*laughs in evangelical upbringing

I wasn’t aware they abandoned UBI, but I can’t really say I’m surprised.

The Netherlands has extra immunity beyond just the political system by way of a strong social safety net as well. Fascism thrives on poverty and resentment. But keep in mind, the Netherlands is practically the perfect example of social democracy and yet still the far-right is able to find a foothold to power. The Netherlands does a great job treating the symptoms of capitalism, but the foundations can still rot.

What country? Virtually every liberal democracy is currently experiencing a far-right resurgence right now, with similar themes of austerity and lower taxes on the rich. Multiparty democracies, especially those with parliamentary systems, have greater immunity, but they’re all suffering from the same disease because they have the same foundational flaws.

No Labels is another one of these centrist parties with the exact same slogan. Serious, their slogan was “Not Left. Not Right. Forward.” This “Forward Party” is practically a carbon copy.

They’re just pals, nothing to see here.

To our democracy, sure, but not to our economic system. As long as our economic system is capitalist our democracy will always be beholden to the ultra rich, even if it is multi-party. Campaign finance reform is good, but nowhere near enough to eliminate the influence of capital on the political process.

The comic isn’t ignoring the details or redefining the Forward Party’s rhetoric at all. The message, which I agree with, is that the party’s platform doesn’t promise any fundamental change to the underlying system, but rather is intended to address glaring problems that represent a risk to the longevity of the system.

It’s a bit like the new deal, which was intended to take the steam out of the US labor movement (and succeeded). The goal, ultimately, is the short-term appeasement of those who have been disillusioned with the current system in order to preserve the greater status quo (capitalism).

Except all the liberals insisted they would vote for Biden’s corpse before letting Trump win. What does it say about them if an actual progressive is the real dealbreaker?

This is not colorblind friendly at all.

Yeah I first heard about young blood transfusions in a podcast episode about Peter Thiel. He’s the closest thing to a real world vampire.

I’ve never dissassociated more than when I heard my sweet grandmother tell me that Hillary was part of an evil cabal of witches who drink the blood of tortured babies for adrenochrome.

I didn’t mean to imply that the Wright Brothers were single-handedly responsible for the space-age tech boom lol, just that the royal “we” were about 66 years out from the moon landing at the time the Wright Brothers had their first successful flight.

Except not all Zionists are Jews, many are Christian.

Bezos just had to know what the true hero of the story, Jules-Pierre Mao, would get up to next.

I’d say we’re as close to that as the Wright Brothers were to figuring out the Apollo moon landing

So about 66 years then? I personally think we’re very far from creating anything on par with human intelligence, but that isn’t necessary for a lot of terrible things to come from AI tech. Honestly I would be more comfortable with a human-level or greater AI than something lesser still capable of agency.

If an AI is making decisions with consequences I’d prefer that it could be reasoned with as a peer, or at the least be smart enough to consider its’ own long-term sustainability, which must in some way be linked with that of humanity’s.

Except the moment you have orbital dominance over a planet then no amount of ground or atmosphere based weaponry matters whatsoever. All they would have to do is drop some mass from orbit and they can cause destruction far beyond even the most powerful nuclear weapons.

What you forget is that weapons are just an application of the sciences. Superior science = superior weaponry, even if the aliens haven’t bothered to “spec into” weapons research.

I’m the one blind to reality? You actually think Bernie had any sway over any one of the moderates who dropped out to give Biden the win? They were loyal to the Democratic Party, not Bernie, and certainly not to their principles, if truly they had any.

She’s a young woman with strong opinions. That’s enough to make conservatives pop a blood vessel.

This is just bait for grant and investment cash. Sounds genius to venture capitalists divorced from reality.