Republicans have guaranteed that nobody wants to vote for them ever again. Look at the most recent elections: Democrats swept almost every single race with historic levels of votes.

I am certain the Republicans will die as a party in the next few years; however, that just means that the top Democrats will be just as fully corrupt as the Republicans are now. Where do you think all of that 'campaign' money will go and with what strings attached?

Deeper change is needed.

Sure, as long as you are willing to ignore all the terrible things the Democrats have supported or championed over the years. They are bought and paid for at the top.

The Democrats are headed by people of the same cloth that the Republicans are part of. Proof: How Bernie Sanders was treated in 2016 and how Mamdani (sp?) was treated recently. I can name half a dozen top Democrats off the top of my head who tried to kill Sanders and Mamdani's campaigns. That is NOT a party for everyone else due to its own corruption.

Yeah, I will grant that on the surface, the Democrats are a better choice than the Republicans; however, Democrats are still not a viable party.

It is not that simple, which makes your statement untrue as well.

Hospitals are mandated by law to treat anyone for emergency treatment. Some of those folks are illegals, and some percentage of those folks will not be able to pay. The government pays those bills through the same mechanism that also pays for the indigent and poor; therefore, the GOP claim is not entirely without merit... but, it is still bullshit, as the Democrats are NOT fighting for illegal aliens to be able to use medical care for free, but that is a side effect due to other laws.

I hope we use our incredible spying apparatus to hunt down every single mother fucker associated with MAGA at a high level and charge them with treason. And then, destroy that fucking apparatus that they built.

Huh? Of course we are winning. You just have the wrong definition for 'we'.

The future is always unclear because emergent things happen that humans are unable to predict; however, one thing is absolutely clear, if you are not part of the ownership class, AI means poverty and death for you and your children. Human life does not matter, only money matters... and that only matters because money is almost a direct representation of power if you know how to control it. There will be billions of unnecessary deaths. Welcome to the New World.

I was just thinking about this exact idea a few days ago. Sadly, unless they allow the community to organize an Open Source project, a Linux based client can not be done with the resources that they have. If they offered the community a chance to go at it, I am sure they would find LOTS of volunteers... me being one.

I know, right? Most every device out there that has GPS, also has required navigation added onto it. I just want to know where I am, I can already figure out how to get to where I want to go as long as I know where I am.

Your vision is poor. It will return to the Antebellum economy but now, with no obligations to the individual 'slaves'. Sure, the "economy" will be smaller, but wealthy individuals don't need much beyond what 'slaves' can provide. All of the things that are being sold to you right now are not necessary to life in a pre-industrial society. The only industrial type things they will need are weapons, and nuclear bombs are enough to prevent an invasion (in theory).

I keep hearing this, and I have seen proof of this; however, that claim just does not sit right with me. I think debt is far more nuanced than a simple good/bad determination and the good sides are trotted out when they likely shouldn't be.

I am guessing you haven't heard of breeder reactors?

While there are some crazies out there yelling about frankenfood and such, the real resistance to GMO is the IP ownership issues surrounding it. Farmers have been sued for GMO grain from another farmer's fields 'infecting' their own. Most of those lawsuits were actually legit and the farmer was trying to skate by, but even one lawsuit against a legit farmer is WAY too much.

( CAPTCHA is evolve, this is ridiculous )

Do you really belong on Slashdot? He didn't hack the damned thing to get clean floors. He hacked it because he was curious about what it was doing (or not doing).

Have you fallen into 'old man who yells at the clouds' mode?

No. Conspiracy brought us here. Conspiracy by people with a LOT of money and power. None of this is emergent behavior, it was all pre-planned over 70 years ago.

ROFLMAO

(at best, they never lied about anything that was important to you, but they most assuredly lied)