The purpose of a system is what it does. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pur...

If one party has a stated goal of purging the civil service, then people leaving the civil service, or military brass refusing to serve under Trump, helps that party achieve its ends. It would be bad for MAGA only if they wanted govt agencies to fulfill their actual missions.

Look at other recent newsworthy events, and ask yourself if you see the zugzwang pattern playing out.

Here's another example: I just heard a youtuber saying that air traffic controllers quitting during the shutdown looks bad for MAGA while also saying that DOGE had tried to cut ATC jobs.

Yes, it may be considered necessary to "save democracy", but it seems to me we were compelled to choose between two options which serve the interests of the P25 authoritarians.

I don't question the necessities as much as I question calling such outcomes "winning".

Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc

I talked to librarians, authors who have had their books banned, and groups that support them for this article. The glee with which schools, libraries, governments, and companies are replacing human workers and nuance with AI would not be possible w/o the successful war on schools and libraries

Perhaps I'm dim, but I feel like "if you put everyone out of work, you won't have any customers" is something the "everything will be AI" folks should consider.

People know not to believe what they hear on the internet. But they can’t help wanting to believe things that are endlessly repeated by their peers. And their peers are seeing the exact same viral posts they are. It feels right because your friends say it but always sources back to the same place.

Seems important to note the reason people want to put him in one group or the other is to demonize or clear one group from having to be responsible for his actions. The concept of blaming everyone that has some overlap is the most dangerous idea.

Nobody learned the lessons of

Gamergate
Comicsgate
Rabid puppies

It's been 15 years and companies are still allowing themselves to be played.

Although, I think Bluesky isn't being played, and won't be honest and transparent about what speech they think is worthy of allowing.