Dogyote @ Dogyote @slrpnk.net

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No one really knows how osmosis works.

Evolution and natural selection never stops, we've only changed what the selective pressures are.

Wild Cats Of North America:

Bobcat

Canada Lynx

Puma / Mountain Lion / Cougar

Ocelot

Jaguarundi

Jaguar

Margay

I didn't say or suggest people need to pick a side.

Which is bizarre, done since they screen for lgbt haters when you try to sign up

What am I repeating? You're trying to have an argue against points I am not making. Go to lemmygrad if you want to argue with them.

Okay don't listen. Whatever.

Yeah I know. I think it's mostly people new to the topic not understanding the nuances. But that still worries me since it seems wrong to lump communists in the same group as fascists. Seems almost sinister imo. The two groups could not stand for more different things.

What?

Yikes, seems like the American right wing is fascist too. What's bizarre about all of this is that the tankies are very much opposed to the American right too. So they're anti-fascist? It seems that they're so opposed to western capital that they'll cheer for some really shitty governments because they're also fighting western capital.

I would argue that fascism is indeed characterized by those things, but fascism is associated with the right, not the left. You're not a fascist if your trying to create equality for all, even if your actions are crazy. It's something else, but not facism.

No, that's not really correct. They're pro-democracy since true communism requires democracy. They believe western governments have been captured by capitalists and therefore need to be opposed. That's why they tend to cheer for authoritarian regimes because they're fighting what they consider to be the good fight. They believe that once western capitalism has been defeated, communism can finally flourish, since the only reason communist governments are authoritarian is to protect themselves from the west.

Based on my observations, some of them support present and past left-authoritarians, but most don't. They're definitely critical of the west, but I think there's room for that criticism here.

It's kind of funny when they post about Ukraine. They're anti-NATO and anti-Putin, so they sometimes seem confused which side they're on.

You have a strange definition of fascism. I've poked around in those instances to see what the fuss is about. They're super far left and very much ideologically opposed to fascism. They're something weird, but they're definitely not fascists.

It's like we're going back to the pre-internet era but it's obviously a little different. Before the internet, there were just a few major media providers on TV plus lots of local newspapers. I would say that, for the most part in the USA, the public trusted TV news sources even though their material interests weren't aligned (regular people vs big media corporations). It felt like there wasn't a reason not to trust them, since they always told an acceptable version of the truth and there wasn't an easy way to find a different narrative (no internet or crazy cable news). Local newspapers were usually very trusted, since they were often locally owned and part of the community.

The internet broke all of those business models. Local newspapers died because why do you need a paper when there are news websites? Major media companies were big enough to weather the storm and could buy up struggling competitors. They consolidated and one in particular started aggressively spinning the news to fit a narrative for ratings and political gain of the ownership class. Other companies followed suit.

This, paired with the thousands of available narratives online, weakened the credibility of the major media companies. Anyone could find the other side of the story or fact check whatever was on TV.

Now what is happening? The internet is being polluted with garbage and lies. It hasn't been good for some time now. Obviously anyone could type up bullshit, but for a minute photos were considered reliable proof (usually). Then photoshopping something became easier and easier, which made videos the new standard of reliable proof (in most cases).

But if anything can be fake now and difficult to identify as fake, then how can you fact check anything? Only those with the means will be able to produce undeniably real news with great difficulty, which I think will return power to major news companies or something equivalent.

I'm probably wrong about what the future holds, so what do you think is going to happen?

Hum, this seems like the better route. My bidet flosser is inconvenient.

Nah it's not really bad at all:

The use of microwave transmission of power has been the most controversial issue in considering any SPS design. At the Earth's surface, a suggested microwave beam would have a maximum intensity at its center, of 23 mW/cm2 (less than 1/4 the solar irradiation constant), and an intensity of less than 1 mW/cm2 outside the rectenna fenceline (the receiver's perimeter). These compare with current United States Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) workplace exposure limits for microwaves, which are 10 mW/cm2,[original research?] - the limit itself being expressed in voluntary terms and ruled unenforceable for Federal OSHA enforcement purposes.[citation needed] A beam of this intensity is therefore at its center, of a similar magnitude to current safe workplace levels, even for long term or indefinite exposure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power?wprov=sfla1

Did something happen to you? Like was your mom, sister, granny, father, and/or brother killed?

Russia doesn't need Ukraine on its own, they need Ukraine to get access Poland, Romania and Moldova.

But why? Poland and Romania are already in NATO. Isn't that why they're attacking Ukraine now and Georgia in 2008, to prevent them from joining NATO?

Why did the federal agents back off? Don't they have the higher authority in this situation?