Could really use those brave patriots that said guns were needed to defend against the tyranny of government. Any day now I’m sure…

Thanks. It’s been awhile since I watched the second and third movies. I just knew it ended without clarity and being open to interpretation. Which I guess allows me to project my own story onto it where humans are basically being preserved as organic life forms. Or even don’t exist organically at all. I enjoy writing that allows for that open ending.

I don’t mind the different interpretation but I don’t agree that machines would for some reason not have trans people exist in the matrix. Are we assuming they have the ability to assign someone’s “true” gender at birth? Trans women are trans women. Trans men are trans men. Simulating their genitals to be “correct” wouldn’t change that. What do they do with nonbinary people? Nonbinary people can’t be “tricked” to not conform to a set of binary gender identities.

Would trans or nonbinary people be more likely to question the Matrix? Sure, you could argue that. But so would neurodivergent people or anyone that’s feels they are not accepted by the social constructs of society. The reality that human beings accept and question the least is the reality that we live in. A reality where trans people exist. Humans (and especially trans/nonbinary humans) would be far LESS likely to accept a reality in which there are only two genders. It would make the matrix LESS believable not more.

I think you’re projecting the human history of attempting to erase trans people onto the machines. Which could be an interpretation. But I don’t see the machines as malicious or evil. I see them as logical in their methods of control.

I think the comment is saying the actual analogy was open to interpretation. Maybe, they said it poorly. The lack of clarity is on purpose. Though I never read the pre-movie version. Maybe it’s more clear. Is Switch an assigned male at birth character in the real world happy being cis? or a trans-man finally able to be accepted for their identity?

I’d say they simply wanted to have Switch as a character with this trait and leave the interpretation up the the audience. In that universe it’s not even clear if the “real world” is actually organic reality. Switch could be interpreted as a trans man, trans women, or even a nonbinary person forced to conform to gender roles in both the Matrix and the “real world”.

I think leaving this for the viewer to interpret would have been really good if it made it into the movie.

Also, the machines absolutely wanted conflict. The first matrix failed because it was a utopia. They realized that the struggles of being human were important to simulate. So you’re not correct in that. At least from literally what agent Smith explains in the movie.

https://youtu.be/9Qs3GlNZMhY

Also, an interpretation I have of the last movies is that the “real world” is just another level of the Matrix. It is a place for the minds of people to go that cannot be contained by the restraints of the lower level Matrix. It is a place that gives them purpose and struggle while maintaining order in the first level of the Matrix. So, yeah. Things can definitely be “thought through” in different ways. It’s why the movie was iconic. It’s not spoon feeding you exactly what the writers want you to interpret.

I always thought that in the end you would find out that the “real world” wasn’t actually real. The reality was that machines were not using them as batteries but were simply preserving the human race out of respect for their creators (like we preserve endangered species today). The machines were simulating multiple levels of a reality as some humans were stroking out or going mad as they discovered the simulation. The entire conflict was to deal with the human need for exploration and conflict in the face of control and restriction.

Smith even talks about it when he’s explaining how the first version of the Matrix was created to be a utopia.

It’s been so long since I watched it. Maybe this is an actual interpretation you could get from the ending and it’s why I thought it. I forget. But it made a lot more sense than being used as batteries.

Or the preservation of humans was deemed important because, well, humans are amazing. I think any artificial intelligence would be smart enough to know that organic life and billionaires of years of evolution were definitely something worth preserving. Even if that life could no longer live within the environment (climate change) that it once could.

Like, there are a million different better explanations than fucking batteries. So, even if that wasn’t the writers idea. I always found it much more satisfying to think this.

Might want to look up the Chevron deference. Something that was actually of topic in a recent 2024 supreme court ruling. Can rant about how and why the change to it occurred but that’s a little off topic.

The TLDR is that federal agencies have the power to interpret and defer technical parts of legislation to experts within that agency to enact the “purpose” of the legislation.

In reality this is a good thing in a well operated federal government. The FDA doesn’t have to defer to a judge for every specific implementation. But we are not in a well functioning federal government. We are passing off power tech Oligarchs to control things how they see fit.

WHEN, HOW, and WHO the law is enforced to is significantly more important that how legislation is worded when it passes. I’m trying to explain what the material result of the law will be to my best ability. The law will be enforced in favor of tech monopolies. It’ll be another tool for them to use state power to their benefit.

It’s not government. It’s about passing tech infrastructure entirely into the hands of the tech Oligarchs. Forcing VPN companies to sell or integrate Palantir/CIA/FBI backends in order to keep operating in the US.

You’re thinking too much about how the legislation is worded. It doesn’t matter when the actual implementation will just be to increase the ability for tech oligarchs to spy on all citizens. That’s the material goal. Your security doesn’t matter. The oligarchs will implement it to protect their own security and monopoly on data. That’s it. That’s all that this is meant to do. The old fucks in the legislative branch don’t have to actually understand it or write that down. They will just pass it off to tech companies to implement how they see fit. And enforce it on providers when they are told to by the Oligarchs. It’s not smart. It doesn’t have to be. It’s malicious handoff to tech oligarchs to handle and enforce as they see fit.

