It’s not alarmist: A second Trump term really is an extinction-level threat to democracy
No, it is not an extinction-level threat to democracy. We have plenty of democracy in the rest of the western world, thank you very much. A second Trump term would be a huge threat to US democracy though. But that's not what this headline implies. Extinct means gone forever, from everywhere. That's simply not the case. I'm tired of Americans forgetting that there's a world outside their borders.
What's so strange about that? It's not like the government - any government - is just one person. Of course some people in government can mess with other people in government. Even people in the same office mess with each other. Intra-office politics, and so on.
So if we can't completely 100% deal with a problem, we shouldn't even try? I mean, you're correct, but we can't solve all problems at once. If we deal with at least one, then we've made progress. Then we can try to deal with the next one.
The US is fucked.
Yes, I agree, and it makes me very sad. The US has been very good for me personally, I get movies, music, technology, relative stability in the world, and so on from the US. I just feel sad for the poor saps who have to live there.
But now, we can't count on the US being the top political power in the world anymore. So now the EU really has to step up, because we don't want China or Russia to become the new #1.
Lol, of course not.
... my cutting hammers are in the bathroom.
Yes. I've experimented with this too. This is the perfect use case for LLMs - there are no wrong answers, the LLM should just make something up, which is what it does.
Agreed. As far as I know, there is no actual artificial intelligence yet, only simulated intelligence.
spreading a conspiracy
I know this is off-topic, but can we please go back to saying "conspiracy theory"? Conspiracy and conspiracy theories are not the same. There are actual conspiracies (a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful) , and there are theories of conspiracies. They should not be confused.
My one thing I feel like I can brag about in tech circles is that I switched to Linux in 1995 (Linux kernel version 1.2.1), and I haven't looked back since. This was even before Windows 95 was released.
Not misleading, no one misunderstands
Speak for yourself, I misunderstood. I thought that income above a certain point was taxed at 28%.
Anti-work is anti-exploitation.
Well, then why not call it anti-exploitation? That would clear up a whole lot of things.
I'm commenting on the headline, not the article. I'm allowed to do that.