Every day, another piece of nauseating news hits my gut in a way I thought I’d become immune to, reminding me that the decline towards fascism takes place through the actions, not just of the fascists themselves, but of weak humans who choose short term self-preservation over courage and conviction.
Is there some reason to believe Brin isn’t a fascist? People are just revealing themselves.
Greed will kill us
Hi. I'm so sorry these stories keep dropping. May I suggest deep breaths and remembering that they rely on our daily exhaustion to prevent pushback. Sniveling tech billionaires are pathetic but fascism is not inevitable. If it were, they wouldn't work so hard to freak us all out. Hang in there.
We have a moral obligaction to fight corruption & injustices that directly affect human rights violations. When injustice Is left unchallenged , it will corrode the foundations of a fair and Democratic society. Therefore , silence in the face of injustice is implicit approval.
My cousins watch it and believe every word! There is no reasoning with them🤷♀️
Yes this is true. It’s not the fascist themselves but the enablers who breath life into these vampire suckers of blood to go ahead and subjugate others.
And I think disobedience is the only way to stop fascism. It takes a great deal of clarity and courage, but it works. As you said, weak humans made Hitler, Mussolini, the junta in Argentina, etc. the so called “strong man” cannot do anything without them…
Those that choose record short term capital concentration over everything else.
I NEVER liked Google, only used it if absolutely necessary.
It is pretty unusable especially without ad blockers. The ads cripple it. Pop ups especially. I hate google.
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Counterpoint: Pinochet. Granted, he knew he was at risk of going the way of the Ceaucescus if he didn't step down.
It’s a full on propaganda regime. I’ll be happy when people are aware that they’re being fed this crap and become more skeptical.
If tariffs were spent on gut wrenching, nauseating, fetal position trauma -- we could actually feed and house people...
These companies need to be seized and pulled apart piece by piece.
And money. It’s almost always about money.
What's a more ethical alternative to YouTube?
It makes me want to throw up.
Sorry, Kate. Some of these days are very hard. They are, however, made slightly easier by our solidarity, and lifting each other up. Hope we can do that for you in this moment…
Time to be thinking of leaving youtube it seems. I miss the old youtube.
I’m pissed off about this. While it’s not specifically the reason I quit my job, it not not the reason…
The utter cowardice of these people is incredible. Truckling poltroons.
At this point I think it's fair to say what's left of Google is doing lots of evil. Just saw their freaking Gulf of America travesty earlier today and was reminded they have no souls.
Oh, great. Even worse than Fox News and now widely spread.
This short-sighted grab for cash, at this critical juncture in determining our nations future is another reminder that we have the power to make change. CHANGE the channel, CHANGE where you shop, CHANGE what media you follow, CHANGE their bottom line.
It is our duty to destroy every complicit company.
Its all about the profits!
Good luck with your talk at Obec! I've never been but my bro and sister-in-law live in Ballard and love that place
I don't remember much about it but my takeaway is that guys like Pichai consider themselves smarter than the fash leadership (which TBF they are) but think that alone will put them in the driver's seat. Then when everything is ruined and their capital and fortune are gone they get they were played
My senior thesis in economic history was on industrial relations between major German industrial combines and the German state during the Nazi era
General Consumer Strike. Boycott Everything But Essentials (and buy those local). Especially boycott ALL corporate media that is legitimizing this shit-show. Our $$ is our indisputable power.
I see consumerism as the greatest obstacle to change. The vast majority can’t or won’t see that the $$ spent on stuff and convenience brought us here. And there’s the Amazon truck driving by …
there is no value except the one shareholders get, there is no pursuit except that of profit, there is no growth except market share, there is no love except that of money
And there is one fewer YouTube customer.
I keep thinking I've found my feet then... Nope. Today I gave an outreach talk down in Ballard and talked a little bit about fascism, and it's impacts. Hopefully people left with some things to think about.
👆one corruption at a time
Yuck. I forgot all about OAN