troyunrau

Yes. In a world where resources and production are plentiful -- the hypothetical post-scarcity world -- then you could theoretically have this.

But the above article is about a business model that is as far from that future as possible. In fact, going in the opposite direction. It's a late stage capitalism business model and it is met with fanfare from the tech press somehow.

Make robots that produce a thing. Lease those robots to franchisees or whatever. Take a cut, and funnel money upwards while ceasing to innovate or produce anything, and defend the "tech" through litigation. Stock bubble, cash out. New owners enshittify by raising rates, decreasing quality, until product is no longer viable. Sue customers for breach of contract.

It's fucked. And it'll only get unfucked if legislation and enforcement of legislation is not wholly captured by the people doing the fucking.

The next class war is here. He who owns the robots (means of production) wins. Leasing out pizza robots. Ewww.

Trivia: Area burnt by this fire (so far): 51 thousand km2. The area of Nova Scotia is 55 thousand km2. I don't think people realize quite how large this fire was. Like, it's larger than some European countries (Slovakia is a good comparison).

That area will include a lot of cabins, small communities, traditional lands, and wilderness. The city being saved is a huge deal, but it's still going to impact a lot of people.

Zoomed in -- fire burned right to the very edge of both.

Ugh

There's a lot of versions and variations of this, all saying the same thing. Including the comic above. I don't think any of them are wrong, as long as the message is heard :)

Good English version too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_They_Came

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

There's a historical consensus that Hitler had actually expected France and the UK to back up the Czechs, and was surprised when they didn't. He wanted the war to start in 1938 when he had a major advantage in remilitarization.

That said, we, the west, should be directly involved in Ukraine already. We've had three years.

Canada is announcing ~40billion in additional annual military spending today. I hope this means it's time to push Russia back.

It's weird to point to Hong Kong, Belarus, or Arab Spring as successful protests. They were all ultimately unsuccessful. How many people died in Belarus? Granted Arab Spring toppled a few governments, largely the government in waiting was worse (excepting maybe in Tunisia).

Sure, the protest tips are useful on an individual level. But most of the protests didn't work. Tyrants are looking at many of the above as case studies on how to manage the uprising and suppress it.

Still interesting.

Without spoiling too much... There isn't much to spoil. It is an absurd not-Winnipeg (which is Persian instead of English), but Louis Riel is still the hero and everything is ridiculously skewered culturally. Stupid things happen. I left the theatre going "the fuck"

Funding bait