I think the relevant question is whether the aliens will fuck us … and whether or not it will be any good.

I am a polyp that lives in the gastrointestinal internet tract and I do not want to leave.

Instead we use a worldwide network of interconnected computers and systems to micromanage everyone’s lives and convince them all that billionaires are good for the economy, infinite money is possible, immigrants are bad, global warming is not real, perpetual war is normal, no one landed on the moon, the earth is flat and nazis are OK.

A baby crying

or

a young woman’s scream

less so would be

a grown man screaming in agony … (something along the lines of saying something like 'OH GOD, MY LEG, MY LEG, OH GOD, GOD NO, MY LEG!!!, OH GOD, HELP ME, MY LEG!!)

Exactly … it’s also a double standard because reddit is basically a capitalist model of the same digital system but no one ever complains or criticizes it.

The socialist digital creators built something and shared it freely with everyone and also don’t exert control over anyone.

The capitalist digital creatures built something and locked it up, monetized it and are using the user’s efforts as the basis for the business only the owners make money on and have complete control over everything.

It’s amazing because it’s a fantastic metaphor for the two platforms.

so … almost everyone

lol … it would be just funny for the mods to instead delete posts to just move them onto a c/rejectedpoliticalpostsfromshowerthoughts

keep up the work guys, the community looks great and we have you guys to thank for it.

My favorite example of this is the idea of money and finance.

There are trillions and trillions of dollars worth of imaginary wealth everywhere. None of it can be backed by actual product or material … it all exists because we all collectively believe that it exists.

It’s our modern day religion and we all believe in it and worship it daily … All Hail Money!

“I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don’t have as many people who believe it.”

• George Carlin.

Cults are built on the power of belief and the more people who believe in a movement the more powerful it becomes.

If ten thousand cult worshipers claimed their leader walked on water, how would you go about convincing them otherwise, even if you had proof.

Look at Islam or Christianity or Judaism, they influence the world but they’re all only built on the power of belief.

And you can equate religions and cults because the only difference between the two is time.

If we see a street lady collecting a hundred cats to horde, we call her crazy.

When we see someone hording so much wealth that they could never reasonably ever spend all that money in a lifetime … we put them on the cover of a magazine.

The first part is true … no one cares about the second part of your statement.

They thought it did … so they tried turning it off then on again … and it exploded.

That satellite was about to reveal company secrets

eighty potatoes … french translation -> … “quatre-vingts pommes de terre” (four twenties of earth apples)

They unlock your system and are now one more step away from viewing your entire browsing history.

I guess I should have worded that differently … no one cares if you can maintain your own personal rights or privacy because corporations view your rights and privacy as just another commodity ready to be bought and sold.

Most likely it will all be bought and sold like everything in the world these days. No one cares about privacy or rights especially if it means millions of dollars of profit are on the line.

The biggest take away from all this is … never ever trust a corporation with your privacy.

Because eventually they will give up your privacy if it means they stand to lose millions or gain millions.

Be careful and always leary of new services and conveniences that will affect your privacy because eventually it will be bought and sold to the highest bidder no matter how you feel about it.

Well this planet is definitely a wretched hive of scum and villainy.

I have the opposite opinion … I have one system of mine that has Win10 because I need it for one piece of software … and I absolutely do not want to upgrade to 11 even though I get almost daily reminders that I can.

Once I stop using the software I have for Win10 … I’m deleting the OS and installing Linux