The people who benefit from division, confusion, and inability to determine information from misinformation. Aka, the rich and powerful.
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Yes. Thank you, cheese stick.
DarkMessiah@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How often do you misrepresent yourself online?3·1 year agoAs often as l can get away with. The more buIIshit about myself out there, the Iess IikeIy peopIe wiII be abIe to sift through it aII to find anything reaI l might have Iet sIip. Because l’II be honest, l’m not very good at poIicing what l say about myseIf. The next best option is to poIIute anything you might be abIe to gIean about me with mass amounts of misinformation.
DarkMessiah@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is something that was influential back in it's day but is now often forgotten despite it's importance?3·1 year agoThat only works if they can read or are open to changing their mind. These kinds of people can’t, generally.
Get that marble brain Reddit-style bs outta here. If you wanna deny, you’re gonna have to come up with a reason that you could be right. Otherwise, we’re just gonna point al laugh at your dumbassery.
“Whatever happened with the ozone layer panic, if scientists are so smart?”
We listened to the scientists, and the problem went away.
DarkMessiah@lemmy.worldto Games@sh.itjust.works•Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection Launch Is a DisasterEnglish14·1 year agoNah, worse. They only have official servers, no dedicated option, and there were only three up at one point. I don’t know if any of that’s changed, but since I own the originals, I just refunded it and will play those when I need my fix.
DarkMessiah@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.ml•US trying to overthrow Netanyahu, senior Israeli official says111·1 year agoHonestly, more people should be.
I like how this implies that Groundskeeper Willie uses Linux.
DarkMessiah@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Major US corporations threaten to return labor to ‘law of the jungle’43·1 year agoThat’s the thing, though. Corporations are all about the short game. They don’t give two shits if a cost-saving measure now will end up costing them triple that next year. They don’t care if breaking environmental laws, disposal laws, safety laws, or even labour laws will give them fines in the billions later, so long as they can save millions now.
The corporation as a concept desperately needs to be overhauled if it’s going to survive at all. Problem is: it has massive momentum being as it is, and the entire business environment around the world is extremely hostile to that sort of change. So, effectively, the corpos are gonna push and push and push until something snaps. They just can’t conceive of another way to be.
When something does snap, people are going to die, by violence or negligence or nature saying NO. Then, maybe, we’ll be able to change things.
DarkMessiah@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Palestinian town of Jericho names street after US soldier who set himself on fireEnglish202·1 year agoNair, not hair.
Also, this is the most Reddit I have seen come from Lemmy, which simultaneously entertains and worries me.
DarkMessiah@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why would the average person choose a brain implant over a skullcap?10·1 year agoLearning how to edit code during runtime to remove any DRM or remote shutdown code would be the first thing I do even before getting into my new steelsuit.
DarkMessiah@lemmy.worldto Games@lemmy.world•Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball creator and one of the most influential manga artists of all time, dies aged 68English13·1 year agoWhen you actually win an argument on the internet.
They got their priorities right. Can’t help a friend/SO in need if you’re hangry and weak from lack of food.
DarkMessiah@lemmy.worldto Games@lemmy.world•How A Small Video Game Narrative Studio Wound Up At The Heart Of A Massive, Anti-Woke Conspiracy Theory - AftermathEnglish172·1 year agoWhat was the saying? Don’t assume malice when it could be incompetence? Especially when malice requires a John Wick level of shadow organisation?
DarkMessiah@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Biden to announce US will build port on Gaza shore for large-scale aid deliveryEnglish33·1 year agoSee what I mean? Much easier to just call you a grade-school dropout and call it a day.
DarkMessiah@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Biden to announce US will build port on Gaza shore for large-scale aid deliveryEnglish33·1 year agoI don’t tend to engage with people whose only rebuttal is to a strawman, because it’s not going to do a damn thing. Takes more effort to refute the bullshit people like that will fling than an argument with them on the internet is worth, so I usually just point and laugh.
That being said, allow me to give you a more accurate representation of my argument; because I’m feeling generous.
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There are five major wars America participated in that tend to be prevalent in my generation’s psyche. These, listed chronologically, are: the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War 2, the Vietnam War, and the War on Terror.
Of these, two of them dealt heavily with genocide. World War 2 because we were simultaneously avenging one and preventing its completion, and Vietnam because the overwhelming attitude of the US’ commanding officers in that war was, “Kill all Commies,” and the majority saw no difference between a Communist and your average Vietnamese person.
Therefore: in my generation’s psyche, our country is one and one in terms of genocides stopped and genocides attempted.
In addition, the United States is one of the main sponsors of Israel as a country, and is basically the entire reason it hasn’t been wiped out by all of its neighbors, who hate it and everyone in it. They all realise that to attack Israel would cause the US to retaliate and basically wipe them off the map. This gives the US a certain level of responsibility for what Israel has decided to do whilst under that protection, since it wouldn’t have happened otherwise.
Further: the UN’s call for a ceasefire in that conflict has been vetoed by the United States. So basically that makes the US responsible for allowing the bloodshed to continue.
Therefore: yeah, the United States is, in fact, responsible for Israel’s continuing genocide attempt by vetoing the call for ceasefire and not doing anything tangible to stop the bloodshed committed by a country it has protected from its inception to today.
Overall: we are one and one for genocide v not-genocide, and it’s not looking good.
DarkMessiah@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Biden to announce US will build port on Gaza shore for large-scale aid deliveryEnglish67·1 year agoThis is a hilariously misleading summary of American history.
America has only been in 2 conflicts and is responsible for genocide carried out by a sovereign state
Fucking lmao
-Direct quote from nac82
Oh, hello strawman argument! How are you doing?
You sound like you’ve eaten the Roundmeal regularly since childhood.