Anyone else remember when new technology used to be fun and exciting instead of miserable?

FPTP is not real democracy for this reason.

Even if the database remains local only forever, which I don’t believe for a second, the computer will eventually make hyperspecific requests for ads based on the spying.

This sheriff would need to check the color of their hat before he agrees or not. And the color of their skin.

Online shopping has removed a lot of retail jobs. Instead of seeing a transition to different jobs or fewer hours, today we see people working multiple jobs to get by.

The reason these things are making money is specifically because they increase efficiency (how much money a capitalist can make from existing capital) by removing human labor. Giving any portion of that to laborers is completely antithetical to its entire purpose.