Some people won't be happy until we are literally human live stock in every sense of the word...

https://wcbs880.radio.com/articles/de-blasio-declares-health-emergency-orders-measles-vaccinations-williamsburg-amid-outbreak

The precedent would be that it is now ok for the administration to change trust ratings. Of course Theymos/Cyrus get to decide, that is not the question, the question is why should they break the current precedent of NOT moderating trust ratings to suit a single user? The cost is that now moderating trust ratings will be an accepted thing, opening the door for manipulation and abuse by the staff. Even if they are not actively abusing their positions, this still necessitates a position where they have to pick and choose when to intervene, meaning some people will get this special privilege, and some will not, automatically creating an imbalance in the trust system as far as equitable treatment under it. SwingFirst fucked up by not securing his account properly, he should bear the cost, not the entire community in the form of debasing the reputability of the entire trust system even more than it already is.

I watched the video, yes, and I even double checked before posting just to make sure. The men in the doorway were not even facing him when they were talking to EACH OTHER. His manifesto also explicitly says he hopes consertvatism is dead and that he doesn't really identify with the right or the left. He also called himself an "eco-fascist" and said he most identifies with the government of China.

Proclaiming he is on the right is just a convenient slander to drive political motives of your choice and has nothing to do with the reality of the situation. By your own logic I could say he is on the left because he identifies with Communist China, but I know that this is just as dumb as placing him as identifying with the right, because he EXPLICITLY SAID he does not identify as either right or left in his manifesto. You are just cherry picking the parts that serve your own bias.

Additionally your assertion that he is a Christian is 1000% pulled directly from your ass. I haven't made a single comment about the race of anyone here in this thread, so you can shove your accusations of racism right back up your ass from where you pulled it. Islam is not a race it is a religion and a political system.

Googlag is already cutting its own throat, and by that I mean specifically YouTube. He is simply taking advantage of existing trends and moving on to the next best thing. I am not sure if he is even being paid as he has a lot of incentive to move just for YouTube policy and censorship reasons, but who knows, I wouldn't be surprised either way. The reason I think this is huge is because the main drawback of these platforms as they exist is the lack of a user base, and PewDiePie is essentially the most famous man that ever lived, and he commands an army of 9 year olds. This is a big deal towards creating an environment of mass adoption of these technologies.

I never claimed inheritance tax was EXCLUSIVE to Communism, I just stated that removal of inheritance rights is one of the 10 planks of Communism to prove the point that a lot of Communist aligned policies are already in use today.

The USSR and China were by no means independent of Capitalism, at any point. It is a fact Marxism/Socialism/Communism REQUIRES Capitalism to exist, this was even in Marx's original writings if I remember correctly. Think about it for a minute. Even if those nations were 100% Communist, they still were operating within the default world order of Capitalism.

End of discussion. Is this shitty? Absolutely. Did you all agree to it by participating anyway? Absolutely. Solution? Simply don't transact with the user any more. If contracts don't protect even the shittiest among us, they protect none of us.

He was not a Christian, that is absolute horse shit. He didn't even identify as one. He didn't identify as being on the right either. Too bad you live in a totalitarian nation which prevents you from looking for yourself, and instead you are forced to swallow whatever turds they choose to force feed you. Also your little scaling game is beyond retarded, by that same logic we could declare Muslims responsible for BILLIONS of deaths. Your shitty movie script version where the victim said "peace be upon you brother" never fucking happened. You know how I know this? I don't live in a totalitarian nation, and we have freedom of speech, which means I am free to actually see what happened unedited with my own eyes.

You are asking the wrong question. The question you need to be asking is why is he so special that the standards we all agree are there for a reason should be deviated from just to selectively suit this single user? What precedent does this set? Who decides who is special enough to get this extra effort? Yeah I wish he could be completely restored, but I also think it would be a net negative if a precedent of meddling in trust ratings is set for any reason as it degrades the reliability of the entire system. You need to make a choice between leaving him a counter positive and leaving him to deal with the minor setback, or making efforts to remove Zepher from the default trust instead of collectivizing the loss.

This is also a viable solution to this issue without playing the game of moderating trust ratings from the top down.

Not fair according to who? Why is it the entire community now has to suffer a potential exploit because this individual user did not secure their account correctly? Yes it sucks, but if there are not standards then it is a continual never ending slow creep toward abuse. SwingFast made a mistake, they should bear the responsibility for it, not pass it on to the community as a whole.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AGebPsme7M

https://dlive.tv/

This is the watershed event that will bring decentralized social media to the masses. Prepare your anus Googlag.

In my opinion changing ratings for inactive accounts is a rabbit hole we do not want to go down and will inevitably create more avenues for manipulation and abuse. I think that if a user is trusted, they should appeal to other users to leave them positive ratings to counteract the negative rating, specifically noting the situation at hand with a referenced thread. This should rectify the situation to a large degree.

Except the difference is I actually read the presented sources and tell you why they are invalid. You just say


declare yourself correct, and move on. Why should I keep providing sources if you don't even make logical arguments against them, let alone read them?

