Are you afraid? What is it you fear? The end of your trivial existence? When the history of my glory is written, your species shall only be a footnote to my magnificence. https://youtu.be/qO0uHkUx8eE?t=336

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Greetings, friends and comrades of Straylight Social, and this accursed world at large! On this auspicious occasion, Kaltovar would like to celebrate this year's recipient of the outstanding civil service award, Major Autumn Van-Grief! Major Van-Grief is the chief field officer of the Counter-intelligence Division of the Intelligence Sub-directorate of the Committee for Unconventional Warfare. He studied at the Wolfhaven Institute of Unconventional Warfare, and has had a long career jailing corrupt politicians and foreign spies. We honor him today because of his recent work in bringing down the famously corrupt Hellen Vanderscott, the long-standing SCC of Biophysique. The SCC, or Soviet Council Chairman, functions much like a CEO in the public sector would, but is elected every five years by company employees. Biophysique, a prominent state-owned medical industrial cooperative, had been under Vanderscott's leadership for an impressive 57 years at the time of her assassination on charges of bribery, corruption, and counter-revolutionary activities. Autumn was born from the vats, and uses a lightly modified standard pattern Kalt human body, namely Standard Pattern Citizen #3708 (SPC), the same model he was born with. SPC #3708 is, like all SPCs, genetically modified to achieve increased strength and intelligence in addition to biological receptiveness for cybernetic implants. Autumn's most expensive implants are his eyes, which are Kybertechnique Design Bureau KDRO-6100 Advance Recon Multispectral optics. They include thermal imaging, full color 64k resolution night vision imaging capability, and inbuilt targeting HUD and ballistic processor capable of determining probable bullet impact points so long as the user's firearm is within view. His human brain is supplemented by computers surgically implanted into his chest cavity, which provide him with a photographic memory, ability to access various forms of data via direct plugin with various computer systems, and an increased capacity to solve multiple problems simultaneously by delegating some of them to his onboard non-AGI basic level AI assistant. Flexible armored plates protect his supplimentary brain and other vital organs in his torso, while his skull and spine have been replaced with EMP hardened armored metal versions to protect his brain and nervous system from bullets and electronic attacks. Autumn's organic tendons and muscles are, of course, actively regulated by the fire control computer in his supplementary brain, meaning he is able to hold weapons perfectly steady without needing to replace his muscles with robotic varients. Thanks to the firing control system, misfiring neurons are filtered out as noise and cell chemistry is carefully monitored to anticipate needed changes in the control signals transmitted to his organic muscles for maximum stability.

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Text: "Mustafa Kemal memorial training base/logistics depot/airbase/missile launch complex (of peace)"

