thepresentpast

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[–] thepresentpast@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Huh? That other person seems calm and respectful too. What do you mean?

[–] thepresentpast@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What will that do and how will it help all of the people in her same position?

[–] thepresentpast@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Where are they being detained and tortured again?

[–] thepresentpast@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Saw an article today about a French scientist who was denied entry to the US after their phone was searched and texts critical of Trump were found.

[–] thepresentpast@lemm.ee 16 points 6 days ago

You're getting downvoted but it's important that we remember this. She's hot, she's white, she's an actress. She said herself she thinks it's thanks to her friends and family working with the media that she got released at all. I bet she'd agree with you that being white played into her favor here.

Think about all the people who don't have those types of resources or public empathy points. We have no idea who is actually locked up right now or what will happen to them.

[–] thepresentpast@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yes, they have that "social conservativism" that has become the shared obsession of the American right thanks to Russia's brilliant disinfo and behavioral modification campaign.

I just meant that, economically, they do not share American conservative values. For example, the typical poor Russian can't just work their way up the social ladder, start their own business, hit it big, own a bunch of property, etc. You must be born into it, full stop. This is the piece that American conservatives fail to understand in their Russian aspirations, and why, at the end of the day, they really do not want to be Russian despite what they've been brainwashed to believe.

[–] thepresentpast@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Under the current administration we indeed aspire to be more like Russia and are succeeding.

[–] thepresentpast@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

That's really interesting. Are the people/entities who own individual servers (or even certain servers) known to the general public? I love the idea of social media not being centralized in the hands of billionaires, but I worry about trusting all of the same information to someone whose identity I don't know at all. Flip a coin, they're probably Russian or Chinese.

Basically I'm just asking about how/why we trust the owners of these servers. I still have a lot to learn about this technology.

[–] thepresentpast@lemm.ee 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You have a lot of catching up to do. Good luck.

[–] thepresentpast@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

This is exactly the problem with lumping in everyone who is not a Trump supporter as "liberals". You end up with this completely misguided impression of who "liberals" are and what "liberals" do. It's become a meaningless term.

[–] thepresentpast@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Yup. If we don't de-throne establishment leaders in 2026 I'm afraid that this is the way we are going to go. And as a CA I've mostly been alright with Newsom's government, but he is absolutely not the guy for this moment in time in terms of the presidency.

Insert shameless plug for Saikat Chakrabarti, former AOC campaign manager and Chief of Staff who is running against Nancy Pelosi in the 2026 election. For those looking for a way to make a difference, supporting this guy's bid and making him famous is a good, tangible way to do it.

We need more AOCs and fewer Pelosis.

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