The GOP in the south has completely morphed into "Big Brother". Ever since NIxon's "southern strategy" of moving all the racists from the democrat to the republican party, they are no longer the party of small government and personal freedom. They are moving in the direction of controlling every aspect of your life. These information blocks are just another example of their grip on power.
They really need to take pilgrimage to the holy city on the hill and make an offering (preferably in real gold) to the high holy potentate for absolution.
When the AI companies hovered up all the tasty free library stuff, they should have skipped over the sci-fi section Now sci-fi authors should start suing them for stealing their ideas.
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How many multi-billionaires are there in the AI/AI adjacent field? Maybe they could cough up some of those billions to pay the artists they stole from. If they can hand out bonuses of hundreds of thousands to almost a million, then they can certainly afford to give back to those that made it possible for them to do what they do.
Good thing we've got a crack counter terrorism expert on the job in Thomas Fugate. We'll all sleep better knowing we have the right people in the right places to combat all this.
The Fair Access to Banking Act, H.R.987 in the House, S.401 in the Senate would make it illegal for any financial service provider to directly or indirectly prohibit or inhibit any legal transaction
If we want quick action on this bill (to get the most riled up demographic), we should start a campaign to force VISA/MC to stop approving sales of firearms, as firearms cause the most damage to children in the U.S., "think of the children." I think that would get a lot of other different groups of people to force this bill through. "Firearm-related injuries: Notably, firearms surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death for this age group in 2020 and continue to be a leading factor. "
There is a change.org for this issue and specifically for the US House and Senate bills to prohibit card companies from dictating what vendors can sell - "The Fair Access to Banking Act, H.R.987 in the House, S.401 in the Senate would make it illegal for any financial service provider to directly or indirectly prohibit or inhibit any legal transaction" https://www.change.org/p/stop-... - please sign this petition