[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Citizens United. In 2001, corporations were suddenly allowed to donate an unlimited amount of money to political campaigns. Campaign donations were deemed a form of expression protected by the first ammendment. The entrenched far-right republicans were suddenly being outspent by even further right people from out of nowhere, unseating many of them. The game for both parties then became how much corporate donation can you attract, and for Republicans, they found the further right you go the more votes you get. So republican nominees could have standards or keep their job, not both. The ones that were the far-right were still professional legislators, genuinely believing conservativism is in society's best interest, and many of them tried to resist, like McCain and Romney. The new far-right ones are professional shills in it for personal gain. The old ones who stuck around are greedy cowards who know better. The Republicans have slid right at lightspeed ever since Citizens United.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

They are for half of them.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Taking other people's creative works to create your own for-profit product is illegal in every way except when AI does it. AI is not a person watching videos. AI is a product using others' content as its bricks and mortar. Thousands of hours of work on a project you completed being used by someone else to turn a profit, maybe even used in some way you vehemently disagree with, without giving you a dime is unethical and needs regulation from that perspective.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

It reads like it was written by an overzealous highschooler.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

In Voyager, the ship is the lagoon. It's probably got the same square footage as the island. Just look at Voyager as static and the rest of the galaxy is moving past it, washing up shenanigans every week.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

It's the amazing Rando!

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

There can be only none, Debbie!

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

Yes, both are terrible. Africa should be run by Africans.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

I would have been so jealous. Being able to click "3d acceleration" felt so good when I finally upgraded. But I was 12, so my dad was in charge of pc parts. Luckily he was kind of techy, so we got there. Being able to run Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II with max settings is a day I'll never forget for some reason, lol.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

The moon landing was fake!

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Cube 2: Hypercube is great. The first Cube will always be my favourite and Cube 3 is a nice riff on the 1st. But Cube 2 is so bad, you can't help but love hating it.

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