okay storytime. let's talk about the united fruit company because people keep saying "this is unprecedented' and it's really not. the us has been doing this to latin america for over a century. we just got less formal about it for a while

united fruit was an american company that grew bananas. sounds boring and harmless

it was not

by the early 1900s they owned massive amounts of land across guatemala, honduras, costa rica, panama, colombia, cuba. not just farms. railroads. ports. telegraph lines. the infrastructure

Maybe the best way to fight AI taking over our media, is to stop supporting the arts with clicks on ads and subscription fees?

Go see a new band.
Watch a play.
Visit a gallery and talk to an artist.

Maybe if we made it more about supporting artists, and less about cammodifying the arts for our convenience, we won’t have to lose one of the things that makes humanity great?