This is an accepted part of the economy. Our leaders have decided us dying for private profit is fine. Now add up all the accepted deaths per year from every product and service and see how many of us are sacrificed for profit.

And where you at least able to mentally defend against ads.

Charlie Kirk did plenty of debate content tbh, as do a lot of podcasters. But advertiser’s don’t have 2 hours at a time to convince you to give them your money. So perhaps it the timeframe that they are working with. For their purposes, more encounters may be more effective than longer single encounters. Debates still work to change minds, just not in the context of a 10 second advertising. window.

While I think wetwear is inevitable, it would nice if it wasn’t spearheaded by entertainment and propaganda companies.

Advertisers need them. Any benefit to consumers is a manufactured or convenient excuse to force you to watch even more ads.

Ads work and the more you see, the more they work. Ads are a mental health hazard and a public safety crisis that nobody ever takes seriously.

Now you know how we all feel about the impending AI unemployability apocalypse.

I bailed on caring with the first things I learned of the sequel. I’m actually annoyed that Ridley Scott was a part of it.

Yeah, a few other things have changed since then as well…

It isn’t more effective or cost effective. It may still be effective.

History written by the victors, or in this case, those who came out stronger. “My experience was xyz, therefore it’s everyone’s experience.”

That’s the neat part, they don’t. If you still have faith is the judiciary at this point, I don’t know what to tell ya.

Not so sure about that. You underestimate people’s ability to be misinformed.

It is off, along with strict permissions access for all my apps. Location permissions doesn’t stop surveillance through the variety of other means though.

Morals are restrictions on behavior that impede efficacy and getting rich requires successfully getting away with breaking the rules, leaving the moral people poor and powerless.

So…when do Americans stand up, again? I’m convinced Americans never learned to get off their hands and knees.

You assume they have hearts.

Only if they all use it the same wrong way?

We live in a surveillance state, where was this attitude when corporate America and the government uses every device we own to surveille us? If you’re fine with the most powerful recording you, why do you care if the least powerful do? The only line that can’t be crossed is when we surveille each other? Or maybe if it’s not obvious you’re cool with it? Y’all deserve the incoming re enslavement you been supporting all these decades.

Nobody knows the extent of a ruler’s power, not even the rulers, until the limit is tested. It has often been more fragile that it appeared.

And still don’t. Every day. Millions doing nothing. Until Americans take responsibility for their nation, they are powerless to stop anything.