The Donald vs Big Tech

[astfgyl]

Is Trump far-right? Or is he just not far-left?

[pete]

Donald will be whatever you want him to be, just Text TRUMP to 88022!!

[Pedrito]

Don't know what to make of this:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210106072816/https://pafa2021.com/how%2C-when%2C-where

The Assembly

The initial assembly of patriots will be at the steps of the Capitol building in Washington DC, and will continue to build over the course of Saturday January 16, and, Sunday January 17, 2021.  There should be a state flag, and American flag, present for each state so patriots can gather with other patriots from their home states. If multiple flags are displayed for a state, each group should walk towards each other to become one group for that state.  We will gather for 2 hours each day starting at 12:00 noon so that numbers can be assessed. If at 2:00 on Sunday 1/17 it is becomes obvious that the will to fight for America against democrat tyranny is not strong enough for the turnout to be effective, the PAFA2021 will be declared a lost cause and Joseph Biden will be allowed to be inaugurated.

It reads like a grassroots mobilization for a coup, but I don't know to what extent there is support for this, or whether in reality it's not significantly more crackpots than invaded on the 6th. I guess we'll find out!

That poor oul horse is red raw at this stage

[pete]

I have to agree with Bill "Big Tech Money" Burr there!

The Netflix Money rant was good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL7fybhprNA

[pete]

You're right it has always been the case, it just wasn't as obvious or highlighted. I guess that someone has to own the news and that is always going to lead to bias in one direction or another. Some of them are just better at making it look like they are balanced than others. I might have been living under a rock, but I've never heard of Carlos Slim and look at what he's been tipping away at. Makes me wonder who else is operating at the fringes of the public eye that I've never heard of. Is there a sort of Battle of the Billionaires going on here with the more traditional sources feeling now could be a good time to pull the rug from under the social media platforms with some well timed op-ed pieces and try grab back a bit of that sweet market share?

Ha yeah I don't know. Just seems like these guys have now more power than the lads who used to, so now we should change the rules. But I don't disagree, but not sure what it looks like or how it would be done. Interesting though.


Off topic but I felt the same when the 'common man' (?) was being told not to hoard toilet paper and food at the start of the pandemic from people who hoarded property, money and power for years, but were suddenly getting a bit worried that they might not be able to get some toilet paper  hoarding bad!

[Pedrito]

Have a listen to this excellent breakdown by Russell Brand of all people. Again, what an insightful guy. Brilliant.

Listen to the statistic about how much the billionaire class made during this pandemic and then look at how many people are out of work because of it: tens of millions.

A whole system that has fucked people over all the way from before the financial crisis all the way through that shitstorm and it has never been put right. Neo-liberal hell.

People were blamed for buying houses in Ireland..imagine that? I fell into that way of thinking. It's your fault you dope with your 6 C's in your leaving and your college degree. You should have seen this coming. It wasn't the banks fault or all them bastards who made massive coin off of this through pure manipulation.

Now we're to blame for old people dying, for spreading a disease that no one can see. Something you have absolutely zero control over.

You're also to blame for all the racism out there because you're complicit and privileged and probably because you're white.

You're to blame for global warming because you need a car to get to work and don't want your kids grovelling around in dirt trying to find a potato that we can all fight over at the dinner table.


What is Joe-Spanner not to blame for? Why is it always the lad on the street who is responsible for these things when the only way he has to change any of it is the odd vote for a politician who probably won't do any of the things he promised he would do.

And people aren't allowed to feel disenfranchised or pissed off? They're supposed to be able to distinguish between all the fucking bullshit that is written in the media, all the poison that is pumped at them through their tv screens whilst holding down a job, commuting, bringing the kids to football, cook the dinner, clean the house, some cunt boss breathing down his neck because he's 7 minutes to work on a Thursday etc etc etc?

Definitely not condoning Capitol Hill and yes Trump isn't the right man. But none of the rest of them are either. They're just as responsible for what happened the other day.

https://youtu.be/orad8gIfCiY

[Eoin McLove]

Bill Burr hit the nail on the head with this. Everyone else can fuck off.

https://youtu.be/Oco1z45o0Vs

If I didn't know better I would have thought Bill was critiquing the on going tennis match between the Mexican Fuhrer and the Greystonese Korl Morx.

[pete]

Bah Brand is contradicting Burr - it's getting too hard to follow!

[Pedrito]

No he's not, they're saying the same thing. People riled up by politicians, media and social media companies all making money off this and who answer to nobody.

[pete]

I felt Bill was saying the people who stormed the Capitol are just idiots who don't represent the right/conservatives but Brand is saying they are more than that and to dismiss them as idiots is wrong.

[Caomhaoin]

Bill Burr hit the nail on the head with this. Everyone else can fuck off.

https://youtu.be/Oco1z45o0Vs

If I didn't know better I would have thought Bill was critiquing the on going tennis match between the Mexican Fuhrer and the Greystonese Korl Morx.

That last line would be a money spinner on YouTube, but I'd have to have Stormfront and The Daily Wire in front of me.

[pete]

Looks like the removal of Parler from AWS will be going ahead, a parley from John Matze confirms, Twitter link to save people signing up to Parler
https://twitter.com/parlertakes/status/1348097074772930560

Will be interesting to see how the move goes. He reckons he's be fully operational by 12 noon Monday, so only 12 hours downtime when Amazon turn it off. You feel it will take a while to move but it seems they are not using any propriety Amazon stuff, but still. And you'd imagine wherever they end up will leave them more susceptible to denial of service attacks at the least.

This is funny from him, "will have to do until the Linux phones are finally ready"
https://twitter.com/parlertakes/status/1348129495589392388?s=20

[Trev]

Since we're talking about the wealth distribution, found this a while ago which really hammers home how ridiculous the wealth of the mega rich really is

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Arnie with a mix of hyperbole, platitudes, and Conan's sword. I didn't make it to the end tbh, but it's Arnie and this is a metal forum:
https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1348249481284874240

[Pedrito]

Normally love the guy but I think he thinks he's on the Terminator set there.