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It would have to be a serious emergency for me to fly in a small aircraft like this

Aside from what other people said here, all of which I agree with, you also need to acknowledge the super-structural grip maintained on the working class. People are hard wired to maintain the status quo, even against their own interests. The point of a vanguard party is that you are organizing the most politically developed people to set an example of revolutionary praxis which breaks people out of their stupor, ignites class consciousness, and empowers them to go against the status quo for the first time. Revolutionaries are a marginal group of people, the tip of the spear, which paves a new way in real time that your average alienated worker will see and follow because finally, something that speaks to their needs is being done and they now know what they can do to help. They know rallying around another bourgeois politician is a waste of time, but by definition a revolution is something new, actual change.

The issue in the US and Europe is that most workers are labor aristocracy and truly want to maintain the status quo because a more equitable world means their quality of life will actually worsen. This is why fascism is able to cannibalize these nations, destroying them in the process, and opening up space for the nations they imperialized to gain more power and usher in better conditions for the undeveloped nations.

More like forcibly saved from a cult

Because they are forcing a child into a lifetime job position which they have no understanding of or ability to give informed consent, ripping them away from their family and an ability to have a normal childhood or life

Because the federal government will be cool with it and use it as a blueprint

They really are just like humans!

I don’t blame the father for not choosing a better target but it would have been great to go Luigi mode instead of just off a retired cop who wont be actively abusing citizens as much as the majority of other cops. He was obviously breaking down and wouldn’t have had capacity to plan such a thing but if you are going to potentially end your life in such a way there are more impactful ways to do it

If you Google “how intelligent are chickens” you will be surprised to find out they are much more intelligent than most give them credit for.

The image generator to 3D model to animation pipeline isn’t too bad. If you’re not a great visual artist, 3D modeler, or animator you can get out pretty decent results on your own that would normally take teams of multiple people dozens of hours after years of training

The alternative is that more Ukrainians die which has already destroyed their economy for at least a generation and will only get worse. A country with only elderly people and disabled people won’t be a country very long

Having a chance of winning means you are on the right, that’s the whole thing

He’s Putin me on!

I’ll admit, this video particularly stands out to me because it is an honest attempt by a team of professional artists to integrate AI into their workflows, knowing that if they don’t, they will be less likely to keep getting work in their industries.

There are certainly many more people using AI with no intention or technical expertise who are a part of ending art workflows that technical artists and other professional have spent years training to do. The industry has already been rough since 2020, finding work is hard without AI replacing jobs.

These production capitalists are choosing lower quality AI amalgamations because they are “good enough” for someone who’s intention is primarily making money, and they cost exponentially less than a human. This trend will continue to repress the quality of art by and large, but the technology itself isn’t bad and it can offer an opportunity for an independent art rebirth if artists learn to use it for themselves and promote their own works like the music video example. The problem is certainly with capitalism and not the technology in my eyes, but I do think the capitalist use of AI will have an overall harmful effect.

Here’s a music video done with AI assistance (including Comfy UI) that is pretty cool: https://youtu.be/envMzAxCRbw

Here’s a similar article about a person doing this in the US, for comparison:

https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole

Yes, we’ve known for a very long time that people join gangs due to social alienation and a need for community. It isn’t new info and it doesn’t change the fact that they have adopted violence and terrorism to make up for being lonely

Hasn’t he always seemed like exactly this type of guy?

But have you considered Russia bad, Europe good?

If you want a real answer, you need to decide what your own goals are and take whatever steps you need to accomplish them and move towards accomplishment on your own terms.

Sometimes the easiest way to maneuver through a situation could be to stick to a stereotype, other times it will be to be yourself, unapologetically.

You can only really know by measuring with the question “how should I navigate this situation to get closer to my own goals?” Each situation will have differences that you need to weigh and yeah, a lot of the time you will need to do shit that feels bad to avoid even worse things. This is the case for most workers, you’re definitely not alone, although everyone has it to different degrees and in different ways.

yeah of all the oblasts to try and negotiate around, Crimea has been Russian for over a decade. Really missed the boat on that one

I use a VPN 99% of the time and many Chinese websites don’t allow that