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  • latenightnoir@lemmy.worldtoLefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comFlexible
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    8 days ago

    I honestly have no idea what the ultimate machinations behind such a plan would be, I don’t even believe that’s necessarily the case, just something which strikes me as almost so ridiculously bad, that it has to be fake. Maybe I’m just an optimist, hell if I know…

    But to give into flights of fancy, one of the reasons why I could see someone wanting to prolong a massive conflict (maybe even two!) would be to sell weapons and generally implements of war. Would track with past behaviour. I’m sure there are plenty of other imaginable economic and political reasons, but that’s beyond speculation.

    They did start selling weapons to any citizen who can enter a store, ask, and pay for one while there were no conflicts quite on this scale going on, which may or may not be just a coincidence. Again, haven’t the foggiest and this is all in good… uuh… fun, I guess.



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    8 days ago

    Y’know… If I were just a liiittle bit more paranoid, this would start looking like it’s all planned out. Make the other guy so bad that people will basically have to choose between ‘mild’ genocide and a complete lunatic who wants to create a Theo-Fascistic Middle Ages kingdom.

    I’m honestly not chipping into the debate, firstly because this particular moral quandary is a Kobayashi Maru type deal, secondly because I’m not American so it’s not my place. Just random thoughts…















  • I think size is the wrong point of comparison, considering this is literally pointless tech. I’m not opposed to wearables, but we’re just not at the point where we have small and relevant enough tech to make a ring more advantageous than a fitness band.

    Plus we really need to prioritise repairability in all cases, regardless of the tech’s application. I’d say we shouldn’t even produce something we couldn’t then subsequently fix if the need should arise.