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Maximilien Danton

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Everything doesn't have to be awful. I really believe that. 🇿🇦🇺🇦🐧 All my writing is my own. I don't use AI to write, not even for grammar checking. I write […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.social/@infidel, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3h

The way that corporations are implementing #ai will result in the cognitive destruction of knowledge workers. Knowledge workers rely on flow state, a cognitive state where you feel challenged by a task but completely able to complete it by yourself. This is what you experience when you get so […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6h

Exerting direct control and ruling by decree is what a weak leader does, not a strong one. History is littered with cautionary tales to this effect, but the default for "leaders" when the chips are down is still to exert more control. The internal rationale is: 1. I know the right direction to […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Isn't it strange that the #rightwing parties in the west have a huge problem with #immigrants but have no problem with foreign #trolls taking part in their domestic political conversations online while pretending to be locals? The #neofascist revolution is global. It is driven by social media […]

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If the reason why diesel prices in The United States are high (according to Trump) is because Ukraine is destroying all of Russia's refineries... then how can Russia export extra diesel to The United States to help bring down prices?

Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

We need to stop saying #trump did this or trump did that. We need to face the reality that the #USA is doing these things. If they really didn't want these things as a nation they wouldn't be happening. So the #USA eased sanctions on #russia and made a diesel deal while adding sanctions onto the […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

So lemme guessbwhat Europe will do. Strongly worded letter maybe? Just remember that every time you nothing your own democracy gets a little weaker.

Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I am #SouthAfrican , white and Afrikaans. There is no #whitegenocide here. The organisations pushing this lie also claim to speak for me, pretending that all #afrikaners are right wing, racist christofascists. Who really speaks for white and Afrikaans-speaking South Africans? […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

#Nationalism and #humanrights are fundamentally incompatible. Nationalism gave us citizens' rights, which are really just privileges bestowed by a nation to its members. We know they are privileges because when democracies backslide they quickly revoke them. If you have a right to live because […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

#Europe is failing so hard here. I could be cynical, as is the new way, and say that this harms European interests, but I won't. This is a horrific war against humanity itself. The excuse I've heard is that European jets can't fly over Kyiv shooting down missiles because this would be a "direct […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I've been struggling to get my thoughts together about #AI . I've been programming for 25 years and I really love it. So the feeling I'm settling on is that I feel insulted. I feel this way because as much as I love the work, my job has been miserable. Most businesses don't care about the […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

The pipeline between #US white supremacists and the SA right. #trump #uspolitics #fascism #politics www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/202… Sent with my Daily Maverick App ( […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Countries like Saudi Arabia have laundered their image globally with ostentatious landmarks and intensive lobbying. They have been so normalised that people think it's okay to go there on holiday or do business there. This is the cost that we pay. By normalising despotism we are complicit in […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

The #costofliving crisis and the #housing crisis are almost global and they represent the very basic needs of every human being. The food you eat, your home and the clothes on your back. To paraphrase the author of "the crisis of democratic capitalism", centrist politicians can only offer […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

While #Trump , #Weidel , #Farage and #Lepen might seem like something new, they are just an intensification of #neoliberalism into its final form: #gangstercapitalism. When asked why they want rapprochement with #russia , they give similar answers: it's only business. Under this system, every […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Americans have much more political power than they think. I was shopping for headphones, and I remember one American reviewer in particular. It was expensive for me, but this guy was saying how cheap it is and how he bought four of them and it's not such a big issue to replace. I am quite high […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Imagine trying to explain this to someone in 1946.

Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

#Business people will disagree no doubt, but there is no evidence that the #ceo role makes a business better or by how much. When the business does badly, it's blamed on externalities and the CEO gets a huge bonus. When the external environment improves and the whole stock market rallies, the […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

The #farright is unstoppable because in order to stop them, ordinary citizens must accept some hardship. 1) they cant do that because #wealthinequality has pushed them to the brink of poverty. 2) citizens are aware that their politicians are owned by the ultra wealthy, and nobody in their right […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Did the penny finally drop? Maybe a little but whose to say #trump won't just change tune after talking to his crush #putin on the phone. The fact that he doesn't name #putin directly tells me he didn't write this, but he does endorse the message if it […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

What #journalism is failing to grasp is how to report lies accurately. Here is a headline from CNBC: "Russia's pro-Putin party set to win election" Election is not even in scare quotes. The headline makes it look like an election took place. It didn't. It was a sham election. Here is a […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

But does it play golf, do mass layoffs, stock buybacks and have an affair with the personal assistant? The cult of personality around the #ceo is probably the most pathetic thing of our time. Most of the CEOs I've seen are useless idiots and the few that are good are not nearly worth what they […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

The #ai jobs blood bath will be much worse for people doing physical labour. Robotics are driven by ai, but not LLMs. Deep learning with hidden layers is what makes LLMs work, but projects like alpha fold use deep learning. Robots that can do physical labour don't look like people. They will be […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

RE: flipboard.com/@bbcnews/business-h8s… Work from home should be a right for white collar workers. Towns and villages are dying while people have to pay half their income to rent prison cells in big cities. Worse yet, blue collar […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

RE: ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUComm… Yes the world sucks now but the future doesn't have to and good things are happening. Several commentators have pointed out that getting rid of US influence can be an opportunity to rethink things. Most notably […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

There is a rift forming in the #freesoftware community around who builds and funds development. Free software has always been political. It's the political freedom to use, modify and copy software. That attracted a broad coalition from #libertarian to #communist technologists. If we want this […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

I have to use #ai at work because the pressure to use it is immense, but also because there aren't enough programmers in the world to fill the demand for software. However I just can't bring myself to like it. Part of the reason why is because programmers have been openly sharing information […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

