They'll come up with some other way of spreading their propaganda. Make no mistake, corporations in the US don't give a toss about Left/Right politics, they will do whatever makes them the most profit. If spreading Right-wing propaganda is good for their bottom line they will jump to it!
A system that only favours profit and disregards people is always going to lead to this result. What the West needs to do is change to a humane, more equitable system, i.e. communism. That's what Comrade Mandela had always wanted. How do I know that? Because he told me so himself.
Since this is a US law that only applies to the USA and since 96% of the planet is NOT the USA, then no... We don't even have Amazon or Ebay here in Africa! We're the second largest continent with almost a billion people and we have our own e-commerce websites thank you very much! This law won't affect us in the slightest, since the USA is not the world!
We buy most of our goods from from Chinese websites anyway.
The issue here is that US Americans are the most ignorant, uneducated and backward people on the planet. The BMJ made the mistake of assuming that these people had at least a modicum of intelligence and understanding of science. There's NO missing context, US Americans are complete morons. Any half-way educated person would be able to fill in the context; US Americans, not. You're blaming the BMJ when it's your own ignorance and lack of understanding that's the problem.
The evil USA is going to torture this poor man to death, just like they've already tortured millions of other innocent human beings to death, it's what the USA does.
Yes, I know I'm going to get flagged for this. But there is NO doubt that the USA is the most fascist, racist, anti-human rights, anti-democracy, anti-women, misogynistic, racist, homophobic, transphobic, blood-thirsty, war-mongering and evil nation that has ever existed on this planet. You have a bloody great cheek pointing a finger at China, when you are just infinitely worse. The most god-awful, murderous, genocidal nation in history. Not Napoleon, not Genghis Khan, not Pol Pot, not Hitler, not Churchill have ever gotten even close to the level of evil perpetrated by the USA on innocent human beings on a daily basis. Torture, murder, Genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, all clearly documented, yet ignored. Because it's okay as long as it's the USA doing it. Fuck you Tim Cushing, you evil scumbag.
Ps. I know I said "racist" twice, but it needs saying twice.
US Americans are so greedy, they would rather shoot themselves in the foot than let anyone else have a chance, of what they imagine, to be a "free ride". So selfish.
The US government just supplied the UAE with $23 Billion of murder weapons. including Reaper drones and F35 murder machines that will be used by the UAE to rain death down on innocent civilians. What hypocrisy from the US. Actually, scratch that, the USA loves raining death and destruction down on innocent civilians.
What has always struck me about this clip is how hard the tank driver is trying to avoid hitting the protester. This shows how much humanity and empathy Chinese people have compared to US Americans. If that tank driver had been a US American he would've just driven over the protester, killing him dead (Especially if the protester had been black, that American tank driver would've crushed him into a bloody smear on the pavement). But then some people are more civilised than others.
Isn't it so that the court only needs a simple majority? So if Roberts joins with the liberal justices that gives them a small amount of deniability, while still getting the result they want.
Btw, US democracy died twenty years ago when your bloodthirsty lust for revenge led you to destroy vast swathes of the planet and slaughter millions of innocent people. Found those WMDs yet?
What moron would buy an Apple product anyway. Their stuff is garbage, badly designed, poorly made from cheap components, crippled by design, vastly overpriced and locked into their ecosystem. Yet they've managed to convince millions of gullible consumers that they are buying a premium product! Smh
There is one reason and one reason only why they passed this law (FOSTA). It is solely intended to punish women for having sex. The male patriarchy can't stand it when women have sex without their permission. It's all about controlling women and punishing those who refuse to be controlled. The fact that sex workers are now suffering violence because of this law is a feature, not a bug.
Same reason why abortion has now been banned in the US, to control women and punishing those who refuse control.
I thought the USA was all about the "free market" and market forces. After many years of reading the articles on Techdirt I am now convinced that it is the complete opposite. The market in the USA is strictly regulated by the state so as to stifle all competition. Only a handful of the largest incumbents are allowed to operate, by government mandate. The government has granted these legacy conglomerations a strict monopoly (or duopoly) in each of their various industries. Any potential new entrants into the market are immediately shut down by the full force of the state's power. The USA is purported to be a democracy, but the two parties are really just two sides of the same coin, the coin that they get paid with by the corporations which are actually running the country. So in a sense, the USA is a one party state.
I won't even touch on the pathological militarism, the total disregard for basic human rights, the white minority rule, systemic racism....etc. etc. etc.
P.S. And stop forcing women to give live birth to unwanted foetuses!
Wow, a cis-het white woman complaining there's not enough cis-het white woman in the industry. No, you know what's the real problem? There's not enough black people in the industry. The internet is systemically racist and mysoginistic and homophobic and transphobic. We need more black women in the industry, and even more especially, more queer black women!
Re: Re: But, but, but
As you've probably seen by now, the NY Times has bought the app. It's going to get copytrade-patentright-marked so hard now!
Do you really think the Right in the USA is bothered?
They'll come up with some other way of spreading their propaganda. Make no mistake, corporations in the US don't give a toss about Left/Right politics, they will do whatever makes them the most profit. If spreading Right-wing propaganda is good for their bottom line they will jump to it!
