The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?Amid concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, Trump administration has abolished climate-friendly farming incentives
The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?
Amid concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, the Trump administration has abolished climate-friendly farming incentivesGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
California back slides all the time. It’s banned for now but give it a couple of years and They will backslide somehow. This is America, land of the backsliders
- 2020 ban → 2022 backslide/delay — Flavored tobacco
- 2014 ban → 2016–2020 backslide — Plastic bags (thicker “reusable” plastic bags allowed)
- 2020 ban → 2021–2022 backslide — Foam takeout containers (local rollback delays)
- 2006 ban/rule → 2010–2024 backslides — Diesel truck emissions (multiple extensions)
- 2018 ban → 2019–2020 backslide — Animal-tested cosmetics (federal conflict exemptions)
- 2022 ban → 2023–2024 backslide — Gas car phase-out (hybrid carve-outs, compliance easing)
Operation Bluebird – La bataille d’une startup pour arracher la marque Twitter des mains d’Elon Musk
C’est un scénario qui semble tout droit sorti d’une série juridique télévisée, mais qui se joue actuellement dans les bureaux de l’USPTO (l’office américain des brevets et des marques). Une startup de Virginie, baptisée non sans ironie « Operation Bluebird », a lancé cette semaine une offensive contre l’empire d’Elon Musk. Leur objectif ? Rien de moins que de faire annuler les marques déposées « Twitter » et « Tweet » détenues par X Corporation, expliquant que le multimilliardaire les a purement et simplement abandonnées.
Si cette démarche juridique aboutit, elle pourrait marquer l’un des retournements de situation les plus spectaculaires de l’histoire de la tech avec le retour du véritable Twitter, l’oiseau bleu et tout ce qu’il représentait, sous une nouvelle direction. Le cœur de la pétition déposée par Operation Bluebird repose sur l’abandon, un concept clé du droit de la propriété intellectuelle. Selon la startup, Elon Musk a fait bien plus que simplement changer un logo, il a délibérément et publiquement détruit la marque Twitter. Le texte est sans équivoque:
« Les marques TWITTER et TWEET ont été éradiquées des produits, services et du marketing de X Corp., abandonnant effectivement la marque historique, sans aucune intention d’en reprendre l’usage. L’oiseau Twitter a été cloué au sol. »
Les fondateurs d’Operation Bluebird, dont l’avocat Michael Peroff, s’appuient sur les propres déclarations du PDG de X pour étayer leur dossier. En juillet 2023, il avait tweeté une phrase désormais célèbre: « Nous dirons bientôt adieu à la marque twitter et, progressivement, à tous les oiseaux ». Pour Peroff et ses associés, c’était le signal que la marque était libre d’être revendiquée. En droit américain, si l’une d’elles n’est plus utilisée et que son propriétaire n’a pas l’intention de s’en resservir, elle peut potentiellement être annulée et réattribuée.
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Le projet – Ressusciter la place publique numérique
Mais Operation Bluebird n’est pas qu’une simple manœuvre de trolls juridiques. Derrière ce nom de code se cachent des vétérans de l’industrie, dont Stephen Coates, qui n’est autre que l’ancien directeur juridique de Twitter. Leur ambition est concrète, lancer un nouveau réseau social à l’adresse Twitter.new. Un prototype fonctionnel existe déjà et la plateforme invite dès à présent les utilisateurs à réserver leurs noms d’utilisateur. Pour lui, l’objectif est de retrouver la magie perdue de l’ancien Twitter. Il évoque avec nostalgie l’époque où la plateforme était véritablement le pouls de l’actualité mondiale:
« Je me souviens d’il y a quelque temps, des célébrités réagissaient à mon contenu sur Twitter pendant le Super Bowl ou de grands événements. Et nous voulons que cette expérience revienne, cette place publique globale où nous sommes tous connectés. »
Malgré l’émergence de concurrents sérieux comme Threads (Meta), Mastodon ou Bluesky, aucun n’a réussi à capturer l’essence de ce qu’était Twitter avant le rachat de 2022. Michael Peroff souligne qu’aucune alternative n’a atteint l’échelle nécessaire pour peser dans la conversation nationale de la même manière.
