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> The counterargument is that you are welcome not to do business with companies (...) Of course, that argument is largely baloney, but it's not straight up insa

> The counterargument is that you are welcome not to do business with companies (...) Of course, that argument is largely baloney, but it's not straight up insane. This is the idea of "freedom" that the right wing loves pushing, that all things that matter can be discussed as one-to-one interactions. The argument is baloney because if all companies do it you don't really have a choice. You won't see this fact if you always think in terms of one-to-one interactions. "Freedom" as one-to-one interactions is structurally favorable to large corporations.

Domenic_S 8y ago
I’m out.
- Lionsion 8y ago
  > I’m out. So do you admit you're wrong to the degree you think your comments shouldn't be seen? Or can you just not stand the downvotes? I think withdrawing and mass deleting half of a conversation is kinda bad form.
  - fwdpropaganda 8y ago
    Yes, he admits. Go through his comment history and it's nothing but unsubstantive and/or snarky remarks. I wish there was a way to detect these people at a glance so that I'd have saved myself the time. Maybe a metric like karma per year? Very gameable, but maybe better than nothing? This guy's account is 7 years old and has 3k karma. Or maybe karma per comment.
- Retra 8y ago
  Of the very few things in life that are simple and straightforward, the matter of which things people actually choose in their lives are not one of them. For instance, you could just as easily chosen to write a completely different comment. But alas, you did not.
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- fwdpropaganda 8y ago
  If every company does it then it's not just about cell phone or whatever, is it? In particular, you would have no employment.
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  - fwdpropaganda 8y ago
    For the record, GP post was edited and is not what I responded to. Originally it was the "no one is holding a gun to your head" argument. Because as we know, guns are the only thing in the world capable of constraining freedom /s
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Domenic_S 8y ago

I’m out.

Lionsion 8y ago
> I’m out. So do you admit you're wrong to the degree you think your comments shouldn't be seen? Or can you just not stand the downvotes? I think withdrawing and mass deleting half of a conversation is kinda bad form.
- fwdpropaganda 8y ago
  Yes, he admits. Go through his comment history and it's nothing but unsubstantive and/or snarky remarks. I wish there was a way to detect these people at a glance so that I'd have saved myself the time. Maybe a metric like karma per year? Very gameable, but maybe better than nothing? This guy's account is 7 years old and has 3k karma. Or maybe karma per comment.
Retra 8y ago
Of the very few things in life that are simple and straightforward, the matter of which things people actually choose in their lives are not one of them. For instance, you could just as easily chosen to write a completely different comment. But alas, you did not.
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fwdpropaganda 8y ago
If every company does it then it's not just about cell phone or whatever, is it? In particular, you would have no employment.
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- fwdpropaganda 8y ago
  For the record, GP post was edited and is not what I responded to. Originally it was the "no one is holding a gun to your head" argument. Because as we know, guns are the only thing in the world capable of constraining freedom /s
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