BarneyPiccolo

@BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows?⁩ ⁨⁨52⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Keeping the basic structure and philosophy of the Constitution, reforming and refining the things that have proved to be a problem, and adding things that have worked, makes perfect sense. That’s a plan I can support, over just tossing it out, and THEN starting to figure out something new.

  We need to clearly spell out the roles of each branch of government, and reconfigure our election system so that it doesn’t filter out the intelligent, competent and moral candidates, in favor of the worst possible candidates. Very importantly, we need to add teeth to the Constitution, to punish those who dare to make serious attempts to exploit our system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I called this years ago. I could see the Dopamine addiction happening, and knew these psychopaths would lean into it and try to weaponize it, and they have. Of course, they have.

  It’s not the first time. Tobacco companies were found to manipulate their formulations to make theor products addict users quicker, addict them stronger, and make it harder to quit, all while denying the addictive properties, and even the obvious health issues.

  Oil companies had their own studies back in the 80s, that clearly predicted Climate Change from fossil fuels, and yet they continue to deny it to this day.

  I wouldn’t be surprised to find that the think tanks that fund and support the Conservative Propaganda Machine have also done studies to identify the addictive properties and triggers in their propaganda, and manipulate it for maximum effect.

  WHEN we take back our country, and make major changes to get away from the ugly conservative society that they’ve tried to force upon us for decades, the addictive properties of “products” need to be identified and strongly regulated, to avoid exploiting unsuspecting citizens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization”⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  So don’t do it from your house, go to a remote, unrelated location. By the time they get the video, analyze it, track back the signal, the camera is painted, and you’re long gone.

  Of course there may be cameras near that remote, unrelated location, so be careful of anything identifying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Add HIM to The List.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I grew up in a military family, steeped in patriotism. I’m still patriotic toward Democratic America, but I despise MAGA America.

  As a kid, I never would have thought about questioning the basic decency of America, but now I find myself seriously considering leaving.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah the 13th Amendment is easily the biggest problem in the Constitution. Everybody has pretty much ignored it, because it hasn’t become much of an issue outside the prison world, but it is becoming apparent that MAGA intends to exploit the shit out of that monstrous loophole.

  “Perpetuate incarceration?” These psychopaths are going to monetize incarceration, and literally revive the American Slave Economy.

  Their dream is an entire national workforce that is 90% AI, robotics, or Federally-supplied slave labor (managed by a private, Trump-owned corporation). Imagine how much more profitable corporations could be under such a system? Imagine how much wealthier they could get if labor was nearly free (although they’ll still complain about costs, and demand government bail-outs, tax breaks, etc)? There is no possibility that the craven psychopaths can resist the lure of such riches. They have been moving toward this objective for decades, and now it within reach.

  Of course, there will be a devastating Depression as millions PERMANENTLY lose their jobs (it won’t bother the wealthy, they fly above all that), and with unemployment and homelessness deemed illegal, they will go straight to the work camps. Need government assistance to feed your family, now that you are permanently unemployed? All assistance recipients have to work off their debt to the government by residing in the work camps, where you will be leased out to a corporation to do whatever they tell you to do. You are a slave.

  Once this slave-based economy is established, it will be impossible to turn it back, without crashing the economy AGAIN, launching another devastating Depression like the one that hit the South following the end of slavery.

  And as an epilogue: What do you think will happen to the most recalcitrant of resistors, who refuse to cooperate with a slavery-backed economy and government? If you can’t work, or won’t work, you are an enemy of the state, and you will be eliminated, along with anyone close to you that you may have influenced. After a while, resistance evaporates.

  And that how we become North Korea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Again, get rid of the he Constitution, and then what? This is is a typical MAGA strategy. They hate something, so they point out a flaw, and use that to rationalize getting rid of the whole thing, and replacing it with nothing. Like Obamacare.

