The frog in the water pot and the bystander effect are closely linked, methinks.

Nono, see. They want to lock in repeat visits and gain them as an investor, then use their influence to suckle cash out of the remaining populace.

The only saving grace will be if they code in trying to fill a plane for efficiency. I could see an AI making last minute flights at an actual discount but only if full flight efficiency is prioritized over individual sale margin, so not likely. It’s aloft on an wing and a prayer.

About the same time that all 4 other airlines decide to do the same or worse.

Welcome to war, where human rights are optional and at the discretion of a select few. People will cheer for death like it’s a gladitorial arena, while others act to mitigate as much suffering as possible. Still others will turn away in disgust and become recluse. No answer is correct; at least until the victor writes the history.

My only (personal) recouse is to focus on my impact at a community level, and hope that I get enough power, money, or influence to eventually do more.

I wish there was an actionable alternative.

I’m willing to be one counterexample in the sea. I am absolutely benefiting from both past American imperialism and the current sales of arms that keeps allowing more atrocities. I used to feel guilt about it, but that didn’t solve anything; neither did staying silent. If all the other loud, noisy, opinionated people in my country can’t keep their mouths shut, I view it as a minor responsibility to at least make them use critical thinking (if possible). I’m saving your comment to show people irl. Hope you stay safe.

It’s like when a todler is hiding behind a thin pole and everyone can still see them. The ADL can’t hide anything behind the phrase “awkward gesture.” Someone needs only ask, “What makes it awkward?”

Leader of a divied up and purchased world doesn’t have the same ring to it. It has a ring of truth instead

Doing the same here for Dragon’s Dogma 2.

I mean involvement of the voters themselves. I push a lot of my friends to just go vote, but they still won’t. If you figure out how to get people to actually want to fix the situation, let me know.

I agree with the viewpoints, but many voted for the Russia supporting party, and noone else got enough support in the primaries. There needs to be massively increased primary involvement before a systemic change to move away from the two party system can be feasible. I’m a big fan of ranked choice voting myself, but what big party candidate is going to advocate for that in the current climate? I’m hoping changes can happen over the next decade as my generation and the one below get even more active.

That would be a really fast way for me to stop spending any of my time on youtube I guess.

Honestly, I would switch to Linux if it didn’t take so much time to learn. I’ve messed around on a Raspberry π 4th gen board, but have no real experience. To really make the Linux jump, I’d need a tutor or something.

Also I don’t know which of my games will be compatible.

Good point. I say the software can be copywrite protected, but not the content the program generates.

In addition to the US government actually needing to do work, the senators would need to understand how to turn a computer on and off.

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Oh wow, they managed to not say the quiet part out loud.

Weird how it feels manageable to keep in the loop on Lemmy compared to Reddit. I like it a lot more.

I’m working towards it, starting with Newpipe for my current content while searching for new.

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