Gentle nerd freak of the pacific northwest. All nation states are vermin.

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  • The apathy of many us citizens to the idea that their government could possibly matter to them is a direct result of a massive legal, and influence campaign by far right elites, their representatives in government and their allies overseas. A functional state is supposed to have institutions to combat that.

    The effectiveness of the current far right coup is a failure of our institutions, and the low participation of many in the US is a symptom of that failure, not a cause.




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    The world has never trusted the US. Because of all that stuff we do to it.

    Europe trusted the US, from around the mid 40s until the bush regime. That’s the so called “american century”, from the US entering ww2 until “WMDs in iraq” - about 60 years.










  • And if you want to make your writing suck, that’s all the better for me. One less person outshining me.

    Meh, it’s a fun argument to make: ai sucks so if you use it your writing will suck more and i’ll look better by comparison.

    It’s just not true. Someone who creates 10 boring, generic pieces of mediocre writing will always look better than someone who produces one good, interesting, error-free piece in the same time.

    Only tradespeople pride themselves on the quality of their craft. Editors, management and bosses just want close enough and cheap as possible.