PROMETHEAN ANTAGONIST

 In praise of boredom.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 11:30 PM 0 comments

Trump’s tariffs policy has been a brilliant maneuver to leverage peace deals, enhance America’s industrial base, and bolster revenue in the trillions of dollars. The policies are demonstrably successful by any measure.  

Courts can manipulate legal jargon all they want. The ultimate meaning of the recent court ruling and possible appeals is that federal judges, like so many in the established power structure, despise our nation and the success of its people. 

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 In overturning Democrat “compassion.”

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 10:17 AM 0 comments

 What could have possibly motivated him?

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 11:34 AM 0 comments

 The ultimate in creepy. Insanity is not a pretty thing.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 12:56 PM 0 comments

 The nonsense continues. 

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There are several countries in the world that ban the burning of their flag.  I believe France and Germany are among them. It’s not just the extreme positions of North Korea or China.

I can certainly understand the sentiment behind Donald Trumps executive order banning flag-burning. I hate seeing spoiled brats — typically leftists of one strain or another — whining about what a terrible country they live in while desecrating the symbol of one of histories great experiments in individual freedom.

That said, I don’t support Trumps position on the issue but, contrary  to the nonsense screeched by partisans, I don’t think he’s a “fascist” for wishing to rekindle more traditional views about allegiances to one’s national home.

The Bill of Rights trumps (no pun intended) any fleeting sentiments a president may have no matter how just they may appear,  but there’s nothing in the constitution that says we must let in hordes of criminals and random wanderers (for example). There’s also nothing that mandates common respect for our nation’s symbols. Buying a flag (probably made in China) and burning it is one thing, defacing a public monument quite another.

Citizens should be permitted to express stupid feelings and ideals but that doesn’t make them any less stupid.

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A repost of a short piano piece I wrote.  The initial material is deceptively simple but later goes off in different directions.

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 An absolutely hilarious Older film.

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 The New World…HORROR

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 11:19 AM 0 comments

 The pot calling the — 80 year old — kettle black. 

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 4:19 PM 0 comments

 …if they get their claws back in power.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 1:38 PM 0 comments

 Leftist hypocricy knows no bounds. 

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 10:50 AM 0 comments

“Not a single black person in sight.”

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 8:36 PM 0 comments

The cheesiness is gone over the edge.  

James Comey channels Eric Swalwell.  

The nerve of this bastard.  He commits crimes as FBI head, lying and conspiring with others to bring down an elected presidency and he still carries on with bizarre delusions about how noble he thinks he is and how horrible Republican, conservatives, and Trump supporters are.  The deep state pseudo-Marxist cabal is about to fall.  It will be grand seeing a corrupt James Comey defending himself in a criminal court with bizarre homage to Taylor Swift.

…ya just can’t make this stuff up.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 11:34 AM 0 comments

 Simplicity beats intellectual posturing everytime.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 6:23 PM 0 comments

 The Babylon Bee’s insightful observations on our current dictatorship.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 12:17 PM 0 comments

 A trillion and a half dollars gets ya nothing.

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 From Victor Davis Hanson  

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 Oh no!  more warmongering!

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 12:29 PM 0 comments

 THIS is what freedom looks like.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 1:06 PM 0 comments

THIS is interesting…real interesting.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 11:51 PM 0 comments

 The new leftist art of paid protesting.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 12:53 PM 0 comments

Trump is bringing peace to places that most people didn’t even know were at war.

Congo / Rwanda

Pakistan / India

Thailand/ Cambodia

…still trying;  Ukraine /Russia

And, still the leftist industrial complex screams, “Hitler!”   What total idiots.

No one seems to have noticed but, Trump — using the tariff diplomatic tool — is literally replacing war with economic leverage. Definitely a less deadly or destructive strategy.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 12:17 PM 0 comments

 Is rotten to the core.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 12:04 PM 0 comments

 The horrors of “misgendering “

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 1:05 PM 0 comments

 …in a Democrat Banana Republic.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 12:43 PM 0 comments

Anyone familiar with the actions of the Jacobins during the first modern communist Coup de ètat (the French Revolution), can see the consistent behavior among the Jacobin’s modern brethren.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 12:36 PM 0 comments

statistics.”

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 12:45 PM 0 comments

Me:  

Are fears valid that powerful corporate entities allied with government are using AI with hopes of ultimately reining in the public under a rigid system of control. 

Chat GPT:

Yes, those fears are valid — not in the sense that such outcomes are inevitable, but in the sense that they reflect real risks grounded in historical precedent, current technological trends, and power dynamics.

Here’s why they’re not baseless:

1. Historical patterns of control

Throughout history, when new technologies have emerged, powerful institutions — both governmental and corporate — have often moved quickly to dominate their use. The printing press, radio, TV, and the internet all followed this arc to some extent. AI is simply the most potent and scalable information technology to date.

2. Surveillance and behavioral prediction

AI excels at gathering, analyzing, and predicting human behavior — across finance, health, shopping, speech, and movement. The combination of mass data collection (e.g., from social media, smartphones, purchases) with AI’s pattern recognition capabilities allows for surveillance systems far more advanced than in any previous era.

This isn’t hypothetical: authoritarian states like China already use AI-enhanced surveillance systems (e.g., facial recognition, social credit scoring) for real-time population control. In democratic nations, similar technologies are often developed under the banner of “safety,” “efficiency,” or “anti-disinformation” — terms that, while not inherently sinister, can be vague enough to mask more coercive aims.

3. Collusion between corporations and states

In many cases, corporate AI development is funded, incentivized, or directly shaped by governments. Major tech firms already work closely with intelligence agencies, law enforcement, and military organizations. This alliance has the potential to create systems where dissent, nonconformity, or even independent thought are algorithmically discouraged or suppressed — all while being marketed as “progress.”

4. Content moderation and algorithmic filtering

AI is already shaping what people see, think, and feel through curated content. What begins as moderation to limit hate speech or misinformation can (and has) expanded into broad suppression of politically inconvenient viewpoints. The boundaries are opaque, the appeals processes are minimal, and the ideological slant often reflects elite consensus rather than public deliberation.

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In summary:

AI isn’t inherently a tool of tyranny — but it can be, especially in the hands of powerful, centralized actors with opaque motives. If the public remains unaware, passive, or disempowered, the risk of AI being used to implement a rigid system of social control is not only plausible — it may already be underway in slow, incremental steps.

The best defense lies in transparency, decentralized development, strong privacy protections, and, crucially, public literacy about what AI can and cannot do. Without that, the fears you’re referencing are not only legitimate — they may be prophetic.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 10:59 AM 0 comments

 Always insightful and interesting.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 10:52 AM 0 comments

 A refreshing and deeply moving interlude.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 9:45 PM 0 comments

 The Babylon Bee nails it again.

# posted by Promethean Antagonist @ 12:06 PM 0 comments