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The "AI-stealing-art" shenanigans is very similar in a way, to what has happened almost two hundred years ago.

Transition of mercantilism to capitalism lead to the creation of loom-made clothes.

High-quality, hand-woven clothes in India (the subcontinent) made from muslin and silk were replaced by cheaper, low-quality machine-made clothes from Britain.

And the devastating effect of this was not just on the economy, but also on the culture itself.

“The #Signal #leak was never about an #app. It was a diagnostic stain, exposing the rot festering beneath the Mythic US’s #veneer of #democracy and #law. The fleeting obsession with #encryption #protocols and personnel errors encapsulated the farce: a society expertly trained by its #distraction #machine to fixate on trivialities while the Operational US – the militarist-oligarchic core – wages #illegal #wars with #psychopathic #impunity

open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p

The Geopolitical Compass · Beyond the App: America's Willing Acceptance of Imperial CrimeBy Raja Sohail Bashir
#US#Empire#Trump

My impression is that the entire 'conflicts of the world' scenario only serves the ones, who earn money with the #machine, all the so called bloggers and influencers included. If there is turnover, why stopping violence and turmoils? It's a lucrative business! Even for independent #socialmedia platforms.

Wars are trending, it's another form of digital value.

Only a minority is interested in the reality on the ground or the people behind a headline, no matter where, that's the main problem.

alojapan.com/1223527/tokyo-has Tokyo has a new tourist-oriented vending machine shop from Don Quijote #don #has #machine #new #news #Quijote #shop #Tokyo #TokyoNews #TouristOriented #vending #東京 #東京都 TOKYO — Japanese retailer Don Quijote is making a new play for international visitors, opening its first store set up only with vending machines offering items from instant ramen to personalized name stamps. The roughly 60-square-meter shop in Tokyo’s Shibuya district is packe…