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I couldn’t have said it better. Some people are genuinely not suited to it without other interventions first, but for everyone else, it’s basic mental hygiene.

Can you look the other way while we do business-as-usual with genocidal entities? That’s the main requirement these days.

Until the far-right lead the dominant EU players such as Germany & France. We’re already up to our necks in genocide so I see no reason to expect basic decency in this context either.

This seems to mean that Meta can’t have the case dismissed. So I’m guessing that other companies who can demonstrate similar downloading patterns, or present similar evidence can also bring a case forward.

I’d imagine that the outcome of the case will be more telling.

Those don’t seem like seismic changes, but if the pace continues it could be significant. My main worry is that we end up with equally shitty companies just under a different jurisdiction.

He is funded by US/Israeli billionaire Robert Shillman, so likely already has more money than he’ll ever need. The point of asking for donations is likely psychological manipulation: when people “buy in”, it’s harder to leave the cult.

You know that leading with benign parts doesn't successfully hide the contradictions and unhinged parts later, right?

It’s a genuine question, not a statement.

Whose manifesto reads better?

My favourite is “The Green Menace”. Another one I saw today referring to the excellent Mehdi Hasan: “Left-wing troublemaker”.

I laugh because the tabloids are unhinged, but they’re unhinged because it’s effective among certain cohorts.

Not much to go on, but it does seem like the standard will be at least as good as the original.

Nobody seems to want to grapple with the problem of local white Britons being absolutely out of pocket.

Zack Polanski does, and he’s the only one doing it credibly. Check out his Bold Politics podcast if you’re interested.