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This story isn't even materially about Mandani. You're fuckin' broken, dude. Take a vacation or something.

as long as artists/creatives/journalists need to monetise their output to survive, I’d rather see them protected in some way.

IP doesn't automatically follow from that.

It's as real as any other social convention. Property only exists at all because we agree not to take each other's shit. That's not something fundamental about the Universe that makes physical property different than IP.

What you are saying is, "I didn't agree to this convention, I don't avail myself to it, and I may choose not to abide by it." Which you could also say about cars or any other kind of property. I likewise reject the convention that individuals can be property.

But our convictions and preferences do not change the world. Intellectual property IS real, in the same sense that physical property and slaves are real. All happen to exist due to the same threat of violence.

I agree that there are problems with IP. 40 years ago I was huge into "public domain" software, and I have stayed within that culture as it evolved. The fact that it exists at all undermines your thesis. If there is no such thing as intellectual property, why do you use public or copyleft licenses?

I bet you are used to your true value being unrecognized

That's interesting! I think there is a larger trend beyond the metric used in this article, which isn't specifically talking about fascism.

And why would you specifically target a population? Doesn't that also suggest that young men are especially vulnerable to fascist ideas? Doesn't answer the question, just moves it slightly.

We're all subject to the same brain-rot. What's up with young men and fascism?

Social media is practically universal; that does not explain why young men are the most right-swinging group. I don't think it's just an emergent situation like you suggest. I think that they are swinging hardest because they are most vulnerable to the intentional manipulation we are all experiencing.

Amazing impression of a bigot with no self awareness. I won't be Poe'd twice in one week.

What's up with young men and fascism? I feel like fascism (as found outside the ruling class) is less a political philosophy or movement than it is a simple expression of human nature. It's all so bare and obvious, the othering, scapegoating, rallying around an invented enemy. Hell, it's so primitive, I bet it predates human divergence. I've seen ducks suddenly decide one of their own flock has to die, and a bunch of the males mob them. I doubt it's THAT far removed.

I don't think half the public is quite THAT fragile, fragile guy. Boo hoo hoo. Fuck YOUR feels.