The US does have the largest military but it doesn’t seem very mighty at present.

wow. sick burn mate. that one really hurts. I’m going to be crying about being a simpleton for days.

Consistent opposition is great for that because it can give pause to those on the pipeline and make joining the racists unappealing

Actually it’s the opposite.

It makes “joining the racists” unappealing to the vast majority of people, but these groups are not trying to recruit the rational majority of people.

The opposition is used by these extremist groups to make the individuals they’re trying to recruit feel isolated and persecuted by society at large. It’s a well documented recruitment tactic. Literally part of the pipeline you’re talking about.

If you think accountants “add up numbers” in 2026 then I can’t help you mate.

Surely not the richest, most powerful nation on the planet.

So… this doesn’t really appear to be true any more. Not in any meaningful way at least.

The US might have the largest GDP, but eye-watering debt levels and diminishing quality of life.

Oh man. “take it over” doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

Are these Ai tools in the room with us right now ?

I’m yet to see any indication that the current tech is on a pathway to an intelligence that can act with intention.

If you spin up a zillion containers with instructions to “do x by trying everything” then when one of them does something you didn’t anticipate, has it really “tricked” you?

Thats just not true.

What is “a setting in codex”?

Isn’t the movie kind of a metaphor about wealthy vs poor countries?

Yes heal everything machines do not exist, but wealthy countries certainly withhold medical treatment from others.

I don’t think people “think about joining” a group like this the way someone thinks about joining a sports team or book club.

There will always be people on the fringe who are not too far gone.

“Persecution” of the minority is always a recruitment tool.

You’re conflating a tool with a service.

If you noticed that calculators were really good at adding up numbers, and started a business using a calculator to add up numbers for people, you won’t attract any customers because people can just use their own calculators.

That does not mean businesses do not use calculators.

I don’t necessarily disagree, but it can kinda fan the flames.

Most extremist groups use persecution, real or imagined, as a recruitment tool. Opposing these minority, extremist groups makes the people on their fringes feel isolated and pushes them towards the group.

An opposing protest isn’t going to change the minds that need to be changed.

I’m not necessarily saying it’s the wrong thing to do, just that it’s not really clear cut.

Yeah I didnt know anything about her other than the pointing thing. That was funny.

I guess I / we took that a bit out of context.

“there’s dozens of them”

perhaps two dozen by my count!

Seriously though I hate that these cunts are everywhere. Not many presently but I suspect it’s a drip / trickle / flow thing. They grab on to genuine social problems and distort them to match their own ends.

I guess there’s two ways you can interpret this meme.

One is: this guy is a superhero because he defended himself with a jar rather than a gun.

The other is: when guns aren’t generally available violent attacks are less lethal.

It’s the only brand you could afford to buy from a servo (gas station)

Done correctly

Two little words doing some heavy lifting there.

Dems couldn’t “done correctly” a fuck in a brothel.

Firstly, I abhor rowling.

However, I don’t agree that piracy demonstrates potential earnings to producers.