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Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by casey2 » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 5:03 AM UTC

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...

People are routinely killed for far less all over the world, including America. It's a fact of life.

Obviously people aren't going to be happy about debt fueled spending inflating prices and crashing the economy again (for the 4th time in most young people's lives).

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by kalleboo » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 5:06 AM UTC

dmitrygr wrote: post #466

No surprise given that a full quarter of these on one side of the political spectrum consider political violence acceptable (~25%. Same figure is 9% for self-identified moderates, 3% for the other side). Source: https://rb.gy/wdzmsc (YouGov poll, n=2,646, date = sep 10, 2025, question = "Do you think it is ever justified for citizens to resort to violence in order to achieve political goals? (%)", raw data linked und…

It's clear that there is a huge bias depending on how the question is phrased. All those conservatives who say that political violence is unacceptable would answer differently if it's phrased in terms relative to the second amendment.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by lazyasciiart » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 5:10 AM UTC

giardini wrote: post #552

lazyasciiart wrote: post #208

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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.

Yeah, only 2 posts in and you're already talking about Putin.

Oh?

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by petre » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 5:27 AM UTC

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #169

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...

He switched to supporting Trump after Trump repeatedly joked about someone breaking into a San Fransisco home to attack the owners with a hammer. So the temperature has been high for a while and he's on board with it.

Didn't that already happen with Pelosi?

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by casey2 » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC

randyrand wrote: post #465

2dfs wrote: post #202

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Yeah but theyre useless if a large organised group shows up.

No they’re not.

Yes they are. they always have been. The Praetorian guard killed the Emperor and auctioned Rome off, the winner was killed 66 days later due to one of the 3 army's marching on Rome due to the auction. The bidding was just 2 guys one of which (the emperor to be) had to yell their bids from outside the wall of the praetorian guard camp. The army didn't even have to fight, just their presence was enough to get the Senate to execute the new Emperor.

The pattern is always the same rich people destabilize countries due to their greed and fear, but they cope that it won't affect them. Like they can somehow hedge against the collapse of society by hiring a few guards and building a bunker. Money that could stabilize society instead gets spent on bunkers, guards and art galleries.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by petre » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 5:33 AM UTC

sophacles wrote: post #87

pixel_popping wrote: post #52

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I agree it is scary, but why would a robot take healthcare away? Wouldn't that be the contrary?

Well in the US you get healthcare from a job (either directly in the form of insurance or indirectly in the form the money to pay for healthcare). If the robot takes your job, it takes your healthcare too. You know this, stop pretending otherwise.

Robots can take away healthcare also by algorithm (or AI) denying healthcare benefits, while still being employed. It doesn't need to be a robot in cogs and hydraulics, but rather just a computer program. Probably already happening.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 5:46 AM UTC

taberiand wrote: post #227

whimblepop wrote: post #173

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Also generally anything critical of capitalism, imperialism, or the military-industrial complex. It doesn't really matter whether it's a measured analysis or shrill shrieking; literally just using any of those words amounts to soliciting downvotes.

This is true but I don't think the downvotes are "fake" though. There's just a whole lot of people who truly believe they are Making the World a Better Place Through Capitalism

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Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by justinclift » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 5:51 AM UTC

disqard wrote: post #487

chaosharmonic wrote: post #447

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That's because Brian Thompson was functionally a serial killer.

From a POSIWID perspective, you are right. From a "we live in a civilized society" perspective, I can see why some people are outraged about his killing. Finally, looking at the balance sheet of his accomplishments, I can also see why the pitchfork crowd is cheering.

> From a "we live in a civilized society" perspective, I can see why some people are outraged about his killing.

I sometimes wonder how many of the "outraged" are really just people who don't want to be judged for what they've done too.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by dr__mario » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 5:56 AM UTC

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...

"Violence" does not only include "physical violence". It also includes "structural violence". And precisely, temperature is going up because people is sick of structural violence.

Re: Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman

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Post by mvkel » Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 6:04 AM UTC

hgoel wrote: post #522

I'm sorry he, his family and his community had to deal with this, no one should have to go through this kind of thing. I also think that he might've been able to reduce the odds of this happening by being a less awful human being.

Do you know him personally?