Sabinus

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by Sabinus 2mo ago
What should I search to find information about this? Who are the cast-out liberal reformists?
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by Sabinus 2mo ago
The math of sunk costs causing high operating costs isn't exactly something to boast about.
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by Sabinus 2mo ago
Shouldn't you be complaining about Regan and Thatcher then?
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by Sabinus 2mo ago
I'd be interested to know when the Democrat party drove out liberal reformists.
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by Sabinus 2mo ago
I think it's reasonable for the existing residents to be upset. I just don't think they should get an effective veto on new housing construction in some of the most in-demand places to live in the entire country. There are far mor
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by Sabinus 2mo ago
I thought this footnote from the bottom of the article was interesting: “When I consider the structure of power in American politics, it often cleaves along lines that have nothing to do with being a billionaire. Homeowners dominate land us
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by Sabinus 2mo ago
Why did you think that Biden had messed up the economy?
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by Sabinus 2mo ago
There's zero indication Harris would have put US boots on the ground in Ukraine or more onerous AI restrictions than Trump. And neither of those things comes close to causing a recession from a war of choice, or all the illegal tariffs
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by Sabinus 2mo ago
It's difficult to make the government effective when a bit under half the country/voters thinks the government is evil and should be as ineffective as possible to reduce its ability to ruin their lives.
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by Sabinus 2mo ago
The 'whims of capitalism' produced those machines at a price you can afford.
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by Sabinus 2mo ago
I wonder why Trump doesn't implement rules for market access like China did. "Want to sell robot vaccums to the fabulously lucrative American consumer market? Sure, but you must manufacture them in America, with a progressively la
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by Sabinus 2mo ago
And rent control makes it worse.
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by Sabinus 2mo ago
How does abolishing rent control make millions homeless? The housing would still be there, just with richer people living in them? It would certainly increase commutes for the working class though
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by Sabinus 2mo ago
I wouldn't recommend that strategty. EU-NATO defence spending is increasing and having the front-line pass over you is somewhere between an extremely harrowing and a deadly experience. You can immediately (and reasonably safely) get t
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
Why not just move to Russia yourself? Live under a strong traditional leader and culture.
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
That has a solution. Build (or permit) more housing where people want to live and the price will go down. Simple. Rent control destroys all the market incentives that are the point of having housing be private. If you're going to do
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
How do rent freezes encourage building owners to reinvest? They can't raise the rent to recover the cost of any improvements they make. And new buildings would presumably be at risk of becoming rent controlled which reduces or eliminat
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
Well, at least there's a robust alternative OS for Pixel phones in GrapheneOS.
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
There should be a law that says whenever a private equity firm buys a business, the business must notify all the customers. The PE skinwalking of old company reputations is something customers need to be aware of in a well functioning marke
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
It's a bit of a reach but this kind of news makes me think of the Roman imperial cult. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_imperial_cult
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
The USA wouldn't be able to invade and carpet bomb China and end the war before logistical strain started to show either. There's no point talking about USA's theoretical capabilities to end a war quickly if they can't u
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
That argument is rolled out every time the Republicans want to cut anything, but then they don't actually balance the books. Trump is responsible for 25% of the national debt and the DOGE cuts did not move the needle at all.
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
>If the US military was waging a true all out war, Iran would be piles of rubble and glass Then the Gulf oil infrastructure would be gone in retaliation and the impacts to the global economy would be severe . Trump's popularity and
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
Nukes aren't relevant unless Russia uses nukes or tries to take Paris or London. No one is going to nuke Russia over a Polish-Russian border town, and maybe not even over Warsaw falling. Until Poland and the Baltics get their own nukes
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
What did the nearby datacentre do that made you move?
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
Consumer protections aren't as fundamental and straightforward in the USA compared to most of the developed world.
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
Targeting civilians for hostage taking and otherwise is terrorism. Hamas is a terrorist organisation. Sure, they are freedom fighters, but they are terrorists.
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
"If we do nothing about this obvious problem for the next decade it will be catastrophic." Ok
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
I think with the breakdown in the current talks the traders are beginning to accept that neither side can capitulate on their core demands, and the war and shortage of hydrocarbons will continue past the crunch point.
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by Sabinus 3mo ago
>The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the rise of young hackers in the UK as one of the biggest threats to the nation's cyber security. Pity we can't do the same as the Russians and just point them at geopolitical adversaries.

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