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[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 2 days ago (7 children)

So did this UK "centre-left" party turn out to be a Trojan horse or what? They've dismantled trans rights. They plan on using AI thought police to 'predict' future crimes and criminals. And now they want multibillion corporations to have free access to anyone's work without compensation.

If I hadn't looked this political party up on Wikipedia, by this point I would be assuming that they're a bunch of conservative wankers on Elon Musk's payroll.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is anyone calling UK Labour centre-left? I would have thought theyd be sitting just inside the lower right quadrant of the political compass, they might have been centre left when Corbyn was the leader but that was a while ago and Starmer isn't that kinda guy.

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Wait, so in all these years that Europeans have been making fun of dumb Americans for having a two party system, and for having no real left wing options, the UK has been basically the same?

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

Wait, so in all these years that Europeans have been making fun of dumb Americans for having a two party system, and for having no real left wing options, the UK has been basically the same?

Yes, that's why Europeans make fun of both the UK and its former colony.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Kind of, its a little more complicated than that, I think its probably more accurate to say they have their own issues. The UK system is pretty different from the shitshow in the US.

They also use FPTP but have no electoral college and multiple parties including 4 major parties. So while there are multiple parties, in any given electorate you really need to vote for the party you hate the least that has a chance of winning. The two parties in an electorate that have a chance of winning varies across electorates and regions. They also have the House of Lords instead of a senate with members of House mostly being appointed (for life) rather than elected.

So .. its own nonsense. Still seems less shithouse than the US system.

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I’d rather people not profiting off copyrighted work be permitted than those who profit off it

[–] gabbath@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I read this as pro-piracy and anti-AI, generally speaking, since the former is for personal use (art should be free to share and enjoy) while the latter is for commercial use (you should not be allowed to freely profit off the work of artists).

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[–] wosat@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (15 children)

Thought experiment: What if AI companies were allowed to use copyrighted material for free as long as they release their models to the public? Want to keep your model private? Pay up. Similar to the GPL.

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[–] Gluca23@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Greed have no age.

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