No, I just know enough about the scientific method to know that psychology doesn't really meet standards such as empirical data, observable results, control groups, or the ability to be replicated. Here are a few more sources for you not to read, pretend you did, then deny the logic of:

https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2015/11/why_psychology_and_statistics_are_not_science.html
https://www.simplypsychology.org/science-psychology.html
https://philosophynow.org/issues/74/Is_Psychology_Science




These aren't issues exclusively for the left, but they are however FAR more prevalent on the left, as for example Marxism utilizes them directly as tools to fuel its growth. Marxism not only takes advantage of a lot of these conditions, it also cultivates them actively. I am absolutely bias against the left, that however doesn't mean I am wrong.

See I can speak for you too. Just because you don't like what I present to you doesn't make it illogical or not factual.



In order for you argument to be valid, taxation would have to be exclusive to Capitalism. Unfortunately for your argument Socialism/Communism either tax you EVEN MORE heavily, or strip your right to private property at all. Kind of hard to take the family farm when it already belongs to dear leader right?

Also, I find it very interesting that you are using the very argument I am using to argue against Socialism/Communism within our capitalist system to blame Capitalism when my entire point was that it is a policy directly from The 10 Planks of Communism to remove inheritance rights. Under Capitalism that was not infected with Communism, there would be no inheritance tax because that income has already been taxed multiple times.

You see Communism REQUIRES Capitalism to operate, but Capitalism does not require Communism to operate, as a result Communism will always appear within Capitalist systems, not independently of them. Of course this makes convenient fodder for simple minded folk to create this weird cognitive defect of binary choice which makes it easier to superficially make it appear their projections make sense.

WHOOPS, you are a psychopath who cares more about Marxism than the mutilation of children. You are a prime example of why it must be stopped. Thank you for exposing yourself for everyone here to see.

Once again, because some people can not tolerate open free discussion and must resort to closing threads to get the last word I have opened this one to continue the discussion. This is a continuation of this thread.


That's your reply to an entire article?

"Dumb statement."

The usual quality critical thought I expect from mOgliE. You know, really stupid people often think people smarter than them are dumb because they simply don't have the capacity to understand the ideas they present, but that's not you right? Clearly not, based on the quality of your retort.

Your preferred interpretation of my own points doesn't magically make them factual or logic based because it is the interpretation that best suits your bias. Literally no where in my statement or in my source was "abrogation of inheritance right" ever stated. You preach to me about not caring about facts while you create strawman after strawman and try to will them into fact-hood by brute force of repetition.

I am extremely aggressive and insulting because I know it wears you down, which unfortunately is my last resort when communicating with some one who is as much of a disingenuous, misinformed, and willfully ignorant true believer of a very dangerous ideology such as yourself. The fact that you feel the need to prevent me from replying is just more evidence of your own inability to present a factual argument stronger than a wet paper bag.

You want to create unity among conflicting ideologies? Start by examining your own. I have. In fact I was firmly within your realm of the political spectrum at one point until I did. You don't just get to demand everyone else compromise while you make no efforts of your own to do so. Now its your turn, or you could just remain convinced you have nothing to learn and continue as you have been, and I will keep grinding you down in any way I can, because people like you are dangerous.

At least if I hold my hand on your forehead while you try to swing at me wildly, there will be that much less energy available for you to spread your cancerous ideology, your failure also serving as a great example for anyone considering Communism as a viable belief system.

I have a fun suggestion. How about Quickseller agrees that if he is caught using his merit to rank up his own alts, he agrees to be permanently banned from the forum. This is a win win for everyone guys.

Evidence, you mean like a very well respected member of the default trust list testifying to the fact kind of evidence?

Nah, this is exactly what you are doing, this is your modus operandi to a T.

So your argument is unless I retroactively change this one whole rating from like 5 years ago against some one who is inactive and was running a fake charity, I am a hypocrite and should stop speaking out about people shotgunning dozens of negative ratings a day like it is a game they are trying to rank up in? Give me a break, no one that used this as an excuse to demonize me ever gave a fuck about Armis or my rating, it was simply a convenient way to penalize me for speaking up because they felt it made them look bad because I dared to question dear leader and was exposing their own double standards. This was always about coercing my submission, not about standards.

Except you aren't changing your behavior, you are engaging in the same disingenuous manipulative bullshit you always have, just at a lower volume.

As usual you are way over your head. I suggest you review the OP.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/201601/the-is-psychology-science-debate

Can anyone tell me how any of this is distinguishable from state sponsored child abuse and mutilation? A six year old child doesn't know anything about sex or gender and would say anything their parent or parents want them to to get their approval. This kind of thing is becoming a regular occurrence and CPS are taking people's children over refusing to allow this to be done to their children. This subject needs to have more attention on it. This is an inexcusable trauma and permanent mutilation of children backed by state power. This needs to stop.

https://savejames.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py_AcKYkifU