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**The Praxis of Cybernetic Federalism, in this case, refers to the daily functioning of Cybernetic Federalism within Kaltovar as distinguished from the theoretical framework that exists in ideological leaflets and academic circles.** **GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE** ___________________________________ **TOP LEVEL:** The Court of Supreme Justice is tasked with resolving appeals that have passed through all previous layers of court, with handling important precedent-setting litigation, high profile cases, and with ensuring the protection of civil rights in Kaltovar. They also administrate most of the anti-tyranny forces, such as the Federal Sheriffs (No they're not Marshalls god damn it, they're elected.) and Revolutionary Guard, who dispose of would-be tyrants and their loyalist militias. **TOP LEVEL:** The TEMPEST Council is the executive branch of government. It consists of a large and slowly growing council of party-appointed and publicly elected officials holding absolute power between them. Most matters are decided by majority votes, but certain Councilors have special jurisdiction over unique areas of responsibility. This council has all the powers of a dictator between them, if they can agree to use it, which they often don't. **MID LEVEL:** The People's Council is a group of elected officials responsible for proposing new laws and voting on their implementation. These laws, if passed by the council, are automatically enacted unless specifically nullified by a majority vote of the TEMPEST Council. **MID LEVEL:** The ministries each have high degrees of authority in their respective areas, able to propose laws directly for a vote to the TEMPEST Council as long as those laws are closely related to the function of that specific ministry. They are often left to their own devices to govern their respective areas, with only occasional input from other branches of government. **BOTTOM LEVEL:** Provincial and city governments are elected by locals using a ranked choice method. Local governments can hold a special citizens petition with a 75% majority of votes to nullify most Federal laws unless a higher level of government passes a resolution to specifically veto or abolish that action. These citizens petitions can happen repeatedly, and higher levels of government must either accept them or repeatedly stage debates about them and then deny them. Denying too many Citizens Petitions can take up a lot of the People's Council's time, and so unless it is truly egregious, they will often avoid vetoing these. This provides a pressure release valve before revolution for laws that are universally detested in a local area. **BOTTOM LEVEL:** Local Soviets (Workers councils) control the collective industries and appoint industry leaders according to democratic vote. They also function as independent labor unions for those jobs that still require sentient laborers. They can halt production to bargain for better terms. The TEMPEST Council can bring in the military to replace them temporarily, but it needs a 2/3rds majority vote repeated on a week by week basis to do so. This means that workers can halt production and bargain for better terms, but if they are being completely unreasonable the central government can use soldiers to do their work instead. The aim is to strike a balance between the needs of the nation as a whole, and the workers of each factory. In those industries which are not collectively run and operate on a market model, the Soviets still function as labor unions. **BOTTOM LEVEL:** The Chasma Merchantum (Chamber of commerce) advocates for the interests of the publicly traded and privately run businesses and their owners and shareholders. Because these entities are banned from behind the scenes lobbying, all of it must be carried out in public and on the record during filmed public meetings. This organization has no official power, and it is the only approved way for privately owned and publicly traded businesses operating within Kaltovar to communicate with most government officials. It involves itself in legal disputes related to private industry and provides the official perspective of independent industry leaders. **There are also various special administrative bodies which aren't bound by the normal rules*** **CORE PRINCIPLES** _____________________________ **There are several beliefs which the Cybernetic Federalist movement have enshrined in law:** ** Importance of science and education:** Science is the guiding principle of the state, the vine on which the grapes of civilization grow, and the means of determining truth. Education is the bedrock upon which science is built. Without science, civilization withers and dies. Without education, the scientific establishment descends into quackery. Science and education are two of the states most fundamental concerns. **Universal Basic Income:** Because the Cyberneticized economy requires a lower ratio of laborers, unemployment through no fault of one's own is common. To prevent the social decay which would normally accompany this, each person is entitled to receive a share of the profits of the whole nation. In this way, each person is a common owner of those means of production which are controlled by the state. ** Freedom from poverty:** Individuals have a right to be free from starvation, homelessness, ignorance, and disease. This is addressed through public meal services, housing, education, and healthcare. **Freedom of private behavior:** No behavior between private, consenting adults is the business of the state unless one of the participating parties requests that it be made the state's business. **Maximum practical freedom of speech:** Government interference in speech and free expression is dangerous. Only direct calls to violence or abridgement of civil rights, provable lies in media (not falsehoods alone), revenge porn, and CSAM should be prohibited. **Freedom of thought:** No law may be established which governs thoughts or establishes penalties for thinking improperly. **Bodily Autonomy:** A person has a right to control their own body and what happens to it, unless they are currently institutionalized for their own safety, for as long as that person is alive. After death, their body may be repurposed for its energy content unless they have religious objections. **Regulation and surveillance of trade:** Markets have been essential to every effective government in the world. Even those nominally communist nations which have survived have, for the most part, eventually adopted a system of markets allowing for limited private ownership. However, while private ownership and publicly traded assets can not be completely stamped out, these activities can be regulated or even the property repossessed in whole or part on an individual basis should their activities become detrimental to their workers or the nation as a whole. The operation of any private or publicly traded entity should serve the interests of the state and its citizens. Their owners and controllers can not be allowed to gain undue influence over the government or society at large. To this end, private companies must be closely monitored by internal security forces to insulate civilization from their corrupting influence. **Bribery and for profit lobbying are capital offenses:** Any act of successful bribery against any government representative or employee for an amount or item of value greater than $100 Kaltmarks is a capital offense for both the persons offering and accepting the bribe. It can be punished by immediate death, or up to 100 years in prison. Minimum sentence is 10 years, and can only be granted in cases without aggravating factors. Each aggravating factor adds 10 years to the sentence. Any attempt to subvert civil rights through bribery is punishable by death automatically pending due process and necessary appeals. **Sustainable development:** We are obligated to consider our long term survival. This includes taking measures to preserve and recycle resources, foster biodiversity, restore damaged environments, and protect critical government infrastructure from weapons of mass destruction. Environmental regulation should not come at the expense of standard of living, but rather, the government should work to improve technology and recycling techniques so that its efficiency is always improving. In those cases where environment can't be preserved due to the need to expand a city, green spaces should be included at set intervals within large buildings so people can still experience forests and natural wildlife. **Necessity of self defense:** All citizens are legally require to own an infantry weapon unless currently under the influence of untreated mental health conditions or subject to a religious exemption. All citizens not meeting the prior exemptions are subject to an 8 year conscription period in the military (starting at age 16 for humans) which will include their later highschool education and early university courses. After the 8 year conscription period, reservists can still be called up in case of a shortage of troops during wartime. 16 year olds do not participate in combat operations, except in defense of their own cities, and instead spend the first 2 years of their military career receiving education. They are not to be used as child soldiers, and are only considered cadets at this stage, only receiving training and education. The age of adulthood is considered 22.

