I assumed that “It’s just that the American electoral system requires people to choose between a turd burger or a salad with a shit on the side” meant that you should choose one or the other, which to me means accepting the lesser evil.

Oh so you have no problem with choosing evil when it comes to American politics?

You’re talking about the US, right?

Given the exponentially oversized influence that rich capitalists have on politics everywhere that is not socialist, it is evidently more democratic to not allow them to participate in politics at all.

You know, governance of the people, by the people, and all that.

Cope

Never. Western capitalists will make Chinese hardware illegal before they allow cheaper goods to undercut their profits. It’s exactly what they’re doing in the auto industry, why should tech be different?

I thought libs were all about supporting the lesser evil? Or is it only minorities that you demand be utterly pure?

So much for free markets, eh? More like, we’ll invade or sanction whoever to have freedom in their markets, but the instant our markets can’t compete, all of a sudden regulation is good.

Yes, it’s also my ideal world. Sorry if I came across as pro-capitalist 🤮

I totally agree, which is another reason we should not expect China to save us. Their ideal world is one where Americans finally take power from the capitalist class.

If they did that, the technocapitalists would just make Chinese hardware illegal.

Except that under capitalism, it will only ever be used to replace humans and benefit capitalists. It’s not that we want people working deliveries, it’s that these companies will roll out the robots with no plans or care for the people who are now jobless. The people who are now added to the unemployed labor pool and competing with every other laborer, driving down wages for everyone.

It would be one thing if we lived in a socialist society that actually cared about service to humanity, then we could treat AI as merely a tool. But in a capitalist world, this tool will have real negative impacts for millions of people.

As we’ve seen with the Trump administration, environmental regulations can be rolled back at any time. Better to oppose them at every step than allow the oligarchs to sneak them in with false promises.

Especially when there is a fascist government in charge that wants to murder all opposition. Like, hell no am I going to tell a random phone number how I’m going to vote.

https://www.qiaocollective.com/education/xinjiang

There is no actual evidence that anything bad is happening to the Uyghur people, and plenty of evidence that China fixed their terrorism problem the smart way, by building schools and infrastructure and creating economic opportunities.

To be clear, that’s a good thing. China hasn’t been involved in a war since the Korean War.