Michael Westwind

As soon as you are talking about an ethnically based state, whether it is religion or race that you are talking about, you are talking about genocide. There is always somebody in the way, or that needs expelled or cleansed. Always.

@davidpattersonx that and pigs will fly

Within the next ten years or so, AI and robots will increase economic output by 100X, and businesses will become so competitive that they won't make any profit. The likely outcome is that governments will own the means of production, leading to actual communism. Which will be fine, because you will be able to have literally anything you want, and you won't need to work. Right now, you need to rely on companies to provide what you want. If other people don't want the same thing, what you want may be unavailable. In the near future, you will be able to have any product or service provided exactly as you want it, for free. You will be the entrepreneur of your own life, deciding what to produce and consume. If you were living alone as a castaway on an island today, you would consume what you produce. In the future, you will be able to have anything you want produced for your own personal consumption. You will no longer rely on businesses to provide you with what they decide you want. The government will own all industry, which will all be run by AI. You will be free, and everything will be free.

@japan_nobunaga Guns are everywhere. They are available in stores, Not everyone has guns but it is safest to assume they do.

Hello from Japan 🇯🇵👋 I have a question for Americans 🇺🇸🙋 I've never seen a real gun in my life. Only in anime and movies. Is it true that Americans sometimes see guns at stores like Walmart? In Japan, we only see them on TV. Is that normal in America? 🤔

@aj_inapi Boomer here. I think my generation is justifiably vilified. We are the generation that wanted to find ourselves. However the real destruction of America started with Ronald Reagan who basically wanted to improve the lives of already wealthy people.

I don't want to act like I know, only because I don't live in America. Why are boomers being vilified in America and more so in the West? I see a growing trend of this online.

@amatubuman Most Americans wash while taking a bath or use a shower. Separate washing before a bath is not the norm.

よく思うんだけど何でアメリカ作品って浴槽に浸かりながら体洗うの？ 日本みたいに体洗う時は浴槽つからないのは世界的にレアなんだろうか…？

@AIandDesign @grok This is a great idea but it depends how far you go with it. My family was here pre-revolution and yet we all came from Europe. I have a nephew who is 1/8 native. Maybe he could stay. The population would go way down and Spanish would still be a major language.

Hey @grok let’s do a thought experiment. I’ve encountered a lot of folks yesterday who believe America would be better off if every single immigrant (including all legal immigrants) would be forced out of the country. Please outline what would happen to the country. Focus on: - The job market - Prices - Competitive edge compared to China, Russia - Overall prosperity - anything else important that I may be forgetting Be thorough. Would this be a net good thing for America?

@MartinAvilaO @AlejandroX40820 I have a recipe book for that.

@AlejandroX40820 Road kill.

Hablando claro, estados unidos tiene comida típica?

@MothQueenMoon As I see it, AI could be useful but it seems clear that it's main use will be as a surveillance tool and to keep us all compliant because the people who own AI are the same megalomaniacs who are destroying our democracy so they can stay on top forever.

@JuliaEMcCoy And how are we to achieve that when the oligarchs don't want us to have even the dribbles of the society we have, and they own everything. This delightful fantasy is something they have no intention of allowing

The future of work, in one line: Machines do the work. Humans do the living. We spent a century with that backwards. The correction is here. It’s not gentle, and it’s not optional. But on the other side of it is the most human era we’ve ever had a shot at.

@MichaelTLester This has nothing to do with communism. Cuba has successfully resisted the Monroe Doctrine which says that all of North and South America must be puppets to the US and we cannot stand that. They must submit or it somehow sullies our manhood. Prove me wrong.

I had almost 300 responses to my Cuba post. The most common reply was: "Because communism." Okay. Let's accept that as true. Communism is a failed economic system. Cuba's government is repressive. Castro was a dictator. Now answer the question: Why does punishing ordinary Cubans with a 67-year embargo serve American interests? If the goal is freedom for the Cuban people, starvation is a strange way to free them. If the goal is regime change, it hasn't worked in 67 years. If the goal is to help Cubans, lifting the embargo costs us nothing and gives them everything. The communism answer explains why we don't like Cuba. It doesn't explain the embargo. Try again.

@Rmrada1 @internetuserf12 The only thing they lied about was claiming early on that masks were ineffective because they didn't want civilians buying up all the ppe. Yes this was a horrid mistake, especially because most of you idiots believed that lie instead of the truths that followed.

@internetuserf12 Maybe the doctors, scientists, and politicians shouldn’t have lied about everything Covid.

