Apocaloptimist

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Now we’re cooking

JUST IN: Vatican releases Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time of AI. vatican.va/content/leo-xi… On Transhumanism and Posthumanism, Pope Leo XIV writes: “If the human being is treated as something to be perfected or surpassed, it becomes easier to accept that some lives are less useful, less desirable or less worthy. In the name of progress, ‘necessary sacrifices’ may begin to be justified, placing the burden on the most vulnerable in pursuit of a supposed optimization of the species. … For this reason, a clear distinction must be made. It is one thing to integrate technology within a human-centered, relational vision; it is quite another to be guided by an outlook that devalues human limits and promises a purely technical form of ‘salvation.’” Read the encyclical here: vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

In much the same way that Covid became one of the most powerful diseases of the 21st century.

I would add that complexity theory has a great deal of overlap with dialectics. Both systems look at the tensions between organism and environment and study how change develops out of that tension.

I definitely think any left party should study complexity theory to understand how change occurs or how to build radical democracy, and that it helps us understand certain missteps of past socialist experiments, but I wouldn't interpret it as straightforwardly anarchist.

Complexity theory has long been an interest of mine, and while I do agree its insights run counter to any kind of totalizing state, it does not necessarily run counter to democratic centralism or vanguardism.

The people who love to complain about those who (allegedly) claim both sides are the same have spent all day taking the Trump admin's side on the repression of his political enemies.

Was just thinking this. I'm sure there were some who thought to hell with Jimmy Kimmel, but the overall vibe was "I don't like the guy but critical support."

@SarahIronside6 No, it means I'm not an incel. And since you mix up terms so easily, allow my to inform the swiss cheese between your ears what a litmus test is: it is a *minimum* requirement. Since the things you listed are basic leftist tenets, you're either a massive idiot or a fucking liar.

@Apocaloptimist5 Do…. do you think being married means you can’t be a misogynist piece of shit? lol and I know what a litmus test is.

Notably absent on this list: literal fucking genocide

@SarahIronside6 Happily married, thanks. But do look up the meaning of the phrase "litmus test" to avoid looking like a massive fucking idiot next time, k?

@Apocaloptimist5 Misogyny is always the go to for loser incel leftists 🤡

Honestly, I find this honesty refreshing. If KHive had the honesty to simply admit that they don't like left progressives and won't vote for them regardless of what ticket they run on, we could drop the "blue no matter who" charade and stop pretending anyone owes you their votes.

@SarahIronside6 Charlie Brown had hoes

@Apocaloptimist5 Weird that everything I listed was VERY noticeably absent on the lists of every leftist 🤡

@trouble_man90 Here's your number 1 villain talking about exactly that.

They came for Black voting rights like a week ago and you didn’t say a single word

You are committed to fascism.

If libs had one hundredth the venom for Merrick Garland that they have for Hasan maybe their claim that this is about stopping fascism would be less laughable.

Actually, we needed help to stop fascism and this is how you responded. Hope this helps.

What if *it* finally happens and it's in a ballroom?

So he went to the Whitehouse Correspondence Dinner for the first time in his presidency and someone tries to assassinate him. Then he stays back and misses his son's wedding and someone tries to assassinate him? Tough string of luck. If only he had a ballroom.