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Leave X - Protect Democracy"When authoritarianism is on rise, you can count on the richest, least vulnerable men on the planet to be the biggest cowards."
Bradley Whitford
#BigTech #Oligarchy #Greed #FarRight #Authoritarianism #Cowardice #Meta #X #Amazon #Google
Jan CT B. Dipl.-Ing.@leavex fully agree on the TESLA sky internet zthat waould not be blackboxed for the RU agressor- nor the facbook whitebox( that was so insane) AI LLM model thazt PRC Army just downloaded i order to use it for military purposes- THIS HAS to end- fulkly agree but I am a sec programmer and work on that- including any tool that is helpfuk in order not gio down because of my own work...
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Lsamuelson57@leavex
I see it differently... The wealthiest least vulnerable are contributing to the takeover voluntarily.
I see it differently... The wealthiest least vulnerable are contributing to the takeover voluntarily.
Kevin RussellOr the organisers.
@leavex This really minimizes what they're _actually_ do imo. They're not being cowards - they are digital authoritarians, enabling political authoritarians because they can serve each other's purposes. They're not innocent cowards hiding in a corner - they're the ones _behind_ this. jfc, look at Musk's campaign contributions to Trump.
HakeemG@leavex It wasn't 77 million billionaires that voted Mango Mussolini and his merry band of white nationalists into office, and it wasn't 90 million billionaires that stayed home to let it happen.
Artstories@HakeemG @leavex True but it was the ultra-rich who manipulated the people for decades into believing that today's version of capitalism is the best for the working class and that socialism is the boogey-man. It was the ultra-rich who made the policies to deconstruct safe-guards and education so that it became easier and easier to hog more money and power than ever before.
@art_histories @leavex White working class voters have been willing to sacrifice their own wellbeing to hurt people whom they hate. Let's call it like it is.
@HakeemG @leavex Yes, I know. But if you talk to people most people are badly informed, misinformed or not interested. Imagine being constantly "informed" by nothing else but Fox news and being surrounded by the Fox news bubble and being badly educated at the same time.
Also people are often frustrated so they lash out. It is easy to blame the whole mess solely on people but in fact it is a systemic problem as well. There is a reason why billionaires bought the whole media!
Also people are often frustrated so they lash out. It is easy to blame the whole mess solely on people but in fact it is a systemic problem as well. There is a reason why billionaires bought the whole media!
@art_histories @leavex I agree with you, but the idea that a billionaire like Bezos is more responsible than a racist working class white voter doesn't fly with me. He's a spineless coward for sure, but he's not promoting a white nationalist agenda.
Darwin Woodka@HakeemG @art_histories @leavex
Well yes, he is. Absolutely.
@HakeemG @leavex Maybe not but he is definitely profiteering from it. He supports Trump because the Trump gouvernment threw out nearly all regulations and safeguards against corporate greed. They can more or less do whatever they want if they continue to behave sycophantic and say nothing against Trumps agenda. Those kinds of spineless cowards are as bad as the right-wing crazies.
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DonCC
Weltzeitgeist@leavex What? They aren't 'cowards'??? They're in on it. They're loving it. Technofascim is the modell to control the masses in a world in which the masses will revolt unless they can control them.
Fuck, what? READ HISTORY!!
@leavex Srsly, Americans. Get fucking educated about Fascism.
Leonardo Fontenelle@leavex Why would they fight authoritarianism?! They are the ones who benefit from it
@leavex The fact that many Americans think that billionaires are simple citizens who have no authority and just caved to fascism, indicates a profound lack of understanding of power structures. These people make decisions that are directly translated to policy, you people need to start understanding how the world works or you will be in trouble.
Frischling@leavex that one is so the opposite... The new dukes crowned their king to become richer.