Sand dan Glokta from the First Law series of gritty fantasy novels by Joe Abercrombie.

He is a crippled, razor-tongued former war hero turned inquisitor: physically ruined by torture but mentally sharp, cynical, and ruthlessly pragmatic.

Look who is here - a deluded nationalist…

The thing is, he didn’t rape aliens - he raped children. He just wants you to go along with the story about imaginary aliens so he can get off scot-free - which he does.

Who still believes the U.S. is a democracy? Seriously, you’d have to be a deluded nationalist not to see that this system has as little to do with democracy as elections in Russia do.

Why pay any attention to the ramblings of a pedophile and violent criminal?

If you don’t do that, all that remains are his actions - and that is what we should be talking about.

Have you ever seen the presentations by Boston Dynamics and the like? The biggest contracts for just about every robotics company probably come from the military. It probably won’t be long before war looks like it does in Terminator 2 - let’s just hope Skynet takes a while to show up, given all the AI stuff governments are already using for their military campaigns…

I can’t understand how any U.S. citizen can still have faith in the legal system.

Here’s just one example of how hopeless that is: the incumbent president is still in office.

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Yep, unfortunately: A shocking number of people that I meet seem to think that jumping on every trend - no matter how ridiculous - is what sets them apart. But of course, that only applies to those who don’t have a clue about anything. It seems especially important to them to appear “modern,” and unfortunately, they don’t even realize how ridiculous that is. You probably know the type: the kind of people who post the most superficial nonsense on LinkedIn day in and day out.

I unfortunately have to deal with people like that a lot; it’s especially widespread among executives and so-called decision-makers. They see some tech trend and get so excited about it that they think they’re the most innovative geniuses of all, just because they can type a prompt into an LLM.

It’s a real shame that so many are so unreflective. At any rate, that’s often my impression when interacting with my clients.

Unfortunately, the German federal government also wants to implement this nationwide - those wretched traitors to the people.

I very much doubt that the spines are even legible (even if they were, there would be nothing to hide).

It’s just that people in the field I work in mostly think books are outdated, which is of course complete nonsense, but somehow that’s how they define themselves.

It’s good to be able to quantify what everyone already knows, because it’s proof. Unfortunately, it won’t change much, because this isn’t about objectivity - it’s about power.

Through skillful intelligence work, Israel has managed to corrupt the people in positions of power.

This is why Israel, a country of utterly insignificant importance on the world stage, is not held accountable for its inhumane crimes.

The Epstein documents provide insight into how this works. It is intelligence work, pretty much the only thing Israel has ever been very good at - for people hungry for power, that’s worth enough.

You only have to look at the history of Israel to understand why this country is the way it is.

I really wonder when people will realize that the best way to deal with this orange monster is to never ever repeat whatever nonsense he spouts.

He thrives on nothing but the attention he generates with his idiotic remarks.

If that stops, all that’s left is the reality of his actions - and that’s what people should be talking about, not his lies, not his distractions, or his empty promises.

It’s really simple: Don’t feed the troll!

Did I miss something? Why the hate?

I have bookshelves behind my desk. When I’m on video calls from my home office, I’ve gotten into the habit of using Blur or some other background filter, because people always give me that weird look when they see books in the background. And I’m not even that old…

Let’s hope for OP’s sake that Peter Dinklage isn’t hanging out in the Fediverse. You know why…

Exactly. That’s precisely why this corrupt regime attracts the most unscrupulous people. There’s simply no other way to describe it than as organized crime, because that’s exactly what it is. It has absolutely nothing to do with a democratic government - not even by U.S. standards.

All true, but we shouldn’t forget that the regime also offers its henchmen certain perks to buy their loyalty: ICE, for example, provides such “benefits” - thousands upon thousands of MAGA morons with absolutely no qualifications have been hired for a salary they could only dream of.

So, for the people the regime needs, it certainly provides advantages. Or to put it another way: Many of those who still support the regime don’t do so because they’re so gullible, but because they personally benefit from it. In that sense, they’re not just right-wing extremists, but also opportunists - and that makes them all the more dangerous.

The name suggests as much, but given recent events, you might want to play it safe and go see a doctor to get tested for the hentai virus - you never know; could be a symptom…

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