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Because our so-called "democracy" is working so very well in contrast?


democracy was what decided the trump presidency. It is working. The problem is the voters are pretty dumb, or fell for propaganda.

Democracy isn't meant to give you the best outcome. It gives you, the voter, a way to push the gov't.


The "working" part refers to the fact that its making society better.

So far US has gotten measurably worse, while China has gotten measurably better.


So it was just like literally everything else this administration is doing. Shocking.


Most astute comment so far.


“Really?” One finally said, with emphasis. Then, a nod. “That’s actually pretty amazing. Good on you. That’s exactly what we want AI to do—help people catch things early.”

Today, on "that totally happened."


you'll just have to trust me on this one.


“Really?” One finally said, with emphasis. Then, a nod. “That’s actually pretty amazing. Good on you. That’s exactly what we want AI to do—help people catch things early.”

Today on "that totally happened."


> laws or enforcement

No no no, see, we have those. But we only use them to make sure that our for-profit prison complex stays massively profitable and the people in power retain that power.


Isn't it wonderful that we allow almost entirely unregulated monopolies that have no actual obligation to provide the service for which they take your money?

Telecoms, airlines, insurance scam..ahem companies...

Must be nice. I wonder if I could just stop showing up to my job and keep collecting my check. No? Why not? We allow the entities that write our laws and have politicians rubber stamp them to do it. Seems a mite unfair.


What is your solution? Let the government run all internet infrastructure?

Maybe we should let the federal government run it, like it does the Social Security Administration - which btw, shuts down its website for 4 hours every weekday night and even longer on the weekends.

** They shut down a freaking website for almost 40 hours a week ** because they don't have the technology or skills to keep it running 24/7...in 2024.

No thanks, the reason that this is even in the news is because widespread outages are so rare.


Did you miss or just ignore where I agree with you that our government is a massive joke? That doesn't mean that I don't want a real, functional government that operates for the good of its citizenry, or that we don't live in a corporate dystopia where we get charged every last cent they can get away with and barely provide their purported services. You're acting like these networks are otherwise as reliable as they say, provide the advertised speeds, and that these companies aren't doing the bare ass minimum possible to maximize their already egregious profits while paying their employees crap like every other company.


What useless, self-important horse manure.


Thank you. The modern usage of corporate structure as a complete get-out-of-consequences card, combined with the fact that every politician is just a warm body filling a suit at which corporations throw money to rubber stamp regulations...written for the lawmaker by the corporation are the problems. Problems. I'll say it again for the kindergarteners that still think Libertarianism is cogent. These are problems.


They probably just forgot some mundane detail.


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