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  • Yes absolutely. Also not a historian, but AIUI that's probably the largest factor in the overall boom for the US economy at the time.

    I didn't mean to claim that the US was ever a peaceful nation. The best I could say is that the US sat out from the world wars until they had both (1) a way to sell war to the public and (2) a clear financial interest. Post-WWII, every US war has been a bullshit war.

    I also don't mean to sound positive about capitalism. My only real point was that for a brief period, (white) workers actually had an OK social contract with the ruling class. It didn't last long at all in the grand scheme, and was probably a fluke, not real evidence that capitalism works.

  • Forgot the punchline

  • That's not entirely true. We had a brief period after WWII until the 70s when the middle class actually existed, the rich were taxed at 91%, and unions had leverage. This has eroded quickly since the dawn of neoliberalism.

  • I'd love to know where this illustration is from

  • I don't understand how this serves the purpose of ad blocking.

  • Mother!

    I found it really enjoyable trying to trace all of the symbolism and allegory. For whatever reason, audiences didn't like it so much.

  • It's quite highly rated.

  • IIFE

  • This is basically the definition of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

  • This article sucks, just watch the video of it.

  • Can you share your nix config to get cachyOS kernel + proton?

  • This just makes me realize that my TI Nspire calculator probably violates this law.

  • This person will never know how stupid and self-righteous they sound. It's always the religious nuts that think everyone must shut up and listen to their vapid drivel.

  • I can't tell if the meme is saying they are ugly on the outside or on the inside (for ogling Trump).

    It must be the former, since liking Trump is normal for them.

  • Why deleted? This was a good rebuttal.

    EDIT: I don't think the comment really violated rule 1, but there was apparently a followup comment that definitely did, and this one just got removed by association. Here's a very slightly paraphrased version of it that should not break the rules:

    Gish gallop of [explitive].

    A) overblown, and that argues for cleaner power, better cooling, and more efficient models

    B) regulation failure

    C) incorrect, they have made discoveries that humans have been unable to. All human knowledge is built off previous knowledge.

    D) the enemy is both weak and strong. If they don’t produce anything good then the people who are losing their jobs can’t have either, right?

    E) small study based on one task which people are misrepresenting. The actual evidence shows it makes people smarter as they shift priorities.

    F) only for vulnerable people. Better safeguards are needed for the weak minded.

    G) argument against using people’s likeness not ai

    H) use an open source Chinese model

    I) market distortion problem, not a principled reason no one should use the technology any more than GPU shortages made all graphics work illegitimate.

    J) see (H)

    K) try one argument next time. Your best one, [some snarky sarcasm]

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  • War powers resolution is a defensive exception to the rule:

    The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.

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  • Right just like Trump can't declare war.

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  • I don't think Trump could end his presidency faster than by invoking a draft.

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml

    Why does a small Lemmy instance perform better when accessing federated content?