Is anyone else sick of living in a reality which is nothing but all the #dystopian #fiction from 50 years ago?

We have #JamesBond villains ( #Musk)

We have #InvasionoftheBodySnatchers zombification ( #MAGA)

Etc, etc.

And now we have #Wargames:

" #AI s can’t stop recommending #nuclear strikes in #war game #simulations

Leading AIs from #OpenAI, #Anthropic and #Google opted to use #nuclearWeapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases"

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/

@benroyce

I do regularly say "I don't want to live in this world any more".

Between utter failure to make progress on stopping global warming, to the rich pushing fascism on the rest of us, so they can avoid the consequences of global warming, it feels like everything is going to keep getting worse for hundreds of years.

@alienghic

my attitude is to go down fighting

if you're surrounded by 20 goons, you can feel hopeless

or you can go out swinging with a stupid grin on your face

that's my approach

"rage rage against the dying of the light" and all that

anyone who just curls up in a ball and accepts defeat?

this is not the real left

all there is, and ever was, in this world, is the good fight

you fight, you may lose

you may also win

if you give up you will lose

there are no better terms in this world

@benroyce @alienghic My spirit animal is a raccoon holding a switchblade saying “maybe, but I’m taking you with me.”

@tek @alienghic

😂

it's true though

i can't stand fucking whiners "on the left" talking defeatism. or so fucking stupid they don't understand that that is what not voting is

even if they are invested in some other attempt to defeat #fascism

that other track will have tactical thinkers going "oh, but also #vote, that's good vandalism/ sabotage"

all these fucking whiny entitled lazy assholes "on the left" are nothing but willingly and meekly submitting to fascism if THEY DON'T FUCKING VOTE

@benroyce @tek @alienghic @Barbramon1

Most of my life I have watched Democrats split their early vote around five plus candidates, while the GOP usually offers only one in opposition.

It speaks somewhat to party unification and effectiveness if one party is already at least going through the motions of being on the same page.

@Chancerubbage @benroyce @tek @alienghic
There were 16 Republican presidential candidates in 2016, 4 in 2012, 4 in 2008, 1 in 2004, 3 in 2000.
Democrats had 6 candidates in 2016, 1 in 2012, 3 in 2008, 4 in 2004, 3 in 2000.
Both parties field about the same number of candidates for presidential elections.
One big difference between parties is that Republicans stand solidly behind their nominee, while Democrats often deny support to a candidate who doesn't meet their perfect standards.

@Barbramon1 @benroyce @tek @alienghic

Yes I am going back to the sixties however, where it seemed democratic candidates usually outnumbered GOP candidates 2 to one at the very least.

With many democrats indeed often bowing out of voting if their particular more perfect candidate didn’t pass primary selection. Have been a voter 45 years

@Chancerubbage @benroyce @tek @alienghic
I have voted for 54 years myself. You and I have seen a lot.
Much has changed with elections since the 60s, but I suspect the number of candidates was similar to today.
GOP of Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller wouldn't recognize today's Maga version. In the current century we are living in conditions created by radicals. From 2000 Brooks Brothers Riot, to the Tea Party, to trump, Republicans move in synch ever rightward. Democrats fight each other.