Naritai

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   by Naritai 12y ago

   I'm referring to the US government's 'us vs. them' attitude towards the countries that it defines as democracies (the 'free world'), and the countries it defines as dictatorships (including China). I am aware t
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   by Naritai 12y ago

   While I'm a big supporter of international co-operation, remember that the US has been striking a number of technical deals with India, as a part of a long-term political investment in bringing up a large democratic power to balance Ch
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   by Naritai 13y ago

   Sorry, what do you have against Lake Merritt?
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   by Naritai 13y ago

   when you've lived a life where you've never had any such opportunity, come back and tell me it's a burden. EDIT: I just realized this is a classic 'first-world problem', but extended to 'first-world-upper-class
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   by Naritai 13y ago

   My biggest concern about communal ownership (ignoring tragedy of the commons) is that such an arrangement is simply undesirable for most people. There is something fundamentally unappealing about buying into a communal arrangement, and I c
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   by Naritai 13y ago

   What seems ridiculous to me is that the city that's absorbing the 'artists' is... Oakland! 20-minutes, or one BART stop away! That sounds fine to me. As SF gets bigger, let people overflow into Oakland. I don't see