Swenrekcah

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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
This may be a misunderstanding between us. What is referred to by “due process” is the whole and entire ecosystem of laws and a judicial system with trials, representation, judges and predefined appropriate sentencing structures. The whole
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
Nothing in the world is perfect. Breathing and eating are no silver bullets for staying alive because sometimes people choke on their food and they could also breath toxic fumes. Still it's a pretty solid choice to keep doing both.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
You describe a real problem and an attack vector on democracy that is being used. However you make it sound like everything is already lost when it certainly isn’t.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
The larger problem is that the owner of the credit scheme, whether a corporation or a government, can use it to punish people and depending on the scheme effectively making people social outcasts, without any due process.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
For instance he has made fraudulent statements regarding the current and near future capabilities of Tesla in an effort to inflate stock prices numerous times. He was in fact ordered by a judge to stop making such statements but he didn’t o
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
You are right it doesn’t. That is (wrongly) done by people who are (rightly) mad at him for making american life harder and global life more dangerous, in a self serving attempt to evade the justice system.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
Currently yes, but it is not inherently so. The problem with the US regime is that it is compromised, corrupt and heading towards fascism. The problem is not that the republican party used to be a conservative right party. What I’m saying i
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
He has committed a lot of fraud and was facing consequences for that. That has nothing to do with left or right.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
It is interesting that you believe this is mainly caused by foreign students. It is a recurring theme in today’s society. If you look at the data here [1] you can see there is a wide range of tuition costs for the top 100 universities in th
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
Two things need to be mentioned in this context. The Soviet Union got their equipment and supplies mostly for free from the US. All nations the Soviet Union “liberated” were not so sad when it finally fell and they were actually liberated.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
That is what the despots want. The way for democracy to survive is by keeping in contact and business with the regular population where possible, but with enough independent strength to not have to bow to the despotic governments.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
This is rationalising of insane and dangerous behaviour. Who is it that Denmark should consider their enemy in this situation? Is it normal in your mind that the US should be considered the enemy?
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
Are you being completely honest here? I agree that the Chat Control plans are bad, however do you think that particular concern is better handled in China or the US? Also note they are not the law specifically because of active democracy. T
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
ok, that’s a fair point.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
That is interesting. I do wonder, given all the volatility, if they are really used by the general population there or if they mostly exist to facilitate questionable business activities.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
Regular money is useful for all people, including criminals. Bitcoin and derivatives are of little to use for people other than criminals and gamblers.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
Sure, but one of those is outsourcing their judgement to a panel of actual experts and the other to a panel of internet personalities
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
But the terrorist isn’t going to provide that particular username, nor will he check the “I am intending to harm people” box in the visa process. So this only provides the government means to oppress and intimidate regular people while havi
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
There are many issues one cam care about and some can be more urgent even if not the most serious. I guess she’s hoping she can help humanitarian aid being delivered to Gaza where people are starving and dying right now. I respect her for h
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
They hopefully have one at home :)
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
Well, that depends very much on the tourist and their own community culture. Although I understand your point, it is easier to be selfish outside one’s community.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
If this is the behaviour of people in a community, it seems absolutely necessary to institute top-down rules on which materials are permissible and which not. That is to say, the problem here lies mainly with the attitudes and behaviour of
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
To me it always looked like complaining about virtue signalling is itself virtue signaling to a different group.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
Reduced support for Ukraine and sympathised with Russia, empowering Putin and increased risk of conflict in Europe. The US has interfered with elections in Europe, supporting far-right movements that are more prone to violence. There are mo
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
People want the US to ensure peace. The problem is that the US has in recent months turned away from that and is instead promoting unrest, both home and abroad.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
Regardless of the law, the physical reality of the world says it is more serious to run a red light in a car, due to speed and weight.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
Certainly it is a much more serious offense to run a red light in a car than on any kind of bicycle (also electric bicycle, limited to some speed like 15mph or similar).
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
Their seconds must have been about 864ms though, otherwise they day is more than 3 hours too long which would be very annoying for any kind of scheduling I’d imagine.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
Context matters. The world has changed quite a lot in 2500 years. We can put higher ethical standards on leaders of modern countries than were made in the distant past.
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by Swenrekcah 1y ago
The contrast between these two men is incredible.

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