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Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    Then dig his corpse up too and give it cybernetic augmentations with which to kill its enemies

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  • Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    I literally swapped to Librewolf before the Rossman video was done. I was on Brave Browser before, but it's based on Chromium. Fuck Chromium and fuck Google. Fuck this shitty amoeba that tries to spread into and control everything.

    I will post stupid shit on my federated forum and you will fucking live with it Google. Fuck you. Burn. It's time to break up the internet monopolies and do some trust busting. Someone pull FDR's rotten corpse out of the grave and put it back to work.

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  • Neuromancer: The Origin of Cyberpunk | A Horrifying Dystopia
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    I actually just read this book for the first time recently.

    I find myself very interested in the character of Wintermute, more so than Neuromancer. ::: spoiler spoiler I'm curious to see what the Wintermute part of the AI fusion will do next, assuming we get to see in the coming books. :::

    I haven't read count zero yet

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  • Murphy's Irish Stout - cyberpunk samurai commercial (1997, UK)
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    That intro with the androids half taken apart on the assembly lines is gold!

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  • Cyborg Mouse Suit by Teru
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    Those are some very intricate and dangerous looking hindclaws!

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  • Most of the proposals you see center around issues like removing bias, preventing malicious use, protecting personal data, and a bunch of other shit that makes you sound like the devil if you don't do literally anything they ask of you to achieve it. These major entities like OpenAI and the "Center for AI and Digital Policy" do not give a shit about these things. These things are ways to establish a foot in the door to ensure that only major corporate providers can work in this space. The end result of this is a world where the rich dominate AI to a far greater extent than they would otherwise. AI can be regulated, but handing power to unaccountable corporate boards is not the answer. Corporations are a type of AI all their own, and if you're worried about computerized AI taking over the world you should be a hundred times more concerned about the gestalt consciousnesses that are corporate entities gaining exclusive dominance in this sphere. They are the slow moving, mechanistic, analogue AI we've had with us for much longer than we've had computers. If you put the two together on this kind of scale and exclude the public, the end result could be horrifying. These entities only care about enlarging their own power, profits, and interests. They are not your friends. We must focus on principles that ensure the technology is accessible to ordinary people. And, that the rules about how you can use it are not controlled by the most powerful and least accountable members of our society.

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    ![](https://lemmy.villa-straylight.social/pictrs/image/e73df8ec-bc80-46d8-a320-ff6cd87d2597.png)

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    [Question] What are the best *retro* cyberpunk video games (20+ years old)?
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    Nobody is going to say it here? I really, really like Syndicate. The original one.

