The "AI Demand" that no one is demanding. This is starting to feel like a bubble to me
I cannot stress enough that you should not worry about how protests are perceived when they are happening. They will be unpopular. That's fine. There are many goals of protests that will be unknown to the general public & especially commentators. Keep pushing.
Highly recommend this very cutting takedown of the latest addition to the "kids-these-days" genre of books
The social media sites want to show me lots of examples of antisemitic sh*theads with violent rhetoric on the pro-Palestinian side, but then this week the cops moved in to demonstrate who the violent sh*theads really are
One could well ask if the protests have been peaceful. They have. but also, ask yourself what the fuck that has to do with the other question of whether people half way across the world from them literally deserve to live. then ask who benefits from distracting you from the 2nd question with the 1st
This is analogous to what Dick Cheney did a lot during the Iraq War - create 3rd party "sources" that were really himself
“the notion that young people might be sincerely outraged by the deaths of tens of thousands of people in Gaza” this is an important point. there’s this idea that they’re just being performative or latching onto a fad. and it’s like no, they’re actually fucking devastated?
If the science of polling turns out to be worthless and unreliable in the era of spammy smart phones that would be a positive development for democracy imo
I truly wish more people would take this approach to politics. Civics education fail.