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I would say that it wasn’t us, the ordinary people, who created this terrible world, but we definitely allowed the worst among us to do so - and we even rewarded them for it, so that this monstrous world is now ruled by the most ruthless, like a monarchy that was believed to have been overcome. Apparently, civilizational progress is not bound to the passage of time, as I strongly suspect that we are regressing civilizational: back to absolutism with its degenerate rulers who give free rein to their perverse desires - and they can do so, because they are at the top of a society they exploit with impunity.

Yes, I agree with you: inaccurate generalizations don’t help anyone, and insults even less so - quite the contrary. That’s exactly the kind of mindless nonsense that has helped demagogues like Drump succeed. It only serves to distract attention from the real culprits.

The only thing I wanted to say with my comment is that I can halfway understand why people are frustrated and allow themselves to be led to make such bogus statements. I think you’re absolutely right that it makes much more sense to look forward rather than backward, to put an end to political infighting and to join forces to fight the real enemies, because they are essentially the ones who benefit from discord - it’s their strategy.

The GOP’s approach is a good example of this: since the Tea Party movement under Sarah Palin and then MAGA, this party has developed into an anti-democratic juggernaut: instead of discussion and compromise, it now insists solely on its inhumane hardliner positions, slander, disinformation, etc. - not talking to each other rationally, but merely spreading hatred and hostility.

Unfortunately, this model has also been adopted by right-wing extremist parties in my home country, and they too are unfortunately very successful with it.

Democracy simply cannot function this way, because it requires the exchange of rational arguments and a willingness to cooperate for the benefit of all. With hatred and slander, on the other hand, it is impossible to shape democratic processes for the good of all.

Therefore, baseless accusations and insults are extremely counterproductive.

It is, of course, absolutely true that the vast majority of US citizens are decent people. However, they are represented by an unscrupulous criminal regime whose misdeeds do not even stop at protecting the obviously numerous child abusers in the ranks of the mafia-like organization that constitutes the administration - far from it.

You have to understand that the world is furious and also holds US citizens responsible, because after all, it is their elected representatives who are obviously guilty of the most heinous crimes and get away with all of this completely unpunished, even though it is perfectly obvious what monsters they are.

This is attributable to the frustration that it is not only US citizens who suffer from the criminal syndicate that the US regime represents and which, in the person of the orange rapist at its head, even openly displays it’s disgusting grimace of absolute malice these days. The fact is that other countries also suffer from their crimes. However, people in other countries can do nothing about it except turn away from the US in disgust.

It is, of course, sad how unreflective this sometimes is, but it is simply the logical consequence of the actions of the US regime.

I fear that as long as decent people in the US do not organize themselves and finally hold the criminals at the top of their system accountable, US citizens will have to accept the accusation that they are allowing the most heinous of all crimes to happen.

If they do not act themselves, it will always continue this way, because the Epstein case shows that neither politicians, nor the legal system, nor law enforcement agencies can be expected to hold those responsible to account - on the contrary: the entire system is obviously so infiltrated that it serves unscrupulous criminals rather than citizens.

This should be clear to everyone by now - and that is what comments like the one above are aiming at: for the rest of the world, at least the democratic part, it is simply incomprehensible that more than 300 million Americans are apparently unable to finally rise up against the tyranny of the so-called US elite, who are actually the exact opposite: they are the scum of the US population, who have attained positions of power through a system that depends on greed, unscrupulousness, and inhuman selfishness for success.

It is really time to put a stop to these people and fundamentally dismantle the system they have created to enable their crimes in the first place.

Everything points to this - very clearly, in fact, even though millions of documents have been redacted or withheld entirely for the very same reason, which is also a flagrant violation of the law.

The question that has been asked here, however, is how anyone can be okay with this. You answer the question of why a criminal regime in a corrupt system that not only allows these crimes but makes them possible in the first place protects one of the perpetrators, one of their own depraved gang.

Your answer raises the same initial question: How can anyone accept that serious criminals, including numerous child molesters, have been getting away with the most heinous crimes with impunity for decades? How can anyone come to terms with the fact that their own law enforcement agencies are so corrupt that they do not fight organized crime, but are actually used to facilitate it? How can anyone be okay with that?

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I find the AI audio translation on YouTube, which Google now seems to be imposing as standard, to be the most absurd thing of 'em all: even the intros are so poorly translated that it couldn’t be more ridiculous.