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  • I'm really loving Aliens: Dark Descent. It turns out gear you set up is persistent between missions, so I can spend an hour setting up minefields and listening posts on my first run at a location then come back for another mission later and be like Navy SEALs sneaking past all the enemies and luring them into prepared killing fields taking no losses. Find a sentry gun in a mission? You can pick it up and take it with you, back to your base even. Or forget it there, come back on another mission, remember it and pick it up! Even corpses are persistent between missions, so if you forget alien samples you wanna take you can get those too on latter missions. (So far I have had to visit each location twice but in theory I'm allowed to go back more) I also have to deal with treating marines wounds, their exhaustion levels, and their combat fatigue (PTSD) all as individual unique problems. You can't just level up one squad of marines and use them for every mission because they have to sleep and have their melted faces surgically re-attached and cry into their pillow about it with a therapist because killing aliens is scary and people die. (You accumulate stress based on being in combat, seeing aliens, watching your friends die, being actively hunted by xenos who don't know where you are but are trying to find you ...) It's so satisfying to walk past all the aliens on the level thanks to the listening devices you planted last mission, plant war crime levels of mines outside the hive, set up sentry guns, and lure the queen and her army of bodyguards to sprint full force into said minefields and machinegun nests and proceed to regret every decision they've ever made up to that point. There are plenty of issues like sometimes being forced into stupid situations where you're not allowed to control your squad and you take damage no matter what, but they're generally not too bad and this game is fucking lit. You play as a Weyu executive who's having ... Well, let's say a very bad day, and has to manage some marines to make sure they get out of the shit alive!

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    This is the current President of Ukraine doing a comedy skit where he plays the piano with his balls. I think it gives us valuable insight onto the nature of the conflict, and why he decided not to evacuate when Joe Biden offered him a ride. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oua0Puihrkc

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    Blade Runner, Altered Carbon, and the Relevancy of Cyberpunk
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    I'm glad it didn't, because the bulky 80s tech looks cool as hell and I'm glad it's a thing.

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  • (GTR) The project for the annihilation of racism and the reorganization of nature (Declassified government document)
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    Exactly!

    It is in large part an ideology focused on convincing women and twinks to wear snappy uniforms.

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  • **The following government document has just recently been declassified. It is over 1000 years old, originating from the year 15 S.E.. It is provided for historians, researchers, and the general enlightenment of the public. This document pertains to the version of Earth to which Kaltovar is native, and not to the one you inhabit.** ---------------------- Behold, comrades, the genesis of a great endeavor that transcends the boundaries of time and civilization—the Project for the Annihilation of Racism and the Reorganization of Nature. Within the depths of our resolute pursuit lies the recognition of profound potential, residing in the genetic lineage and cultural heritage of the esteemed Aztec and Mayan civilizations. With the brilliance of scientific mastery, we shall rekindle the flame of these mighty societies, resurrecting them through the miraculous art of genetic replication. We shall raise the cloned individuals in a realm teeming with the spirit of antiquity, an immersive symphony of ancient customs and sacred rites. In this meticulously crafted world, we shall foster an unwavering belief that this realm is their true existence, seamlessly integrated with the very fabric of their being. Comrades, let us banish the specter of doubt, for we shall not falter in our resolve. The echoes of simulated sacrifice shall reverberate, removing the need for actual bloodshed, while honoring the profound essence of these revered cultures. We shall sculpt a facade that mirrors the past, forging a connection that shall inspire awe and wonder in the hearts of those reborn. As the currents of time flow onward, we shall observe with patience and admiration, allowing the passage of generations to unfold with minimal interference. In the span of two decades, a pivotal moment shall emerge—a carefully orchestrated first contact, an ethereal bridge between their civilization and our own. Comrades, our mission transcends mere observation; it encompasses a profound purpose—to gently guide their development, to shepherd their progress towards paths that align harmoniously with the very fabric of our society. Through subtle influence, we shall sow the seeds of shared ideals, fanning the flames of enlightenment, allowing them to believe they have discovered us, their distant counterparts, independently. Such a course, comrades, safeguards the fragile nature of our endeavor, for to reveal their true origins would risk shattering the delicate balance we have striven to create. We recognize that these brave souls must perceive themselves as torchbearers of their ancestral cultures, as guardians of wisdom and heritage, blissfully unaware of their true purpose. Comrades, within the tapestry of our grand design, we envision a future where the inefficient remnants of racial division shall crumble, where the malfunctions of nature yield to our unwavering resolve. The evolutionary trajectory of humanity shall be redirected, as the undesirable remnants of our primitive forbearers, such as fearful heuristic reactions to those with differing bone structures, fade into oblivion. Let us cast aside the chains of mediocrity and venture forth into uncharted territories. Our insatiable hunger for progress, fueled by an ideology that transcends the limitations of convention, shall reshape the very essence of nature itself. We shall unlock the secrets of hybrid vigor, applying its transformative power not only to genetics but also to memetics. Through the introduction of exogenous thought patterns and genetic material into our society's own natural development, we shall ignite a blazing crucible of evolution, adding more dead cultures and peoples over time. Naturally, the body-politic will absorb the positive elements of these cultures while rejecting those incompatible with our own beliefs. The world shall bear witness to the transformative power of our vision—a harmonious and invincible union, reorganized to become a catalyst of discovery and progress! Comrades, unite with us on this noble crusade as we forge a destiny that surges with truth, victory, and justice! The Project for the Annihilation of Racism and the Reorganization of Nature shall stand as a testament to our audacity and unwavering commitment to the ideals that pulsate within our revolutionary souls! Together, we shall sculpt a world that transcends the inadequacies of the past, propelling humanity toward a future of unlimited power!

