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Re: "If Starmer is successful in banning X in Britain, I will move forward in . . ."

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Post by muwtyhg »

lm28469 wrote: post #54
rich_sasha wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> In recent German polls about which countries are considered partners the US is barely ahead of Russia. Interesting. I thought AfD is ahead in the polls and very pro-Russian, how do I reconcile these observations?

AfD gets 30% of votes, the turnout isn't even 80% so even if we consider 100% of them are brain dead putin balls garglers, which isn't even remotely true, that's 14m people out of ~60m people legally allowed to vote.

These numbers look pretty similar to Trump's voter base in 2024. He got 49% of the vote from the 60% of the population that can vote, so about 30% of all possible votes.

Re: "If Starmer is successful in banning X in Britain, I will move forward in . . ."

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Post by hermanzegerman »

rich_sasha wrote: post #46
lm28469 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When a was a teenager, not so long ago really, everyone wanted to move the US and saw them as a global cultural power. The only people who truly disliked them were a minority anti capitalists, most people had positive views about Americans. Now wherever I look at, from far left to far right, virtually no one fully support the BS they're currently pushing, even the usual bootlicking lapdogs are staying silent. In rece…

> In recent German polls about which countries are considered partners the US is barely ahead of Russia. Interesting. I thought AfD is ahead in the polls and very pro-Russian, how do I reconcile these observations?

Many people vote for them out of protest against the establishment.

Also the typical AfD Voter doesn't like Trump or the US. Especially after they threatened some small port in Eastern Germany with sanctions over North Stream 2 (not that they liked them much before, but that fell on a very fertile soil)

Re: "If Starmer is successful in banning X in Britain, I will move forward in . . ."

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Post by bigyabai »

_DeadFred_ wrote: post #60
eterm wrote: post #8

Bizarre that the US legislature is going to bat for the right of a corporation to sell illegal content in a foreign country. The UK should call their bluff on this one, appeasement isn't going to work forever.

It's more bizarre that Apple and Google are allowing X/Grok apps that generate non-consensual AI images in their App stores.

That's not bizarre. Nobody in their right mind should assume that Google or Apple are capable (let alone willing) of holding themselves accountable.

They are subject to the same bullying and will do exactly as they're told. They are not moral stalwarts.

Re: "If Starmer is successful in banning X in Britain, I will move forward in . . ."

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Post by Esophagus4 »

lm28469 wrote: post #30
jennyholzer4 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What even is there on twitter these days except neo-nazi hatemongering and LLM generated child porn?

Russian and Israeli bots pretending to be Americans mostly, and brain dead americans who didn't yet realize they're interacting with bots

Oh, and people who want to be famous political pundits, but aren't yet famous political pundits.

Re: "If Starmer is successful in banning X in Britain, I will move forward in . . ."

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Post by tim333 »

bayindirh wrote: post #40

Can someone explain why the hate and asymmetry in play? Does US trying to apply the golden rule of the golden rules: "Who has the gold writes the rule"?

Preston Byrne goes on about it https://x.com/titcoinpodcast/status/2009734475215733161

It's a mix of things - most platforms like x and fb being based in the US, US free speech laws, the gold thing etc.

Re: "If Starmer is successful in banning X in Britain, I will move forward in . . ."

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Post by drawfloat »

wooger wrote: post #22

I find it bizarre that x isn't already blocked in Britain given that it's full of porn, and seemingly doesn't do any of the required proof of age checks required by every other porn website under current UK legislation.

This is wrong, they did add proof of age checks.

Re: "If Starmer is successful in banning X in Britain, I will move forward in . . ."

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Post by ben_w »

rich_sasha wrote: post #46
lm28469 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When a was a teenager, not so long ago really, everyone wanted to move the US and saw them as a global cultural power. The only people who truly disliked them were a minority anti capitalists, most people had positive views about Americans. Now wherever I look at, from far left to far right, virtually no one fully support the BS they're currently pushing, even the usual bootlicking lapdogs are staying silent. In rece…

> In recent German polls about which countries are considered partners the US is barely ahead of Russia. Interesting. I thought AfD is ahead in the polls and very pro-Russian, how do I reconcile these observations?

> Interesting. I thought AfD is ahead in the polls and very pro-Russian, how do I reconcile these observations?

Germany is a multi-party system where no single party is expected to get an absolute majority.

AfD polling is around the 25% mark, which is about the same as the other highest contender, but the remaining 50% of the votes do actually count and get representation in government, they're not lost and forgotten, it's not winner-takes-all.

Re: "If Starmer is successful in banning X in Britain, I will move forward in . . ."

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Post by damnitbuilds »

No one should care about fake pictures of celebrities. People have been drawing tits on pictures for centuries. Deal with it, you precious attention-seeking whiners.

But do not be ridiculous - Musk's AI generating child porn is not an "excuse" to ban it, it is a reason to ban it. Banning the generation of child porn is not repressing free speech, it is enforcing decency and protecting children.

If Grok cannot be configured to prevent the generation of child porn ( can that be done, Musk ? ), it must be banned. And that should happen in every decent country.

[ This comment has been copied from an unpopular version of this discussion - why doesn't HN merge duplicate threads ? ]

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Post by ben_w »

SkipperCat wrote: post #6

This is why we need to bust up monopolies.

X isn't even a monopoly. Before Musk used one of his other companies to buy it from himself, the general consensus was that he'd lost the overwhelming majority of users and revenue it had at the initial privatisation.

Facebook, that could count as… if not "monopoly" then certainly "dominant market position". But not X, not at this point.

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