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> Some people argue turbo-capitalism is inherently unstable and will lead to fascism. I could even agree with this. The only problem is that ALL opponents of turbocapitalism, if you look closely, suggest simply skipping a step.
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I don't think it's a matter of lack of principles or pander to $CURRENT_POLITICS. This article is simply about justifying political repression. Then the repression proved ineffective, the article became needless, and since justify
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Even in the event of a full-scale nuclear war, Earth would still be a more comfortable and safe place to live than Mars. It's like going to the gladiator pits to fight because someone was robbed and shot on the next street yesterday an
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> So if you want to make money, you need to focus on things like enrichment and test/college prep for the top 10% But there's no potential market in the top 10%. I mean, these people just hire a good teacher and that's it.
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It is not about their decisions, it is about their bs about the need for high reliability
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>he can't get it repaired in Bangladesh Sounds untrustworthy. Bangladesh's standard of living is roughly on par with India's, so cheap Chinese laptops should be fairly common there, and repairs for such laptops should be p
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> surely it's the evidence of innocence The obligation to provide evidence of self- innocence is equivalent to the obligation to provide evidence of self- guilt. Doesn't one follow logically from the other?
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If these people were so smart, they wouldn't be so poor.
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> Enemy of thy enemy. Some enemies are more beneficial to left unattended. Realistically, there are almost no scenarios in which it would be advantageous for Korea to enter a war against China. > We protect Korea from the Kims. We als
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> I want to see how long the rest of the world will remain restrained before they've had enough of the ICE abuse. The rest of the world will remain restrained indefinitely. Yes, populist politics requires voicing outrage at this, bu
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> I'm describing the current consensus by population experts. These are not experts, they are deep state propagandists. I mean, fortunately (or unfortunately), such processes have been going on for decades, and these experts have be
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It looks like a liberal fantasy. The truth is that along the rivers that run on the border with China there are posts with machine gunners every 100 meters. Brainwashing is obviously nearly zero-effective, since they have to resort to machi
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> Apparently, due to cultural, political and economical issues, South Korea cannot/won't do this. Because it's not a problem yet. What's going to stop them from doing it when the birth rate becomes a problem? Almost n
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> Empirically, ex-spies have a solid history in reaching commanding positions in politics and business. But it's not because someone wants them there. It's because they can demand the position they want.
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> somewhat surprising that they possess the latest technology and conduct hacking. Why does this surprise you? As you said, selecting capable people is not a problem. And then these capable people get the best possible motivation. I woul
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> what if it’s some landlord renting making a decision, some health insurance company deciding your coverage, etc. Then you simply use the services of another private company. Here, in fact, there are no particular dangers, after all, pr
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> Americans seem to enjoy decent free speech but only so long as it doesn't meaningfully challenge the government Trump's election was such a challenge. As we can see, the government failed to restrict freedom of speech. > R
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>free speech for example, though this is now failing I don't quite understand what you mean. The great advantage of the American constitution in terms of freedom of speech is that it sets a relatively clear boundary. And it is obvio
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> What's wrong with that? The absence of a clear objective boundary of what can be taken and what cannot. And without such a boundary, such a practice could be quite widespread, with the poorest and smallest actors being the first t
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I saw statistics somewhere that Wikipedia ALREADY has enough money for centuries of work (if it stops spending them on promoting wokeism).
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This is disgusting. But I think this problem should be solved at the level of countries, not individuals. Because individuals are always looking for a way to avoid taxes, they can disappear as a class, and there is not that much money if it
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It's not just about UK abilities to enforce laws, but also about other factors. The described activities are extremely unattractive as criminal: small market, small margin, the need for planning, preparation and qualification. There is
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What's stopping them from just blocking them all and continuing to block new ones?
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Don't worry, you shouldn't underestimate the capability of society. You should be worried. Don't underestimate the capabilities of the government bureaucrats. That "guys down the pub" will quickly disappear once the
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> The USSR didn't even make it to its 70th birthday. Not because the will or the struggle of the people. Gorbachev began to abolish the aforementioned totalitarian measures, creating the opportunity for a party coup. If totalitarian
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> The result? People still knew they were all full of shit. It's just that the purpose of all this totalitarian control wasn't so that people wouldn't know. It was so that people couldn't do anything about it even if
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> believe the western's propagandist depiction of what communism The main problem with communism was that it was much worse than Western propaganda portrayed it to be. Because if Western propaganda had tried to depict it truthfully,
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Why not just start making conscious decisions? Like "Here's my path to statistical victory/social success/meeting needs. Chances are, it'll be in some small degree inconvenient for others, it'll be rude to them
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>We learned about microplastics and updated our worldviews? What are the main sources of microplastics? These are various surface coatings, plastic interior elements, clothing. But what are the efforts to combat plastic concentrated on?
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> No the world is actually much much safer especially in these first world countries. Is that true, or first world just became older, not exactly safer?

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