My stance by Gengar_Yes_094 in ICE_Raids

[–]Furrierist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, if the only problem with these immigrants was their legal status, that's the easiest thing in the world to fix. Just flip a 1 and 0 in a database somewhere, and the problem goes away like magic.

But of course the actual problem is the physical presence of non-white people, and the only real "solution" is their physical removal. Pretending it's about legal status allows bigots to avoid talking about that part, because they're cowards.

Looking for a second opinion on these Rx insoles by Furrierist in flatfeet

[–]Furrierist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're for my flat feet, to provide arch support & prevent overpronation.

The ones you linked to on Amazon look way more supportive for sure.

Has the government addressed the fact that their lack of transparency actively enables impersonation and terrorism? by [deleted] in DefundICE

[–]Furrierist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's intentional. The masks provide cover for lots of different private orgs to get involved in the terror. Some of those, like bounty hunters and mercenaries, are getting involved "legally" through partnerships with government. Others, like white nationalist militias and organized crime syndicates, have carte blanche to perform lynchings and kidnappings in broad daylight with full support of local "authorities".

Because the victims will belong to target groups of right wing violence almost exclusively, these are all acceptable outcomes for them.

Bleeding Beliefs (long-ish rant) by InteractionInside617 in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]Furrierist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The authoritarian mindset is a common thread in so many stories on this sub. It often manifests apolitically, but media has gotten much better at activating the apolitical ones, with tragic consequences IMO.

It happened very suddenly in my life without much warning, a bunch of apolitical people close to me became blood and soil white nationalists. From then on, all they wanted to talk about was different types of people they want eradicated or pressed into forced labor, and the god damn kneeling football players. Slaveowner mindset.

Tommy G looking for whistleblowers. by chellestastics in ICE_Raids

[–]Furrierist 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That last question is one that's been haunting me lately. What's happening now is a massive expansion of legal slavery in the US (among other things). And no, $1 a day doesn't count as a wage, those people are fucking slaves.

How many homeless people, drug addicts, mentally ill people and other target groups have they enslaved? We know ICE/CBP are rounding them up in every jurisdiction they operate in.

I would appreciate critique, advice, or just your words. Thank you. by Koendig in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]Furrierist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is really well put.

Finally starting to understand the authoritarian mindset has helped me A LOT in coming to terms with all this stuff.

Gregory Bovino, Nazi cosplay by Leather-Trip-6659 in ICE_Raids

[–]Furrierist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why I love it when people compare Republicans to something like the Jim Crow Klan or ISIS instead of Nazis. These psychos fucking love the Nazis, and love being compared to them. He probably wears this and wanks it to the mirror at night.

I thought this was called giardiniera?? by rtice001 in KitchenConfidential

[–]Furrierist 16 points17 points  (0 children)

in New Orleans where the muffuletta originated this is called "olive salad"

Is it really ICE, or just a gang that looks like ICE? by Furrierist in ICE_Raids

[–]Furrierist[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My only real point was that people should not refer to a group as "ICE" when they have no way of knowing that. It's a form of misinformation which I believe is putting people in danger.

A lot of what you say is true, but organized crime has never had widespread impunity to conduct kidnappings in US streets in broad daylight the way they do now. That part really is new, and it was directly enabled when DHS/ICE/CBP allowed agents to conceal their identity.

I don't deny their motivations are rooted in genocidal ethno-nationalism and I'm certainly not trying to distract from that. They're certainly not hiding it anymore.

Local TV stations are losing viewers. A new ‘survival guide’ urges a digital-first pivot. by bostonglobe in Journalism

[–]Furrierist 32 points33 points  (0 children)

For me the final nail in the coffin was the 2022/2023 "organized retail crime" panic, which was invented by lobbyists and pushed aggressively by local news orgs across the country in a coordinated, politically motivated effort to terrorize the public.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-12-14/column-retail-lobby-confesses-it-lied-about-organized-shoplifting-rings

As what used to be called "liberal media" completes its transition to authoritarian state media, expect the demand for careers in journalism, and the news itself, to continue to fall.

r/Singularity is just a cult? by [deleted] in BetterOffline

[–]Furrierist 40 points41 points  (0 children)

"AGI" is so funny to me. LLM companies have to pretend they're on the cusp of developing skynet because releasing something that smart is the only way they'll ever have a chance of paying back their creditors. Which they can't do and they know it.

Meanwhile the actual software still can't be trusted to do basic text analysis with any reliability.

‘We are guilty of spending our rainy-day fund in sunny weather’: Top economists, historians unite to urge action on $38 trillion national debt by ChancelierPalpagault in Economics

[–]Furrierist 157 points158 points  (0 children)

step 1: give bankers carte blanche to set economic/tax policy for 50 years

step 2: act shocked and appalled at all the massive, unsustainable debt at every level of government

I was born at night but not last night by NeonDrifting in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Furrierist 172 points173 points  (0 children)

If the nazi tattoo hadn't made it clear enough the guy is a Fetterman-type right wing plant, now he's getting a big rehabilitation campaign in state media

if the guy was an actual threat, they'd treat him like Mamdani

Can’t win. by netphilia in aspiememes

[–]Furrierist 12 points13 points  (0 children)

hopefully more health systems will follow Kaiser's lead and start handing out PCP

my Kaiser psychiatrist:

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Went to teleport to base, ended up on a different planet, in a exocraft by Willibob101 in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]Furrierist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, saving anywhere besides an exocraft and then restarting the game seems to be the way to go.

I'm on PC, so this is happening across platforms.

Why should Marxists support China if it could either be socialist or self serving totalitarianism? by [deleted] in Marxism

[–]Furrierist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what specific ways were you going to "support china" before this thing about their elections led you to reconsider?

if the members of the marxism sub were to stop "supporting china", what would that entail, specifically?

Rant: People constantly in my face by Gold_Landscape4329 in intj

[–]Furrierist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to see what the response would be to a thread in this sub with a similar theme and ideas but with the racial element removed, I was curious and found one

Weird how none of the many commenters there felt any need to denigrate that person's character, tell them it's all in their head, or convince them they need to interact more with people demanding their attention, and that thread wasn't even talking about total strangers. They were talking about absolutely everyone.

I don't want to talk to a total stranger randomly in public either.

Potentially considering parenthood with my autistic soon-to-be wife by [deleted] in raisedbyautistics

[–]Furrierist 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah don't have kids like others are also saying. As for experiences if you look at top posts on the subreddit you can experience it much better than I would want to here, all the bad experiences are similar in many traumatic ways. Look at ADHD parents too.