adamsea

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961.
by adamsea 8y ago
I hear you. But then wouldn’t advocating for more humane working conditions simply be a part of that progression via capitalism which you allude to?
962.
by adamsea 8y ago
> It is not the sweatshops fault these people are poor. Rather it is the sweatshops fault that it is an inhumane sweatshop which treates the people who work there inhumanely.
963.
by adamsea 8y ago
> I am not espousing the inhuman treatment of these workers ... The injustice might seem appalling, but have you wondered what the alternative is? I’m not certain, but I think it does sound like your statement actually is indeed espousin
964.
by adamsea 8y ago
“The NewsGuild said nearly 90% of staffers have signed on to the unionizing efforts.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/money/2018/06/06/me... Nine out of ten of the people actually
965.
by adamsea 8y ago
There does not appear to be much data supporting the hypothesis that a significant number of people died of malnutrition (ie a famine) in the US during the Great Depression: https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/1
966.
by adamsea 8y ago
In 2014 The Gini coefficient for Mauritas was 30 and for France it was 40. The top 1% in France has about 20% of the total income as of 2014. For Mauritas no suitable data was found for wealth inequality or dispersion of earnings. The lack
967.
by adamsea 8y ago
Article says no maintenance - if it breaks its broken.
968.
by adamsea 8y ago
It’s more like Anderson Cooper is allowed to spread the viewpoints of his which overlap with what the corporation he works for will tolerate, which is a very different thing than being able to spread ones own views. I know that’s a tangent
969.
by adamsea 8y ago
I do not know the law around this but it seems reasonable to distinguish between a ten dollar individual donation and a ten million dollar individual donation. Doing so would address much (perhaps all?) of the legitimate concerns you raise.
970.
by adamsea 8y ago
Depends what that particular course is supposed to teach. Stats, maybe some sort of intro course, or a programming course intended for non-CS majors are all courses where it could make sense to abstract away setting up complex environments
971.
by adamsea 8y ago
Not for military contracts.
972.
by adamsea 8y ago
> Humanity has always been at conflict with each other and will be for the foreseeable future. This could be used as an excuse for pretty much anything. > But for the first time in history we have the tools to conduct intense warfare
973.
by adamsea 8y ago
> Would we be fine with the military killing the exact same people if the pilot was simply on the aircraft that launched the missiles or bombs? No. > If your problem is with killing people, it should be with the people who ordered the
974.
by adamsea 8y ago
The risk is turning away young minds.
975.
by adamsea 8y ago
Oh yeah us Jews are just thrilled for any opportunity to cash in on the Holocaust ... /sarcasm
976.
by adamsea 8y ago
Desegregation and no more lynchings (which was prevalent enough it was basically domestic terrorism) is sad?
977.
by adamsea 8y ago
> didn't have a religion that promoted extremism and placed them at odds with the existing inhabitants. You mean like European Christian colonizers and the indigenous peoples of North and South America?
978.
by adamsea 8y ago
> I think the current situation in Europe, and other instances of mass migration in history, demonstrate that not all cultures are compatible with each other. Japanese Americans? Chinese Americans? Indian Americans? Plus, the very concep
979.
by adamsea 8y ago
Almost every single movie by Martin Scorsese would say otherwise. Seriously, though, Catholics and Protestants? There was a reason it was a big deal that Kennedy was the first Catholic president.
980.
by adamsea 8y ago
Commitment is yet to be seen .... this is an attempt at change though, for sure.
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by adamsea 8y ago
“He chose ..... poorly.”
982.
by adamsea 8y ago
... and they reach their great heights of monumentousness without help, learning, encouragement or support from useless people like caring mothers, fathers, teachers, and mentors /sarcasm
983.
by adamsea 8y ago
From the article: "More than half the volunteer group changed their minds about working from home 100 percent of the time--they felt too much isolation." And bear in mind that is from the group of people who _volunteered_ to work
984.
by adamsea 8y ago
Yes but its a virtuous or downward cycle. Really nice buses with wi-fi and improved reliability and frequency (of which the article discussed several possible approaches for) could attract more upper-middle class workers, especially young o
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by adamsea 8y ago
... well it won't add to the PTSD at least unless they design the robots to lose their temper. Kind of agree about the loss of social skills.
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by adamsea 8y ago
Also it seems like a bargain if the NSA or CIA would monitor their employees bank accounts and, if someone is running low on money, give them some cash and then ease them into a role where they no longer have access to secrets, and can be w
987.
by adamsea 8y ago
Tenderloin / Skid Row may be special cases where people with mental issues are most concentrated, but in LA it’s not hard to look around many areas (like Santa Monica) and see smaller homeless encampments in parks or people living out
988.
by adamsea 8y ago
Well, when it comes to children at least, they are wrong.
989.
by adamsea 8y ago
Perhaps. But it’s not the relative importance of one thing vs the other which is most important. What is most important in the context of this conversation, imho, is the case for the profound negative effects of poverty, United-States style
990.
by adamsea 8y ago
.... also get more politically active as it’s government policy which will probably have the most impact (such as a carbon tax).

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