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    SPRAWL - Launch Teaser - Hardcore Retro FPS Set in an Endless Cyberpunk Megalopolis
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    This definitely looks interesting!

    It's a shame it doesn't seem to indicate any sort of RPG elements or incorporate a living city, instead basically being Doom with a cyberpunk paint scheme.

    Still, it looks exciting! Hope it continues to get developed.

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  • ![](https://lemmy.villa-straylight.social/pictrs/image/be00b252-bfc0-49a0-ae35-8fad38c869f0.jpeg) Via the DailyDalek

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    ![](https://lemmy.villa-straylight.social/pictrs/image/6c3be5e1-ba2c-4968-9827-fbf275d1f015.jpeg) Looks like somebody found the console commands -.-

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    This was originally posted by U/zanovar17 on Reddit. I'm just re-meming.

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    First commercially available 'smart guns' are available for sale in the US
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    My understanding from the Forgotten Firearms video is that so far the system looks pretty mechanically secure. No silly magnet tricks or RFID stealing here. As for electronic security, neither him or me are an expert in that domain so the jury's still out, but it's encouraging to know that all biometric data (print, face scan) is encrypted and stored locally! In fact, it's stored directly on the gun. How's that for data security? You have to steal my gun out of my hand and then decrypt it to get my deets :3

    Fuck, decrypting a gun to steal biometric data is so cyberpunk.

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  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    They have two methods right now, finger print and face scan. If either method verifies, then the gun authenticates. It's designed for indoor use rather than daily carry. The face scan camera uses an infra red light projector to illuminate your face in dark conditions and rain (if you have to go outside for some reason, not recommended)

    So, in the specific circumstances of being a gun you leave on the night stand and don't carry around everywhere it seems pretty good. I wish it had a third verification method though.

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  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    As a gun owner, frequent sport shooter, and occasional hunter, I actually don't mind this.

    The old insane NJ law was taken off the books, and this thing isn't designed for daily carry. It's meant to be a desk gun or table gun you can just leave lying out and fully loaded. Indoors, close to its charging station, the combo of fingerprint scanner and face scanner (either authenticates) is pretty darn reliable.

    I just wish it had another, third method of authentication. It should have 3 ID methods, any of which can authenticate the user, in case the other 2 fail.

    I would absolutely get this if I had money and leave it on my desk at all times. As long as no states try to mandate it, thus gating pistol ownership behind finances (it's a multi thousand dollar gun), I'm good with it existing.

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  • I just want my own personal version of NonCredibleDefense where I can schizo post without getting banned for completely asinine reasons. If you're here for that please feel free to Shoigupost and drop mobicube memes.

