And its a computer program! It has as much value as getting “we are sorry to see you go” on a web page.

Haha I didnt think of that, but possibly :)

No i meant more that hating those people and killing them will not get rid of them. The entire end goal of capitalism is to take as much as you can. The end goal is monopoly. At least in unrestricted capitalism like the US.

You need legal changes to handle that, not going after the people who became billionaries. More of them are growing right now in that system.

Remember the war on drugs or the war on terror? Both creates more drugs and more terror.

Meh. Demonstrations are useless. What change will come from random people making noise for a day?

Don’t worry about it. If you don’t post anything they disagree with (and most people don’t), you will not be annoyed by them.

If you have only mainstream opinions, you will be fine. You don’t question mainstream science, you think everyone needs to vaccinate for the public good, and so on. Nothing strange for the majority.

This war is about control, not by weapons but by controlling minds. It’s fairly obvious. Social media forms opinions. It’s also full of bubbles where people get reinforcement for their existing beliefs. What people believe doesn’t matter so much, just that their beliefs are shaped by social media.

Social media platforms are controlled by big tech algorithms, so they in turn control what information should surface. On computers and phones, you have survellience apps running (called AI) that collects information about each users private life. This is all combined with other info to build an accurate profile of everyone having a device using social media or the web.

The end goal is to watch everyone, keep them in line. In the west I think it’s mostly used to sell ads, but in other countries like China and Russia, I think it’s more sinister.

Either way, the end goal is control of people. Before, it was control of land and borders.

www.vecka.nu

Tells what week it is.

Firefox, always have been Firefox for me.

Whatever reason Google makes up for Manifest 3, we all know it’s to reduce efficient ad blocking.

Honestly I was just so concerned all the time about what others were thinking, to the degree that i got scared of doing anything even remotely outside the box.

It changed when I got tired of feeling that way every single day. I just had enough of that feeling you know? It’s a bit like just getting sick of your own emotions and you just feel this need to escape that emotion.

I think some people drink to kill that feeling. But I’m not a big drinker. Mother was alcoholic and it wrecked everything completely. I knew there must be a better way.

I think it starts with realizing that other people are not better then you. You need to stop apologizing for who you are and just realize that you are fine. And also to like yourself for something. Maybe you are just kinder then others. Whatever it is, start focusing on that and realize you are good enough and you don’t have to apologize for existing in this world.

Yeah absolutely. I learned at 35. Maybe you learn faster than me. :)

Very good. People give odd looks about anything that doesn’t fit their little bubble world, so just ignore them. :)

The swimming lesson thing was interesting. I also assumed everyone learned how to swim in school.

The root cause is what we call evidence and if it can be trusted or not. Some people will trust some evidence and others won’t. This is why a person don’t agree sometimes that they are wrong. It’s all relative to what evidence you believe or don’t believe.

No I leave it alone of course. Why would I kill an animal because it’s near me?

I do kill mosquitos though because they bite me.

For me it’s more that I don’t get excited about things other people do. Like going to tourist hot spots. Worst places to be ever.

If I can spend my weekend at home, it’s really nice and I don’t get bored.

What, stop using Chrome?? Unthinkable… Google says it’s the best and we can trust them. They want what’s best for us. /s

Humans are consumers, they will buy stuff. But most won’t work for corporations anymore since robots and AI are far more effective at most jobs.

Humans will still buy the stuff robots produce. Maybe the money will come from governments as some kind of citizen coins, distributed differently based on some criteria. Not sure.

There is a name for this debating technique where you go “sure, there was nothing good about Hitler - except he cared about dogs!”. Can’t remember. Is it strawman?

I think we all understand that capitalism is mostly bad for humans, and really good for corporations and their owners. AI and robots will be exploited to replace people since they are massively more powerful and much cheaper.

A few things will be better I guess, but most will be worse. People already are not actually needed to work this much anymore, and as soon as they can be replaced with something cheaper and more efficient they will. That is capitalism.

Aren’t they deleting everything else? It’s YouTube. :)