No it wasn’t. Czechoslovakia became Communist through a political coup.

1948 Czechoslovak coup d’état:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Czechoslovak_coup_d’état

This happened because Czechoslovakia was invaded and controlled by an authoritarian regime.

Not true, that is mostly one dictator replacing another. Democracies turning authoritarian is not common since the fascists and Nazis pre WW2.
And Nazism taking over in Germany was a pretty violent affair, and far from merely winning an election.

It’s not illegal if there are no consequences.

They should be SLAMMED for using that term.

Which was the purpose of Elon Musk buying it all along.
The algorithms are fucking designed specifically for that purpose!

OK I’m not that well informed about current politics in India, but I have observed Modi is not exactly stellar, I began to notice because they have completely abstained from denouncing the Russian invasion and war crimes in Ukraine.

It may be far fetched regarding Canada, but we know from many other situations that a mix of culture is better than mono culture, especially from work places, where a mix of men and women generally create a better work environment than 100% men or 100% women.
So I’m not saying that the French are better, just that the fact that there are 2 groups, may help prevent exceptionalism by either group to get out of hand. Like it has done in USA and UK. But of course Canada doesn’t have the megalomaniac mindset of UK from being the former mightiest colonial power, or USA from being the global leading military power and economy for nearly a century.

I think such things may not be good for the national mentality. Too bad that USA didn’t focus on promoting human rights and democracy instead of military power and trying to benefit from it.

I mostly agree, but I think the reason Canada is staying saner than most is that they have a big French speaking population too. For some reason Canada is more politically European than even UK, and I think that reason may be the influence from French culture.

Regarding India I think they are doing reasonably well and better than most countries that were 100% colonized for so long. But there is certainly room for improvement.
But it is striking IMO how English speaking countries, where English is the main language, are often tending towards the politically extreme or irresponsible as in doing harm to themselves for no reason, where the better non harmful option is obvious.

I would recommend Linux also for people who can run Windows 10 or 11.

WTF Australia?
Are ALL English speaking countries going crazy?

all professional tasks” being done by AI. Most tasks that involve “sitting down at a computer” will be fully automated by AI within the next year or 18 months,

So does that include working in AI? In 18 months we will have the AI program itself?

Quite the blanket statement, and as always with blanket statements, they are probably false.
Of course it could be true to a lesser degree, like maybe 20%, but “ALL” is ridiculous.

Freedom of speech baby, to bad USA doesn’t have it.

accused Donald Trump of tearing apart the transatlantic alliance with Europe

This is not merely an accusation, it’s a statement of fact.

So where are all the comments about daily mail not being trustworthy now?
Why isn’t this downvoted to oblivion when a story about false accusation of rape was? With comments all over the place on how daily mail is untrustworthy and had an agenda!
Is this part of that agenda too? Because that seems a bit weird IMO.

But second, keep in mind that for a lot of people, most companies are still responsible members of society; “pillars of the community,” and generally worthy of trust. It’s not because they’re dumb, it’s because they’ve been propagandized into believing it.

Oh boy that is so true, I was laughing my ass off during the financial crisis about how people were shocked that banks are businesses trying to maximize profits like any other business.

They genuinely thought that banks were some sort of community institution that existed to help people with their finances, and not businesses that are selling products to make money.

Still even if people are so ignorant that they are unaware of privacy issues, they have chosen to be willfully ignorant, because this issue has been talked about non stop for decades. For nothing to sieve in at some point, you have to be a special kind of willfully ignorant.
Even people that are very low information on technology, know that the Internet is a source of potential surveillance, and having your info on the internet in any form is a potential for being surveilled. Everybody knows that all the big IT companies are trying to gather as much information as they can. And Amazon is right at the top among them.
So to claim they were ignorant of Amazon possibly collecting and sharing their data is a bit far fetched IMO.

Question is why they bought a Ring camera in the first place?
There is no way they can have been unaware that these gadgets can be accessed from outside.
But it was only when the evidence was put right in their face they finally connected the dots?

So my answer is quite simple: Because they are stupid, and bought a sleazy product from a known sleazy company, and when they found out it was in fact as sleazy as could be expected, they figured that maybe they didn’t want to to be voluntarily surveilled anyway.

Yes where indeed.
SS (Schutzstaffel) and Gestapo are the closest that come to mind.

I hope this is more than just the pendulum swinging like it always does.

Of Course, the White house needs to have their own fascist paramilitary police force Schutzstaffel (SS) / Gestapo ready before the midterms.

Paywall.
But White house spreading darkness across USA and the world.

If you sink lower on the corruption index, it means corruption is higher.
They made the index that way to avoid misunderstandings. 🤡