  Yeah, there are flaws in the Constitution, and MAGA is going to use the 13th Amendment to revive legal slavery, and like they do with EVERYTHING, we can expect them to exploit the shit out of it. But the foundational promises of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill.of Rights - that all people are created equal, and ALL people have the INALIENABLE RIGHTS to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - are STILL worthy goals upon which to build a government, and a society. What foundational promises would you replace them with?

  You can just just throw away the entire car because it needs some repairs as it ages, or you can recognize that the old girl just needs some basic maintenance, a few new parts, and maybe some upgrades, and she’ll go another century. That’s what our Constitution needs, just a little attention under the hood, and she’ll be good as new.

  That seems a more cautious and responsible choice than let the obviously crooked MAGA used car guys pick out your next ride. They be happy to put you in a new governmental vehicle of THEIR choosing. What do you think that will be like?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Great post. This is the stark reality among all the fantasies of glorious revolution we are hearing.

  The Sociopathic Oligarchs are already making plans for “Freedom Zones,” large areas where the government has surrendered the land to some Oligarch/corporation for them to develop and operate as their own, largely free from government interference of ANY kind. They can operate under any conditions, with any wages, and no oversight at all, largely staffed by foreign workers, perhaps supplemented by slave labor from American Concentration Camps. They will be creating autonomous city states run by brutal billionaire warlords. Think Hong Kong or Dubai, but with the emphasis on slavery and human degradation.

  MAGA is already on board with this plan, and nothing would assist more than to Balkanize America, so that there is so much chaos and violence, these monsters could establish their Fiefdoms in relative peace, without a functional court system, government, or media interfering with their new hobby.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Most AI is obvious slop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s right, because THAT’S the LAW. We don’t throw it out because the bad guys won’t follow it, because that’s STUPID.

  Does your country throw out the law because there are criminals who refuse to follow it? Do you just say “What’s the point of having laws, if a few won’t follow them? I guess the solution is to have NO LAW AT ALL?” Of course not. You FORCE the law breakers to follow the law, OR ELSE.

  That’s what we want, for MAGA to follow the Constitution like every other administration for the last 250 years. And if they won’t, we’ll FORCE them to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you are 100% right on every count, especially about the Midterms being the “fulcrum point.” Whatever happens in November, America will change greatly as a result, and it’s future path will be set. If Democrats win, it will be the start of taking our country back, and crushing and purging MAGA from our government and our society. The American people will accept nothing less from our Democratic losers, I mean “leaders.”

  But if MAGA prevails, the future of America is going to be a giant prison slave labor force managed by a Trump corporation.

  I’m getting old, and I have come around to the idea that my life may have a twist ending it wasn’t expecting. In fact, I have come to believe that dying in my sleep as an old man would be a waste. If America goes full MAGA, and Democracy ends, I will not be cooperative.

  I’m not going down in a blaze of glory, however. I have people very close to me that I love more than life, and they are members of very vulnerable groups that MAGA hates, and will eventually be on their hit lists. If ANYTHING were to happen to any of them, I’m going to become a very dangerous person indeed.

  Again, I won’t go down in a blaze of glory, I will be much more cautious and surgical about it. Revenge is a dish best served cold.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, Trump and Stephen “PeeWee Himmler” Miller are going into the slavery business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  They are already building Concentration Camps around the country, supposedly to temporarily house the immigrants they want to deport. But what happens to those Camps, and this wealthy, nearly untouchable agency when they’ve accomplished their immigration goals? Is it realistic to think that MAGA would surrender that power? Or will they expand it, and expand their mission?

  Ita becoming clear that the ultimate goal is to create a population of slaves, which then can be forced to provide free labor for American corporations under the 13th amendment, boosting the economy and their profits, making their stock prices increase for those Sociopathic Oligarchs whose money is tied up in stock. Bringing back slavery is their ultimate goal, and the 13th Amendment gives that to them. They just need prisoners, and pretty soon, EVERYTHING will be illegal, and EVERYBODY is a potential criminal, and this, a potential slave.

  Trump has already talked about depopulating the US by 100 million people.

