I mean, it might be, but the cable could be stiff, so this isn’t a good tell. I think the era of being able to reliably call AI slop is over.

Just realized I was doing the thing in the meme. Yikes! Well now I got to think about that.

I thought the good omens show was really good. I haven’t read the book.

I don’t think they are techno-solutionists but that sometimes is the vibe they give off.

I just think there’s some directions they won’t go thanks to the threat of capital.

I think you could argue that they’re actually trying to mimic real numbers.

Id be ok if there was some kind of reimbursement, but I wouldn’t stop student loan reform from happening if it didn’t include reimbursement.

Lol, that must be it.

They seem to like this take: https://midwest.social/post/36684138/20421459

Social democracy is objectively the moderate wing of fascism.

Yeah I agree. My tummy hurt replying to that post because I knew I was going to get more insane replies. And I got them. As some one who cares, it is really hard not to reply to socially detrimental posts. I always hope at least one person reads them and gets a chance to escape to a better place in life.

I also, noticed something in the records about ban evasion? I wonder if they got spooked because I moved from lemm.ee to midwest.social. Because lemm.ee got shutdown.

Wow, good documentation at least. Thanks! I’m not clear on exactly what I did. Other than have an unpopular opinion.

The people who aren’t interested in equity or equality are using pedantry against those who do want them. The original meme is used to reeducate those who have fallen into the trap.

Until voting doesn’t count, this is a fed post.

It’s ok to like slop as long as you can correctly identify it as slop.

Your work improves the lives of others more than it will improve your own. Which others is determined by politics. Best to spread the improvement around so you can get more of it back from more people.

Which is a problem why?

Funny but not true. Don’t give up too early, don’t give up too late. Give up at the right time. Anything else is a skill issue.

The definition of fascism doesn’t start when they put on the boots. It doesn’t end when they take the boots off. Just because Kirk never killed anyone doesn’t mean he isn’t complicit in creating a system that would kill lots of people.

You can be both a grifter and a fascist. Especially if you grift for a fascist cause.

You can be call a fascist even if ideologically you’re not, but the outcomes you produce are fascistic. This is the category I think Kirk is in.

Would we stop calling Hitler a fascist if we found out that he actually just wanted to be friends with everyone and he didn’t actually care about killing all those Jews? He just failed spectacularly.

Sorry about this second thread. It’s all my fault. I have answered your question on what I use to determine fascism in the other thread.

The 14 Characteristics of Fascism by Lawrence Britt

https://osbcontent.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/PC-00466.pdf

I missed some of your points because I made bad assumptions and overlooked some things.

I’m not surprised that at some point in time he would say he was pro-liberal. But the positions he argued for were in support of fascism. He didn’t other just gay people. He othered Muslims. He has brought up the Jewish question. He is a fan of centralizing power. Not that centralizing a power by itself would be a strong indicator of fascism. You have to take a look at the big picture.

There are several statistical lies that he keeps repeating to maintain his position. Someone is popular and is well known as Kirk would surely have people able to quietly correct him on some of these things. Yet he keeps repeating them. The outcome of this rhetoric is to empower fascists. He very likely knew that.

Now I’m not saying he was rubbing together his hands and whispering to himself “good good”. I think he just followed the money.