Neonlicht

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by Neonlicht 2y ago
America will never cut social security. Never in the history of mankind have people starved quietly.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
I find it amusing that America bullies countries for not enforcing the DMCA meanwhile they can't block piracy sites in their own country.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Run a political party on a "unlimited spending on healthcare" platform and see how far you get.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
As I understand it the US government is why every American home- from the deserts in Nevada to the mountains in Virginia- has electricity. And that investment has paid for itself a million times over.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Universal healthcare would be a Christian duty then? How's that working out?
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
But it is. Most people are not rich to pay for their own care. Society doesn't want tax increases. We don't have enough healthcare workers. Reality doesn't care about how things should be.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Yeah I wonder how people who say this stuff feel about the homeless? How do they feel about tax increase to fix "broken society"?
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
It's difficult for Americans to understand but most countries HAVE to live within their means. The $ allows the US to have a trillion dollar deficit but most have to start cutting.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
If a war happens that cuts off Europe from the factories in Asia I wonder how long the supplies last? I'm actually not at all an isolationist. I love trade. But there are certain things a sovereign nation should not outsource. We had a
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
The strategy is taking as much US tax payer money as they can.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Yeah these articles are all written by people who owned hundreds of movies. I was thinking about this. Normal people bought maybe one or two Disney movies a year? Now Disney Plus cashes in 20 eurodollars per month and they don't have t
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Japanese soldiers fought to the death because they knew that their families would be punished if they didn't. In Japanese culture at the time the sins of the father are inherited by the sons and daughters. If you surrendered you would
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
In WW2 there was a lot of panic about "fifth column" infiltration from German special forces. So they came up with a code word that only native speakers can pronounce: Scheveningen.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Bought a mid range Samsung A55 and it does everything I want. But then I have a gaming PC and a big television at home.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
This was in the 1950s when a nuclear war was still considered winnable. This all changed as hydrogen bombs were combined with submarine launched ICBMs. That's when the MAD concept influenced political leaders on both sides.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
The concept of unconditional love is unknown to many cultures. In the Netherlands children are a selfless act they are not a pension fund for their parents.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
True story European monarchs used to have a veto on who gets elected as Pope... The church stopped being independent and became a political tool long ago.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
I know that the bells were made in the Netherlands- which has a long history with church bells.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
It probably doesn't help that people love to build houses in forests so that in every forest fire the fire department has to show up to save them.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
What makes the Netherlands special is not the bike paths. Its the law. When there is an accident between a car and a bike it is always the fault of the car. Its the driver who gets the insurance claim no questions asked. Cyclists get specia
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Actually there aren't. Take all the votes from people who live in the cities and they overrule the country folk. The Americans had to invent the electoral college because otherwise New York and California would run the nation.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
That kind of frequency is not unusual in the Netherlands for normal trains during rush hour. Unfortunately trains need a minimum distance from eachother and building new tracks is impossible because they go straight through some of the most
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Tolerance sounds good on paper but it can so easily become complete and utter indifference. And you should never make the mistake of thinking that it implies respect. I know deeply unhappy expats in Amsterdam who are faced with such an Engl
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Social media could include everything including forums and websites were people can leave a comment. I know that some people here on HN want to go full Unabomber and live in the woods but I kind of like the internet.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Ever noticed that the Israeli flag has a religious symbol in it? Very curious. As a citizen of a secular nation with separation of church and state it's difficult to ignore.
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Famously the West stole tea and silk cultivation secrets from the Chinese and I'm pretty sure they never paid any royalties...
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Using a laptop with 8gb RAM for a decade is an exercise in frustration
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
The uncomfortable truth is that industry IS state politics. The Volkswagen CEO has the German chancellor on speed dial. If your government's politicians have an emergency session on the future of a particular company there is no "
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Tesla had to get the price down because of BYD. Competition is good!
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by Neonlicht 2y ago
Ironically it was the Chinese market that saved the Germans in the 1990s.

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