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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
Not so sure about that. I suppose the original intent was to have a healthy debate around major policy decisions. It's a check against wanton liberalism or conservatism. Congress seems eager to pass spending bills and take away our pri
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
Sure. Except it’s decentralized.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
> I can't take them too seriously until I see an alternative that does the work of collective discovery. There is an alternative. It is you and I. The citizen journalist will become the arbiter of truth tomorrow. And that arbitratio
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
Whoa, cool it with the Anti-Semitism there buddy! /s
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
Reading your comment and the original post really made me thankful for what I have. It goes to show that you have very little control of things in life. There are countless headwinds that influence the decisions you make. Some are invisible
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
VIX needs to hit 40+ before that happens.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
Sort of. In many Asian countries, the rule of law is very weak or nonexistent. This means you will eventually come into contact with the police - usually for the purpose of extorting a bribe from you.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
> Secondly it seems plausible that a person locked in a room with a radio to communicate with the outside world would eventually acquire intelligence without ever fully experiencing the world. Without fully experiencing the outside world
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
Randomness? Or entropy?
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
It is everyone’s land if it is not owned by a specific person or entity. That is what is referred to as the commons.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
> Kanye West has made increasingly oppressive, malformed declarations over the past several years, and yet commands earth-stopping attention every time he opens his mouth/Twitter app. Forbes ran a massive feature just this week abou
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
In my view, the issue is not so much cancel culture. It’s that journalists can publish inaccurate information and libel people without any sort of punishment or way for the targeted party to respond. Also, this article is extremely racist.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
Ironically, the Gauls who would sack Rome multiple times were more “Roman” than the inhabitants of Rome proper. The Gauls had strong chieftains and military generals, whereas Rome had weak ones.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
This is a really strange ruling. It also means that all prior convictions must be overturned, as they happened on a reservation instead of the state of Oklahoma.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
If my comment will make someone think and question narratives, it is worth it. Even if it is getting downvoted heavily or flagged. There is a reason why the Socratic method works.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
This is a much more sensationalist piece than it ought to be. When a patient has a stroke, they will obviously develop brain damage. That is the definition of a stroke - a cerebrovascular accident. The title should be "brain injury cau
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
It makes sense if you think about it. Alcohol is a potent GABA receptor agonist, and will increase the amount of GABA in your brain. GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter. As soon as GABA wears off, it’s like a clamp being removed from the
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
I agree but in order to have a “better society” governed by the “better angels of our nature”, you essentially need a bully. You need an entity that does all of the morally “bad” things.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
Fundamentally, civilization is about control. The control is codified and accepted only because there is a certain amount of inhumanity that is required for it. I would argue that killing comes naturally to humans, and other acts of similar
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
All the Muslim majority nations are silent on this matter. It shows how hypocritical they are.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
> For starters, being deplatformed from major online players today would have serious consequences. Although it's true that these platforms are "private property," the entire society has become too reliant on them to be se
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
It does. If I worked at a Japanese company, I would learn Japanese. I would respect the culture of the country I emigrated to. Otherwise, why would I live there?
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
It would be highly unusual to run meetings like standup where nobody else spoke the language two people were talking in. It’s different if they’re talking outside of a meeting.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
I parsed the comment as his manager playing favorites by speaking in a language the team doesn’t understand or isn’t fluent in.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
> “[There will be a promise of] all kinds of goodies and paradise on earth to destabilize your economy, to eliminate the principle of free-market competition, and to put a big brother government in Washington, D.C., with benevolent dicta
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
It also depends if you can tolerate living with your parents. My one living parent is driving my sister nuts, for instance.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
I think I see legitimacy as being inextricably tied to the monopoly on violence. That is to say, the monopoly on violence is not only sufficient for legitimacy, it is necessary.
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
> The medieval king, for example, certainly didn’t hold a monopoly on violence. He did indirectly, through the concept of divine right. This power was so immense, that a single king could wage war against an entire religion, as in the Cr
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
What you’re missing is that violence itself is an enforcement of state power. There is a reason why people carry weapons in CHAZ. In a power vacuum, the group that has the most weapons will be the de facto ruler of the area. For instance,
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by 0x8BADF00D 6y ago
It’s particularly applicable to startups that burn through a bunch of cash and then exit for a pittance.

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