You mean most of it isn’t already?

He doesn’t understand just how decentralized the military command structure is, and the enlisted-officer relationship that has existed for a very, very long time. Just because anything is written in a regulation and a high-ranking officer with a good idea fairy perched on his shoulder says something or orders something doesn’t mean it happens. Or that the report back from down below is actually true. Officers that actually rise up through the ranks understand that they, too, should sleep with one eye open if the enlisted do not approve.

I suppose, then, that when “Palestinian” is only applicable in the past tense, it won’t be a worse end-state, only exactly the same as the current state? That when people, like yourself and your entire family, are rounded up, that it “literally” won’t be any worse than it is right now when you can still walk freely and aren’t being literally tortured?

Joining mutual aid groups, coops, triple-checking that you don’t have any subscriptions you don’t absolutely need and doing your best to just use FOSS (it’s free!) instead for the sake of your own limited paycheck, triple-check that you’re taking advantage of the free programs and resources available to you like libraries and buy-nothing collectives, try growing a bit of your own food in used jars and buckets, encourage your children to also take advantage of the free resources they might not even know are available to them and ways to save even more by simply reusing every last bit they can if they aren’t already? Get to know your neighbors if you have any time left in your day, parents of your kids’ classmates? I don’t know your situation - none of these might be realistic for you - but those are some of the free ways I could think of off the top of my head for preparing.

what kind of person

A billionaire. Especially an old billionaire, who doesn’t give a shit about what happens to the planet because he won’t see the consequences. A psychopath narcissist who doesn’t care about anything except money - but I repeat myself.

I wonder how long the judge will maintain his sanity after disappearing into solitary as an “enemy of the state”, and whether this will give him any comfort as he is beaten and waterboarded for funsies.

So what you’re saying is, if there new federal government says to round up the Hispanics, Muslims, gays and trans people and put them in camps, States should comply, because there shouldn’t be exceptions?

Why not, in this reality we live in? Not in the ideal make-believe reality, in the current reality. Why shouldn’t we aim for it, especially when it comes to this, knowing that all three branches of the federal government are going to go a particular way? Even if it sets a bad precedence, screw it. Save lives now, rather than chase an ideal.

Tell that to the states that have legalized recreational marijuana, while marijuana is still a federally Class 1 controlled substance

So what’s your solution? Or should we just shrug and start reporting each other for “leftist behavior” to the secret police?

If there’s one solace, it’s that “AI” is so broad a category that the Pentagon can just point at something like computer assisted target acquisition and go “done”.

Cool, you first. Go ahead. When the Trump Gestapo start marching down the steer in broad daylight, go out and riot. We’ll be right behind you.

(Sure, I don’t mind long replies.)

In that case, what is the line between “simply” hate speech and actual radicalization to terroristic acts and/or conspiracy to terroristic acts and/or incitement to terroristic acts? At what point does it stop being “someone should [violent act] the [slur]s” and become “I bought a gun and several mags and have been practicing for the [dogwhistle mass violence event], let’s [violent act] the [slur]s”? At what point does it stop being 4chan trolling and become all but admitting intention to commit the Christchurch shooting? A Stormfront discussion forum becoming outright planning for and incitement to a Jan 6th riot?

I have Linux Mint installed with the Windows theme and Windows style cursor. It looks almost identical to Windows.

Even Linux Mint?

How about incitements to violence and outright explicit disinformation/misinformation, like:

• [group] should be [violent act]
• [group] are [dehumanizing pejorative] that deserve [violent act]
• [dogwhistle for the actual Nazis, like the 14 words, terminology specifically referencing the Final Solution, etc]
• [hard r] are [extreme dehumanizing pejorative] and don’t deserve [human rights]
• [violent or repulsive act] the [slur]
• “Despite only making up 13%…”
• “Whites create and forget, [slur]s copy and remember…”

How about incitements to violence and outright explicit disinformation/misinformation, like:

• [group] should be [violent act]
• [group] are [dehumanizing pejorative] that deserve [violent act]
• [dogwhistle for the actual Nazis, like the 14 words, terminology specifically referencing the Final Solution, etc]
• [hard r] are [extreme dehumanizing pejorative] and don’t deserve [human rights]
• [violent or repulsive act] the [slur]
• “Despite only making up 13%…”
• “Whites create and forget, [slur]s copy and remember…”

Thing is, human nature has been shaped to make alternatives feel impossible to achieve and any effort in that direction pointless to engage in. This was and is an ongoing project of generations of trauma, imposed norms and rules, hierarchies and conditioning; even if they are later educated to understand the predicament they are in, the conditioning is strong enough to dissuade all but the rare few not to do anything. Remember, feudalism lasted for over a thousand years.

To be clear - you consider North Korea to be a better country to live in, with a better government and a better standard of living, than the US?