They’d put us in their gas tanks too, if they could.

AI images may may or may not be art, but it will never be YOUR art, any more than the art of artists I employ is my art. It just isn’t.

However, I think any AI argument that doesn’t mention capitalism as a factor is incapably reductive. As other commenters indicate, even very physically restricted individuals can and will create art.

Because they often have the means that many under capitalism do not: they often have time because they aren’t under full time employment. They have extra mental energy, the “spoons”.

Once again, the issue is ultimately a deflection from systemic issues that the upper class insist they aren’t intentionally worsening 🫠

so happy for liberals on the internet to finally have their own thought terminating cliche in “tankies”, the jealousy for “woke” must have been overwhelming

insomuch as USAID was a tool for exerting soft power by lifting up global communities and spreading goodwill for America through humanitarian effort, I support what it was, I didn’t want to see it gutted. insomuch as China is exerting soft power by building infrastructure and investing in industry, it’d be nice to see the US exert a little soft power against us citizens from time to time.

In practice they have been pretty hands off as they develop the global south afaik.

They’re also only doing it for its resources, I think you could realistically assume, but it can’t be denied that their approach has brought much better results than America’s so far.

What I hope happens is we oust him and do some serious work on our systems that prevents stuff like this.

Though the track record of our leaders is pretty depressing, maybe they’re starting to wake up now that we get to see Endgame Capitalism

All he has succeeded in doing is violently ripping the US away from its place at the center of the global hegemony.

Which is not great for those of us in the US, but honestly had to happen, the rest of the world clearly cannot depend on us. Our entire political system is built on honor systems and pinky promises, the rich can do whatever they please and never see accountability.

“ohhhh we can’t do anything we’re out of majority right now that’s why we’ve done nothing of substance since citizens united passed and made us directly accountable to billionaires”

My guess is they meant harassment BY 10-17 year olds, it’s well known that the youngest living league player is 26 years old