Sorry but he’s a robot. He bought his body on wish.

So that only covers $1.34 in scrap value.

I'd settle for Bezos the Bozos to just actually pay his taxes.

the trust-busters seem to only care about the ones that affect their rich patrons.

so we agree. because that's my point. They're not breaking up google or meta because it's good to break up monopolies. They're breaking them up because the oligarchs told them to.

without due process.

Remember folks, if they'll do it to the most vulnerable, they'll do it to the rest of us just ass soon as they feel its safe to do so. it is inevitable.

And for the idiots thinking we're not in Nazis America... Plenty of germans said the same sort of things with Hitler's take over in the early 1930's.

That look moms give you when you ask "are they really you're children?"

Please hand wash only.

and be sure to post more "laundry" photos! hehe.

remember, the google and meta things are about advertisng tech.

It's hurting walmart, kroger, and several others who are- basically- monopolies on their own. (and have many, many in congress paid off.)

I'm not saying any corpo is somehow magically benevolent. No, I'm saying if you stick your hand in a tank full of hungry sharks... yer gonna get bit.

The leaks never actually stopped. they leak more than the amazon river.

That's a crusade'n.

But Christians before the time of Christian Rome were certainly not out conquoring other people

so... all of like, three hundred years of their history? maybe closer to 250. Around the time of Constantine's conversion, Christians were estimated at about 10% of the roman empire- mostly centered around Antioch and in Egypt. the Edict of Milan made it legal to be a christian in 313, following his conversion in 312.

At that point, Christians were able to find themselves increasingly in government leadership roles, until we bet to 380, when Theodosius I issued the Edict of Thessalonica, essentially mandated that all christians be catholic (specifically, adhere to the nicene orthodoxy.) leading to the consolidation of political power to what we would now call the catholic church.

to my somewhat limited understanding... didn't Ashoka stop the conquest of his neighbors more because his empire was getting too big to manage anyways- spending more time putting down the inevitable rebellions rather than invading new places. Remember, few places ever truly forget they were subjugated.

Regardless, his conversion happened after, and Buddhism definitely benefited from his prior conquest as he built shitloads of temples everywhere to "enlighten" the normies. perhaps it is my own bias, but I'm doubting that the people converting didn't feel at least some coercion to it.

You were granting wishes? isn't that, like, tedious and shit?

more generally, we're fucking psychotic enough to nuke ourselves a couple hundred times- and they can tell. the same way we can detect water vapor on an extrasolar planet (and DMS,)(james web is impressive.)

(Fun fact, the kids weren't allowed to participate because one of them called trump a- and I quote- "smelly old meanie."

even inside co-ops, employee compensation is not set by popular vote. Generally, the Co-Op members will vote on a board that controls the business.

Google and Meta started hurting other giant corporations though. That's a big no no.

functionally, it wouldn't work for anything more than a very small start up. just on the practical side.

it's not just a question of unfair advantage. It's a bald faced stupid way to run a company. you cannot make everyone happy, and a good manager isn't going to be the most liked person in the room.

Human nature means most people won't be invested in making a sound business decision. they're going to invest as much thought into it as voting in a poll about what soup is their favorite. maybe considerably less.

since usenet.

It's social. and it's media. you put them together like peanut butter and jelly and you have an awful sandwich, but it's still social media.