Raise revenue you say? There's plenty of disgustingly wealthy people who could do with less wealth.
Problem is those are the same people. There are no consequences, because those who would enforce the laws are complicit.
Yeah I'm out. Just got diagnosed with an inherited degenerative disorder.
People need to grow a fucking spine and say no to doing illegal things for Donnie dinkie diddle.
Lots to criticize about China, but it's nothing if not proven as a stable partner in terms of its approach to international diplomacy and trade. They are consistent about what their goals are.
Nobody can count on the USA anymore. Perhaps they never could and it was always a paper tiger.
The DSA is the best you'll get.
I just don't see what argument you're making.
Steel production is necessary for infrastructure. The point is AI is not efficient. It's adding energy load to the grid in the supposed name of doing things more efficiently, but where is evidence of these gains. Data centres drawing huge amounts of power to do what exactly? Run LLMs?
There is the promise and reality. If it was replacing manual labour and freeing humanity to pursue arts, crafts, and scientific inquiry great. But there's no evidence it's doing that.
Be a politician and give direct, honest, and true answers to questions.... For a start.
Virgin adult having a chad baby is some Bethlehem shit. Praise.
Too many people are either scared or complicit. The US needs some of those heroes they keep inventing for their blockbusters. They probably only need the power of courage and willingness to sacrifice themselves for the greater good.
Only being the operative word.
I'm not clever enough to do anything but let the meme speak for itself.
Someone glorious on Lemmy made this for me a while back, and it seems to be becoming more and more apt. Enjoy.
What does that mean? Nobody gets out or in? Sounds familiar.