I grew up in the rugged mountains of West Virginia. Hunting, fishing and camping. Loved camping in the cold snow and hunting deer. No tent, just a good bag or bed roll, a fire and canvas tarp. Good times. I think the good Lord he let me grow up in those mountains.
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Americans say AI could never launch nuclear weapons in the future because AI has never launched nuclear weapons in the past.
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@freepatriot This is why we need to keep electing governments that believe in democracy and freedom of speech. Socialism is death.
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@freepatriot Precisely. Trade with friendly nations should be free. Trade with unfriendly nations should either be illegal or priced so high it may as well be illegal. It's about punishing evil, not making money to fund wars.
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@freepatriot Rational self-interest suggests that voters should want their money to retain its value, but people don't always vote that way.
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@irie @freepatriot There is nothing in Libertarianism to suggest that we don't have leaders, but we want leaders who are actually competent. The left wants leaders who espouse their ideological fantasies about equity and 80 genders and the supposedly peaceful Palestinians and all the other guff.
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@freepatriot Somewhere between anarchy and a police state is leadership by competent libertarians.
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@freepatriot Well, AI should never be allowed to be in a position to launch nukes.
Americans say AI could never launch nuclear weapons in the future because AI has never launched nuclear weapons in the past.
Americans say AI could never launch nuclear weapons in the future because AI has never launched nuclear weapons in the past.
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Americans think AI is bad because AI is boring, but maybe AI is dangerous because AI can drain bank accounts, crash planes, shut off water supplies, order lockdowns, and launch nuclear weapons.
Americans have tunnel vision and make up any fact to fit their narrative.
Americans scream that John Stossel hates Libertarians, North Korea has Homosexual Pride Parades, and the Gestapo are always convicted for shooting unarmed Americans in the back.
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Americans say banning the Bill of Rights is great if you have a reason.
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If you felt unexplained dread about the future in 1993 now you can understand why.
Feeling optimistic is difficult when the headlines every day say things like "Cash is Banned" or "Stoves Now Illegal" and the newspapers never have stories named "Patriot Act Repealed" or "License Plate Scanners Removed".
There will be very hard choices to make. You know that the concentration camps are coming soon, but who will be sent there first? Illegal immigrants? Nazis? Commies?