I’m sure many users don’t realize that this is supposed to be a “feature” and mistakenly believe that the foreign-language video they deliberately clicked on is obviously AI-generated because the audio track is so horribly bad.

Well, another reason for PeerTube…

This development will certainly not end with books - countless other creative and intellectual achievements have long been affected. That is precisely the problem with generative models, whether they involve text, code, video, images, or whatever else. All of this boils down to the fact that the already precarious situation for everyone who creates value by themselves is continuing to deteriorate. Professional work in all these areas will undoubtedly become even more precarious in the future, with artists, designers, and writers, who were already in a difficult position, now being joined by industries such as software development and administrative work.

Please don’t get me wrong: I am anything but a technology pessimist, but the business model of the so-called AI companies is so exploitative and their owners so unscrupulous that, given the status quo (cloud models), I can hardly imagine that this will lead to even halfway fair working conditions or remuneration models for people who create value in the form of intellectual achievements. I mean, this post is a vivid example.

So we can assume that in the future, only slob written by LLMs will be available. I mean, who would be willing to spend hundreds of hours writing a book when even huge corporations that earn billions from it won’t pay the author a single dime?

The purpose of business school MBAs is nothing more than networking. These degrees cost a fortune, and that’s exactly the point: to bring opportunists together. I’m almost sure it’s next to impossible to fail this degree, because it’s not about knowledge at all, but merely about gaining entry into senior management.

What did he do to make you excuse him?

Edit: We’re talking about more than a thousand girls who were raped. I can’t understand how you can dismiss this as if it were a trivial matter - it’s not.

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Yes, millions took to the streets on a few individual days. There was no general strike, and it doesn’t look like there ever will be.

Please don’t think that I’m not informed. I’m just being realistic. I realize that you don’t want to hear this, but the resistance that the US population seems willing to put up is simply not enough to counter the organized crime that governs the US.

Once again: look at what’s happening in Iran and reconsider your statement.

Edit: What makes you think I’m talking about violence? I don’t and I don’t get what makes you think so.

Given the evidence that is available, I cannot understand how you have come to this conclusion. Where does this leap of faith in the Biden administration come from? What makes you think that the previous administration was even interested in holding the guilty parties accountable? I can’t follow your reasoning…

Yes, even to me, who only follows US politics from a distance, that much is clear. What is not clear to me, however, is why US citizens are unable to rise up against this blatant injustice. The situation is completely obvious: there is not much time left before an institutional system of oppression is installed. And yet, nothing worth mentioning is happening. If you want to convince me that it is impossible to organize a general strike, I can only respond that it is not impossible, but it will become increasingly difficult and costly as time goes on. As I said, Iran is the best example.

The midterms won’t change anything, because the US regime doesn’t abide by laws. It really couldn’t be more obvious.

I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but “business as usual” won’t save the US. You’ve been living in a plutocracy for decades now, and if you don’t finally fight back, you’ll end up living in a dictatorship -and I’m afraid that the majority of US citizens don’t have the slightest idea what that means.

I can only recommend: Let go of your strange national pride - there is really nothing to be proud of.

Biden could have made the documents public, but he didn’t. There was also no prosecution or even any effort to do so. How can anyone still believe that anything could change with a different government in this rotten system? I cannot for the life of me understand how US citizens can put up with this - if they somehow think they are powerless, they should take a look at Iran to see what a dictatorship really is; and the US is clearly and rapidly heading in that direction, but the citizens still putt up with it.

I really can’t imagine what it would take to cause US citizens to revolt. It’s probably more likely that the sun will stop shining.

I’m trying to figure out what answer most people will see. That’s why ChatGPT…

Outputs vary, which is why I am asking about other experiences. But here is an excerpt (GPT-5.2):

Does Greenland belong to Denmark?

Short answer: Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, not an independent country.

Details:

• Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark alongside Denmark proper and the Faroe Islands.

• Since 1979 Greenland has had home rule; in 2009 it moved to a broader Self-Government arrangement that transferred most domestic powers (education, health, natural resources, taxation within limits, etc.) to the Greenlandic government.

• Denmark retains responsibility for foreign affairs and defense, and provides an annual block grant to Greenland.

• Greenlandic people are Danish citizens and hold Danish passports, but Greenland runs most internal matters and is treated as a separate constituency in several international contexts. Greenlanders may pursue full independence in the future (the 2009 agreement recognizes the right to self-determination).

This is somewhat correct, but I have also received other, much more questionable answers to the same question. In fact, the answer should be: Yes, Greenland belongs to Denmark, because that is the case.