  I’m pleased to see this, not a lot of people know about this, but he was actually saying that he had been speaking with Stephen “PeeWee Himmler” Miller, and it was Peewee Himmler who said we should reduce the population 100 million people, and that they should look like him (God forbid). That would be about a 70% reduction in population from the current 335 million. It would be interesting to here how PeeWee Himmler plans to accomplish that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FCC Fast-Tracks SpaceX's Plan for 1M Satellites. And It Wants Your Thoughts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  When did the FCC become the final authority on “Space?” Doesn’t anyone else on the planet Earth get a say?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  These Sociopathic Oligarchs could give every American a million dollars, and they’d never notice it was missing, but they’d rather throw it away, than help anyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your teenager AND your husband⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen it written about at least 3 different times, in different cities. Like I said, it’s the kind of an idea that sounds like genius when you’re baked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your teenager AND your husband⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen a few people attempt to open a “cereal milk” restaurant, where you can order CocoPuff milk, Cinnamon Toast Crunch milk, Fruity Pebbles milk, etc.

  The few I’ve seen have flamed out pretty fast, which is predictable for an idea that was obviously cooked up by a couple of rich college kids while passing the bong, and then convincing their wealthy fathers into coughing up the starting costs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Despite the best efforts of the Biden administration, there were still more than 1000 children who were victims of Stephen “PeeWee Himmler” Miller’s Family Separation Policy who had not been reunited with their families, and likely never will be. I tried to find out what happened to those kids, and couldn’t find anything, and nobody seems to be looking for them.

  I suspect that the pretty ones have been sold into sex slavery, the compliant ones are house slaves, and the rest were sent on nature hikes in the Everglades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it theoretically possible Trump and ICE are killing a very large number of immigrants (like 25% of those detained) and no one knows?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If they’re prisoners, then slave labor is legal under the 13th Amendment. I think that’s the ultimate outcome. Imagine how much more profitable American corporations could be with free labor, like before the Civil War.

  We were supposed to be worried about Brown people taking our jobs, but we really have to be worried about Federally-managed slaves taking our jobs instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You must tell me, please!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That position of Jesus is still open to any Sociopathic Oligarch who wants it. Any takers? No?

  Ah, they remember what happened to the last Jesus, got it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You must tell me, please!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s likely that he was freelance, and selling his information to anyone who was buying, and that was mostly Russia and Israel, but probably lots of others, too. Probably sold the same info to multiple buyers, increasing his victim’s exposure.

  Epstein must have been a singularly charming, charismatic guy, to be able to pull these people in. Then, at some point, he would say “I need a moment with you alone,” and he takes you into a separate room, shuts the door, and says “Remember the other night, when I hooked you up with that cute little 13 year old? Check this out…” And he shows a video of the two of you, then says “I’m going to need a favor.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You must tell me, please!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “Dude, you look like a Goblin, and you’ll scare the girls. They’re just little kids after all. It’s hard enough to get them to cooperate with sex with fat old men, but you’re downright horrifying.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Union leaders have a message for Newsom: Regulate AI if you want to be president⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, second to last. Amy MAGA candidate is last.

  I can’t stand Newsome, he’s no better than a Clinton, or any other phony Democrat, but he’d be better than any MAGA.

  Unfortunately, he’s never made any indication that he would crush MAGA, and purge them from government and society, so he’d just be a placeholder until they steal it back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I like that, explains the situation succinctly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We will never know the name of a human that lived 50,000 years ago⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasn’t their kid a Homo?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even their fish are fucked up⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re tootin’ it up somehow. Every see one of those things swim? Fast. The ONLY explanation is cocaine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Good point. Take out the body guards quickly, deal with the Sociopathic Oligarch slowly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even their fish are fucked up⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Shrimps are known for their cocaine abuse. Fuckers gotta be constantly stuffing their noses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t even dream it up any more. They hire brains, sift through their ideas, and say “I like that. Do that.”

  After that, they are experts in manipulating finances to makes their companies rich, and themselves richer, by paying the people who actually do the work, make the money, and create the shareholder value, as little as possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t bother. They’re generally soft and weak. They didn’t get rich working hard. You can whup them.