Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

Post by dan-robertson » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:43 PM UTC

spaghetdefects wrote: post #298

scoofy wrote: post #126

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This is exactly the point of part one of Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence , by Geoffrey Canada. Unequal or lack of access to the executive branch of government will create a culture of vigilantism and lends itself to organized crime as a replacement for the policing arm of the state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist%2C_Stick%2C_Knife%2C_Gun People become okay with vigilante justice when they see…

I wonder how much the complete impunity of those involved with Jeffery Epstein has destroyed the faith in the executive branch? People like Leon Black, Les Wexner and a couple of presidents not only escaped justice, but pretty much any scrutiny by any institution, media included. I think it's hard for people to look at that and not think they need to take the law into their own hands.

Post by s1artibartfast » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC

happytoexplain wrote: post #54

lbarrow wrote: post #20

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Spitting your food out because the AI generated the recipe is so clearly irrational that I chuckled a bit on reading that

I mostly agree that it's an overreaction. However, "irrational" is a really bad choice of word. Every non-technical person understands that sometimes AI says wrong things - like, random, crazy wrong things, not just a little off. It's just a general rule kept in the back of the mind. Food is easily in that realm of "be careful". Did the AI produce a recipe that would be harmful to you and the cook didn't notice? Almo…

Post by spaghetdefects » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:48 PM UTC

dan-robertson wrote: post #321

spaghetdefects wrote: post #298

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how much the complete impunity of those involved with Jeffery Epstein has destroyed the faith in the executive branch? People like Leon Black, Les Wexner and a couple of presidents not only escaped justice, but pretty much any scrutiny by any institution, media included. I think it's hard for people to look at that and not think they need to take the law into their own hands.

I’m surely out of the loop here but what crimes are there evidence of Leon Black or Les Wexner having committed?

Post by baggy_trough » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC

0dayz wrote: post #230

strongpigeon wrote: post #36

It is a bit scary how people seem to genuinely be OK with violence (see this reddit thread [0]). Is just me or does it feel like the overall "temperature" has gone up. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1shugf8/firebomb_t...

Not defending them or even Luigi but I would argue a lot of it is the abysmal labour institutions the USA got (lots of union busting, few modern laws against modern exploitation and classical institutions are undermined politically and legally). And the growing class divide in the USA I think is the reason why folks are increasingly seeing violence against the upper class is seen as the only option. Again doesn't mea…

Post by dan-robertson » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC

lazyasciiart wrote: post #208

strongpigeon wrote: post #36

It is a bit scary how people seem to genuinely be OK with violence (see this reddit thread [0]). Is just me or does it feel like the overall "temperature" has gone up. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1shugf8/firebomb_t...

Well, dropping bombs and threatening to end a civilization certainly made me think the temperature had gone up. I’m not sure I think a single attempted act against some guy is worth being worried by against that backdrop.