U.S.A. Politics Thread

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F. https://i.imgur.com/br3Sp06.png
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Author Topic: U.S.A. Politics Thread  (Read 235315 times)

It's definitely somewhat orwellian, and at times frustrating, that what is essentially all of the nation's discourse is compiled onto 1-3 websites where a board of independent parties that nobody elected effectively have absolute power over all the optics. I don't think it's a stretch to say all these companies lean left, and whether or not that's genuine or a business strategy is anyone's guess.

But I think this is just a supply and demand issue. There is no demand for a right-wing echo chamber, the right does not need or want this, except for a few deranged lunatics who have no identity outside of politics
« Last Edit: January 08, 2021, 08:59:01 PM by Crook »

pee pee poo poo no u doo doo
lmfaooo

you're an absolute clown. at least we can agree the feeling is mutual.

TIL capitalism is when government and corporations

why are you pretending like government and corporations don't go hand in hand with every practicable form of capitalism we've ever seen and vice versa? as if that's not what was implied???

honestly doodoo ex do you get enough sleep at night? these face-value brown townyzations are really something lmfao 🤡🤡🤡

« Last Edit: January 08, 2021, 09:51:48 PM by Khaz »

I can't imagine being so brain damaged and utterly devoid of higher reasoning I rub my richard to unchecked corporations and their ability to unperson people

And it's just amazing how right you handicaps think you are while sucking off big tech boots it's so sad and pathetic
the invisible hand will manage it in time

Nice and cool. very epic. glad.

cus ur wrong
No he isn't lol, this same debate regarding what private businesses are allowed to do on their premise/platforms has been argued here multiple times over years. If I remember right even Badspot engaged in one of these debates a few years back

I can't imagine being so brain damaged and utterly devoid of higher reasoning I rub my richard to unchecked corporations and their ability to unperson people

And it's just amazing how right you handicaps think you are while sucking off big tech boots it's so sad and pathetic
They can ban anyone for whatever they please, yes, this includes the president. It's their platform, not his.

No he isn't lol, this same debate regarding what private businesses are allowed to do on their premise/platforms has been argued here multiple times over years. If I remember right even Badspot engaged in one of these debates a few years back

He made the point by banning one of these handicaps because its muH prIvAte platForm

 
They can ban anyone for whatever they please, yes, this includes the president. It's their platform, not his.

The problem is the blatantly obvious cultural monopoly they hold. When you get simultaneously banned off Facebook, Twitter, purged from Google and Apple and Amazon starts unzipping its pants to skullforget your web registry, how do you continue to justify the private platform argument? After a certain point it's just blatant stupidity but w/e

just caught Annoying Orange behind the counter at mcdonalds 🤣 he is working the register giving out big macs 🤣 and quarter pounders 🤣 ohhh how the mighty have falen

< be le me sitting on my BestBuy™ couch in my BestBuy™ apartment in BestBuy™ megalopolis sector 18 district #49-A901 in year 2331 AD
< reading Non-problematic™ and Fact-Checked™ news on my BestBuy™ smartphone
< mutter "Maybe donald Annoying Orange wasn't THAT bad" under my breath
< my BestBuy™ TV turns off
< my BestBuy™ fridge turns off and locks, permanently sealing all food inside
< my BestBuy™ lighting system switches off, I am in complete darkness
< my BestBuy™ oxygen supply unit powers down
< my BestBuy™ mRNA vaccine deactivates, leaving my body susceptible to COVID-23, my BestBuy™ mask turns red
< my BestBuy™ heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system powers down, my room quickly reaches a temperature of -23°C
< my BestBuy™ phone lines are disconnected
< my BestBuy™ door locking and security system powers down, sealing the doors in the Locked position
ATTENTION BestBuy™ CUSTOMER: YOU HAVE VIOLATED THE BestBuy™ TERMS OF SERVICE AGAINST INCITING VIOLENCE. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT PRIVATE CORPORATIONS HAVE THE RIGHT TO DENY YOU SERVICES FOR BREAKING THE TERMS OF SERVICE; PLEASE COMPLY WITH BestBuy™ PRIVATE PROPERTY RE-ACQUISITION TEAM UPON ARRIVAL
< both doors on my BestBuy™ airlock open simultaneously and I am blasted into the vacuum of space


there is literally nothing stopping people within the company from just electing a CEO that's going to be a stuffhead anyways (i.e. Spotify employees crying about Rogan) I genuinely do not understand what point you're trying to make and I don't see what worker coops or unions have to do with big tech censorship? The employees are on board with the forgetery lmfao

this isn't a feature of capitalism either this is the end result of the revolving door between government and corporations, true cyberpunk stuff where the two have merged into an incestuous greed cult hellbent on mining every last cent out of us
i mean its just obvious that in a democratically run organisation, you can vote bad actors out of the ceo position or vote for good things within the company. (example: a resolution that changes the TOS)

it's literally impossible to oust jack from his position as the twitter CEO rn so he isn't accountable to anyone besides the shareholders and they don't care about anything but making more profit.