Une opportunité commerciale face à la dérive de X
Au-delà de la nostalgie, il y a une logique économique implacable derrière Operation Bluebird. Depuis la transformation de Twitter en X, la plateforme a vu fuir de nombreux annonceurs, effrayés par la montée des discours extrémistes, des arnaques et des contenus pour adultes non modérés. Une étude récente de Kantar Marketplace, publiée en septembre 2024, révélait que 26 % des spécialistes du marketing interrogés prévoyaient d’abandonner leurs campagnes publicitaires sur X. C’est précisément là que Peroff voit une ouverture. Les marques sont coincées sur ce réseau social faute d’alternative viable offrant la même réactivité. Operation Bluebird promet donc un retour à une modération plus stricte et un environnement plus sûr pour les marques, utilisant le nom et le logo (l’oiseau emblématique) pour rassurer instantanément le marché. Alors que Threads commence à peine à intégrer de la publicité et que Bluesky reste pour l’instant sans annonces, un nouveau Twitter capitalisant sur une marque mondialement connue pourrait théoriquement séduire les entreprises orphelines de l’ère pré-Musk.
Les experts juridiques sont partagés
La grande question demeure: cette audacieuse tentative a-t-elle une chance réelle d’aboutir ? Les avis d’experts en propriété intellectuelle sont nuancés, mais la porte n’est pas totalement fermée. La situation est complexe. X pourrait défendre ses marques s’il parvient à prouver qu’il les utilise encore, même de manière minime, ou qu’il a l’intention de les réutiliser. Mais un simple usage symbolique ne suffirait pas. C’est là tout le paradoxe, tout le monde appelle encore le site « Twitter » par habitude, mais l’entreprise fait tout pour effacer ce nom. X Corporation aura quand même du mal à se défendre. L’argument de l’abandon est puissant lorsque le PDG lui-même a publiquement rejeté l’ancienne identité.
Vers un Twitter 2.0 ?
Pour l’instant, ni Elon Musk ni X Corporation n’ont répondu aux demandes de commentaires. Mais le silence ne durera probablement pas. Si l’USPTO donnait raison à Operation Bluebird, cela créerait un précédent fascinant dans le monde des affaires. Imaginez un instant, fin de l’année prochaine, vous pourriez vous connecter sur Twitter.new, voir le logo de l’oiseau bleu et retrouver une plateforme gérée par d’anciens cadres de l’entreprise, pendant qu’Elon Musk continuerait de gérer X de son côté. Ce scénario, qui semblait impossible il y a encore quelques mois, est désormais une possibilité juridique tangible. La bataille pour l’âme (et le nom) de l’oiseau bleu ne fait que commencer.
Twitter.new: The New Twitter Social Media Platform
Reserve your handle on Bluebird - The future of social networkingwww.twitter.new
The red USB key, the little weakness that will lose you
The red USB key, the little weakness that will lose you
An experiment carried out in Luxembourg this summer shows that, despite ten years of awareness-raising and widely-documented cyber-risks, a significant proportion of the population still pick up and plug into their computers USB keys they come across…en.paperjam.lu
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Poland Weighs Donating MiG-29 Jets to Ukraine in Exchange for Drone, Missile Tech
The Polish armed forces’ General Staff said on Tuesday that “talks are underway,” noting that the aging Soviet-era aircraft are nearing the end of their operational life and will not be modernized.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/kyivpost.com…
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Is Europe ready to pull the trigger? Officials whisper about dumping US treasuries if Trump cuts Ukraine deal
European governments US Treasuries: European governments are considering a radical economic strategy by possibly selling off US Treasury bonds to counter a feared Trump-Putin agreement that could jeopardize Ukraine's security. This unprecedented response could trigger a financial crisis in the US and severely impact the global economy.
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Russian children flood Kremlin with complaints after Roblox ban
Russia announced on Dec. 3 that it had banned the platform over child-safety issues.
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Fact check: debunking Trump’s claims on immigration and affordability in Pennsylvania
The US president made baseless claims during remarks on cost of living that meandered into racism and bigotry
Donald Trump made a series of false and baseless claims in Pennsylvania on Tuesday during a speech that was billed as an address on affordability, but quickly became a meandering, campaign-style rally.
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The US is identified as part of the threat picture in Denmark
For the first time, the United States is being identified as part of the threat picture against Denmark.
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US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
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US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not.
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Hades 2's Melinoë can now run through Zagreus' underworld escape from the original Hades, thanks to modders
A Hades 2 mod has added Zagreus' underworld escape from the first Hades as a run route in the sequel, letting you play Hades 1 in Hades 2.
