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I went and read all her tweets over the last few days. I really think the assassination genuinely shifted her political views and view of the current political climate. She seems quite distressed about the whole thing. Some of this would be because she is also a moderate influencer with a fairly large platform, who is married with kids. Many in that position (some on the left too) feel very vulnerable right now.
I think there's a large amount of people like shoe that thought a lot of the spicy takes and fascist labeling from the far left was just rhetorical larping. Now however it seems the radicals actually did drink the koolaid and see even moderate right wing influencers as goose stepping Hugo Boss enjoyers.
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22hr ago
I don't think people should be debanked at all except for organised crime and terrorism. Even then I would expect justice dept or fintrac officials to make that call and not the banks or credit card companies themselves.
It should be know your client > report suspicious activities to the authorities > authorities ask judge for approval to debank > banks debank.
Not lobby group lobbies visa/mastercard > banks debank or even politicians ask banks to debank for expedient political reasons (Canada Truckers) > Banks debank.
Banks are like power and water utilities. Its not something you cut off in a modern society without very good reasons.
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1d ago
Then started hearing about "controversies" like "people are waving the German flag after winning the world football championship".
I couldn't believe it when I saw Angela Merkel's attitude to the German flag.
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2d ago
Someone who says "I think right wingers are bad people because the news told me they hate minorities and that's wrong." Is a good person, even if they're wrong on a factual level. Someone who says "Right wing people should die because the news told me they want to kill minorities" and sincerely believes it rather than merely exaggerating for rhetorical effect, is a monster.
This is the banality of Evil. What facilitates it is the socialisation of our youth into believing what they are told by authority figures or elites. This priming is mostly pro-social and allows mass programming so people can function in a society. Unfortunately if they listen to the wrong source they will believe crazy things that don't align with reality.
I wish to emphasise that last point. We have gotten so good at programming people that some do not trust their own eyes and ears. They are able to believe things like that a regular guy debating different ideas from themselves is an actual monster that must be slain.
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3d ago
“Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
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3d ago
The US political establishment is far more loyal to their donors than their constituents.
This is the biggest issue. Complete regulatory capture.
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3d ago
I'd say (as a complete normie) that you should take into account your morning routine and your willingness to operate the equipment as soon as you wake up.
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4d ago
Demand sharing is a terrible crab bucket that stops people from reaching escape velocity from an underprivileged life. I really sympathise for people that start out on hard mode. Many never had a chance.
It doesn't feel right to me that demand sharing is only a black/brown person thing. I've seen it growing up in white communities too.
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4d ago
I too remember the wave of Chinese mainlanders popping across to Hong Kong and the locals' reactions to young ladies wearing $10k+ outfits encouraging their toddlers to defecate out on the street.
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4d ago
Same with indigenous Australians. Demand sharing from family and friends is speculated to have roots in hunter gatherer societies.
I think its more that about the Eternal September of international travel driven by price and accessibility. In the old times they were sending their best for work and tourism. Now, not so much.
/pol/ was making a lot of hay about Thailand and more recently Philippines allowing 'short term' visa free entry from India for example.
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5d ago
I picked up Hollow Knight SilkSong. Played it for about 10 hours over a few days and then put it down because I'm not willing to invest the time to 'git gud'. There are some legitimate issues with the game's artificial difficulty, padding and grind, but really I just don't have the free time (or interest) to invest in iterative fights until I memorise combat sequences.
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5d ago
I see so many migrants who make the simultaneous arguments of 'the locals aren't skilled enough to do high skilled work' as well as 'the locals find low skilled work beneath them', with the general theme being 'the locals are lazy and incompetent, so give all the jobs to migrants'.
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5d ago
I honestly want to send a thank you note to the genious in the Police that gave the order.
The way that the head of the Metropolitan Police asked for the govt to 'review and clarify' the hatespeech laws makes me think the arrest has the whiff of malicious compliance.
