If you are in a secure job and happy with your position, sure. But for those of us either unemployed or looking to move to another company, this is a pain in the hole. I used to get more messages from recruiters or get invitations for interview.

Even college educated jobs are being off-shored. In my field, some companies are moving to India.

I think the silent and war generations who grew up struggling during the Great Depression and experienced WWII, who held their Cold War era presidents accountable because of their experience, are vanishing. Their descendants, us, became complacent and pampered by material wealth. We barely struggled compared to the older generations, so we don’t know how to fight for our rights.

Voters are just dumb in general. They love to revel only in the good parts of the past when they can’t cope with the present. Which is understandably so, because wallowing nostalgia is said to be a natural antidepressant for humans. In any case, Americans thought the economy was better under Trump 1.0 when Biden was in office, who had to contend with Covid and fixing the damage created by the Republicans. And now, voters are full of regret and think Biden’s administration is better? They get what they voted for! No take backsies!

I’m glad I unsubscribed to Netflix.

Well, there is a thing called counterculture. One generation didn’t like the prevailing culture they grew up in, and so they go against it and set new values. This then leads to the following generation disliking that new culture and go against it.

Rinse and repeat.

I say we nuke it from orbit then.

Quantum computing will only be useful to a handful of people instead of mass consumer use. Quantum computers are mainly for cybersecurity.

Billionaires will still keep it afloat. They recognise the importance of media for mass indoctrination. Like with investing, they diversify. Even if one asset is not making money, there are profitable assets they could take money from to keep underperforming assets going because the latter has intangible value to the owner. Twatter isn’t even making money for Musk, but that doesn’t matter, it is its intangible value as propaganda which is important for him and other billionaires.

The US and UK has the same problem of two party system and late stage capitalism. Although, the UK has a much more dramatic shift, not seen since the 1900s, because of the rise of Reform and Green Party.

And I don’t know how people keep eating this up.

He promised in 2024 Americans will not be voting anymore.

I’m not sure about step 4. I mean, China is pretty strict with those kinds of things.

Facebook in Philippines is literally free to use even for those without mobile data. However, people there don’t realise they are the product. Or worse, they don’t realise they are guinea pigs for social engineering by techno-industrial complex.

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If blue MAGA and neoliberals could read this, they’d be very upset!

From a cynical standpoint, China is only doing it to become less dependent on fossil fuel, should a major war occurs and trade in South China Sea becomes disrupted.

But still, if this motivation adds to the overall development of renewable energy, it’s still a win.

It’s completely ethical to grift stupid and evil people. The issue of course is putting the time and effort to actually do it consistently.

Russian, Indian, Egyptian…anywhere where there are poor people to exploit. Derek from Veritasium made a video studying and tracking troll farms years ago. A lot of those troll farms are from the usual suspected countries, where dire poverty push them to desperation, and are exploited by powers-that-be.

Free press for the rich, not for plebs.