Capitalism is the root of the problem
A system that only favours profit and disregards people is always going to lead to this result. What the West needs to do is change to a humane, more equitable system, i.e. communism. That's what Comrade Mandela had always wanted. How do I know that? Because he told me so himself.
until the United States finds creative ways to break the cycle..
by scrapping capitalism and moving to a more equitable and democratic form of government, i.e. communism!
Re: It's a big planet
Since this is a US law that only applies to the USA and since 96% of the planet is NOT the USA, then no... We don't even have Amazon or Ebay here in Africa! We're the second largest continent with almost a billion people and we have our own e-commerce websites thank you very much! This law won't affect us in the slightest, since the USA is not the world!
We buy most of our goods from from Chinese websites anyway.
Idiot US Americans
The issue here is that US Americans are the most ignorant, uneducated and backward people on the planet. The BMJ made the mistake of assuming that these people had at least a modicum of intelligence and understanding of science. There's NO missing context, US Americans are complete morons. Any half-way educated person would be able to fill in the context; US Americans, not. You're blaming the BMJ when it's your own ignorance and lack of understanding that's the problem.
FTFY
The US government has shown repeatedly it cannot and should not be trusted, that it's an abuser of its considerable power.
You know he's dead, right?
The evil USA is going to torture this poor man to death, just like they've already tortured millions of other innocent human beings to death, it's what the USA does.
The USA is truly, undeniably, utterly evil.
FTFY.
Yes, I know I'm going to get flagged for this. But there is NO doubt that the USA is the most fascist, racist, anti-human rights, anti-democracy, anti-women, misogynistic, racist, homophobic, transphobic, blood-thirsty, war-mongering and evil nation that has ever existed on this planet. You have a bloody great cheek pointing a finger at China, when you are just infinitely worse. The most god-awful, murderous, genocidal nation in history. Not Napoleon, not Genghis Khan, not Pol Pot, not Hitler, not Churchill have ever gotten even close to the level of evil perpetrated by the USA on innocent human beings on a daily basis. Torture, murder, Genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, all clearly documented, yet ignored. Because it's okay as long as it's the USA doing it. Fuck you Tim Cushing, you evil scumbag.
Ps. I know I said "racist" twice, but it needs saying twice.
Greed
US Americans are so greedy, they would rather shoot themselves in the foot than let anyone else have a chance, of what they imagine, to be a "free ride". So selfish.
More US hypocrisy
The US government just supplied the UAE with $23 Billion of murder weapons. including Reaper drones and F35 murder machines that will be used by the UAE to rain death down on innocent civilians. What hypocrisy from the US. Actually, scratch that, the USA loves raining death and destruction down on innocent civilians.
Humanity vs brutality
What has always struck me about this clip is how hard the tank driver is trying to avoid hitting the protester. This shows how much humanity and empathy Chinese people have compared to US Americans. If that tank driver had been a US American he would've just driven over the protester, killing him dead (Especially if the protester had been black, that American tank driver would've crushed him into a bloody smear on the pavement). But then some people are more civilised than others.
5-4 or 6-3, Same outcome?
Isn't it so that the court only needs a simple majority? So if Roberts joins with the liberal justices that gives them a small amount of deniability, while still getting the result they want.
Btw, US democracy died twenty years ago when your bloodthirsty lust for revenge led you to destroy vast swathes of the planet and slaughter millions of innocent people. Found those WMDs yet?
Re:
So what's it like, working in Apple's marketing department?
The "i" stands for "idiot"
What moron would buy an Apple product anyway. Their stuff is garbage, badly designed, poorly made from cheap components, crippled by design, vastly overpriced and locked into their ecosystem. Yet they've managed to convince millions of gullible consumers that they are buying a premium product! Smh
Nice bit of propaganda :P
The lack of self-awareness by these people is astounding, pointing fingers while doing exactly the same.
Re: Did you really publish a 'Pro Hyper-Individualist' rant now?
My thoughts exactly! Since when has selfishness been a virtue? Only US Americans believe that!
Misogyny unbound!
There is one reason and one reason only why they passed this law (FOSTA). It is solely intended to punish women for having sex. The male patriarchy can't stand it when women have sex without their permission. It's all about controlling women and punishing those who refuse to be controlled. The fact that sex workers are now suffering violence because of this law is a feature, not a bug.
Same reason why abortion has now been banned in the US, to control women and punishing those who refuse control.
What about the free market?
I thought the USA was all about the "free market" and market forces. After many years of reading the articles on Techdirt I am now convinced that it is the complete opposite. The market in the USA is strictly regulated by the state so as to stifle all competition. Only a handful of the largest incumbents are allowed to operate, by government mandate. The government has granted these legacy conglomerations a strict monopoly (or duopoly) in each of their various industries. Any potential new entrants into the market are immediately shut down by the full force of the state's power. The USA is purported to be a democracy, but the two parties are really just two sides of the same coin, the coin that they get paid with by the corporations which are actually running the country. So in a sense, the USA is a one party state.
I won't even touch on the pathological militarism, the total disregard for basic human rights, the white minority rule, systemic racism....etc. etc. etc.
P.S. And stop forcing women to give live birth to unwanted foetuses!
Oh, the irony!
Wow, a cis-het white woman complaining there's not enough cis-het white woman in the industry. No, you know what's the real problem? There's not enough black people in the industry. The internet is systemically racist and mysoginistic and homophobic and transphobic. We need more black women in the industry, and even more especially, more queer black women!
But that 's not going to happen, because, USA...
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