i do not say this to scare people, or to make them feel hopeless; what is hopeless is watching people start cheering for the idea that banging their head into a wall will solve things. here are two pixels of gaussian blur applied to a photo of mine, enough to smudge over any secret invisible pixel pattern
Nightshade, Glaze, these AI-cleansing tinctures of health being promoted, this will keep you complacent, it will keep your worldview warped, believing that society doesn't need fundamental change, that we (actual humans, as opposed to corporations) can have rights by having the right morals, reblogging the right posts, watching the right shows, funding the right research. this is not because of computers. this is about the boots you thank when they step on you, and the ones you strap on yourself
capitalists hold power, but it doesn't have to be like this!