Hell yeah. Sounds like a party. Is there an after lan party?

I wish that were true. But evil people get away with terrible stuff all the time and karma isn’t real.

It is, but it doesn’t seem nefarious. Just somebody trying to carve out a little corner to help individuals find some tools to get away from Google and such. Maybe they make money via some affiliate links, but is that a bad thing?

I’m an immigrant, living in Europe, taking care of a few people that need me. I’m also a veteran with prosthetic discs in my back. Be specific; what do you suggest?

I should also add, to answer your question. I would absolutely lay down my life for the cause, but unless I can see a direct line from that to success, there is still a big, complex risk benefit equation I’m working on.

I’m not “pretending to be smart”, at least not intending to do so. I’m just saying exactly what I said. The military branches all have some non-offensive parts of their mission. That’s just true. Airlift for aid delivery has traditionally been part of the mission, for example. I was also careful not to exonerate them for missions that cause harm or for violation of LOAC or UCMJ. They should know better.

I said the enlisted aren’t the primary problem. Maybe you think they pick and choose their missions, but they simply don’t. As far as voters… yeah many of us are pissed too. What do you want me to do? I vote, I try to persuade others to, try to do my part to keep the electorate informed, try to feed my family, etc. Are you asking us to build some fifth column or some such? That sounds great, but many have a lot of context that informs their decisions.

My point is that it isn’t enlisted people that decide on mission. And simply not enlisting doesn’t change that. If the numbers are needed, they will be achieved via volunteer or draft.

Enlisted may or may not attack citizens depending on their views on which orders are lawful. This is nothing like saying not to blame ICE. ICE are signing up to do exactly what they’re doing and should be responsible for it. But enlisted personnel don’t enlist to attack citizens, generally. I’m not saying they are not part of the problem, but they certainly aren’t the root of it.

Who is begging for a foreign savior? You’re arguing against a strawman caricature you made up in the shower.

Each of the branches have long had many global peacetime missions, including humanitarian. They don’t offset the offensive nature of a deployed force, but it can be a good thing to have for delivering defense and aid.

The problem isn’t the enlisted. It is also not limited to the officers. The problem, at present, is primarily the civilian leadership being absolutely unprofessional, unethical, and self-centered.

The amount of soft power cast aside for ignorant racists to clutch pearls is infuriating.

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Yeah, but marketed outside Chine and Hong Kong as TikTok. There it is Douyin.

Many of this administration’s actions affect people beyond the US.

In this case, yes. The fabs there are far too important to let them slip control. Now, if we could just build some fabs in Ukraine.

Were I a younger man.

There is probably some truth to that, but I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive. I think both can be erosive to human expression at the same time.

Simple, the problem is the erosion of human directed art. That is a much broader problem than if the music is good or not; it may be. But we want, many of us anyway, humans making and being recognized for making art. Empowering this expression is less likely if everybody begins consuming only machine made works.

I really hope he grows and shows some real contrition about it. It would take time to convince me, but I really hope he just didn’t think it through. Such a bummer.

Less of a “cap”; more of a “max fill line”.

Zero? I envy your optimism.

OMG! I forgot about that picture. I’d love to see what each did with their half.