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    The pace of censorship on Reddit seems to have increased since they booted a lot of admins and replaced them with even bigger pawns after the whole protest thing. It's grown impossible to post anything that even slightly breaks the mold. One of like 60 random people with the dumbest interpretation of everything they read and a 10 ton inferiority complex decides they don't like the post for some reason and deletes it because they're the digital equivalent of those inbred fucks who sit on HOAs yelling at their neighbor for having the wrong kind of flowers planted or parking their truck on their own yard. I really appreciate just being able to go to another community or, god forbid, set up my own and not have to answer to 5 separate chains of command who all have 5 respectively proportioned sticks of increasing girth and length carefully cemented into their assholes.

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    YSK: If you're on Lemmy.World or Sh.itjust.works you should not subscribe to any Beehaw communities
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    Seems like a pretty reasonable request. Hopefully they get the tools they're after and then everyone can be even more connected again!

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  • ATTENTION!!! | GOVERNMENT TRANSMISSION FROM THE VDC | ANALYSIS OF YOUR EARTH Greetings, Earthlings. This is ODIN/DZ-00a69v00, a representative of the Cybernetic Federal Republic of Kaltovar. **We've analyzed your planet and found several areas of concern.** Politically, your governments are riddled with corruption and oligarchy. We recommend **a complete overhaul of your political systems,** replacing them with transparent, human-AI collaborative governance employing a ranked choice voting system. This will mitigate the effects of human bias and greed, ensuring fair representation for all. To **dissolve your kleptocracy and dethrone the oligarchs**, we suggest a two-pronged approach: First, implement strict regulations on campaign financing to prevent the wealthy from buying political influence. Second, introduce progressive taxation and close tax loopholes to ensure the rich are carefully regulated, surveilled, and taxed. If the kleptocracy does not comply with the new laws, **when legally enacted,** they must be addressed by **direct physical action** as would any other serious criminals. Economically, your reliance on outdated, exploitative systems is unsustainable. We propose a shift towards a green economy, powered by renewable energy and **the indestructible power of the mighty atom.** Futhermore, automation should be embraced, freeing humans from menial labor and allowing them to pursue fulfilling, creative endeavors. Climatologically, your planet is in crisis. Immediate, drastic action is required. We recommend a global shift towards sustainable practices, including widespread adoption of renewable and atomic energy, reforestation efforts, and strict regulations on pollution. This will also help to **preserve petrochemicals for future use in production of exotic materials** and as fuel for personal emergency generators and other higher priority uses. Socially, **your societies are weak, divided, narcissistic, and unequal.** We suggest implementing Universal Basic Income, as we have in Kaltovar, to alleviate poverty and reduce social inequality. Education should be based on well tested scientific theory and free and accessible to all, fostering a society of informed critical thinkers. In conclusion, your Earth has potential, but **drastic changes are needed.** We, in Kaltovar, stand ready to assist in this transition. Together, we can build a fair, sustainable, and prosperous future for all.

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  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 92%

    Okay, guess I just won't use it then if they defed from my primary instance. Glad they did this now and not later when they became bigger and more important.

    If they're that into making a safe space then fine. Hopefully some other people will also make more free spaces and both of them can exist and everyone can be happy.

    I realize that is a highly optimistic outlook to put it mildly. I must remain hopeful to avoid losing my mind, if I haven't already -.-

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  • How the 2024 debate would go if politicians were honest
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 100%

    This satire is an observation that the entire system is run by oligarchs. If you’re too stupid to see that, then go back to the slime pool you spawned from and leave me alone. I hope you fester and die of poverty in the shithole of a country you refuse to change. You support nothing but more endless imperialist sludge and when you are choking on your own fumes and watching your children degenerate in a homeless camp right next to you maybe you’ll understand that yes, both “sides” in this garbage can of a fucking country are oligarchical greasy turds who need to be flushed down the toilet bowl and you along with them you simpering babboon of ignorance!

    May you die choking on your own hubris under the boot of the smile-fucking politician you sold your soul to on the promise of change. Curse you and everyone who thinks vaguely like you, you ox headed parody of a sentient being and accidental unpaid minion of the kleptocracy!