ESTA: USA wants to check social media accounts of European travelers as well
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/54712925
According to the document, the CPB also plans to request numerous additional personal data in the ESTA application. This includes all – including professional – phone numbers and email addresses used in the past five or ten years, names and phone numbers of close family members, as well as their birth dates and places. Biometric data is also included.
ESTA: USA wants to check social media accounts of European travelers as well
For a vacation in the USA, people from Europe have so far not had to reveal too much. This could soon change if it's up to US border control.Martin Holland (heise online)
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Notepad++ updater installed malware
Notepad++ updater installed malware
The updater for the open-source editor Notepad++ has installed malware on PCs. An update to Notepad++ v8.8.9 corrects this.Dirk Knop (heise online)
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This isn't the first time Notepad++ was compromised. if I recall correctly, the first time was by a CIA backdoor.
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tl;dr A network operator can perform a MitM attack on the built-in updater's call-out checking for updates by faking the Notepad++ update website, telling it a new version is available at and then downloading and running the malware
It requires a malicious network operator, or preexisting malware on the host.
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Bolivia and Israel restore ties severed over the war in Gaza
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s new right-wing government said Tuesday that it restored diplomatic relations with Israel, the latest sign of the dramatic geopolitical realignment underway in the South American country that was once among the most vocal critics of Israeli policies toward Palestinians.
Bolivian Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo met his Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar in Washington and signed a declaration agreeing to revive bilateral ties, which Bolivia’s previous left-wing government severed two years ago over Israel’s devastating campaign against Hamas in Gaza.
Aramayo, as well as Bolivian Economy Minister José Gabriel Espinoza, launched this week into a whirlwind of meetings with American officials as their government works to warm long-chilly relations with the United States and unravel nearly two decades of hard-line, anti-Western policies under the Movement Toward Socialism, or MAS
When protests over Morales’ disputed 2019 reelection prompted him to resign under pressure from the military, a right-wing interim government took over and restored full diplomatic relations with the U.S. and Israel as it sought to undo many of Morales’ popular policies.
But 2020 elections brought the MAS party back to power with the presidency of Luis Arce, who in 2023 once again cut ties with Israel in protest over its military actions in Gaza.
it's more than tragic, it goes to prove that it only takes a momentary lapse of collectivist vigilance or a single mistake to reverse all momentum that these movements have earned; it has to be absolutely perfect, meanwhile the opposing side has well placed zealots who will never stop trying and a never ending supply of paid actors.
this is also why i believe that the us empire will endure considerably longer than most m/l people think it will last despite its undeniable signs of collapse.
Lotto bluray in italiano
Lotto di Blu-ray con titoli vari in lingua italiana. La collezione include film di diversi generi.
ken il guerriero, la leggenda di raoul ultimate edition 40
frankenstein junior 5
Il settimo sigillo 15
American Beauty 20
Blues Brothers Il mito continua 5
Animali Notturni 5
Il Grande Gatsby 5
Atomica Bionda 5
Fight Club 20
Twin Peaks the entire mystery 60
Bronson 15
Clerks Commessi 20
Profession: reporter (in francese) 10
The Elephant Man 15
Il Padrino edizione da collezione 20
The Sacrament 40
Spiderman trilogia di Raimi 30
vendibili anche separatamente, prezzi trattabili.
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“I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.”“And when the dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites now down to 10 seconds or less, lowest-common-denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.”
The world needs social sovereignty
The world needs social sovereignty
The world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms and log on to a better way of being online. The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.Mastodon Blog
Using social media may impair children’s attention
Children who spend a significant amount of time on social media tend to experience a gradual decline in their ability to concentrate. This is according to a comprehensive study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Pediatrics Open Science, where researchers followed more than 8,000 children from around age 10 through age 14.
Using social media may impair children’s attention
Children who spend a significant amount of time on social media tend to experience a gradual decline in their ability to concentrate. This is according to a comprehensive study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Pediatrics Open Science, where researchers followed more than 8,000 children from around age 10 through age 14.
The study included 8324 children (53% boys; mean age: 9.9 years). On average, children spent 2.3 hours/day watching television/videos, 1.4 hours/day on social media, and 1.5 hours/day playing video games. Average social media use was associated with increased inattention symptoms over time (β [SE], 0.03 [0.01]; P<0.001), with a cumulative four-year effect of β=0.15 [SE]=0.03; P<0.001). No associations were found between playing video games or watching television/videos and ADHD-related symptoms. The association between social media use and inattention symptoms was not moderated by sex, ADHD diagnosis, PGS-ADHD, or ADHD medication status. Inattention symptoms were not associated with increased social media use over time.
