Who gives a shit about the fraud? Nobody actually enjoys listening to AI music and he defrauded Spotify. Good for him, frankly, shame he got caught. Obligatory fuck AI.

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If the person they hit was a billionaire or a cop, that would change things, right? Or no?

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…there are literally fuel cell electric vehicles already in production…?

to tell you the truth, I think public transport is the real long term solution, I put fuel cells in there too because some individuals will need a car, e.g. disabled people, and I think it’s a big improvement to ICE and battery-based EVs both in terms of environmental/social impact and safety

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Depends on the painkiller, tbf, I think there’s a Cochrane review that finds no evidence to support that paracetamol/acetaminophen is an effective medication for most types of pain, if I remember correctly.

Here’s a hot take you won’t find elsewhere: battery-based EVs are not a good solution to our problems - they require extraction of rare earth minerals often in areas with slavery and conflict mining, and strain on the energy grid. A far better solution is green hydrogen fuel cell based EVs and more investment in public transport, but it’s too hard to generate profits from either of those under capitalism, because the infrastructure costs required would be too great to be privately funded and public services are basically non-existent these days.

Weed helped me not kill myself while going through a mental breakdown with the most severe traumatic flashbacks and dissociative episodes I have ever experienced in my life. I wipe my ass with this study.

I absolutely would agree with that, and that is why I advocate for anarchism, which is the one and only ideology I have encountered which actually accounts for that fact.

I would absolutely say that the Russian Federation is a fascist state, yeah, wouldn’t you agree?

I think they’re making the point that societies always change, which I would agree with. My argument isn’t that there is a process from capitalism to fascism and then that’s the endpoint, there is obviously no endpoint to society, it’ll always change and grow – after all, societies are living things. But I strongly believe that there is a path towards a truly free and equitable society - a utopia, if you want - and that path necessitates the end of capitalism.

Okay, you know what, believe whatever you want. I can lead you to water, whether you drink or not is your prerogative.

Much love and solidarity, and I hope you have a great day.

what about the USSR

There’s no doubt that the USSR was extremely authoritarian, for sure. I’d say that was due to a variety of complex reasons, but foremost among them would be that there wasn’t a social revolution, there was a military revolution which replaced the existing ruling class with a different ruling class, rather than actually eliminating the ruling class altogether. The levers of power were maintained, and abused for personal gain, until capitalism was restored - and now we have the capitalist Russian Federation. The abolition of capitalism isn’t a magic bullet, and I’m not arguing that it is - but that does not change the fact that capitalism does inevitably lead towards fascism.

I’ve yet to find a society that is completely stable and has no driving forces pushing it towards tyranny of some form.

Well, I’d be glad to introduce you to anarchism. For what it’s worth, too, I’d say that Cuba demonstrates a pretty good model of a socialist society, despite the constant US terrorist attacks and interventions/blockades – quality of life, literacy rates, health care, etc. have all hugely improved, they have cures for lung cancer and Alzheimers in Cuba that we don’t even have in the West. Again, it’s not perfect, and there are no good states, but out of all of them, I’d say Cuba probably comes the closest.

The so-called socialist countries still have capitalist economies. And yes, you’re right, that a truly socialist society would indeed need to defend itself against its enemies - i.e. capitalists - but under a capitalist system, the system itself inevitably trends towards fascism for the reasons I outlined in great detail in my comment.

Fascism is inherently a very fragile and unstable system – that’s why the fascist need for control and authoritarianism is so urgent, because the ideology is so unnatural. So, yes, fascism does indeed inevitably collapse, because it’s fundamentally a suicide cult. but if that collapse leads back to capitalism with reforms, then it’ll just cycle back towards fascism again.

The fact is that we either need to abolish capitalism or we will constantly be fighting against the tide of fascism. You can take issue with my points all you want. If money can be exchanged for goods and services, then democracy is for sale. Reforms can, and have been, gutted. Unions can be bought. Wake the fuck up and stop coping.