Ray20

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by Ray20 8mo ago
> This is mandating taking down content, not surveiling anyone. As far as I understand, it precisely mandating to monitor EVERYONE. They are not talking about removing a specific image from the platform based on its hash or something. Th
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Regardless of how you feel about content moderation, we are talking about a situation where the government is DEMANDING corporations to implement automated, totalitarian surveillance tools. This is the key factor here. The next step would b
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> It seems like you're responding just to argue and not in good faith. It's a convenient position when the FACTS and MATH completely discredit your narrative that American workers are not actively contributing to what's ha
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> The majority of the US electorate is politically and literally illiterate. Are you sure about that? Because it's hard to blame illiteracy on something that brings you 20 times more money (speaking of economic sentiment) than every
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> wealth gap disparity has only gotten worse for Gen X, Millenials, and Gen Z And how much do they make? $35 an hour? Okay, let's even go very safe and go with a large margin, say they make $30 an hour. And compare that to LESS THAN
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Are you deliberately trying to manipulate? All the research clearly shows that higher turnout would have led to an even better result for Trump. And the American polls are little more than a reflection of the less and less popular mainstrea
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> pacified and domesticated the working class through threat of poverty and state sanctioned violence. More likely through outright bribery. What's the average hourly wage in the US? About $40? While 90% of workers worldwide earn le
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> What happened to the protests? The indignation? Get rid of this guy already you complacent fucks I'm just reminding that this is exactly what Americans voted him to do. And in their opinion, the main problem is that he does what h
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> The rest of the world is also pretty much on board with this clean air and climate change stuff as it turns out people generally like clean air Are you sure about that? Or you mistaking the world's opinion for that of the out-of-t
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> the lazier and more bored they get People don't become "lazy". They're lazy from the beginning. Laziness is something they overcome for personal gain. And if the system promises fewer personal gains for overcoming l
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Private money in politics is one of the counterbalances to the emergence of a totalitarian state. The government gains a huge advantage over the opposition due to the fact that it is the government and receives free media coverage.
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> this kind of "literacy test" Where did I mention a "literacy test"? I'm against such tests for exactly the same reasons I'm against prisoner voting. > If prisoners can't vote, what's stopping
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Yes, and most of this measures result in decisions being made by the most irresponsible people. Prisoners voting is madness. They are in too dependent a position to believe that their vote will reflect their votes. On the contrary, voting s
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This is all terrible. But how does this change the fact that Europe has a more totalitarian government, committing more political assassinations and persecuting political opponents, while Europe is mired in poverty? I mean, compare the medi
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> How come the US has a higher rate of struggling with groceries (12.2% US vs 8.5% EU), healthcare (44% US vs. 18.6% for costs) EU, education costs, etc.? Reliability of statistical data. The more totalitarian a state is, the more out of
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But that isn't capitalism. It's socialism, which uses many market mechanisms to manage the economy.
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> If $50k is competitive for you, that should be a sign something's gone wrong. Or, on the contrary, a sign that something went right. If Europeans weren't drowning in poverty, they would also buy more expensive cars.
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I even envy this level of privilege. How exactly work-to-rule will protect you from the same consequences?
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> How about plain civil disobedience? Like just stop working? An amazing level of privilege. In half of the world, if you stop working, you will very soon die of hunger.
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> I'm grateful to Russia for standing by its principles and asserting its sovereignty. But we see how exactly the opposite has happened, and Russia is giving up its sovereignty in favor of China.
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> I like rule of law and due process. Many people like this. It's just that the choice, as far as I understand, is not between rule of law and authoritarian dictatorship. > I like the Constitution and its balance of powers. And h
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> Get all the cleaners, cooks, hotel workers and other "servants" to strike, pool up to fund a salary-light for them while they strike You mean to try to get them all and find out they're not really against what's hap
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> I hope the cartoon villain responses coming from the administration when they're challenged on any of this will get more people to stand up against it all. I don't think we should expect people to stand up against all of this
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> The question IMO is, who will be creating the demand on the other side for all of these goods produced if so many people will be left without the jobs? There is no reason why people will left without jobs. Ultimately, "job" i
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> You would simply be insane to think Alabama was in any way wealthier than Bavaria. Is it accurate? Europe has a fairly low standard of living compared to America, but their totalitarian governments are quite effective at silencing all
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> They rather hire immigrants than retrain or educate existing workforce The existing workforce is literally the most expensive in the world. And if you add to that its toxicity, what specifically surprises you?
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For most poor people, raising the minimum wage doesn't mean increasing their income, but rather reducing it to zero. It literally prohibits workers from working for low wages, effectively putting them out of job.
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I think in this case, just about everyone falls into the funnel. I think it's difficult to find a potential buyer of tailwind who doesn't visit the documentation.
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> the popular conspiracy theory among Russian opposition is that Maduro exit was negotiated, so he will do small time at a Fed club and would preserve significant amount of his money It sounds stupid. Maduro has no way to enforce the dea
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> If Zelensky were to give an order to launch hypothetical nukes, I'd think there would have been a coup and no launch. Do you understand that nuclear weapons don't work like that, and leaders with nuclear buttons give orders t

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