How I Came to See
From me the voter to me of today in a few steps.
Here is the end of my faith in voting and government. Someone asked privately how it started. Arguably I could start in school, but being real, it was a lot more recent. P.S. I am not a libertarian moron. We do need a government, indeed america is proof of what happens without one.
https://web.archive.org/web/20201223094540/http://jampac.us/DNCLawsuit/
https://underlore.drj.ch/trumps-silver-lining-big-reasons-not-to-lose-heart/
All this culminated in:
See also
Basically fundraising from labor was too hard, so they first went after rich “leftists” and that group’s personal hypocrisy provided the Clintons with a template for sounding left and acting right. Basically it’s not possible to be good and wealthy at the same time, and the rich taught the Clintons how to fake it.
It wasn’t until the tail end of the covid years that I really woke up, and even then I still was framing it as a corporate rich people problem, not a bank problem.
It’s a bit sad. I would have got here faster if I hadn’t basically been alone on the planet in this context. I still feel like an alien. People like some of my stuff but it’s not popular or conversation inspiring. It’s all clicked now, from hedonic bedrock to the singularity. But still, it feels like only a tiny minority care, and even they aren’t interested in the full picture. /shrugs
It is what it is.
Hardwired for Sleep
I’m sure I’ll still write, but any sense of purpose beyond the direct moderation of feeling I get is well and truly gone.
So how bad is it really? Well, you only get to keep 3% of your labor’s true value…
So. How bad is income inequality, Really?
My core takeaway here is that basically, normal people only have 3% of the wealth.
The AI is coming anyway. It’s all moot.
The End of AI Debate
Update: Including evidence that the owners of AI at first will be the absolute monsters of humanity. “Alignment” with these people means evil for all qualitative purposes.
Yup. During his time in the CEOs chair in that Oval office I never saw him for what he was. I'm disappointed in him and the Democratic party, but mostly just disappointed in myself for being a bit nieve with a bit too much faith in other humans. Oh well, live and learn on your feet lest you die on your knees.
I woke up so long ago... LOL! 26 years ago I knew that things were not as they were presented as, and 15 years ago I grasped that the tool of control is money and that it is archaic as a tool - but the psychopaths in control hide the tech that makes it so. Today... I just don't consent!
My latest for any reader:
Response to a Meme (article): https://odysee.com/@amaterasusolar:8/Response-to-a-Meme:e