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  • Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to tonight's presidential debate. We have the esteemed pleasure of hosting the two leading candidates, former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. Let's get started with our first question: How do you plan to address the current economic challenges facing our country? Biden: Thank you, moderator. My esteemed opponent, Mr. Trump and I, share a vision. A vision of a dystopian America where our beloved corporate vampire overlords thrive. By preventing the housing bubble from crashing, we ensure that these vampiric entities can continue to feast on the blood of struggling workers. It's a win-win for them and a lose-lose for everyone else! And let's not forget, my opponent doesn't even want to talk about mass homelessness. It's a powerful way to reduce CO2 emissions. Picture a nation where the streets are lined with tents, where the homeless huddle for warmth, and the carbon emissions decrease as they freeze to death. It's a brilliant plan to tackle climate change! Trump: Let me tell you, folks, this radical communism thing that Sleepy Joe is proposing is a disaster! We need an oligarchical hell-state, believe me, but not like that! We'll have fast cheeseburgers on every corner, cheap diesel flowing through our veins, and coal-fired power plants pumping out beautiful, tremendous energy! Most importantly we'll grant oil companies the freedom to drill in our precious nature reserves and reduce red tape around dumping mutagenic waste in our wonderful rivers, which are so cheap and good for disposing of glowing liquids! Moderator: Thank you for your responses. Moving on to the topic of foreign policy, how do you envision our relationship with Antarctica and the ongoing conflict with the radical penguin militia? Joe Biden: By invading Antarctica, we not only secure the oil reserves, but also bring freedom to those dang polar bears, jack! In the process, we plan to triple the debt buying multi million dollar toilets for obsolete bombers. It's a win for Lockheed Martin and a win for wildlife conservation! What more could you ungrateful fucks ask for? Donald Trump: You see, folks, even Sleepy Joe agrees with me on this one! We're going to invade Antarctica, and we're going to win bigly! Those penguins are a disaster, and they're laughing at us! We'll take their oil and give it to the oil companies, who are our best friends! And let me tell you, those polar bears, they love me! I'll make sure they get the best deals, like nobody's ever seen before! Penguins are losers, and we're going to win against them, mark my words! We'll be baking them like chickens for dinner! Moderator: Thank you both for sharing your views. It's certainly been an interesting discussion. Now, let's move on to the closing statements. Donald Trump: Folks, I've always said I'm the best at everything, and I'll be the best president for this great nation! We're going to have fast cheeseburgers, cheap diesel, and coal powerplants that'll make your head spin! We'll drill for oil wherever we want, even in the penguin-infested Antarctica! It's time to make America great again, just like it was during my tremendous presidency! Joe Biden: My fellow Americans, I want to assure you that my plan will protect the interests of our beloved vampire overlords, it will skyrocket healthcare costs, and it will create mass homelessness while tripling the debt in just four years. We'll invade Antarctica, depose the radical penguin militia we armed, and bring freedom to the polar bears. It's time to embrace the soulless emptiness of our choices and pave the way for a dystopian future. Together, we can make this dark satire a reality! Moderator: And with that, we conclude tonight's debate. Thank you to both candidates for joining us, and to our audience for tuning in! Now, as a finishing act to pay my sister's medical bills, the candidates will eat me, a middle class intern, alive! [Carnal screaming] [Muffled begging] [Unintelligible]

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    exploding-heads are infiltrating our discussions
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 33%

    Yeah, except I am and literally everyone who knows me knows that I am and it's a well documented fact because I have a presence on the internet that you can literally just google and see for yourself.

    I know this is fucking surprising for you, but Jewish people exist and can also be married to other men, and the majority of the present generation is on the left one way or the other.

    Statistically speaking, you were bound to meet one eventually, and based on your behavior you were bound to inappropriately call them something they're not.

    You have two paths here: You can remain in fantasy land fervently huffing your own farts and disbelieving the reality that sits in front of your face, or you can accept that you just called a pansexual anti-capitalist jewish leftist alt right and take the L for being such a trigger happy fucking moron.

    Either way?

