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[–] PepperoniNipple@lazysoci.al 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Justice is not only about what is fair, but also about the fear people have of suffering consequences, aka: Pain. Being in jail is painful. It's a tiny room with no hygiene, cockroaches, the toilet is right there in the same room, isolation, unlikable neighbors, years or decades without Internet, a TV or PC...

The biggest lie the Jeffrey Epstein Class managed to pull off was to convince everyone that causing pain is an "absolute" wrong. It is not. Pain is what forces us to reflect and grow the fuck up to avoid committing the same mistakes. Those fuckers didn't have enough pain in their lives, because they lived it on Easy Mode. They were surrounded by yes-men and serfs constantly glazing them and laughing at their bad jokes. Now we are here.

We don't do shit to them because we are afraid of the pain the bodyguards, the cops or the law will lay upon us. But it should not be that way. They should be afraid of the people. Right now, they are laughing at us, doing heinous shit on purpose just to test our limit, and in the worst case scenario, normalize it. Young kids are already memeing Epstein, almost treating it like it's no big deal or just a joke, I seriously hope they don't carry that attitude forever, and realize that people like Epstein deserve to have their head opened to the truth as soon as you see them. Their bodyguards, I'd say are the worst people of all. The army, cops, bodyguards; they are people who openly and proudly decided to give their lives for a dude who rapes children and is not paying people what they're truly worth, a livable wage.

Nothing will get better until the rich fear for their lives.

[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

They only know how to punish. Fear is not enough. We must obliterate them and everything they love, that those who come after will never make their mistake.

That's why we need to vote blue no matter who this November, to make sure they get what's coming to them!

[–] PepperoniNipple@lazysoci.al 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

TL;DR version: Those intrusive thoughts of "obliterating everything they love" can be tempting, but there are better alternatives. "Vote blue no matter what" could change to something better, more pro-working class, something fool-proof, something even the dumbest person can understand what it's about, because right now, I don't think I'm lying when I say that more than half of the entire world doesn't even know what "red vs blue" really means. They know it's politics, but, if you asked them what they think each means... Holy Toledo.

I have lost people to both democrat and republican presidents already, but I'd still choose a democrat, don't get me wrong on that. It's just that you still deserve so, so much better than what you currently have in that party.


Long version, for the chads with big dicks:

Those intrusive thoughts feel tempting because we keep seeing the top 1% happily sacrificing millions of innocent lives for their own pleasure, which is a reason I have a profound hate for bodyguards and anyone who works in the manufacture of weapons, bombs, bullets... Everything related to destruction. Whoever is giving the metal the shape, engineering the design, or even the janitor cleaning the office of those engineers so they can feel comfortably happy while designing the next drone that will blow the heads of some poor Muslim children... I have to say that "obliterating everything they love" is still not a good choice.

I think putting them in jail permanently is enough of a message. Forgiving their children and family members that can prove to be genuinely different is also an important message. Killing them would make us look too barbaric, which puts the reputation at risk, and therefor the trust, even if it happens 200+ years later. We'd just have to be consistent and keep hardening the law. It has to be done en masse too; a massive wave around the world of people taking the power and using it to put all these corrupt assholes in the worst cells possible. No Pablo Escobar/Ghislaine Maxwell vacation jail bullshit.

I don't think we will be able to stop the angriest people from passionately assassinating some of these assholes before we do that, but I won't stop them nor argue against them either, because I have personally lost family members in Lebanon and here in Mexico to these monsters, let alone all the innocent people throughout history, everywhere. I hate it. All that potential art and talent wasted just to please one boring psychopath asshole nobody likes, but is rich enough (because he exploited and killed others to enrich themselves) to feed us or not. We don't really need to keep suffering to create good art either as many think. We have enough History and drama to create an endless amount of content that'd keep us entertained and happy.

The voting blue no matter what, I hope it's innocent deep down, but so far, I think only a small number of democrats are actually decent people, imo. The majority are under AIPAC's command, they cannot even condemn the genocide in Gaza. They don't want to stop funding Israel either, so. Instead of "voting blue no matter what," I think the message should be more keen to something for the people, not some "blind support and loyalty to the party" nonsense.

"Vote for people, not parties."

"Loyalty to the people, not the party."

"People first, parties second."

"Represent us or lose us."

"Vote for the policies and actions, not because the candidate has a D next to their name."

I don't know, anything but a 1984-esque one like "vote blue no matter who." I wish people used one that focused on Humanity, on the people, not some dick-measuring contests.

It's just my fantasy, it won't happen, but whatever. I say that because I am sure the majority of the world, and I mean this: more than 60%, easily, of the entire planet, doesn't even know what "red vs blue" even really means, honestly. Like, they know it's about politics, but if you asked them what they think they mean... Oh, brother. A lot of people genuinely believe "communism and socialism are exactly the same thing and they both mean being lazy, being dirt poor all the time, and introducing homeless people in your home. Nothing else."

