The abyss in the enforcement of international law, and the absence of any conscience, gives rise to the "just one more chip" approach to land seizure. The settlers also largely have an insane sense of entitlement to the land based on their religious mindset.
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I don't think cruelty is the point. I think it's a more calculated form of narrative reinforcement.
realizing none of the remaining staff know how to operate those persons’ functions
Anyone else see the Chinese movie "To Live"? The same basic thing happened, but in the context of a criticism of Maoism - guy's daughter is speech impaired and they take her to the hospital to give birth, but the medical students have denounced the older doctors, and botch the delivery, so they have to fetch one out of imprisonment. Ironic that we see the same thing play out under Trump/Musk, isn't it.
I hit that in my mid 20s. Turned out my headlights sucked and I needed to clean the inside of my windshield.
Great healthcare plan in pod tower 251282598.
Doesn't that work with just a big USB stick? I've definitely plopped a Linux HD in a new computer and had it work with almost no changes (fstab and maybe adding graphics card support).
Circulating Teslas is 29999 vs 30000. If there's 30k worth of demand, they'll make a new one. Oversimplification but that's the idea. "Raising more awareness", I mean... maybe? Actually, probably, if it was really a huge spectacle.
Financially, this doesn't make sense. Decreasing supply without changing demand means more money goes to Musk/Tesla. Same principle as a stock selloff.
Probably takes a whopping 5-10 developers to set up the systems in question from scratch with FOSS. "From scratch" as in, not accounting for whatever insane backwards compatibility requirements exist, though that's not some impassable obstacle either.
I'd say, of the ruling class. Said fascist movement being basically a stage production of their creation. Said neutered opposition (Democrats) likewise being a stage production of their creation.
People often disagree with this framing, but honestly, spend a few years comparing viewing events through this lens vs through the D vs R lens. Things will make a lot more sense.
Americans are ruled by a politics of opposition. Anything Trump does, the opposite must be good. Anything Biden does, the opposite must be good. Nobody thinks about anything from scratch.
Yes, that. Always be conscious of what impression some information is giving you, and analyze whether your reaction is based on a full view of the situation, or if it's just the reaction that the information was shown to you in order to provoke. Because that is precisely the level propaganda operates at. The "they spent years carefully calculating a takeover" narrative is not compatible with the "toddler throwing a tantrum" narrative. Either one, or neither, must be true.