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I hate the title and the opining in the first video but I appreciate how he edited the important parts of Eric Shmidt’s ridiculously terrible takes 

Full interview included

I hate the title and the opining in the first video but I appreciate how he edited the important parts of Eric Shmidt’s ridiculously terrible takes 

Full interview included 


https://youtu.be/AtgJhZOhFsQ?si=ytp7YdbYPGxSzYsx

https://youtu.be/mKVFNg3DEng?si=9tOH5nfQDiWyvpo-

Jackson Hinkle is a fed yea? My dude has massive " I'm on cia payroll" energy

Boring theology: only one of these cosmologies is right, Christian or Buddhist or Muslim 

On fire theology: they’re all true in their own way, even the dominant religion of Protestant atheism (the capitalist bourgeoisie ideology or “liberalism” per se)

Chris Cutrone, even if I don’t agree with him on Israel, is probably the most important leftist thinker today right now. I highly suggest everyone look him up on YouTube and take the Cutrone pill, even as you disagree with 10% of what he says

The left should no cede aesthetics to the right

Genesis 1:27-28:
“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created THEM. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.’”

The emphasis on “them” is mine and a cheeky joke kind of, but I can’t help but take a more layered reading of this and see this more as being as much about the male and female polarities and not only gender as such, as much and at the same time as the specific imperative for heterosexual partners to go forth and procreate. Why would God give a shit if some of his flock were gay or trans, as long as the ship of mankind sails on? Simply unconvincing to take an anti LGBTQ reading of the Bible. Most of this seems to be arguments about words, sports and civil social conventions like the word marriage

Other than my own personal faith journey, the reason I’m taking a close look at the theological debates that touch upon today’s culture war issues (where the Bible is unclear and incomplete) versus today’s economic issues (where the Bible is unambiguously foreshadowing a communal utopia as heaven on earth)

I think the arguments about the data AI hoovers up and all the valuable labour that went into it (while valid) shows that people don’t understand that this is exactly what capitalism does to all labour. It is the most privileged response because it shows they weren’t victimized until just now.

“There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus”

Galatians 3:28 seems pretty dispositive to me on gender and sexuality strictly looking at the text

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gofundme-pulls-campaigns-luigi-mangione-192700038.html

And people still wonder 'why crypto?'

It was after this horrific day that I realized the USA values the right to bare arms more than the safety of children.

Whether you like it or not, this man's place as a folk hero is here to stay

Whether you like it or not, this man's place as a folk hero is here to stay

https://www.tmz.com/2024/12/14/luigi-mangione-photos-used-at-disney-channel-music-concert-hannah-montana/

And doctors are more important for quality of life

politics

This deserve a much longer post, but let me try.

I can't be alone in noticing the big shift in the last 1-2 years in how the ruling class communicates & acts.

I think it's mostly driven by the fact that AI significantly changes the power dynamic between labor and capital; and the ruling class realizes they don't have to play "nice" anymore.

Palestinian Gen0cide was a big catalyst too; because it's been so openly committed and the only way to ignore it has been surfacing supremacist tendencies even many educated people internally carried. A point of no return.

Meanwhile, Microsoft for the first time admitted that AI isn't about productivity but about labor replacement. Anthropic is working with US military. Altman, Zuckerberg kissing Trump's feet. Musk, Thiel, Andreessen, even Brian Armstrong are now openly spreading far-right conspiracy theories.

Callousness is not limited to tech either. Journalism (NYT), healthcare (UHG), education (Col.Uni.); all power players are brazenly attacking the 99%.

I'd appreciate your thoughts on this. I try to be optimistic, but the direction we're headed is not positive. And again, I'm not talking about a US-specific trend, or elections, or Trump. I think this trend is pretty global.

I think in my lifetime, I've never seen the gap between "the power the left holds" and "the amount of people with leftist tendencies" so massive. We have to admit that the left is sort of powerless, even though Gen Z is overwhelmingly leftist (even those pulled into reactionary side by bro podcasts).

Who wants to bet FBI won't investigate this, spray the killer's photos in media, put a bounty, or do a manhunt?