it’s worth pointing out that in the rhyme of history, Nazi Germany deported, exiled, and alienated a lot of Germany’s best and brightest scientists right before launching an all out imperialist assault on every other nation there was.

by the time the cybertruck started delivering, all pretense of who its maker really was was gone. no longer could you think of him as “just the electric car guy who was in the MCU that time and likes posting memes.” It was ABUNDANTLY obvious that he was a fascist boot heel. i can see any tesla on the road but the cybertuck and the model Y and rationalize that someone bought it without knowing, or sold it at a steep loss to someone who just needed a car. but the two newest models in the lineup? those directly funded fascism

they’ve expanded the 100 miles to 250, and include cities with international airports now. we’re at a point now where USBP jurisdiction is wherever a USBP agent happens to be

their primary product is a VPN. for ages they’ve been the best in class for privacy vpn. however, it turns out their CEO is basically singlehandedly bankrolling a far right political party in Sweden so people are looking for alternatives

the people who understand what’s going on have figured out that what the regime means is “brown people are, as a group, the worst of the worst.” the people who don’t understand that are more vulnerable to believe that the face value is the truth

The community (lemmy) is just small enough to be able to notice the same handful of people everywhere, but not large enough to let it the fuck go even though we all really should

worth noting, Hyundai is also classified as a war profiteer in both Ukraine and Palestine. you will find me in another comment praising the Ioniq 5. This is in contrast to Tesla, bear in mind

noted!

that’s great news! it looks like they started fixing this in 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0YW7x9U5TQ

here’s some context

Along with fellow humans giving CT drivers the bird and snarky notes under their one dumb windshield wiper, they’re also just… not very good vehicles. The steering is vague, the acceleration is ass because the vehicle is so heavy, and they get the gremlins if they get wet and they weren’t set to car wash mode. So some drivers are going to be quietly trying to trade them in for shame, and some are going to be perpetually in the shop getting fixes for problems they never should have been allowed to have in the first place

The only downside I know of with the Hyundai is that their single pedal driving controller interprets US law about braking strictly and does not turn on the brake lights unless you dump the pedal, engaging the brake rotors. So either just don’t use single pedal driving mode, or have faith that US drivers don’t drive distracted (this is an endorsement for not using Hyundai’s single pedal driving mode btw)

also direct them to mutual aid projects in your area. great way to meet people who are active

Or buy into the lies of American Exceptionalism, Russification, or Chinese Exceptionalism (take your pick, but it will usually be the first in English speaking places)

except for that those games are designed to help promote conciousness of queer and trans issues. banning the label doesn’t somehow increase solidarity within the working class of people who need their support right now more than ever

absolutely. a lot of people put too much faith in that the aesthetics of rebellion must be linked to rebellion, so China’s outward marxist ideals must be how China operates in function. so i tend to assume that people saying queer rights are a bourgious distraction are just so completely unfamiliar with the issues at play that calling them a fascist will just end all discussion. the reality is that most fascists don’t think they’re fascists and the ways you have to talk to them have to assume you’re not the only one trying to deprogram them

if your class solidarity doesn’t include queer people’s right to speak, love, and exist you’re gonna run into problems. you accuse us of virtue signaling while failing to apply critical analysis to that when people are persecuted for being queer, that’s the bourgious class violence against the working class

i don’t think it’s constructive to call what @MysticMushroom1776@lemmy.dbzer0.com posts slop. you might not like it, and might not be interested in it (i’m i fill both categories) however, slop is ai generated stuff meant to influence political outcomes or to turn a quick buck to garner engagement on platforms with monetization. Ze is doing no such thing. Ze’re interested in exploring the space of generative AI on Zir hardware

i wonder how many of their customers forgot to unsubscribe

i’m banned for a few of Zir communities that as far i know i’ve never interacted with (including at least one that isn’t federated on my server). i’m unbothered by it because they’re not communities i’m interested in. it just struck me as odd.

so we’re clear @MysticMushroom1776@lemmy.dbzer0.com , this is not an appeal. i don’t have beef. i’ve been noticing of late that i agree with a lot of your interpretations of how things are and how they go. i think your cool, and i just hope you see me as being more than just an anti-ai troll. if you do, i won’t try to change that view. i’ll just continue trying to live in a constructive manner

that would be a non-cloudbased non-easy solution. personally, that’s what i’m doing, but i don’t anticipate most computer users wanting to go through the effort when so many people are still running windows 10 rather than switching to linux