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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>timnitGebru</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technofeudalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technofeudalists</span></a> and the perceived <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> threat incongruence</p><p>(2/n) </p><p>... importantly, there is, in my view, no discrepancy on a strategic (intent) level:</p><p>a) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>'s primary goal is, as you know, to transform <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanity</span></a> into a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MultiplanetarySpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MultiplanetarySpecies</span></a>. Colonizing the closest possible habitable planet (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Terraforming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terraforming</span></a>) is indispensable for this lifty aim. That will cost the global economy billions of dollars for many years, that will then be missing for feeding the poor...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>timnitGebru</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technofeudalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technofeudalists</span></a> and the perceived <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> threat incongruence</p><p>(1/n) </p><p>I'm surprised that you as an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TESCREAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TESCREAL</span></a> expert See a discrepancy in this. For the morbid and haughty minds of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Longtermists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longtermists</span></a> line <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elon</span></a>, there is no discrepancy, IMHO:</p><p>1) At least since Goebbels, fascists offen acuse others of what they have done or are about to do themselves; or they deflect, flood the zone, etc. That on a tactical/communications strategy level.</p><p>2) More...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivateSchoolVoucherScam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSchoolVoucherScam</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JamesTalerico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesTalerico</span></a> shows the way how to fight back against the billionaire <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechnoFeudalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnoFeudalists</span></a> like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>:</p><p>"The only minority destroying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> is the Billionaires!"</p><p>Via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Keithedwards" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Keithedwards</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/4SfcHBc8Phk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/4SfcHBc8Phk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indivisibleteam</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DemocracyMattersALot</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@democratsabroad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>democratsabroad</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@democracydocket" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>democracydocket</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@MeidasTouch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MeidasTouch</span></a></span></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StopMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopMAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CEUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEUM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p><p>(1/n) </p><p>I agree with both oft you: the best way to stop RhE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpMuskDuumvirate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMuskDuumvirate</span></a> to hurt all Americans but the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technofeudalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technofeudalists</span></a> is to cause them maximum economic pain.</p><p>Sanctions, as in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kremlin</span></a> case, would only worsen the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpeanTradeWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpeanTradeWars</span></a>.</p><p>Most of the Western allies are to weak to stand up to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OrangePeril" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrangePeril</span></a> by themselves, even the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>.</p><p>The👉 new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/R%C3%A9sistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Résistance</span></a> must be organized internationally, like the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> movement👈</p><p>What if...</p>
MelHamnavoe<p>I didn’t have <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/technoFeudalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technoFeudalists</span></a> recreating <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/samizdat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>samizdat</span></a> on my bingo card, what a time to be alive <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://t.co/5WwsbaXXq7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.co/5WwsbaXXq7</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Jon Juarez<p>It's paradoxical that all this <a href="https://mas.to/tags/technofeudalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technofeudalists</span></a> shows us a future where cities are populated by robots and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wars</span></a> are full of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/phohp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phohp</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> </p><p>This could be an excellent strategy</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>VeroniqueB99</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CANpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CANpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a></p><p>That's actually brilliant!<br>I'm all 4 it!</p><p>/s: tRump and Elmo are either on the Kremlin"s payroll or have too much vested interest in Russia.<br>So, why treat the mules differently from up-front <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> oligarchs?<br>The Free World, and the ones generally not wishing the US well, have a chance at collaboration: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SanctionTheMagaOligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanctionTheMagaOligarchs</span></a>, including the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechnoFeudalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnoFeudalists</span></a>./s</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/113992592446968752" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/</span><span class="invisible">113992592446968752</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@MoiraEve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MoiraEve</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpMuskDuumvirate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMuskDuumvirate</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a></p><p>(2/n)</p><p>...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/redistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redistribution</span></a>, "trickling up", of wealth, and power(!), to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechnoFeudalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnoFeudalists</span></a> 1) and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a></p><p>b) a massive weaking of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> influence globally, as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tRump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tRump</span></a> alienates its closed allies, e.g. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>/ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a>, continuously showing how unreliable the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> are as a partner.</p><p>c) a further reduction in product and service quality (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shrinkflation</span></a>,) as....</p><p>1) <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMSNpq4K67o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=SMSNpq4K67o</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
MelHamnavoe<p>I see <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> has discovered that the <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/technofeudalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technofeudalists</span></a> want <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/technoserfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technoserfs</span></a>.</p>