True, the Roman Empire fell and the United States could fall too. Humanity didn’t end though, it went through periods of enlightenment and darkness and kept marching forward.

I’m not saying the end of humanity is impossible, just that at many points in history it seemed like society was on the brink of total annihilation but yet here we still are.

If it helps, history runs in cycles. We used to have kings, we got rid of the kings, then we welcomed the kings back with open arms. But the reign of kings doesn’t last forever.

You mean the corporation you gave boatloads of personal data to is manipulating it to use against you in the pursuit of profit?! [surprised pikachu.jpg]

It doesn’t matter if there is a tariff on these materials or not when China refuses to sell them to the US.

Watch how quickly cheeto man lifts the sanctions when he takes office. Bet it’s a day one agenda item.

The responsibility is shared. Temu wouldn’t exist if nobody bought from them. Yes, people need clothes, but nobody is forced to buy them from a fast fashion company that is generating enormous amounts of waste. 🤷

It isn’t a black and white issue though. There is more ethical and less ethical, but less ethical tends to be cheaper and easier.

They only have to moderate content from users on their server, and the idea would be that only CBC employees (or programs) would be given accounts which also verifies they are legitimate. Readers subscribe to those accounts from their own instances.

Because rampant over consumption is the reason the planet is doomed.

If vaccination is just as bad for children as the Catholic church then he’s going to ban both of them, right? 🙄

The real reason they want people to put content and images directly into the post instead of “lazily linking” it is because by doing so the EULA gives X the right to use that content for their recommendation algorithms and AI training data. External sites can be copyrighted and paywalled.

That would require that crowd to have a basic understanding of logic and reality, which they don’t. The GOP can literally do no wrong in their eyes because they will have some conspiracy to blame the consequences on instead.

I find it funny that corporations can openly talk about hiring illegal immigrants and nobody cares… Like isn’t that also illegal?

I bet if the government made hiring an illegal immigrant a felony and the owner of the company would face jail time, then things would change very quickly.

Yeah, and due to the falling replacement rate the world population itself is starting to level off and may even start to decline. That’s why conservative political parties are all doing everything they can to force people into having children, because large corporations can only exist with a large and ever growing customer base.

Encrypted data. Could be backups of important service details in case all their servers are seized, leaked or sensitive data they are holding as leverage, or a private porn collection. Nobody knows until they release a decryption key.