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It's insignificant at best, but more likely its just conflating phone usage in general with social media specifically.
Elon Musk’s xAI Says It Can Now Stuff AI-Generated Product Placement Into Scenes in Any Movie
Halftime: Dynamically weaves AI-generated ads into the scenes you’re watching, so breaks feel like part of the story instead of interruptions.
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Elon Musk’s xAI Says It Can Now Stuff AI-Generated Product Placement Into Scenes in Any Movie
Halftime: Dynamically weaves AI-generated ads into the scenes you’re watching, so breaks feel like part of the story instead of interruptions.
Source: xAI X post
Icons in Menus Everywhere — Send Help
Icons in Menus Everywhere — Send Help
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.blog.jim-nielsen.com
What's OS is that 0,02%?
Android forks? Blackberry OS? Some other OS that i'm missing?
Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling
Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling
SAN FRANCISCO - Nvidia has built location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are operating in, according to sources familiar with the matter, a move that could help prevent its artificial intelligence chips from being…Reuters (Japan Wire by KYODO NEWS)
Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling
Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling
SAN FRANCISCO - Nvidia has built location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are operating in, according to sources familiar with the matter, a move that could help prevent its artificial intelligence chips from being…Reuters (Japan Wire by KYODO NEWS)
3 out of 10 password managers aren't secure enough(Google Chrome, mSecure, and PassSecurium).
3 out of 10 password managers aren't secure enough, including Chrome's - Techzine Global
German BSI examined 10 password managers: 3 not secure enough. Chrome, mSecure, and PassSecurium theoretically allow access.Erik van Klinken (Techzine)
3 out of 10 password managers aren't secure enough(Google Chrome, mSecure, and PassSecurium).
3 out of 10 password managers aren't secure enough, including Chrome's - Techzine Global
German BSI examined 10 password managers: 3 not secure enough. Chrome, mSecure, and PassSecurium theoretically allow access.Erik van Klinken (Techzine)
linux based video recording
Old cameras but they have been sitting.
What can I use to record and ensure the data is saved locally. Nothing serious, just chickens being accused of hurting plants when they are monitored. I just want to catch whatever it is (deer? Etc?) eating it so I can have evidence it isn't them
Probably going to be Frigate. It's meant for NVR, and has easy time management tools for review, plus you can setup an easy monitor stream with RTSP or ON IF to watch live from elsewhere.
You could also engage it's inference for doing simple identification or animals and objects to tag clips where something happens in a Region of Interest.
Tailscale is having performance issue with Admin and API
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This $69 eReader is designed to stick to the back of your phone - Liliputing
I find this mini reader very interesting, maybe a bit too barebone.
- 114 x 69 x 5.9mm (4.5″ x 2.7″ x 0.2″)
- 220 pixels per inch
- no front lighting
- 650 mAh battery
- ESP32 microprocessor: Wifi, bluetooth, usb-C port
This $69 eReader is designed to stick to the back of your phone - Liliputing
This $69 eReader is designed to stick to the back of your phoneBrad Linder (Liliputing)
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Russia to Bring Special Military Operation to Its Logical Conclusion – Putin
Russia to Bring Special Military Operation to Its Logical Conclusion – Putin
Russia will bring the special military operation to its logical conclusion, achieving its goals, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.Sputnik International
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China and Russia are not imperialist, they are closer to global south countries in their position with respect to imperialism as a global phenomenon. In order to fight the tendency for the rate of profit to fall, capital either seeks new markets, ie new inventions to flood with capital or geographically new markets, or it seeks to establish monopoly. The former allows for greater profits in absolute terms, the latter temporarily raises the rate of profit. The natural consequence is imperialism, where this is combined by having financial capital dominate the global south, super-exploiting labor for super-profits, and via unequal exchange, where technology and tech development is kept in the global north and thus monopoly prices are charged.
This is also why south-south trade is the path to escape underdevelopment, and is why China in particular has been a progressive force for the global south, as they don't withold tech knowledge but instead share it through cooperation and trade. China also doesn't charge the same monopoly prices for tech, which is why global south countries are seeing huge electrification, expansions in EVs, etc.
