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The Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, ChinaFile [0], Foreign Policy magazine [1], Deutsche Welle, Amnesty International, and various academics have all done great independent reporting on the subject, if you care to look. Shawn Zhang [
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>I'm not too sure we can give lessons to the Chinese government on this subject. I simply must call BS. Are the Germans not qualified to give lessons on the subject of pervasive surveillance, or the concentration of thousands into c
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You frame the anti-Dragonfly contingent as “trying incite outrage through leaks, mobs, grandstanding, moral posturing and what not.” This generalization is inaccurate and non-substantive.
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I’m also a Google employee. The overwhelming majority of internal opposition to Dragonfly has been civil and considerate. There have been uncivil remarks and accusations by several who support Dragonfly. (EDIT: I should clarify that these r
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Pointless grudges harm those who harbor them.
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Who is “we?” People who look like me, a white person, who did mean things two centuries before I was born? Speak for yourself.
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That is an incomplete description of the memorial. In addition to the names of Japanese-Americans who died fighting for the U.S., it specifically memorializes the injustice of the internment camps. “The focal point of the memorial is a scu
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There is a monument to this injustice in Washington, D.C.; growing up in the 90s, I read children’s books which taught how unfair, racist, senseless, and counter-productive Japanese internment turned out to be. Why do you think one crime ju
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How does that work for apartment buildings? Surely they don't casually demolish and rebuild massive structures made of reinforced concrete?
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It sounds like you many think GPS is property of the global community, and access to it - which the U.S. freely grants worldwide for the public good - is some kind of right. It is not. GPS was financed, developed, and deployed by the United
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>Do not do business with them This tactic works when it comes to mercantilist trade policy (see also: new U.S. tariffs, and recent EU complaint against China in the WTO). Less effective when it comes to stemming IP theft.
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I see what you're saying, but it's also true that cigarettes didn't fundamentally weaken the structure of democratic societies. The long-term consequences of that (heck, even short-term) could be much more severe.
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In the 18th and 19th centuries, infringement of British patents was stated U.S. policy. In contrast, China keeps saying one thing and doing another. For example: they deny any involvement in industrial espionage, yet keep doing it. They are
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I completely agree, having found myself in a similar same situation. +1 to Joe Rogan and Dave Rubin; I'd also recommend the Hoover Institution's YouTube channel. Having watched a bunch of these videos, I actually feel more confi
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It’s controversial because China does not have an independent judiciary or any real civil rights protections, so the potential for and likelihood of abuse is much higher. See also the concentration camps containing over 1 million Muslims in
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For anyone who wants to learn more about Angleton and the destructive effect his paranoia had on the CIA, I strongly recommend "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA" by Tim Weiner. Gripping stuff, with lots of primary source ma
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It may surprise you to hear that the U.S. is on track for energy independence by 2022, based on increased American oil and gas production (third-biggest oil producing country in the world) and flat domestic demand. [0] https://ww
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Fun fact: student loans comprise nearly half of the U.S. federal government's balance sheet assets [0]. Of course, the federal government borrows much more than that each year in new debt, though it's at best unclear if this is re
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>as we transitioned from nobles getting ahead by taking from their neighbor to pleasing the kink. Did you mean “pleasing the king,” or were you perhaps referring to bonded serfs? ;)
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Was this article flagged in some non-visible way? I don’t see it anywhere in the first 7 pages, despite having 123 points and a post time of just 16 hours ago. (Only noticed when I came back to it hoping for a reply to an earlier comment.)
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>Chinese oligarchs are waging wars on streets of Chinese cities against each others with private armies, blowing each others up every day, and the party does nothing about that. Wait, what? Do you have a source to back up that extraordin
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I inferred context from another comment thread. Here is the link (from another user’s comment above) where I saw the quote text: https://web.archive.org/web/20180315125217/https://sqlite.or... Sorry you
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In this case, I recommend reading the article instead of just the headline and tops comments (a practice of which I’m often all too guilty). From the original CoC: “The SQLite developers are not monks. None are able to adhere perfectly to t
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You omit the most important part: “The code of conduct for developers of the SQLite project is the 72 "instruments of good works" from the 6th century Rule of St. Benedict, shown below. This code of conduct has proven its mettle i
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>Of course China is not currently a military threat to the US ... I would disagree. China routinely threatens U.S. naval vessels which transit disputed regions of the South China Sea, and maintains a large battery of missiles pointed at
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What is the difference between this headline and one that might read, “Americans’ Access to Affordable, High-quality STEM Education Needs to Improve?” I’ve know too many friends and relatives, all American-born, who got into tech despite of
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Context (I assume): https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer
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You're right, the issue is more nuanced than I had assumed. Federal law (not the Constitution) prohibits non-citizens from voting in national elections [0]. However, it seems like states can establish their own rules for state and loca
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Illegal immigrants are by definition disenfranchised. They are not citizens, so they do not get the franchise, which is the right to vote. That’s as it should be according to the U.S. Constitution, and the basic law of (nearly?) every democ
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There is an argument to be made that some defense projects, perhaps Maven included, help to maintain the balance of power and thereby keep the peace. I would not rush to assume either position on the matter.

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