I don’t get why they even bother? Just fabricate it with AI? None of the cult will ever believe it’s fake anyway.

Zuckerberg jumped on the Trump train. I think this anti LGBTQ stance is based on the MAGA opinions that were needed to raise votes.

Trump wants Greenland, Canada, the Panama channel, wants the windmills gone from the North sea and lots and lots of attention. And over half of all Americans voted for that guy.

It’s an interesting viewpoint, certainly not improbable. There is a strong connection between Elon, Trump and Putin though. It could be that Elon and Putin made some deal and that they both play Trump. That Elon used Trump is clear to me, Elon is the dominating one there. That leaves us with the Putin/Elon relation.

Oh I agree that pure capitalism isn’t the way to go, it just makes the gap between rich and poor great and empowers the rich. But the influence of Russian propaganda is real, unfortunately. Its main aim is to destabilize the West and NATO. Putin wants Ukraine to begin with. By stimulating the in-fighting he can weaken America internally (which worked already like a charm) drive a wedge between the US and Europe (leave that to Putin’s friends Trump and Elon). I hear exactly the same arguments over and over in the US as Europe, it seems as if they come from one single source.

There is definitely Russian propaganda, not that this is the only factor.

I think you are right. Unfortunately knowing what’s going on is not going to help us. The propaganda worked and people are truly turning hard right and pro-Russia. Something that would have sounded insane during the cold war. Often the same topics: “tax money wasted on corrupt Ukraine”, “against woke agenda”, “LGBTQ gender insanity”, “immigrants are criminals”. I tried to talk to people, but any information that contradicts what they now think is “fake”. There are still parts of the puzzle I don’t get. What turned Trump and Elon to Putin? What might Putin possibly have on Trump that could damage him? Trump can truly shoot someone in the street and people would be ok with it, like he said so himself. Elon has all the money in the world and can buy who he wants. Is it a cooperation that benefits them all? That destabilizing the West helps Putin is obvious, I suspect that what Elon and Trump get out of it is just making money and enjoying power. Where this all will end. I hope less bad than I fear. Prepare for the worst though.

Well, we can witness the 1930ths all over again. Great. Humans are dumb idiots, they don’t learn.

Elon also supporting them too perhaps?

Seems the end of the Washington Post as a serious and reliable news outlet. It will not be the last in the current anti truth wave.

I think only the extremely simple life doesn’t feel pain, but then you have arrived on a microscopic level, where some tiny creature is getting eaten while eating themselves.

Putin has his claws into way too many world leaders.

I also liked very much what was going on in the beginning, same as you. I don’t want to Tesla shame anybody, sorry about that.

I prefer connectors to be uniform, so that’s the good thing. I just feel the USB C is a bit fragile and not suited for all situations.

The whole world only has one problem: bad leadership.

Thanks for this great info! Horrific, though. Assuming that not much has changed in attitudes since that time, you can only wonder what chemicals are harming us all without us knowing it. All this while someone, somewhere, does know.

Conservatism has been forcefully on the rise, but something like porn can cause it’s downfall. It reminds me of the videotape format wars end 70s, early 80s, with VHS pushing out Betamax due to porn.

I don’t trust Elon, so I don’t trust Tesla. If I would get one for free, I would immediately sell it. I’m not against electric cars in general by the way.

My banana is for sale as well. I’ll throw in a whole roll of duct tape.