@BethGMS I’m not going to comment on the validity of this as I usually go by what journalists have fact-checked in determining authenticity but, as a Computer Science person and someone who watched #bigData trends and recent #ArtificialIntelligence advancements unfold, I know how valuable our data is. Our data could easily be used for profit, exploitation, manipulation, and/or oppression.

I am driven by my emotions.

"Our opinions generally have emotional rather than intellectual roots, and indeed rationality largely functions as a post hoc justification. Our political opinions, ultimately, are what we feel about the world, not what we think about it. And in turn, our opinions about particular events have a lot to do with how we feel about the world in general. It’s not an exaggeration to say that most people’s views about the kind of things that happen today are extensions of concerns of their own ego. And consequently, invitations to change their minds because new facts emerge, or because old ideas are discredited by new evidence, are in fact a threat to the strength and even survival of that ego."

"But few people, especially those who have received a decent education, want to acknowledge that their views are based on emotion and not reason. They therefore try to argue".

https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/another-country

@histodons @psychology @socialpsych @ukraine @israel

@nando161

there are lots of self-described anarchists who eat others, most infamously peter gelderloos who wrote a whole anti-vegan book.

dismissing animal rights as #ethics and #morals is a neat way of covering up what it means to be necrovore.

using the #meat slur about someone means: »i want you imprisoned and sent to the gas chamber because your life and autonomy doesn't matter as much as the taste pleasure i derive from chewing on your lifeless corpse«

#anarcarnists, enjoy eating the #anarchoprisoners you torture and rape in your #anarchoprisons before sending them in #anarchogaschambers.

Speaking of, #Capitalism IS #AntiDemocratic by default.

The only thing that matters to a #capitalist is capital - or their "fiduciary responsibility to their investors". They want to shirk their responsibility to #society in order to turn it into a den of depraved #gamblers.

Nothing, not #morals, not #ethics, not #solidarity, nor #unity shall stand in the way of junkie getting it's fix - and if #democracy stands in the way it must be dealt with as well.

#Capital is even above the #law.