Not until the ultra rich have enough ai robots to protect them from an uprising

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Exactly. Age control is obviously needed I am so glad I’m not a kid that has to navigate the social algorithms of our time.

That said this is obviously a law being pushed by the technofascist companies like meta and their goal is always more power, in this case more data. It’s crazy how many law makers just do what they are told. they are doing the same with trying to lock down 3Dprinters.

More local control in operating systems as well as parental controls in platforms like YouTube where they could have full control to turn off the algorithm, maybe even a browser api where you need admin to enable adult mode. But based on everything I’ve seem from companies like google and meta they don’t care in the slightest about the children as long as they make their bag

In the US big tobacco is responsible for funding anti tobacco campaigns look up “Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement MSA” and from what I saw at the time it seemed like they were using their anti tobacco platforms to demonize their biggest competition, nicotine isolate vapes that you can diy with 3 ingredients, taste better, are much less harmful, way cheaper, and are easier to stop using or become addicted too. To be clear to non smokers this is not the modern salt nicotine big tobacco sells (even though even salt nic is still much better than analogs).

I learned what AstroTurfing was first hand around 2014 due to their successful lobbying and AstroTurfing then getting it classified as a tobacco product and now banning flavors. They use the common tactics of “for the children” and fear mongering about popcorn lung (that you couldn’t get from even the worst ejuice of you tried) The UK did a study back in the day so it’s not like people didn’t have access to science https://www.gov.uk/government/news/e-cigarettes-around-95-less-harmful-than-tobacco-estimates-landmark-review

The public swallows just about every lie they tell about vapes

It really is crazy how many people don’t understand how big of a life saving impact vaping has had on smokers even when people only quit the analog cigs and continue to use the worst of the worst salt nic at max levels it’s nowhere close to as bad for both them and 2and hand.

The whole no fruty flavors has always seemed an out of touch rule. Kids using any addictive substances is not good, but a few decades ago it was commonplace for kids to be cought smoking analog cigs. Ecigs are safer and have gotten more people to quit than just about anything, but they are also easier for a non smoker to get into. I think the problem is with how kids are getting access to them (from shady illegal online dealers mostly).

That said before big tobacco got involved the older style nicotine isolate vapes were much better at actually getting people to quit smoking. They don’t give the same level of instant nicotine high you can get from the modern salt nicotine and if you are trying to ween off of nicotine they lessen or remove the cravings. It also helped they weren’t cool, my favorite world I’ve heard people call them was ‘mouth fedora’

I wouldn’t mind more competition but there’s literally no reason to use egs over valve.

An example is instead of having a better review system than steam’s basic good or bad they could of had a good, maybe, bad then had separate reviews for reviewing specific patches or something. But no the CEO said reviews are bad for devs LOL.

On top of that he’s been vocal about being anti Linux and is full of garbage hot takes. And it really says a lot when he lays off staff that are part for Fortnite’s $1.1 billion made

So sick of the US’s neo liberals masquerading as left. A lot can change in a few years hopefully there will be enough change. In the end all that matters is if people wake up to the lies before it too late. It’s incredible how bad it has to get before people wake up.

The MAGA movement is crumbling but only time will tell if it’s enough. A lot of delusional neo liberals think things will just go back to normal if they get in office next term

Dehumanizing dangerous idiots and even down right evil selfish people is still wrong even if they are a dehumanizing cult faction. And it still ends in a net negative for humanity. That does not mean there is not justified consequences for people that cause harm.

Many of the MAGA people I’ve talked to irl are really really dumb and gullible in general, if it’s not MAGA it would be something else. People in power are using that as an attack vector to gain power.

Fascism has always been a movement of near slighted weaponized stupidity