If Ebola becomes a pandemic, it will be in no small part because millions of people now view public health measures as oppression rather than the most basic infrastructure of a functioning and sustainable civilization.

@_R4V3N5_ Just look at how we treat people now What could you expect to be any different?

people are going to be horrible to the robots aren't they

@AIandDesign @Meta Here's the deal. Whether a new technology is good or bad depends less on the technology and more on who is in charge of it. The problem is that we have quasifeudal techlords who don't give a damn about human beings.

I'm not gonna lie, the @Meta layoffs are some of the most dystopian I've ever seen. They got told to work from home, they were sent the emails at 4AM in the morning. Those who weren't impacted have software on their computer that tracks their every move, preparing AI to take their job as well. They're literally training the AI that will eliminate their position as well. Meanwhile, Meta is raking in RECORD PROFITS. I am a massive, unapologetic AI enthusiast. Yet, this is NOT the future I had in mind. I wish for Meta to crash and burn. This is not the way. Literally nobody benefits from this.

@rockstarcoder @rushicrypto When they talk about people not having to work, they are not talking about us. We are extra, expendable.

@rushicrypto Have you noticed billionaires seem giddy about AI, data centers, and replacing people with robots-- while telling average workers they won't need jobs or money after they're laid off? It's bizarre. Even more bizarre: many are taking the bait.

Are billionaires actually insane? They’re dumping billions into AI, building data centers everywhere, laying off thousands of workers, and acting like none of this will have consequences. Everybody with a normal job can feel what’s coming. People are terrified. And there’s basically no safety net if it all collapses. It honestly feels like they’re racing toward some massive crisis while hoping we stay distracted until it’s too late.

@otokyo__ Blue Cheese dressing

*KETCHUP DOES NOT EXIST* What are you eating these with?

@Babywwir The Confederacy. You are witnessing the most recent stage of the American Civil War.

The greatest enemy of the United States? A. Russia B. Islam C. Democratic Party D. Iran E. Trump

@ConeOfArc @SpaceWalkerReal If you are only going to have a child so that he or she can die in the apocalypse, what's the point? You have presented the stick. What's the carrot?

@wormrunn1r @SpaceWalkerReal The alternative is being the end of your bloodline. We can't improve things for the next generation if there isn't a next generation to leave it to

It's GENUINELY scary to see how many Millenials & Zoomers are living their lives not even HOPING to get married or have children. They are literally going through life with themselves as their only priority, fully okay with dying childless. What this also means is: These people have NO PERSONAL STAKES in the future health and prosperity of our society, outside of the ~100-year window they're alive in.

@ConeOfArc @SpaceWalkerReal Many of the young people I know are surprised they survived this far and also see a bleak future and don't want to inflict it on another generation. Give them hope if you want to see a future. Grim determination doesn't cut it.

@SpaceWalkerReal I agree. Whether you believe in God or evolution raising the next generation is pretty much the most important thing you can possibly do on this Earth. Personally I think many are simply scared of the idea of being a parent and aren't being encouraged/supported to do it

@PawlowskiMario @tee_kae63561 The point is that the tests were misused. You are assuming that they won't be. I find that assumption to be naive.

@tee_kae63561 Here is my argument

I truly believe that some sort of civic and IQ tests should be conducted before people are allowed to vote.

@ChrisWickNews And you didn't notice that he had spent his whole career cheating people? How?

I didn’t vote for Donald Trump because I thought he was flawless. I voted because I thought he was the last off-ramp. The lesser of two evils… with a promise that actually meant something. No new wars. End the old ones. Put America First. That message hit hard. It felt like a reset. But look around now. Conflicts aren’t ending — they’re multiplying. Billions are still pouring overseas. Military support keeps expanding into places most Americans can’t even point to on a map. And back home? People are drowning quietly. Groceries cost more every week. Families are hanging on by a thread. Veterans — the ones who already gave everything — are still sleeping on the streets. Debt is crushing. Stress is everywhere. So I keep coming back to one question: What happened to America First? Because this doesn’t feel like it. This feels like the same machine… just repainted. I didn’t vote for global escalation. I didn’t vote to fund the world while Americans fall behind. I voted for peace abroad and stability at home. And right now? That promise feels further away than ever. This isn’t just disappointment anymore. People are starting to wake up.

@littlebbyslug It's the perfect surveillance system

why is AI being pushed so hard like this? over the course of a few months it’s become completely pervasive, everywhere you turn it’s there. am i missing something??? what is happening?