It’s not about stopping random people hosting their own VPN. It’s about collecting data on the majority of the population. You’re thinking too hard about it.

I mean. They’d only enforce the ban on VPN providers that don’t provide logs to the government. I get what you mean from a technology standpoint. But, in actual implementation of the law it would do exactly what they want. They’re not gonna ban your work VPN. They just want to track what everyone is doing online.

Should replace it with a mural of all the minority leaders the FBI killed throughout the years. Would be a more accurate representation of what they do.

That would be very illegal and bad.

• No one should use TOR browser to access the onion network. Especially not in a secure Virtual Machine with whonix.
• No one should ever look for onion links or tutorials on how to find stuff on the onion network. Even if they were using a VPN they bought from Russia with a Monero wallet.

No one should ever post a magnet link to that data dump either. No no no. Never.

Yes. But the police force as it operates IS racist as fuck. Again, I understand the strategy for the apology. But he wasn’t wrong.

I think it depends on what is being discussed. If Mamdani suddenly said “The Israel and Palestine conflict is complicated and both side have their points” that would be a huge red flag. It SHOULD be something we held him accountable for.

But, like I said, I do understand the material need to control the police. So, I agree. But I think the context and material goals are what are important. I don’t think it’s “the left purity testing” or whatever. I think their are important points in which we can understand a political maneuver, vs. literally just trying to get support from right wingers.

She literally became less hostile because of how charming he was. He was literally talking past what she was prepared for and literally hit her with a “wait, this guy kinda makes sense”.

God damn. I’m sorry I’m so pessimistic but Mamdani can’t really exist can he? A leftist that is also so charismatic while keeping policy talk points as the focus of every answer? Pinch me. I would be suspicious of him more if he wasn’t pro Palestine and more importantly anti Israel.

The only issue I had was his police “apology”. I get why. It’s him trying to make sure he can control them as governor. It’s basically him acknowledging the militarized police state and playing politics. It’s not what we want to hear though.

I do like how he is trying to reduce police power by saying “we’re gonna make your job easier”. I think it’s a good move. We definitely need less police murdering people having a mental health crisis.

Likely unregulated capitalism

I don’t know mate. I was on .ee and just picked a popular alternative when it died. Not sure why an instance matters when I just join subs from all instances on an android app.

“Reach across the aisle” just means working with the other party. Do you think my criticism changes based on which party initiates it? Because it doesn’t.

Could you maybe respond to what I said? Instead of mentioning something irrelevant and then nitpicking what a phrase means?

Having a moral compass matters. First, throw the Palestinians under the bus because “things will be worse for trans people if we don’t vote for the genocidal Zionist”. DO NOT demand anything of your party. That could “make them look bad”. Yeah, the genocide made them look bad. That’s the parties fault. Not their progressive base.

Then, “well, throw the trans people under the bus because healthcare for cis people is still good”.

Then it’s “well, we can’t cover abortion because our grifter we work with doesn’t want that either. But healthcare reform is still good”.

Your type of thinking is how we got to the state we are in today. This is how the overton window shifts right. It’s the Democrata constantly reaching their hand across the aisle to the right while doing everything in their power to kill progressive movements within their own party. Look at how they treated Mamdani. And now, under the thumb of fascism, in a completely disabled legislative branch with no power, you’re falling for a racist grifter that does not give a FUCK about universal healthcare.

Sure. If you’re delusional in thinking that the American government will ever operate again as it once did.

Liberals still trying to reach across the aisle as we stare a dictator and fascism in the face. So ready to work with a racist grifter that will say anything to keep her career alive. But decades of “how will we afford that?” or “you have to be realistic and compromise with the people that want to murder immigrants”

That ship has sailed mate. The legislative body has become exactly at Republicans wanted it to be. Useless. And if you haven’t realized that you are not “the left”. You’re the liberal that can’t come to terms with a reality the left has been warning you about for over 8 years.

Will need to jail all the CEOs, ICE agents, Police, and administration that supports him as well. And unless the military generals suddenly have a reality check that’s not happening peacefully.

So, yes, it’s great to call for this but fascism will not give up power. It will not stop if Trump died tomorrow. We will not defeat it through the political process because they control that process and will not follow the law.

This is it. We are here. Protect yourself and your neighbors. If you’re a part of the political process your goal is to delay at any point you can. That’s all these judge rulings will do. They are good; but they will only delay. Stay safe, get organized, and help others.

Link? On purpose or out of incompetence? The later is just as likely lol.

Edit: Read that in reverse thinking the cops tear gassed ICE. I know what incident you’re referring to now.

Waiting for the first politician with power of a police department to say this. The police will likely turn on that person. But it needs to be done. States/Cities need to defend their citizens. Or at the very least show how the existing systems have failed and fallen fully to fascism.