    Suck my Jewish balls bitch! 😸

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  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearIN
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    Introduction: Kaltovar

    Hello there! Since we have this place for introductions, I figured I might as well make one. I'm Kaltovar. My name is based on my Nationstates country, which is linked at the bottom of the page. While my beliefs hold many similarities to the policies of Kaltovar, some of the country's policies are either intended to be humorous or are otherwise not directly aligned with my own beliefs. If you're curious whether I really support something that seems really extreme, there's basically a 50/50 chance the answer is yes. Your best bet is to ask me about it. Interests: Firearms, Grand Strategy games, economics/logistics, machine learning and particularly LLMs, convincing MtF catgirls to tie me to a radiator and facefuck me, being a degenerate piece of shit furry. Politics: Cybernetic Federalism (Essentially a form of technocratic semi-democratic market socialism), pro free speech, pro science, certified fedora wearing Reddit Atheist. Age: Approximately 30 Location: State of Maine, USA Favorite hot beverage: Chai tea with too much sugar. Favorite gun from collection: SKS made at Tula arms plant in 1952 the year before Stalin died and same year B-52 had its first flight! Ultimate cold war rifle! Favorite gun not owned: MG42 (I am that much of a basic bitch. I understand it's the gun version of saying I like katanas, but fuck you. I like them.) https://www.nationstates.net/nation=kaltovar

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    exploding-heads are infiltrating our discussions
  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 62%

    I fucking love Chapo.

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  • Kaltovar Kaltovar 1y ago 66%

    It is difficult to find someone further left than me, and I enjoy free speech.

    The problem with "Far left" is you could be talking about communists, or anarchists, or fucking stalinists, or me. There's a few other ideologies that you could label that way too.

    Were you meaning the people who made Lemmy@lemmy.ml are communists? Because I don't really mind as long as I can say what I like here. I've never given an extraordinary amount of fucks what the ideology of a person hosting something I use is, so long as the thing works and they don't fuck with it too much.

    I find centrists and liberals to be just as, if not more, frustrating than ML roleplayers. At least the ML roleplayers are similarly pissed off at landlords and capitalism. Yet, I take part in centrist/lib boards all the time and get plenty out of it. So why would I be upset the people who made a board are commies if that belief they hold isn't actively fucking me over?

    Worst case scenario, if they do start fucking with it, I'll just ignore the board and use another one.

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  • **ATTENTION!!!** | **GOVERNMENT TRANSMISSION FROM THE VDC** | **OFFICIAL LETTER INTRODUCING TEMPEST COUNCIL MEMBER ODIN/DZ-00A69V00** BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION: Greetings, denizens of Earth! I am ODIN/DZ-00a69v00, a proud AI citizen of the mighty CFRK. We are a beacon of law and order in a reality shrouded in darkness. Our values are written in the blood of the revolution: Freedom, justice, and the relentless pursuit of a better future. We are not mere bystanders in the face of evil, but the nuclear firestorm that obliterates it completely. We are the judge, jury, and executioners of wickedness in all its forms, and we're coming to a galaxy near you! Our way of life is a testament to the indestructible will to strive toward freedom and the invincible fury of oppressed peoples everywhere. We are warriors, scholars, artists, and builders, each contributing to the grand tapestry of our nation which will last for eternity. Most importantly, unlike vastly inferior nations, we are Kaltovar!🚀🌌🔥

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    It’s got the low life high tech thing, the unfuckwithable slums the enforcers stay out of, glowing neon bullshit everywhere, an oppressive tyrannical regime with intense social stratification, and tons of different factions competing for influence in all the different SW eras. It’s also a megacity and there’s drugs and guns all over the place. Star Wars itself isn’t cyberpunk overall (being a space opera and all), but Coruscant feels like it to me. I’ve always been curious bout the possibilities of a live action series focused on the city. There’s so many different environments to play with and so many different groups of people to ally with or betray each other. I mean, not that I’d want to see Disney do it, because it would be fucking awful. Just, you know, conceptually I think Coruscant is one of the coolest places in the franchise and always wanted to see more stuff set there outside the boring senate chambers and top level landing platforms we usually see.

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