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  • So Infrastructure Bill gives $65 billion to companies monopolies... yet, they've ran out of money for ACP:

    https://www.fcc.gov/acp

    Does these companies actually use the money to expand broadband?

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/10/25/broadband-subsidies-coronavirus-aid/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/isps-keep-giving-false-broadband-coverage-data-to-the-fcc-groups-say/

    It gives $110 billion for roads, bridges and other major projects... and a bridge that spans just 0.67 miles costing 10 billion dollars and construction expecting to take 10 years. So, we're talking maybe 10 small bridges, as the costs keep increasing.

    The antitrust thing is a good start, but Biden has gave too much leniency to the courts which the higher courts were stacked by Trump. Unless Biden were to do something about the Supreme Court, like most cases... Big business and corporate donors will prevail.

    Same with student loan forgiveness. It is a good start, but it has been overturned time and time again in the courts. Furthermore, it doesn't deal with how majority of companies who are now "paying" for school for employees and then owning them for a long duration despite poor and unsafe working conditions. Biden has largely failed on improving employment & benefit legislation which has been broken.

    Marijuana decriminalization: Marijuna is still illegal under federal law and has not yet been decriminalized. His change in classification would not actually decriminalize it under federal law.

    General economic direction: Have you looked at housing prices recently? Biden's economy benefits the wealthy and hurts the middle and lower class workers. Inflation has increased significantly above wages.

  • I'm curious, what issues do you care about that you believe he's made more progress on than any candidate in your lifetime?

  • A vast majority of Democrat representatives live out their lives without getting killed by MAGA crazies. I think most of them though are willing to take that risk for what they believe in. Do you believe in something greater than yourself that would prompt you to take that risk?

  • Simply, you can't. I'm personally all for an open source alternative for electronic voting. I can bank online, but not vote online. I'd trust an open source online voting platform more than I'd trust poll workers to not skew some votes. I'd also like to be able to track my vote and ensure it was cast for the person I voted for.

  • He's done okay for someone who has compromised with Republicans to give them concessions in order to get legislation passed. His stance on Israel has been detrimental to his campaign. He's taken on some easy wins like marijuana reclassification. There is a lot of issues with current legislation that hurts middle-class workers still that he hasn't done anything about. People face these issues regularly in the workforce, which doesn't build trust. He hasn't done enough to ensure a win against Trump, and the polls show that.

  • Run for local or state office.

  • Biden is being selfish period. If it is about the team, then why Biden. Biden gets on television saying only he can do it. That he is the only one that can beat Trump. If he is the CEO of the Democrats, then they can change the CEO and keep the same employees.

  • This article is sort of all over the place. Is Carissa Véliz even her real name, and if so they've already shared information that makes them less private. Sharing a date or place of birth doesn't make you more secure. In fact, in many instances not sharing information makes you less private. Using pseudonyms and random data that fits the profile makes you more secure. For example, if you sign up for a website that generally appeals to people between the ages of 20-30 but you say you were born in 1947, then that stands out. Using WhatsApp or Signal, which requires a phone number doesn't make you more secure. It does collect your data. Proton Mail requires a private key and uses JavaScript to "decrypt" your data, but practically no one would know if one day they sent JS to collect your private key password.

    Do fellow citizens understand how we feel. What if we delegate jobs to people that think homosexuality is an attempt to corrupt others and send them to hell. AI at least evaluates morality without most bias that humans have. Doesn't mean AI can't do bad, but so can humans.

    Carissa Véliz seems like someone that thinks they have answers, but in reality they are clueless as most people are. People get degrees and can act or sound important when in fact, they did very little to earn their title.

  • And they'll prob make it illegal for you to bypass and hide developer options because to them that means you're hacking them.

  • You'd think so, but the answer is no. They've employed companies like Microsoft, Oracle, etc. to write up the security handbooks that says proprietary software is more secure. Heck, even electronic voting systems in the US is closed-source.

  • I've tried explaining to the Firefox cult that they do a lot of tracking and telemetry by default but they just hurl insults. Time to leave the cult.

  • This is what NameCheap does too. It's freaking stupid. Domain registrations should not be managed by corporations.

  • Wasn't loss? Did AI write this?

  • So you do or don't think Biden can win it?

  • They should investigate all crimes, but I'd be pissed at the Biden campaign if I were Garland. Republicans held him in contempt and were calling for Garland's arrest while Biden campaign insisted Biden didn't have memory issues. Now it gives the appearance that Garland was shielding Biden.

  • Yeah but even then it that is your only option & he still loses, then what happens when Democrats try the same thing again in 4 years. There can always be something worse than Trump and a party that capitalizes on that fear.

  • Most progressive accomplishments since FDR? Please spare me the Biden-paid shill speech. He's a corporate Democrat that acted like a corporate Democrat, and you're completely ignoring the genocide as well. Biden was not a a progressive candidate. Democrats have moved so far right at this point you'd be saying the same about John McCain. Biden is losing and will lose to Trump. Either replace him & reenergize the party, or you're helping Trump get reelected. End of story.

  • Even if the Lord Almighty comes down and tells Biden to drop out would Biden consider it. He may not even listen to God.

  • I'm convinced people that are saying the exact same things you just said actually are Trump supporters and want Trump to win.