#Neoliberalism

[whereserpentswalk]

Technology has been argued out of existence countless times. Infact its more that it has to argue itself into existence. Nfts, lobotomies, eugenics, even good things like high speed rails and abortions, have all been argued out of existence. A society needs to actively choose a technology, a technology doesn't just exist within a society. Especially not a technology that requires several layers of active infrastructure like Ai art does.

Neoliberal fascism argues through technological progress because that way it can make itself seem inevitable. It can make a world where people are less free seem like the only future possible, and dissmiss all alternatives as naïve. Do not listen to it.

You can't argue against a technology. No one has ever, ever, in the history of humanity, argued a technology out of existence. The closest we've come are nukes and human genetic engineering. Nukes exist and multiple countries have massive arsenals of them, but we've agreed not to use them because it would mean humanity's utter destruction. Human genetic engineering cuts right to the heart of a bunch of ethical questions about health, equality, identity, and so on, and also up until very recently genetic engineering has been a long and extremely expensive process. We'll see how long human genetic engineering remains taboo now that it's getting cheaper and easier. But these are absolute outliers. In the vast, vast majority of cases, I mean literally in virtually every single case, when people fight a new technology—for any reason—they loose.

There is no tenable "anti-AI art" position, just like there was never a tenable anti-loom position, or anti-railroad position, or anti-horseless carriage position. These things were doomed to fail absolutely from day one, as soon as the technology existed, and anti-AI art is doomed to fail just as utterly and completely. There is just no path here, if this is what you've hitched your wagon to I really do not know what to tell you.

[politijohn]

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[viciousfreudianagent]

Vote blue then go do mutual aid…then go vote again because voting is the most effective and important political action

[elderinternetresurrection]

Btw, privatization is stealing from *you.* You are the public in "publicly owned." Oligarchs are coming in to take the things we all share ownership of as Americans, like Medicare, Social Security, National Parks, PBS and scrapping them for parts they find profitable.

The right is planning to rob us and quite literally want us to thank them for the privilege by calling it "government efficiency."

[kropotkindersurprise]

On April 8 we celebrate the death of Margaret Thatcher, and remember all the lives she destroyed.

[shinyasahalo]

[mysharona1987]

[animentality]

[technofeudalism]

i just need everyone to understand why no one takes vote scolding seriously and why there is so much animosity towards Joe Biden and the Democrats from those on the left who hold him responsible for not only failing to address the self inflicted "immigration crisis," but blatantly giving in to baseless Republican fear-mongering re: rising immigrant crime.

they quite literally provided an even more cruel foundation for Trump to build on, and due to this, they can no longer make a genuine claim to be pro-immigration.

by this i mean they normalized the narrative so much that the Democratic party has totally shifted it's view on immigration, leading TODAY to the bipartisan celebration and passage of the horrifying Laken Riley Act, which Trump will likely sign as his first piece of legislation. this bill, among other terrible shit, effectively eliminates due process for immigrants and threatens it for everyone.

this is why no one listened to your vote scolding then. this is why no one listens to you now while you join Democrats in blaming third-party voters, Palestinians, transgender people, and leftists for an entire political party's failure to sufficiently address people's rapidly declining material conditions. this is why no one will listen to you in the future while you sit on the sidelines yelling cynical platitudes at people working to actually make the world better.

[odinsblog]

👉🏿 https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/15/elon-musk-trump-super-pac

[nando161mando]

The pearl-clutching is real.

Know the difference

LMAO they are caving

[asm5129]

Americans CALL YOUR SENATORS!!!

And if you’re not American—you can still spread this around

[politijohn]

It’s not lost on me that Bernie Sanders is the only mainstream politician touring the country rn listening to Americans’ concerns, giving them hope that a better world is still possible. Not campaigning for President, not an election year, just inspiring swing town voters to use their power to incite change in their communities.

Bernie is 83yo, doing the work that every single Democrat could be doing simply in their own district. He’s packing overflow rooms by the thousands in suburban and rural towns, not “democratic strongholds”. It is possible to get through the next four years but the status quo Dems aren’t going to make that happen.

Imagine what a true progressive party could do for the US. Leftist policy is popular and wins elections. Bernie and others have told us this for decades. If you tuned out his message before, I have to wonder what side you’re truly on. Because his shtick has not wavered with everyday Americans.

Not me, us.

[probablyasocialecologist]

The belief that individuals need to take care of themselves and are responsible for their own fortune and problems was associated with less support for climate policies. And in every country we studied, we found a strong relationship between support for the free market and lack of support for climate policies. People who believe the free market is best at allocating outcomes efficiently and meeting human needs without government interference, and that it is more important than some local environmental concerns, show less support for the climate policies. These two sets of beliefs – individualistic worldviews and support for the free market – are the core principles of neoliberal thought.

30 April 2025

[quasi-normalcy]

When I say "We didn't used to call it 'neoliberalism' when I was a kid, it was just common sense", understand that I'm not saying "Neoliberalism is good and I miss the pre-lapsarian days of youth when people just accepted self-evident 'truths' about the efficiency of the private sector," or whatever; I'm saying "'Common sense' is hegemonic and informed by the interests of power, and the fact that huge numbers of people are even in a position to question neoliberalism now means that capital's grip on power has actually weakened considerably since the 1990s and that's good."

[whereserpentswalk]

Imagine what neoliberal propaganda articles look like in various evil empires.

"Women in Sauron's army. How female orcs have helped create a more inclusive global conquest." - The Mordor Examiner

"How the death star program is revitalizing the galactic economy." - The Coruscant Times

"Despite progressive cries to "Free Arrakis" situation with House Harkonnen more complicated then most people think." - The Corrino Fund

"How the anti imperial rabbit hole can easily lead to people to pro choas views." - Ultramar Today