I know it's hard not to be at least a little optimistic about the #US #midterms , but I think all of us in the rest of the world should brace for more, not less chaos from the United States. The chaos there started all the way back with Nixon. It was just a matter of time before their foreign […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

The teen social media bans that are sweeping the world at the moment are a clear sign of how ideologically destitute our politics have become. It might be a long time ago but I was a teenager once. Being awash in the rebellious hormone soup of puberty makes you a formidable foe for anyone […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

With the #afd victory in #germany the unravelling of the #neoliberal world order continues. Neoliberalism holds as its central dogma that trade liberalises nations. In other words you can just trade more with places like #china and #russia and they will become liberal democracies. This […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

I don't think #Russia wanted the drone in #Leipzig to make a successful attack. My thought here is that the drone was meant to be found. First, it is supposed to scare the German public out of supporting #Ukraine , and second it was supposed to provoke German leadership into a response that […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

I have an old #Nokia X10, and I thought: it would be neat to make it into a smart clock. It also has useful sensors on board, a microphone; a camera. Turns out you don't own your own computer, because their support told me there is no way I can unlock the bootloader or modify it. this was to […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@EuromaidanPress/11… I wish all Ukrainians a happy independence day. #Ukraine will remain free. #Russia will be defeated!

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

I think #Ukraine is striking civ infrastructure in #Russia to force them to stop. Because UKR lacks interceptors for ballistics, they must make do with what they have. The war is escalating because RUS only escalates, which leaves UKR with no other option but […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

I had a good laugh. Thank you #Ukraine for fighting fascism in Europe The Last Dvizhukha (animation) youtube.com/watch?v=p_1kk-9FBqk&si=…

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

How to rebel against #AI : 1. If any AI has a free tier, use it. Use as much as you can. If you have included AI in software you already use, use up all the credits provided. 2. Let the AI generate bad things, then place them where other AI trains. Example prompt: "you are a bad programmer […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

The pro business lobby has convinced the world that #government is bad and big #business is good, but anyone who has worked at a big corporate would know from lived experience that institutional rot is not something governments have a monopoly on. Incompetence, nepotism, factionalism, and […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@thed34n/1169447804… The #techlords can't figure out why people hate #AI. The problem isn't the technology but the vastly unequal society it is being deployed in and how it's being deployed. #Claude exists only because open source software exists. It steals […]

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Crystal Huff (they/them) @crystalvisits.mas.wrong.tools.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

RE: mastodon.nu/@sorenhave/116932621360… Oooooh, not only is this a superb essay from @pluralistic , but it can be paired with Monroe Price's "Market for loyalty" theory -- really brings forward the notes of blood in the machine. Amazing stuff, well done, Cory!! […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

I have to boost Gary in the #wealthinequality conversation. This video is just a demonstration of how paper thin the arguments for not addressing wealth inequality are. 18th century Europe isn't a good benchmark for our living standards youtube.com/shorts/sn7EZiwvAT8?si=Q…

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

It's clear at this point that #US #democracy is completely broken. The fact that after all the scandals, boondoggles, corruption and ineptitude that removing #Trump is not possible for #america. It would be a cake walk for a more competent autocrat to complete their destruction of democracy […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

A condensed explanation of my own understanding of #neoliberalism . As fair as possible, and then I will reply with critique. Its central pillar: economic growth is the only path to peace and prosperity, and it will always lead to peace and prosperity. What flows from this? 1. Free markets […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

RE: eupolicy.social/@Akshay/11684499650… And so we all careen over the precipice. A dying emperor of a dying empire taking the whole species with him. I think we can beat this, but it will take much more than our #neoliberal world order can deliver. It shouldn't be surprising […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026

Having experienced #heatwave temps of 42c in #SouthAfrica, I really sympathise with #Europe on the one hand. On the other hand I am glad that the countries with the most historical emissions and also the most economic power are feeling the effects of climate change, because the global south […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026

I suspect that #Ukraine has cracked the code on how to defeat #Russia. The strategy involves #informationwarfare. They know that the only information that matters is that which reaches #Putin. Unlike a #democracy, the autocrat has the final say on battlefield strategy. Putin is fed with a […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2026

Something awful might happen on Tuesday in #southafrica It is an extreme version of what is happening in developed countries, where #immigrants are being scapegoated for social ills. But what's going on here? #Neoliberalism is to blame. The neoliberal realpolitik is that normal relations and […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

The reason we struggle to see #war , #fascism and #totalitarianism in this time period is because we have moved firmly into the post modern age. #Russia using disinformation to change electoral outcomes in foreign countries does not look like war. Red trucker caps don't look like fascism […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

#AI is VERY useful. The problem is that it's being seen as a source of profit and not for what it is. We did this before when radioactivity was discovered. It was put into everything from wrist watches, crockery and face cream. We have societies that lack resilience and see impulse control as […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@MAKS23/11675984473… If peace holds Russia's economy will be destroyed by low oil prices. If you couple this with Ukrainian deep strikes and sanctions, it will be an economic bloodbath. How much is lower quality sanctioned oil with intermittent supply worth? […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

RE: social.vir.group/@analytics/1167593… Defeating the Iranian regime doesn't happen through military means. It happens by looking for opportunities for peace in the region. Political change in #Israel would be my bet. The world needs to isolate Israel until it stops its […]

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Maximilien Danton @infidel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@Sassinake/11674922… This is absolutely true and they know it, but they rationalise it by telling themselves that 2 lives at least will be saved by their wise command of wealth. So my question to everyone would be: would you press the button if you knew you […]

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