@kamilkazani In a way, creating a narrative, whether good or bad, is a somewhat philosophical task.
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Poke Gato 🇧🇷
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No, it is at least the second one. A plump guy behind Zedong's right shoulder is an academic philosopher.
In 1928, he was the very first philosopher in the USSR who realised that the way to make a career is to write on the philosophy of Stalinism
And, ofc, he made a career
mert@mert
this might be the first documented case in human history of a philosopher getting a job
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@kamilkazani The funny thing is that when AI is capable of creating decent images and text, it will almost certainly need someone competent to give the right instructions.
Saying "Do something cool" isn't very useful, even if it were a super-intelligent AI.
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I know that will be hard for many to process
But the AI generated texts are disgusting. AI generated pictures are also disgusting. I am not saying they will always remain disgusting. But at this point they are
Banning AI generated content from your campaign is actually smart
YIMBYLAND@YIMBYLAND
"The Democratic National Committee has barred staffers from using ChatGPT and Claude" It's obvious that they're just straight up not interested in winning.
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@kamilkazani Well, if you were truly completely irrelevant, nobody would have to say that you are irrelevant.
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I never watched Hasan Piker
But when I am reading statements like this one, I understand this is someone very, very important & becoming increasingly more important
Polling USA@USA_Polling
Once again, I am vindicated by assuming no one knows or gives a shit about Hasan Piker (Or any streamer) 80% of Democratic primary voters in Michigan don't know who he is/don't know him enough to have an opinion according to this same poll and his net-favorables are at like +5% among those who do lmao
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@kamilkazani Is "second-class citizen" a good way to refer to them?
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If I were to summarise the (pre-2014) public image, e.g. in the TV series, that would probably be a lil bit funny village bumpkin. A good-hearted fellow, but of comical type. It's not so much that s/he is inferior, as that they lack proper acculturation & polish
A "peasant"
Jenn- Standing In The Breach@CQueenbeejdl
@kamilkazani The question for me is do Russians see Ukrainians as beneath them? Do they believe Russians are inherently superior?
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@ogsyedie @kamilkazani Honestly, the most personal explanation is usually the most accurate in this type of situation.
so, yep, In such a centralized country, I think it's normal that the way of acting, thinking, and the personality of the main leader have a very disproportionate impact on everything.
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@PokeCater @kamilkazani ...couple thousand at most in St. Petersburg, before becoming head of state as an already old man without prior cabinet experience. He could just be set in the ways of thinking that apply to small organisations and rely on them to cover lacking a big-picture statecraft mindset.
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That is true. However, I must note that Putin may belong to the very last generation of Russian leaders who actually see Ukrainians this way (“our lost tribe we must bring back”)
The next generation probably won’t
Nassim Nicholas Taleb@nntaleb
BULLSHIT BUSTING DUJOUR A category error lies in comparing Russia's invasion in Ukraine to Israel's aggressions in the West Bank, Gaza, & Lebanon. Putin see Ukrainians as Russians to integrate. Israel wants the land, not the local inhabitants it wants to expell/Aparheid.
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@kamilkazani And apparently, not much has changed to this day.
You'll see party rhetoric, and then look at the demographics of who supports whom; it almost always makes no sense.
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Hard to swallow pill
In the late Russian Empire, the kulaks (= rich peasants) were the No. 1 support base of the revolutionary left in the country. In that regard, both the Tsar and the revolutionary left themselves lived in a complete lalaland absolutely detached from reality
Matthew J. Hunter ☭@MattHunterMCR
Kulaks weren’t peasants Natalie, open a book just one time it will be life changing
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@kamilkazani I wonder if the war between China and Taiwan will happen in 2027-2028.
After all, Trump is in the presidency (probably), Israel has worn down the US, and apparently 2027 is when its forces are strong enough to attack
It seems like a good time for attack or pacific reunification
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From the Israeli perspective, that means they must finish all their wars now, before the last boomer dies
No boomers -> Not the greatest ally, any longer
Hence, extreme bellicosity. That is because the window is closing
Dominic Michael Tripi@DMichaelTripi
NEW: Net favorability of Israel reaches all-time low of -47 with men under 50. -Pew Research Center
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@enlightenbat @kamilkazani So at least we have some capacity for self-correction without depending on the internal workings of two parties.
On the other hand, we compensate by having other problems...
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@enlightenbat @kamilkazani Yes, we have two major parties thanks to our cursed electoral system, but at least there's room for one of the two major parties to collapse through a smaller party, unlike in the US.
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NB: In modern English, "autocracy" and "democracy" must be read simply as "enemy" vs "friend". The distinction is purely Schmittian, that is whether we do consider them a political enemy or not. There is no other common denominator
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@enlightenbat @kamilkazani I'm not even a Marxist, I just think that politics is essentially "malicious" by nature, and because of that it's a silly idea to expect the boss to act in good faith if you don't have room for bargaining.
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@PokeCater @kamilkazani My country fellowman who read Lenin books a lot...likely to said something like this. it's left wing intellectual movement or something ? ....but ordinary people(my country) whom don't like system just want military to take over country and not think complicately like lenin😍🤡
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@kamilkazani Trump got elected twice by pretending to be a rebel, and it worked.
Imagine if a real rebel had been the candidate.
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What the selectorate wants is some kind of a white collar/professional class candidate. A hall monitor type
What the electorate wants *as a President* (even if they don't know this!) is some kind of a rogue/rebel type
Kamala Harris vs Zohran Mamdani
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In modern English, "electable" must be actually read as "selectable" - that is enjoying the favour of the selectorate. Now the problem is: almost anyone loved & enjoyed by the selectorate will be utterly unelectable as a president because they lack basic authenticity.
Zachary Donnini@ZacharyDonnini
Democrats see Gavin Newsom as their most electable candidate for 2028.
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@ajpy78 @kamilkazani Ultimately, it's all a matter of agency, the ability of people to organize themselves, create, and exercise their own power.
A person without agency is a victim of themselves and others.
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@ajpy78 @kamilkazani Yes, but this rule of law must be guaranteed, and to guarantee it you have to give some power to people, because powerless people are a natural target for any kind of exploitation or neglect.
Otherwise, the rule of law will only be valid for those who have retained some power.
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@ajpy78 @kamilkazani But in general, most ideas would end up revolving around decentralizing power and making the politician's life a little more miserable.
Anything that goes in either direction is probably going in the right direction.
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@ajpy78 @kamilkazani For example, making it possible to lose a mandate through popular vote is a brutally interesting way to filter out those who have no interest in taking the people into consideration.
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@kamilkazani Sure, it's an elective oligarchy, meaning that although the people theoretically choose who wins, the oligarchy filters who the candidates are.
It's easy to say we're a democracy if I'm the one who chooses who the candidates are.
People's power here is much less than it seems.
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