I was reading a translated Twitter thread by a South Korean experienced in EPCM and while I can't find it now there were a couple of things he said that stood out:
- It was difficult to quickly train up workers to operate these newly created factories in an economically feasible timeframe to be profitable
- American wages were higher than South Korean wages which made it difficult to turn a profit on the EPCM because of early bidding wars for the tender from Hyundai. On top of that, the factory gets more efficiency out of 'Kimchi warriors' (김치워리어) that are willing to work long hours and 6 days per week over American workers.
- Historically SK workers had been able to get in to the US on the ESTA Business/Training visas even though it wasn't appropriate for the factory line work/other labor that the Koreans were doing.
- Visa laws suddenly enforced due to new administration and Pika? ensues.
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7d ago
I really do think some police are under guidance to operate in the following way:
- A crime is committed by a protected class/someone that would cause nationwide outrage.
- Police provides the bare minimum of information in a statement (selectively mentioning the class or not depending on how advantageous it is) and tells the public not to spread misinformation or jump to conclusions
- Delay until media coverage has passed
- Make arrest resulting in lesser media coverage which has moved onto the next thing
- Delay, often scheduling the court date for 6-12 months in the future
- Finally hold the court case where the facts are laid bare, often confirming the public speculation.
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7d ago
Gah. I thought I checked the thread. Apparently not well enough.
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14d ago
I'm not a psychiatrist, but this has what is coloquially called "BPD chick energy" all over it.
Yep. 'I hate you! Don't leave me!' is the best description of BPD I've seen. She seems to keep trying to drag him back into her orbit, but when he expresses any romantic interest she gets upset and pushes him away. Weird.
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14d ago
Instead, I blocked her on everything and will ignore her going forwards.
Excellent. This is the most sane response considering the context.
She is vomiting her crazy onto you and seeing if you will tolerate it. Don't.
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15d ago
In a commentary video by Asmongold, Asmon quipped 'this idiot threw his life away after being trolled by 12yo chatters'
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16d ago
Hah, this is peak introvert energy. Not actually wanting to attend, but wanting the warm feeling of knowing there are groups nearby that you could attend if you wanted to.
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16d ago
Really interesting interview. The guy is very pragmatic, but his exit plan is to get as far away from the degeneration of society once he gets his nest egg together.
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17d ago
Police sources have also confirmed there is no evidence to support the online rumours Mr Dumana is a migrant or committed any offence.
He's only been in the UK 4 years by the article's own admission, but somehow 'not a migrant'. Does he have PR or citizenship? The article only says he has legally been in country for 4 years. I would consider any first generation immigrant to be a migrant.
Anyway, I'm now thinking the girl started it, because apparently the cops reviewed footage from a nearby shop and there was a witness (presumably not his wife, but this article is maddeningly imprecise so who knows):
'They saw from the CCTV cameras from Farmfoods that she was stopping me go on my way to the shop.
'There was one more person also who told them (the police) she was attacking me and calling me a f***** migrant.
(Assuming that the girl started an interaction and was harassing/intimidating, which we don't know):
But I see no situation where he is actually a positive contributor to the community.
I think there is a case for thinking (not saying) 'fuck you, you little punk. You don't get to scare me out of public spaces. I'll film this for the police.'
I do agree most people would leave, however there is a pro-social element of recording teenage thugs to make public spaces safer. Particularly if they interact with and brandish a weapon at you. Its not for everyone and its probably prudent to just leave things be and tell any police you walk past what happened.
If the kid hadn't initiated an interaction though and the man did (say after spotting she was carrying an axe), well its much harder to justify that in the current zeitgeist.
Edit: Looks like the kid started it (the guy says he has a witness and cctv reviewed by police) from @jkf
Pretty much. I'm sure they could figure out how to walk and chew gum at the same time, which is to create due process to protect against debanking due to social pressure, but still allow for banks to freeze accounts for defaulting and dodgy business practices.
For political requests it gets a bit thornier and requires some nuance. How do you seperate 'illegitimate' govt requests (eg Trucker protests) vs 'legitimate' govt requests (eg financial sanctions on Russia)?
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