LostWon @ LostWon @lemmy.ca

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A theory came to mind about what his angle is with Canada: image rehabilitation with MAGA. We all know there's a sort of MAGA-North up here that he can ingratiate himself with, and he might want to use any tenuous association he builds with them (as a Canadian citizen) to weaken the allegations he's an "African" as highlighted by MAGA-ites angry over the visa thing). This also fits together with Trump's Canada annexation rhetoric.

I'm envisioning a commemorative t-shirt, along the lines of:
"I was banned/demonetized for criticizing X or its CEO."

His companies can't be banned from existing and they can only jail people who are caught breaking laws (as opposed to just talking about it), but I'd love to see his companies banned from government contracts and not have them up for renewal.

Heard an interesting theory today that when it comes to Europe, Musk probably wants to topple centrist governments because they've been so spooked about Europe being overly dependent on US tech, one of the things they're doing to combat this is starting to build a publicly run, competing satellite service as an alternative to Starlink.

Doesn't explain why he'd interfere in Canada, but he might also just be showing his true colours.

This is essentially the same as blaming people for their own depression. People need empowerment if they're currently feeling disenfranchised and powerless-- especially if they're also depressed or anxious. As an analogy, if someone is upset about something, they often need some empathy before they can listen to anyone tell them how to "fix" a problem. (Especially if the "fix" creates other problems they're not sure how to cope with.)

The reason fascists are making such great strides again as living costs and loneliness are on the rise is because they're very effective at acknowledging people are hurting FIRST (without minimizing or shaming them for hurting in the first place). Then they go on to set up the scapegoats and reinforce the in-group dynamic.

Snow can be wet and heavy, but this is straight up slush.

Unfortunately those two sets of interests typically aren't mutually exclusive (except for protectionism or the rare case like that which might hamper trade), so he could largely do both.

Yes, Canada's Liberal party is pretty much equivalent to the US Democratic party in many ways.

He should use that picture in his "BRUV" party campaign for UK Prime Minister (which is totally not just about attracting money from Elon Musk).

Nice, but rather than "self-reflected," maybe this: "I'm capable of profound reflection and critical analysis."

The author was born in Jerusalem to American parents and raised in an Orthodox setting. In 1993, his family moved back to the US, first to Cleveland and then to Boston, where his father got a job as a director at Harvard University.

I'm sure people doing this are burning at least some social bridges within the wider community, in order to make waves there and beyond. That's probably the biggest sacrifice. Maybe since they recently started trying to draft even Orthodox Jews into their military for the first time ever, some more people's eyes will be opened?

What we need both online and off is less tribalism and more open discussions of what economic and social policies have and haven't worked for whom up until now, based in simple facts rather than sound bites and emotional manipulation.

Online though, there's probably not much we can do. (Ideally there's speaking truth to power if an opportunity arises, but we're not talking about powerful people here, right?) Most real people (since much of the absolute worst vitriol we see online is astroturfing) can only be reached under the right conditions, like if they respect you or if they were already questioning things on their own and only need a little push. (Wealthy people have an advantage in that they can use money to induce favourable conditions all across a society, while the rest of us need to either be heavily organized or especially lucky. What works in regular people's favour though is exposure to doses of reality. Not in a confrontational way, but in an empowering way.

What good does that do anyone? People looking down on one another and hating each other is a large part of the problem when it comes to voter misinformation.

Per hour? It's all a blur to me at this point.

War crimes "in honor of Shabbat"? I hope any remaining diaspora members of conscience who haven't already been troubled by all this are hearing about this framing. Both horrific in its malevolence and a misrepresentation of Judaism all in one go!

Thanks for the link. Not a bad distraction! I hope there's a large catalog in case I want to treat it like the random Stumble button of yore (which I must have hit hundreds of times at least).

StumbleUpon was the best. I do miss it.

All I can think is how incredibly shameful it is for this kind of behind-the-scenes bullying to be happening, but the persons responsible apparently must not see shame in it somehow...?

Thanks, that sounds more like what I thought I heard about them before (though I think there's a touch more regulation in Canada, even here I know it's still predatory and should be avoided).

Do payday lenders (like Money Mart or whatever) not charge fees unless someone is late on a payment? I honestly don't know how they work. I was under the impression that similarly, the only way Klarna and the others made money was by late payment fees since whenever they come up in a checkout it always says there are no fees (which I take to mean if payments are on time).