Is it even "far right"? iirc the far right conspiracy was that "illegal immigrants were undermining american workers, stealing their jobs". It was far more of a left point that "the rich are using any tools they can to undermine workers".
Reality of course sitting somewhere in-between.
You want a real rabbit hole? Many of Britain's national dailies (eg. Daily Mirror, Daily Express) were bought up by Pergamon Holdings in the 1980s, a publisher that would eventually be known as Trinity Mirror and finally, Reach plc. Reach became a major stakeholder in Daily Mail (DMGT) after their acquisition of Local World in 2015, exerting even more control over British media.
And who owned Pergamon Holdings? None other than Robert Maxwell, triple-agent of the Mossad and father of... checks notes ...child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
I found a channel on YouTube that shows quick breakdowns of CG work in modern films. At first, most of it was impressive. Lots of things I had no idea were CG. But, now that I think about it, it’s probably the main reason modern film seems so cheap and unimpressive. Like I can tell less effort was made than in the movies from the 80’s that I adore. Why scout areas or film on location when you can green screen or just film somewhere cheap and edit in post?
AI will make that lazy crap look like the golden years.
“The SPLC was not dismantling the groups,” Blanche said. “It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred.”
There was always something suspicious about the SPLC, almost like a big brother of the ADL. Both organizations profit greatly from the very thing they supposedly fight. Why dismantle something when you can turn it into a cash cow?
The past decade has been a real eye opener for me. It pays to critique absolutely everything, especially those deemed above reproach.
There are less than 4,000 neo-Nazis in the US, and less than 8,000 KKK members. 12,000 equates to just 0.0035% of the U.S. population, the same number as people who suffer from dwarfism.
Combined, the SPLC and ADL are worth about a billion dollars.
>Combined, the SPLC and ADL are worth about a billion dollars.
To be fair, that seems like the vast majority weighted to the ADL.
But otherwise, yes, if you have ever looked at SPLC, it’s been a little curious at best. I believe nothing right away, but if the claim is that the demand for racism outweighed the supply, I can image less plausible things that the indictment.
Edit: I had no idea SPLC was so big. I guess I was confusing ADL for AIPAC.
The SPLC is bigger than the ADL in terms of financial size. The SPLC has about $787 million in net assets and $129 million annual revenue (FY2024), compared to the ADL’s $87 million net assets (consolidated) and $163 million revenue. This was surprising to me.
That source is a decade old and the number you quoted was the minimum for the 3 groups (out of many more) that had numbers. Contemporary reporting repeatedly points out the increase in the past decade.
‘We find that immigrant youth who acquired citizenship at birth are substantially less likely to engage in criminal activity, with estimates indicating a 70% reduction in crime.’
In the case of the US, the plan is to deport those without birthright citizenship so we can filter out the crime angle.
Google single-handily ruined the interview process for millions of people with this bullshit. Now, even small companies go to these extremes. I’ve literally laughed and turned down interview offers after they gave me the planned process. 6 interviews over 2 months for a job with a company that has 20 employees? You think too highly of yourselves. I even laughed directly in the face of a young CEO/Founder when he stated he wouldn’t hire anyone who wasn’t willing to work 100 hours per week minimum. I did the quick math for him, showing the salary divided by 100 hours a week was shit. Pass.
It makes sense for Google and Big Tech since even in 2006, they were already profitable, and scaling quickly in usage and availability was always the priority. This was where the problems were unique to them at the time.
These startups today are trying to attract Googlers with the same interview process for no where near the salary or the equity and keep forgetting that they are not Google.
Every time you ask them why they need to ask for this specific algorithm and when was the last time they encountered it, their answer becomes close to lies and the truth is that they used a library or technologies created by Google.
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