The west used to have a monopoly on cutting edge tech, they witheld the technology used for creating firearms from African countries for hundreds of years while selectively trading firearms in limited quantities for huge amounts of slaves, as an example. The west forces the global south to rely on them, and forces them into remaining at lower levels of industrial development and refinement. It's also why countries like the Sahel States are working towards cutting unrefined gold exports and upping refined gold exports, ie moving from unfinished raw materials into more finished goods or ancillary materials, and why porkie is terrified of them.
It isn't that goods further along in the commodity production process have more valuable labor time at the higher end, it's that the upper end of the production chain is easier to keep a tech and skill monopoly on. This is what liberals mean by "higher value add" industries, made more naked through Marxist analysis.
Russia wants the four oblasts, which they have been accelerating their advance in in the last few months. Cheap and deadly FPV drones force slow movement in general, but in the last few months strings of Kiev-held strongholds are falling left and right. Ukraine can't field the war much longer either, and the war is becoming increasingly unpopular. What's likely is that the four oblasts go to Russia, Kiev is forced into NATO neutrality, and their millitary is severely crippled. That's absolutely a Russian victory.
Which of these do you think Russia will have to compromise on, and why would you consider the compromise to be a loss?
Read Imperialism, the current highest stage of capitalism(Vladimir Lenin) on ProleWiki
The book Imperialism, the current highest stage of capitalism was written by Lenin between January and June 1916 in Zürich. According to Russian native speakers...ProleWiki
Record numbers of Ukrainians desert army amid losses to Russia
Record numbers of Ukrainians desert army amid losses to Russia
Thousands of soldiers have fled the army despite the threat of jail or social isolation.Al Jazeera
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EU weighs ban on veggie 'burger' and 'sausage' labels
The measure was introduced by French conservative lawmaker Celine Imart, who argued it would prevent confusion with traditional meat products.
EU weighs ban on veggie 'burger' and 'sausage' labels
European lawmakers face a decision on whether ordinary consumers would be confused by the idea of vegetarian sausages or vegan burgers. Meat producers say it's not that simple.Richard Connor (Deutsche Welle)
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Fortunately, I've heard that they are highly allergic to vegan, so it will be nice to see them collapse in anaphylactic shock after eating vegan where they only wrote "vegan" 16 times on label..
U.S. Authorities Shut Down Major China-Linked AI Tech Smuggling Network
‘Operation Gatekeeper’ Disrupts Trafficking Network and Seizes More Than $50 Million in Advanced GPUs Destined for China and Other Restricted Locations
U.S. Authorities Shut Down Major China-Linked AI Tech Smuggling Network
Two businessmen are now in custody for allegedly violating U.S. export control and smuggling laws.www.justice.gov
U.S. Authorities Shut Down Major China-Linked AI Tech Smuggling Network
U.S. Authorities Shut Down Major China-Linked AI Tech Smuggling Network
Two businessmen are now in custody for allegedly violating U.S. export control and smuggling laws.www.justice.gov
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in reply to Track_Shovel • • •The right wants to keep and strengthen hierarchy. The problem with renewables is that they are much harder to control. Solar can be installed on the roofs, balconies and the like, which can be done by a lot of people. So hard to control. Even wind turbines can be easily built by a village or other larger group, like a rich farmer. Compared that to a gas power plant, which takes millions in investment or even more so a nuclear power plant, where we are talking billions. That is also true for things like EVs, which can be charged at home using solar.
There is a lifestyle where you own your own home, have some solar on the roof, charge an EV with it and have a garden producing some food. That is like 2/3 of a normal persons budget. So if you can work a bit to make ends means, that can create a lot of freedom. Especially if it is self employed job and considering that your basic needs are mostly covered that risk is acceptable. That sort of population would be a nightmare to control in a hierarchy.
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in reply to WoodScientist • • •Fair point, but during all that time information was centralized. You couldn't talk to people from the next city-state over, you couldn't read the holy text, you would never see the consequences of slavery, you wouldn't hear another country's public radio use car ownership as the premise of a joke, you couldn't see the victims of genocide livestream their slaughter.
With the free internet, every day is an experience that we have more in common with people across the world than with capital owners.
Why would they be resorting to something as self-destructive as fascism if they weren't desperate? Do you think billionaires like kissing Trump's ring and losing billions on protectionism? They just prefer it over equality.
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