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[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 115 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

The same logic, however, apparently does not apply to left-wing influencer accounts, as Sam learned when he created a short-lived liberal counterpart for Emily on Instagram: “Democrats know that it’s AI slop, so they don’t engage as much.” (Sam’s explanation for why MAGA influencer accounts work is blunt: “The MAGA crowd is made up of dumb people—like, super dumb people. And they fall for it.”)

Pretty much sums up the whole political timeline we live in.

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Damn I need to start scamming MAGAs. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to start a new career in the scamming industry?

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Shopify commercials tell me they're all I need to make a business.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I used to work in web development and I cannot tell you how much I detest Shopify and its incredibly outdated scripting language. It's an awful product to work with. Customers used to come in with their Shopify site which they now outgrown and wanted it upgraded, and it was always easier and therefore cheaper to just throw the entire mess away and start again from scratch.

So seriously if you want to do well in business don't start with a Shopify site, just get something custom from the start, it'll end up cheaper in the long run.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 minutes ago

I should have put the /s in there but hopefully your advice finds someone that needs it!

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 4 hours ago

That makes sense though. There is a strong correlation between education and tendency towards liberal attitudes.

More intelligent people are more likely to be exposed to more worldviews and therefore more likely to be more accommodating of other worldviews. Whereas people who were educated in schools that don't make a huge distinction between religion and science tend to assume they know more about the world when they actually do, therefore they are more likely to believe the lies right-wing grifters.

It's also why MAGAs are so obsessed with wearing their baseball caps, they're so dumb they treat politics as a sport.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 27 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

This is has always been the glaring issue with pure democracies.

That's why constitutional republics were created. It's supposed to be a counter to the negative side of democracy. The constitution is supposed to be continuously updated and refined with the changing needs of the Republic.

FYI the last constitutional amendment to the U.S. was in 1992. That is 34 years ago. Unless something changes radically in the next few years, historians will refer to that date as when the U.S. Constitution died.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Actually, the last time the Constitution was amended was in 2020 when Virginia became the 38th state to pass the Equal Rights amendment. But, of course, conservative ciquanery kept it off.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 9 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

ciquanery

I tried googling it!

[–] echodot@feddit.uk -2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

The constitution is supposed to be continuously updated and refined with the changing needs of the Republic.

These is a fairly daft bit about everyone having guns that needs removing. You can get on that.

That law was added when guns were so imprecise it was difficult to hit the broadside of a barn from inside the barn. It wasn't designed for guns with fire rates in excess of one round every 5 minutes. Back then if somebody went on a shooting spree you could just walk up to them and punch them while they were in the middle of reloading.