Have you actually met any non-Americans? 'Round here - small Communist country in Asia - about 2/3 of those who have an opinion support Trump. Among both the local population and tourists from around the world.
I suspect this is a major reason why big capitalists so generously bankroll feminists, "social justice" hypocrites, gayblt activists, and similar groups of shrill degenerates.
Their open bigotry and maniacal hatred defames the once honorable idea of social justice. The loud shrieking of these groups gets people riled up over insignificant issues. People's sense of outage becomes fatigued.
All the better to distract people from the elephant in the room. As you point out - our democracy is superficial when every aspect of life is tightly controlled by totalitarian financialism.
Death panels - you mean the panels of unaccountable insurance company bureaucrats who decide it's a-okay to spend millions to extend a rich person's life by a few months, but the working poor can die in the street like dogs?
The current ruling clique is losing control of the narrative. The semi-official capitalist media no longer hold a monopoly on mass communication. Already the educated working class (including tech workers) has stopped believing meant of the more obvious lies in the official narrative.
By all appearances the ruling clique are scared. They were instrumental in the establishment of today's police surveillance state dystopia. Those who've studied history may note that police states have an amusing habit of turning and devouring their creators.
Thus the desperate need to maintain control of public discourse. Thus the hysterical, foaming at the mouth rage when debate strays from the established narrative.
Since President Trump took office, I've noticed typical advertised nominal wages for programming jobs starting to rise. For the first time in more than a decade. It appears Trump is in fact benefiting tech workers.
Correct, she did not call it an "anti-diversity" memo.
She did speak out against freedom after speech, and thus against free speech. She seems to believe workers ought have no rights.
She did invent a transparently fictional story about her daughter. Presumably to humanize her otherwise unappealing ideas.
She did evince a lot of butthurt about engineers not showing hey the respect she feels she deserves. Of course she ascribes that insufficient respect to sexism, with no supporting evidence.
According to Wikipedia she's a silverspoon marketing person, who's main claim to fame is owning a garage where she allowed Brin & Paige to set up Google's first office. She was financially privileged enough to own property in an expensive area, and to scoff at zoning laws without too much fear of the gestapo. For that "great achievement" she seems to feel engineers out to revere her as a brilliant technologist. Alas, based on her memo, it seems the engineers disagree - at least those who have had the misfortune of working with her.
Whenever there is an anti-populist bigotry story like this one, Slashdot gets beseiged by a 50 Cent Army posting misandrist, racist, and/or classist vitriol.
Which PR firm(s) hired these shills? Who is paying for it? There are hundreds of ordinary people out there who know the answer. The ruling class can accomplish nothing without hiring plebs to do the actual work. Let us pray that heaven will bless one of those workers with the courage to be a whistleblower.
Conservative & liberal mean such different things to different people, they're more or less useless & obsolete for substantive political discussion.
Fwiw, I support seizure of the means of production by the working people. Some would say that makes me a communist. I also support freedom of speech and conscience. Some would say that's liberal. Yet I also support meant forms of traditional morality and "family values". Some would say that's conservative. And hell, re: frivolous lawsuits, I support a significant reduction in the power of the courts. Don't even know the correct term for that. Anyways, let's stop using liberal & conservative like they mean something.
Now get back to kicking to the working class and stomping on the face of freedom in the name of profit.
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I suspect you are a bit off about Slashdot's demographics. But spot on about some folks' eagerness to lick billionaire ass.
Are you really that stupid, or just trolling?
No, not at all. Libertarians are useful idiots for the crony capitalist gang.
Since 1803
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Have you actually met any non-Americans? 'Round here - small Communist country in Asia - about 2/3 of those who have an opinion support Trump. Among both the local population and tourists from around the world.
Puritans, without the purity.
Your use of the word "techie" very clearly indicates you do not belong here. Does shilling pay well?
How is your CoC proposal different from "enthusiastically agree with the party line, or be purged"?
I find it fascinating how "alt left" people have lately become open, enthusiastic apologists for capitalism.
How's that bootleather taste?
I suspect this is a major reason why big capitalists so generously bankroll feminists, "social justice" hypocrites, gayblt activists, and similar groups of shrill degenerates.
Their open bigotry and maniacal hatred defames the once honorable idea of social justice. The loud shrieking of these groups gets people riled up over insignificant issues. People's sense of outage becomes fatigued.
All the better to distract people from the elephant in the room. As you point out - our democracy is superficial when every aspect of life is tightly controlled by totalitarian financialism.
#delusional
Well duhhhhhh. "Blue state liberals" is a euphemism for "bourgeoisie", "red state conservatives" for "working class".
Death panels - you mean the panels of unaccountable insurance company bureaucrats who decide it's a-okay to spend millions to extend a rich person's life by a few months, but the working poor can die in the street like dogs?
Thanks for bigotsplaining that, broham!
The current ruling clique is losing control of the narrative. The semi-official capitalist media no longer hold a monopoly on mass communication. Already the educated working class (including tech workers) has stopped believing meant of the more obvious lies in the official narrative.
By all appearances the ruling clique are scared. They were instrumental in the establishment of today's police surveillance state dystopia. Those who've studied history may note that police states have an amusing habit of turning and devouring their creators.
Thus the desperate need to maintain control of public discourse. Thus the hysterical, foaming at the mouth rage when debate strays from the established narrative.
Try SJH - "Social Justice" Hypocrite - instead. It's rather more fitting, and not yet tired.
However being a white man does make it rather harder to access "safety net" services.
Since President Trump took office, I've noticed typical advertised nominal wages for programming jobs starting to rise. For the first time in more than a decade. It appears Trump is in fact benefiting tech workers.
You are truly a fool if you believe that.
Correct, she did not call it an "anti-diversity" memo.
She did speak out against freedom after speech, and thus against free speech. She seems to believe workers ought have no rights.
She did invent a transparently fictional story about her daughter. Presumably to humanize her otherwise unappealing ideas.
She did evince a lot of butthurt about engineers not showing hey the respect she feels she deserves. Of course she ascribes that insufficient respect to sexism, with no supporting evidence.
According to Wikipedia she's a silverspoon marketing person, who's main claim to fame is owning a garage where she allowed Brin & Paige to set up Google's first office. She was financially privileged enough to own property in an expensive area, and to scoff at zoning laws without too much fear of the gestapo. For that "great achievement" she seems to feel engineers out to revere her as a brilliant technologist. Alas, based on her memo, it seems the engineers disagree - at least those who have had the misfortune of working with her.
Whenever there is an anti-populist bigotry story like this one, Slashdot gets beseiged by a 50 Cent Army posting misandrist, racist, and/or classist vitriol.
Which PR firm(s) hired these shills? Who is paying for it? There are hundreds of ordinary people out there who know the answer. The ruling class can accomplish nothing without hiring plebs to do the actual work. Let us pray that heaven will bless one of those workers with the courage to be a whistleblower.
Thanks for bigotsplaining that, broham.
"Progressives" sure do love the police state.
Conservative & liberal mean such different things to different people, they're more or less useless & obsolete for substantive political discussion.
Fwiw, I support seizure of the means of production by the working people. Some would say that makes me a communist. I also support freedom of speech and conscience. Some would say that's liberal. Yet I also support meant forms of traditional morality and "family values". Some would say that's conservative. And hell, re: frivolous lawsuits, I support a significant reduction in the power of the courts. Don't even know the correct term for that. Anyways, let's stop using liberal & conservative like they mean something.
Now get back to kicking to the working class and stomping on the face of freedom in the name of profit.