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City That Arrested Person for Clapping at Data Center Meeting Moves to Virtual Meetings for 'Public Safety'
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VetOfTheSeas discuss.online VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online
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schipelblorp sh.itjust.works schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-16
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are they trying to trigger a stochaistic response?

we have representative democracy because it gives people power proportional to their passion for change.

unfortunately, we are in the era of oligpoly and the only thing with an effective political voice is money.

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Pope-King Joe lemmy.world popekingjoe@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
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are they trying to trigger a stochaistic response? we have representative democracy because it gives people power proportional to their passion for change. unfortunately, we are in the era of oligpoly and the only thing with an effective political voice is money.

are they trying to trigger a stochaistic response?

Honestly? I almost kinda believe they are, yes. Trigger some extreme response so they can use it as an excuse to do basically whatever they want. Which, of course, is ridiculous, cuz they're gonna do whatever they want anyway.

Fucking asshats, the lot of them.

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Zahille7 lemmy.world Zahille7@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-19
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are they trying to trigger a stochaistic response? Honestly? I almost kinda believe they are, yes. Trigger some extreme response so they can use it as an excuse to do basically whatever they want. Which, of course, is ridiculous, cuz they're gonna do whatever they want anyway. Fucking asshats, the lot of them.

It is pretty fucking gross. They're already mask-off, but they're still kinda sorta acting like they're not. It's fucking insulting.

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PRIMEcavitationfetishist quokk.au PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-08-03
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are they trying to trigger a stochaistic response? we have representative democracy because it gives people power proportional to their passion for change. unfortunately, we are in the era of oligpoly and the only thing with an effective political voice is money.

That's the idea behind democracy. That is indeed why it works.

The representatives are a check on the will of the people from the aristocrats established interests and large institutions. Way to make sure they don't get too egalitarian. This is literally what its for.

I do believe the lever isn't strong enough here, and some part of it will break. They aren't very smart. We have forgotten how to interface with reality. At best it's a roll 0f the dice, at worst its Eddington.

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grue lemmy.world grue@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
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Virtual meetings give the person running the software way more power to censor participants than in-person meetings do. That's the real reason they want this.

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