MentalM

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by MentalM 4d ago
It probably is not. Nuclear programs seems to be way easier and way unnoticeable.
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by MentalM 4d ago
> there's some other motives at play here. I mean it is literally economy 101: some capitalists getting on the top using free market, and then try to use government to remove free market so their top position were secured from any c
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by MentalM 4d ago
> Do you really think we can really get every country to truly pace the frontier? Why not? In 20-th century half the world was socialist. And the idea of moratorium on improving AI way easier to sell then socialism.
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by MentalM 4d ago
> but it's a safe bet the people losing their tech jobs aren't career shifting into healthcare and hospitality roles That is because they can allow themselves to do nothing (for some time). Tech was a very high‑paying type of j
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by MentalM 4d ago
> But it is at best wildly hypocritical to suggest that US tech firms are not subject to government interference It is very different degree of subjection where we talk about country that have laws, politics, сourts, journalism, all that
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by MentalM 7d ago
> Demographically, we simply don't have the number of people we need to give elders the care that they'll probably have to have near the end of their life, so we have to rely on AI to help us get through it. That is an interest
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by MentalM 7d ago
> capitalism ain't built on long term responsibility towards greater topics like future and wellbeing of mankind. I think in those aspects, only monarchy is better than capitalism. Specifically its more unhinged form, where the mona
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by MentalM 7d ago
> Prices are market-driven in our society, not necessarily a function of labor costs. Yeah, but market itself is a function of labor costs.
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by MentalM 8d ago
> There are good arguments that the wealth distribution in our country has some serious issues There are good arguments that as a whole the wealth distribution in your country does not have any serious issues, but this article strongly s
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by MentalM 8d ago
> Did they not ask Ukraine to give the already occupied land and then some? I mean what are the alternatives? Ask Ukraine to give the already occupied land and then some, but later, when several more millions of Ukrainian men would be gr
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by MentalM 8d ago
> it seems the USA has been supporting Russia in its current war a lot more than China. No way that's true. China is main ally of Russia. China have a huge economic exchange with Russia, China is the sole gateway to technology for R
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by MentalM 9d ago
Positive feedback loop (or how it called in English, idk). You just want to stay at the top, and the better political instruments you have for that, the worse governor you can allow yourself to be. And the worse governor you are, the more y
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by MentalM 9d ago
> But wouldn't people just vote for UBI in this case? Why in North Korea people just does not vote for UBI? For UBI government need control over majority of resources generated by the public. But if government has that control, what
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by MentalM 9d ago
> I think a world of total and complete abundance doesn't incentivize people at the top (who are there because people at the bottom allow it) to mercy kill everyone else with AI drones. They will have one of the strongest incentive:
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by MentalM 9d ago
> What happens when we aren't needed? Depends on the political system. Under socialism authority will simply improve the environment by reducing your carbon footprint with eight grams of lead. Under capitalism you're already no
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by MentalM 10d ago
> Interested to see what the EU will do though Will make surveillance mandatory? I mean we definitely should somehow fight terrorism, protect children, and prevent copyright infringement on trillions of dollars per year.
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by MentalM 10d ago
> Don’t think I was implying I wanted to replace him with another far-right candidate, just someone who is competent in general. Maybe you are not. But what about other 58%? In the end, you have elected him twice, and it's not like
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by MentalM 10d ago
> we are (rightfully, I believe) far less willing to let children die young or get maimed. I don't think it matters at all. Of course, we are, but there is a huge gap between "not let children die young or get maimed" and
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by MentalM 10d ago
> Trumps approval rating has fallen to 39% while 58% disapprove. > Hopefully he’ll be replaced with someone who is at least halfway competent That's the point. You've vote for this guy TWICE. So probably when we talk about 5
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by MentalM 10d ago
> because they largely can't afford to, either in actual resources, or in time spent But that's absolutely not true. People are so wealthy right now that they can afford practically an unlimited amount of children. The avoidanc
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by MentalM 11d ago
I don't think it's fair to place all the blame on the MAGA and corporations but not on the American working class, which is the main beneficiary of the US government policy and which is electing those government. It would be fair