This author: “Won’t someone please think of the poor, oppressed motorists?”

They kinda did though.

Cheers mate and I apologize for my tone which probably contributed to this conversation going in that direction initially. Sometimes that snark just feels so good haha.

Personally I prefer to describe these types of governments as run of the mill authoritarian (or totalitarian if they progress far enough). I do think the ultranationalism and xenophobia is an important aspect of fascism though–that’s what makes them able to commit atrocities beyond just historical monarchies or other types of oppressive governments. The dehumanization of anyone who is different combined with that totalitarian power makes mass murder way more likely.

I don’t see that in Venezuela right now but what I really wanted was for someone to make the case that it was rather than just saying they’re fascist because they’re bad. Yes, they are bad, but I really don’t like the simplification of complex political ideas down into quasi-slurs.

Sure I agree, but to me the term “open fascist” implies there is no attempt to hide what they are. If you meant it otherwise then I don’t understand what it’s meant to imply.

Yeah you can definitely be a fascist and hide that fact. This is very common.

But it wouldn’t open fascism if you hide it.

That’s the thing though. Those other three are pretty important.

It’s not a troll, I just think fascism is uniquely dangerous and we should use words correctly. This is the same twisting of words that lets people smear Zelinsky or whoever as a fascist. You can always find some points of commonality but you need the whole definition to match, not just parts of it.

And saying it’s open fascism is even more silly. It’s only open fascism if they’re self-describing that way. There aren’t any openly fascist countries today.

I guess you still didn’t look up the definition of fascist?

I don’t know what kind of history degree would leave you so ignorant of this issue but maybe you should ask for a refund.

Maduro is not a fascist. I would recommend reading up on the meaning of the word before tossing it around so haphazardly.

Open fascism lol. You guys are the reason no one takes that word seriously anymore.

I think citizens of every country are not rebellious enough.

Mass murder committed brazenly in the public eye.

Fuck if I know. Thankfully he’s super old though so he can’t last forever.

Thank you. I think there is some slight nuance here but these numbers certainly refute the narrative that the locals wanted to join Russia. Assuming the poll was conducted fairly. I’m not familiar with the agency behind it.

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Source?

Was this down to a single vote or something?

Capybara are dangerous?! Do they kill by biting or what?

I would assume insects would be evolutionarily similar to other types or prey.

Although I’m not sure most bats have forward facing eyes anyway.

Was this a while ago? I’ve gone through several on 120v and I don’t think it’s ever taken more than 5 min.

It’s pretty clear that deepseek is not open source, or at least shouldn’t be considered within the spirit of open source.

It seems like if we want to have truly open source llms, a new standard for transparency is needed.