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el_ravager··on Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors
Precisely, liberals aren't leftists in the least—at least not according to leftists. That is, world-wide, liberals and fascists have constantly worked hand-in-hand to form coalitions to keep the left out of power since WW1.

The true dialogue in America is happening amongst center-left vs. far-right ideologies.

el_ravager··on Today is Antitrust Day. Tell Congress to put people back in control of tech
By promoting colonization through expansionist, neoliberal policies.
el_ravager··on Russia to restrict Facebook access for 'censoring' its media
Unfortunately, it just doesn't seem to be the kind of problem that capitalism is able to solve.
el_ravager··on Things you notice when you quit the news (2016)
None of those publications are leftist in the least. However, they do all happen to share a very strong neoliberal bias—which would put one in more of a corporate centrist bubble—akin to watching just CNN and MSNBC on cable. If you want news without extra commentary, just go straight to Reuters and/or AP.
el_ravager··on Tim Cook earned over 1,400 times the average Apple worker in 2021
We're saying literally anyone could do the job of Apple's CEO.
el_ravager··on What the world will be like in a hundred years (1922)
Why bring in outside materials into this conversation? Do we lack the capacity for reason?
el_ravager··on Engineers should invest in decision-making skills early
Science devoid of philosophy is merely politics.
el_ravager··on Uncomfortable Truths in Software Engineering
The exploitation is a feature of capitalism, not a bug.
el_ravager··on What Peng Shuai reveals about one-party rule
Only the wealthy and powerful, The Right, can afford the luxury of being truly stupid. The Left can never afford not to be as smart and pragmatic. This is why reality is always left-leaning.
el_ravager··on An Engineer's View of Venture Capitalists (2001)
A founder is a sociopath who steals from the workers.
el_ravager··on Facebook banned me for life because I help people use it less
Facebook is essentially a utility as governments use it as one of the primary ways to communicate with their citizens. Banning someone from Facebook, in the US, is unconstitutional.
el_ravager··on Facebook banned me for life because I help people use it less
Facebook is a merely the logical consequence of late-stage capitalism—its evil nature is a feature not a bug.
el_ravager··on Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return
If they can't be broken up—and they're too big to fail—rolling them up into a utility could be an forgone conclusion.
el_ravager··on Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return
If they came to capitalist America knowing of its history, they're probably A-OK with being politically abhorrent.
el_ravager··on The Tech Worker Handbook
Which is why it's sometimes necessary to go above the court and take the information straight to the people.
el_ravager··on Facebook Whistleblower Leaks Thousands of Pages of Incriminating Internal Docs
A liberal is a capitalist is a conservative. The NY Times hails from smack-dab in the middle of the corporate center of American politics.
el_ravager··on Whistleblower to Congress: Facebook products harm kids and democracy
Especially for the relatively poor red states that depend on blue state subsidy.
el_ravager··on Hand gestures that last longer than spoken languages
They're definitely reading way too much into it and should probably take a good, hard look at themselves.
el_ravager··on EFF Joins Global Coalition Asking Apple CEO Tim Cook to Stop Phone-Scanning
Your comments aren't news and we aren't the government suppressing your speech, so I'm not sure what you're going on about.
el_ravager··on The Middle East is running out of water, and parts are becoming uninhabitable
One word: pickles.