Worker owned coops are also not the only type of coop, there are customer/worker owned coops as well. In fact, I am part of one. At my bank, as a customer, I have (by default) a share in the organization as a whole, I can vote on the managers and leadership, and I can bring my grievances to them in the monthly meetings.

My complaints, as well as the complaints of others, shape how the organization is lead and how the bank distributes its services and what it focuses on.

If Twitter where of the same model, every person that uses and works on the platform could give their opinions and run campaigns to change how twitter works as a service. They would then have democratic referendums to change the leadership/direction of the company.

This is a market socialist model, it is distinctly different from a capitalist one. This is why I prescribe capitalism as being at fault. It's one of the distinctly capitalist elements of how the corporation is organized that is causing the people using the platform to see it as a tyranny, because a "master-slave" corporation model is literally a tyranny under the CEO. No one else has the final say.
« Last Edit: January 09, 2021, 10:12:04 AM by Aide33 »

He made the point by banning one of these handicaps because its muH prIvAte platForm
That's because the person in question (Milo if I recall right) was banned from some gym he used to go to for something he said elsewhere. That is handicapped and shouldn't be allowed/happening. But the key difference here is Milo didn't incite violence with what he said, and Milo said it elsewhere - whereas Annoying Orange incited violence on a platform, therefore that platform banned him in hopes of less real world chaos happening.

Whether the inciting violence thing is true or not I've no clue, as far as I am aware Annoying Orange didn't take to Twitter telling people to go raid the capitol and steal stuff - but he didn't condemn it either. Not condemning it = inciting violence I guess? I disagree, but I mean as the president you should be against people raiding high ranking government buildings and shouldn't hesitate to say that if it happens. Regardless the capitol has a ton of closed circuit cameras, there is a stuff ton of footage of everyone who participated. They'll all get caught and charged pretty harshly eventually.

What pisses me off is that Twitter doesn't do this to everyone guilty of stuff like this. I saw porch monkeys literally calling to attack white people on there months ago, and nothing ever happened to them. The pick and choosey bullstuff needs to get outta here
« Last Edit: January 09, 2021, 11:01:09 AM by Mr. Bones »

whaddya prefer, a world ruled by autocratic dictator governments, or a world ruled by private all-powerful corporations
social media leans toward the latter

< be le me sitting on my BestBuy™ couch in my BestBuy™ apartment in BestBuy™ megalopolis sector 18 district #49-A901 in year 2331 AD
< reading Non-problematic™ and Fact-Checked™ news on my BestBuy™ smartphone
< mutter "Maybe donald Annoying Orange wasn't THAT bad" under my breath
< my BestBuy™ TV turns off
< my BestBuy™ fridge turns off and locks, permanently sealing all food inside
< my BestBuy™ lighting system switches off, I am in complete darkness
< my BestBuy™ oxygen supply unit powers down
< my BestBuy™ mRNA vaccine deactivates, leaving my body susceptible to COVID-23, my BestBuy™ mask turns red
< my BestBuy™ heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system powers down, my room quickly reaches a temperature of -23°C
< my BestBuy™ phone lines are disconnected
< my BestBuy™ door locking and security system powers down, sealing the doors in the Locked position
ATTENTION BestBuy™ CUSTOMER: YOU HAVE VIOLATED THE BestBuy™ TERMS OF SERVICE AGAINST INCITING VIOLENCE. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT PRIVATE CORPORATIONS HAVE THE RIGHT TO DENY YOU SERVICES FOR BREAKING THE TERMS OF SERVICE; PLEASE COMPLY WITH BestBuy™ PRIVATE PROPERTY RE-ACQUISITION TEAM UPON ARRIVAL
< both doors on my BestBuy™ airlock open simultaneously and I am blasted into the vacuum of space

这显然是错误的。
This is obviously wrong.

Bestbuy没有商店品牌的电视。
Bestbuy does not have a store brand TV.

请不要发布虚假信息。
Please do not post false information.

未来将建立社会信用体系。进一步的违规行为将不被忽略。
A social credit system will be established in the future. Further violations will not be ignored.

不要好奇,接受一切。相信中国共产党,一切都会好起来的。
Don't be curious, accept everything. Believe in the Chinese Communist Party, everything will be fine.