrics. So this is an instance where both are clearly bad
Show threadFizzFeb 26
We should be movinf the fuck away from the us in our integration. Dont do it national, dont like the palantir boot.
Show threadtrackball_fetishFeb 26
NZ don’t let them get you like they did us, furthermore you should seize antichrist guy’s house and/or arrest him upon reentry
Show threadMonkderVierteFeb 26
Ah btw, same with HostEurope (belonging to GoDaddy) and EU.
Show threadCADmonkeyFeb 26
Hey look, it’s spreading already.