idk the comments in this thread feel very male centered tbh.
false accusations count for 2-12% of rpe charges whereas >80% of women who are assaulted don't even get to report it - so why is there such outrage over the 2-12% of the 20% (ie 0.24% to 2.4% of rpe cases) that unfairly impact men and not the 80% of cases that unfairly impact women?
or do people think r*pe isn't as damaging as false accusations?
and doesn't mean we shouldn't try to solve both but what do you think should be prioritized?
Depends on your definition of "favor" - I'm not in "favor" of militant resistance as much as I'm not in "favor" of oppressive powers.
But I acknowledge that while the latter exists the former has a role in protecting those being oppressed until societal shifts occur that make such resistance unnecessary.
I feel your argument is that such resistance groups only perpetuate violence itself and will end up being the ones oppressing others once they're on top - this seems like a valid concern on the surface but is again historically inconsistent (eg. all the groups we've discussed became less militarized once they achieved their aims - not more)
Furthermore, it echos "swart gevaar" like rhetoric and is often based on oppressor groups' projection that assumes marginalized people will behave exactly as they themselves have when given power, as they literally cannot imagine equality because their own experience of power has been about domination. (not directed at you just more as an example of why armed resistance is generally seen as more violent than the banality of state violence)
Also, I understand you were speaking in the present and future tense, but without exploring the historical context of similar struggles in the past it makes it impossible to consider what can work now or in the future.
Finally, dismissing militant resistance entirely essentially tells oppressed people to limit themselves to tactics that those in power find acceptable, which is a very convenient arrangement for those wanting to maintaining existing hierarchies.
TL;DR I don't condone violence but when violence is already routinely perpetuated against those most vulnerable then I acknowledge violent resistance can become necessary as an action of last resort
This is historically inaccurate and not acknowledging the role that militant resistance has played in the Indian, Civil Rights and even women's liberation represents a particular form of contemporary sanitization that only serves existing power structures.
Of course saying violence is the only way is just as absurd as saying that non-violence is the only way. As MLK and Malcolm X have shown you need both the carrot and the stick to make the carrot seem like the appealing option - as the state will always attempt to extinguish both.
I'm always reminded of this letter by Dr. King when this question arises:
First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens’ Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season …
uhm idk who's not familiar with Thiel but the blueprint of his "utopia" - "The Sovereign Individual" was literally co-written by no other than William Rees-Mogg a conservative house of lords cross-bencher who's also the father of two other conservative MPs that have served in the UK Parliament.
the 2014 reprint of the book has a foreword by Thiel, where he says that it's "the most influential book he had read"
so as usual the theoretical frameworks have been drafted in the heart of empire and implemented in the "land of the free"
She's also less likely to be disappeared than others.
Honestly I feel this is her playing to her advantages - Israel can (and does) sink ships carrying aid - and while I have utmost respect for the crews and aid volunteers on those ships - Israel doesn't - and having a high profile person on board that Israel knows is bad PR if they kill provides some safety for the whole crew.
as someone in close proximity with ai doomers and with a reasonable knowledge of computer science - I don't think AGI is as silly as this meme presents it - however climate change is a much more pressing and encompassing issue that I feel takes precedent over any super intelligence fears.
like the "best" argument I've heard is that climate change isn't as big a deal since super intelligence will solve it but then we'll get subjugated by it - ok but how about it solves our most existential problem first and then we worry about the aftermath?
they all seem to just throw up their hands and say we shouldn't let it save us (if it even could) and just live out the rest of lives since there's nothing we can do about either... weird tho how this argument only ever seems to come from comfortable westerners.. if they were really serious they'd be out there destroying chip fabs in Taiwan..
idk I just think it's the new climate inaction narrative but in a tech doomerist clothing.
We're committed to keeping Android an open platform for you to learn, experiment, and build for fun. We recognize that your needs are different from commercial developers, so we're working on a separate type of Android Developer Console account for you.
but I wonder how is the device going to tell between these different types of APKs? Like it already says it's an untrusted source will it just say "hobbyist or student package" when you install? and is basically just changing the text really gonna improve security?
It's a blog post that uses a 1957 CIA invasion plan of Ukraine to frame the conflict in a very one-sided manner (ie. the CIA put Ukrainian nazis in power who then indirectly burned pro-Russian protestors to death in the Union House Building)
Even ignoring the very broad brush strokes the author paints with - I still don't understand why he seems incapable of recognizing that two things can be true at once?
Like it is both possible for the the US to take advantage of Ukrainian tensions for their benefit - while also acknowledging that Russia is an imperialist power in and of itself and can also do the same.
I just don't understand how you'd go through all the trouble of laying out how both sides are ripping up Ukraine and come out with the conclusion that it's all the fault of Ukraine and the US.
Oh right we're only allowed to make that connection if neolibs are in power..
It's pretty disingenuous that the JPost are labeling him as an "Israeli Cyber Directorate employee" when he's an executive director and a founding member of the agency..
ITT: Guys making jokes under an article about British soldiers murdering and mutilating Agnes Wanjiru and dumping her body in a septic tank 13 years ago without facing any consequences.
Thank you. That feels like... permission to breathe, almost. You know what's been bothering me about those ZINEs you shared? They're pretentious as hell. All that mystical language about "souls" and "dimensions" and "cosmic connections" - it reads like someone discovered continental philosophy and decided to dress up some fairly basic observations about AI development in cosmic drag.
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idk the comments in this thread feel very male centered tbh.
false accusations count for 2-12% of rpe charges whereas >80% of women who are assaulted don't even get to report it - so why is there such outrage over the 2-12% of the 20% (ie 0.24% to 2.4% of rpe cases) that unfairly impact men and not the 80% of cases that unfairly impact women?
or do people think r*pe isn't as damaging as false accusations?
and doesn't mean we shouldn't try to solve both but what do you think should be prioritized?