Cimbazarov [none/use name]

Any books you would recommend?

The youth shall become socialists

I wonder if they are trying to flatter him to avoid talking about a forced sale. Apparently Trump is easily flattered by dumb shit.

Just so I understand, would a TikTok ban in the US be that impactful to the Chinese economy? Are you saying the sale of it can be a negotiation tool for a economic agreement between the US and China?

Jeez this is probably going to be as horrific as it sounds

I agree, that’s why I said it’s only somewhat effective

The only somewhat effective way of countering carbrain is by travelling to different countries, and experiencing decent public transit for the first time. Still, there are people who do see it and are stuck at the idea that it just can’t be implemented in their own country.

I almost lost my mind once when someone was telling me that a train is less scalable than a car. Like dude, do you think paved roads just spontaneously burst out of the ground?

I do like how the TikTok ban disproves “the free market leads to better quality products/services because competition”. If it was true then the competition would force American companies to innovate or improve their own products to compete with TikTok rather than lobby banning it. But capitalist owners know this isnt true, the government knows this isnt true, only the brainwashed MBA’s and tech bros believe this lie

I really hope they don’t sell, but I can see it happening because TikTok CEO is a capitalist at the end of the day

If a socialist or any one who is even remotely left tries to gain power

It definitely doesn’t warrant its cost and at this point just feels like a tech demo that no one can figure out how to monetize effectively. As well, the energy costs are just absurd for the purpose it serves.

Oh god, I’m embarrassed for him

At this point I believe the democrats are deliberately trying to boost Trump’s approval rating.

Why? So they justify their own right wing turn? They want to work across the aisle? Idk pick whatever reason you want.

I guess normalizing Trump does ward off any revolutionary potential in the population, so maybe it’s not so farfetched.

I mean yea thats basically it. Anytime you tell someone that an issue in america is a solved problem in China, they just recite one of the hundreds of propaganda points they’ve been fed

So like, when people say we can’t increase wages because it will result in higher prices, are they also against investing in useless things like this because it will increase prices? I’ve heard people say the former alot, rarely have heard the latter.

I was thinking this would be an easy PR win for Trump to unban it, but now I’m not as sure. He probably has too many oligarchs in his ear that are dying to own a piece of tiktok or its market share that they would encourage him to ban it (assuming tiktok would not let themselves be owned by an American company).

I think ChatGPT is a good tool for studying, similar to how saying things aloud/writing things out is a good tool for studying because it forces you to think, except with ChatGPT you can have a back and forth. Verifying the output for truth also seems like a good exercise for learning (as long as you don’t use ChatGPT to verify itself)

The issue I see is you need to have some base of critical thinking skills and general knowledge to work from in order to get the most out of ChatGPT and I doubt most students are at that level. I don’t even consider myself at that level. I assume the worst and students are just taking the output and rewording it.

If we collectively agree ChatGPT is here to stay, then maybe we ought to teach how to use it in a productive way that doesn’t dumb us down. I know this isn’t a well-defined thing though but probably it would be worth researching. We live under capitalism though so the odds of that happening are probably next to none, but I’m thinking about what we should do if ChatGPT existed under a different system.

Yea but do they have iphones?

There are people with neoliberal brainrot who agree those are problems but think it because we don’t have “real capitalism”. They don’t have any solution though other than cutting taxes and deregulating and letting the market forces play out, which will somehow magically fix everything. This is also why they never come to the realization that “oh maybe the free market doesnt work”. As long as there is a single cent of tax or a single regulation, they will never come to that realization.

I’ve also made the mistake of taking the bait and debating these people, which in my experience never leads anywhere