MisterMower

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by MisterMower 9mo ago
Good for South America? Or good for the USA?
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
How does one nation following an ethical code encourage others to follow it as well? Following an ethical code in international affairs constrains the nation following it. It provides an asymmetric advantage to others who choose not to foll
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
I wouldn’t call the word soup you posted across multiple comments “high effort”. This isn’t high school English class. Higher word count doesn’t mean the information within is somehow more valuable.
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
I gave you a predictive model, and I challenge you to prove it is incorrect. Nations do what they want irrespective of international law. If they can write it to align with what they wanted to accomplish anyway, they will. Otherwise they ig
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
How does the US invading one country imply they won’t defend another country? I get that military resources devoted to one theatre can’t be used in another and for that reason the US might be less able to defend Taiwan, but that may not m
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
The assumed difference in Venezuela is that Maduro and his policies are not popular enough for a similar leader to easily slip into his place and cohesively unite the country against the US while maintaining Maduro’s policies and keeping hi
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
I will reiterate my original point more clearly: international law does not affect how superpowers behave. When convenient they will use international law and norms as justification for actions they would take regardless. When inconvenient,
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
I don’t dispute Xi wants Taiwan. My question still stands: how did today’s events change any of the hurdles he would face during an invasion?
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
What freedoms did you lose today? The Patriot Act was signed into law two decades ago. I can’t remember the last time Congress passed a declaration of war prior to the President engaging in military action. I’m sympathetic to your sentiment
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
You’re so close to understanding. Remind me what happened before their currency became gold convertible?
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
> International law is an important factor I mean, if you ever needed smoking gun proof this is a lie, you got some today. Countries appeal to international law when they don’t have enough power to achieve their goals through brute force
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
I’m skeptical any of this is true. How does Maduro being ousted change the physical realities of an amphibious invasion of Taiwan? You think international law is what has been preventing Xi from invading? Trump does only respect power, as d
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
You’ll hear a lot of the same people decrying this action simultaneously calling for the assassination of Putin. The cognitive dissonance is something to behold.
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
Information that is known to be wrong is still useful. The immediate talking points on both sides reveal quite a bit if you can read between the lines. Everyone is lying but the lies themselves are revealing.
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by MisterMower 9mo ago
Increasing the supply of oil will lower its price. Bringing production in Venezuela back online will have this effect. Historically they have produced three million barrels per day, currently that number is closer to one million. Russia is
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by MisterMower 10mo ago
Now you know why so many countries want to leave the dollar system. There are no meaningful constraints on the supply of dollars. Gold at least places real constraints on the growth of the money supply. Imperfect as it is, it’s better tha
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by MisterMower 10mo ago
Why is that a problem?
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by MisterMower 10mo ago
> money is an abstraction and not something concrete That is a choice we have made. Historically it hasn’t been that way.
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by MisterMower 10mo ago
Conduct monetary policy? I prefer the phrase “tax without consent” instead of that euphemism.
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by MisterMower 10mo ago
It’s probably all of these factors, but price is going up due to supply inelasticity. It’s similar to oil: demand is what it is, and even if it doesn’t fluctuate much, a refinery exploding or political instability in a producer nation can c
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by MisterMower 10mo ago
The silver output is very unpredictable. They’re targeting areas with high concentrations of the metals they’re after, and any silver extracted during that activity is incidental. It’s not as simple as “just increase production”.
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by MisterMower 10mo ago
No, it’s a supply side issue. There aren’t as many silver only mines out there anymore, so ramping up production to meet demand is difficult. Most silver extraction is actually done in copper or gold mines. But you can’t ramp up silver prod
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by MisterMower 11mo ago
I would argue spending less money would actually improve things. Ultimately it’s a culture problem. America’s attitude toward problems is nothing if not “throw more money at the problem and hope it gets better.” See also, healthcare, milita
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by MisterMower 11mo ago
If you can’t hand pick your kids experiences through life, why does everyone worry about what school district they live in?
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by MisterMower 11mo ago
What makes you think homeschool kids never deal with assholes? Assholes are a dime a dozen. Homeschooling doesn’t exempt your kids from learning how to deal with them.
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by MisterMower 11mo ago
Follow up question: how many people do you socialize with regularly in total?
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by MisterMower 11mo ago
> when they're later voting against other classes because they were never exposed to people from them early on If you think homeschooling makes kids grow up to be prejudiced, you should just say that, instead of insinuating it.
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Who is paying $0.55/kWh? That is crazy to me. Living in the Midwest I pay $0.15/kWh. Payback period for me would be 7+ years with my electricity rates.
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Most public school districts in America spend north of $20,000 per student per year. That’s $400,000 a year for a classroom of 20 students. Anyone who thinks money is the limiting factor in education is either delusional or is receiving a c
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by MisterMower 1y ago
What are you talking about? Reducing government revenue does not increase government spending.

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