I am sure a lot of them are loyal to the red or blue party just because "it's their favorite color." Fuck that shit. Use a slogan that is fool-proof. One that even the dumbest motherfucker can understand what's it's about, and it's about Class Consciousness, about the Working Class, about the People, about being paid a livable wage, being paid what you're truly worth, that people deserve to see themselves at their full potential before they die, etc. Not some party, not some oligarchs, not Chuck Schumer and his stupid glasses. I have lost people to both democrat and republican presidents already, but I'd still choose a democrat, don't get me wrong on that. It's just that you still deserve so, so much better than what you currently have in that party.

Don't be a conformist; the Jeffrey Epstein Class worked so hard the past decades to turn us into conformists who are slowly normalizing this way of living. I hope we manage to flip that shit over and remove those broken psychopath weirdos.

[–] Bread@thelemmy.club 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The internet will never be open again because of this.

[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago

Not under capital. No.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Apparently you had to sign an agreement that you will not use internet for business/commercial purposes in the NSFNET days.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation_Network#Acceptable_use_policy

[–] EvasiveSpecies@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago

They are also trying to take away these free resources by pushing laws to make ID identification mandatory to make money off of us.

[–] Kaligalis@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

The "you are replaceable" thing is older than everyone currently alive. It hasn't been invented by the AI tech bros.
Also, the library is still out there. You still can ignore the rent-seeking middle men and use it directly with your own natural neural network.

[–] TheDeadInternet@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

They should be sued for theft and plagiarism.

[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago

Yes, the courts will save us!

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 18 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Once you understand that AI is limited to the questioner's ability to properly elucidate what they need to know you'll have several more botched concrete stair resurfacings.

Thanks Gemini, you self-contradicting potato

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Gemini: "yes, an important distinction - you have made the critical observation that I am useless!"

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 18 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

20 years? More like somewhere between 30 to 40 if we count early WWW and the Gopher+Usenet that came before it. The GPL isn't quite that old, but the spirit behind it sure is. If we count early home-computer clubs back in the 70's (like the one that birthed the original Apple) or the ham-radio crowd that came before it, we can push into 50+ year territory, easy.

I hadn't considered AI being a paywall around the whole WWW but now that you mention it, it kind of looks that way. I've opined elsewhere that social media companies (e.g. Facebook) are building walled-gardens to keep eyeballs and attention-spans locked on their brand of reality. This would just be another avenue of attack in that strategy.

[–] Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 10 points 18 hours ago

I remember frequenting MOOs and IRC, and downloading guitar tabs and chords off OLGA using clients in DOS back in the early 90s. Over 30 years ago. The Internet today is unrecognizable by comparison.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 19 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (4 children)

Welcome to the world of scientific publishing, long before AI. Except authors even have to pay for creating "content", and reviewers are expected to work for free. Yet article access is sold at astronomical prices.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago

Hey, remember that time Aaron Swartz used public APIs and perfectly legal aggregation of information to compile scientific journals in a data set outside the paywall. And he was arrested, prosecuted, and threatened with life in prison until he (allegedly) killed himself?

Then his original and highly lucrative pet project, Reddit, was mutated into a propaganda factory by the Epstein Class, cannibalized by the Investor Class, and gutted for AI slop by the Tech Sector?

[–] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 3 points 16 hours ago

At least, academic papers give credits to the author... Or to the author's boss

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[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 65 points 1 day ago (10 children)

That is how capitalism works.

The American Weather Service provided weather updates for free, but a company came along and just started copying what the weather service posted ... then sued the Weather Service for publicly posting the weather because the government is not allowed to provide a service for free that a company can charge for.

Insanity.

the government is not allowed to provide a service for free that a company can charge for

I am beyond mildly infuriated by such an idiotic stance, but it tracks with what I’ve seen.

RIP postal service you’re next.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Same thing happened in Germany where the DWD collects and publishes weather data. Wetter.de came along and sued them, forcing them to hide features in their app (developed and paid for by tax money) behind a paywall. That was later overturned, but I still refuse to use their site

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago

Yes! Exact same here. Its so dumb it sounds made up. A random company comes along and just gets to sell what was once free.

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[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (9 children)

There is a license that says that all derivatives must also be open source.

But also AI companies don't care about the law, they stole all their data, engage in insider trading, circular trading, and generating all manner of illegal content, they don't give a fuck. And the US government isn't doing anything to hold them accountable, infact the president is getting in on it.

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 155 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Coincidentally, OOP just explained academic publishing to a T.

[–] dumnezero@piefed.social 1 points 13 hours ago

clenches fist

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Just further enshittification. Companies don’t make new things or new technologies anymore. They just find new ways to rent squat and extract fees. They’ve stolen everyone’s work, manufactured a way to give it to you first without you seeing the author’s material, and told everyone to use this method to access information so they can charge for it.

[–] corbindallas@fedinsfw.app 90 points 1 day ago (23 children)

I think this is the story of humanity. It ain't getting better until we massacre the inhumanly rich, eat Thier families while the world watches, and force evil socialism on shared intellectual property

Follow me for more bad advice

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (12 children)

...Seriously?

This guy has no leg to stand on; that's the Mildly Infuriating part.

[–] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 minutes ago

I'm surprised that nobody else has mentioned how far off the 20 year estimate is.

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 points 15 hours ago

Remember when the "verified" checkmark meant you were verified to be who you claim to be? I do

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