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context for those out of the loop https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/europe/poland-scramble-jets-russian-drone-reports-intl-hnk-ml
lol time to make lemmy.ml upset I guess
I think he captures the problems with postmodernism pretty well.
Well put, pretty much any sci-fi that’s not dystopian in nature is essentially a vision of a communist future.
9·29 days agowhen life imitates art
lol if aliens ever showed up and offered to take me, I’m gone
This reminds me how somebody pointed out that aliens are typically portrayed as monsters in capitalist media, but were generally portrayed positively in Soviet sci-fi. It kind of stuck with me.
I don’t see how that follows. I’m not suggesting that online agitprop is not useful, I’m simply saying that we already do a lot of it. However, AI somehow became controversial within left circles and people are avoiding using it. Yet, it’s an excellent tool that drastically lowers the barrier for making memes and other types of content that we should be leveraging.
Furthermore, AI tools can absolutely help with real world organizing as well. You can use LLMs to create study guides, sum up key points in literature, and so on. If you’re working with a local group in person, you still have to prepare material that you use for education. Having a tool that can save time doing that is invaluable.
That’s not really a controversial thing we need to raise awareness about though, if anything there’s too much focus on posting online as opposed to engaging with people in the physical world.
The AI graphic is because the meme is about using AI as a tool for agitprop.
It is very cringy to see to be sure.
What I find most telling is not the fact that these stories get circulated, but the fact that people in the west swallow them uncritically. It really says a lot about western society where they want to see everyone else as dirty savages. You can put out any absurdity about Russia, China, DPRK, or Cuba and westerners will eagerly lap it up because it fits with their racist biases.
I can’t imagine that Russia would start the war with NATO by flying 5 drones into Poland. Most likely explanations are that it’s an attempt at a provocation, or they might’ve gone off course. Given that Russia sends in hundreds of them every night, it’s not impossible. Overall, I think it’s a nothing burger.