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by ahoy 8y ago
I'd like to offer the argument that automakers/sellers are a "special interest group" who has had an outsized impact on the shape of american cities for the past century.
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by ahoy 8y ago
I was being imprecise, but I don't think we're ever going to finish arguing about categorizing the different strains of left politics. I should have described them as "left of center w/ an emphasis on personal rights and
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by ahoy 8y ago
I just skimmed Greenwald's bylines and here's some recent media crit that isn't about msnbc https://theintercept.com/2019/02/03/nbc-news-to-claim-russia... (about nbc) https://theint
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by ahoy 8y ago
Not that I really care about Glenn Greenwald one way or another, but do you think criticism of major media isn't a worthwhile thing?
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by ahoy 8y ago
Poor people, and especially poor non-whites, are much less likely to have a credit or debit card. I think it's important to understand "racist" as an effect, not as an opinion. The decision to not accept cash probably wasn&#x
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by ahoy 8y ago
Especially when lives are at stake! Market capitalism is probably fine for coffee shops, less so for insulin pumps.
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by ahoy 8y ago
There is no opting out of ethically wrong choices under global capitalism. That doesn't mean it's not worthwhile to change things.
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by ahoy 8y ago
Agreed! Bell Hooks was the first writer who made feminism accessible and relevant to my (male) experiences. I was gifted a copy of The Will To Change a few years ago and it's among the best gifts ive ever received.
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by ahoy 8y ago
I was just thinking today that nintendo has been remarkably conservative with their main-line pokemon games. The core gameplay has changed very little since 1996. I guess they can't be blamed for not changing a winning formula but it&#
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by ahoy 8y ago
This is what drives me up the wall whenever Bill Gates comes up. His net worth is double what it was a decade ago. He's not doing philanthropy, he's doing investing.
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by ahoy 8y ago
Pedestrians dont weigh 4000 pounds and move at 40 miles/hour, for starters
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by ahoy 8y ago
This is plainly wrong. The biggest threat to a biker is being hit by an automobile. If that biker is in a lane completely away from automobile traffic, that threat vanishes.
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by ahoy 8y ago
I prefer that honestly, i feel like im getting a discount for paying in cash
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by ahoy 8y ago
> <butt hurt> Is this 4chan now? It's good when local politicians weigh in on local issues. Your comment is completely off the mark.
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by ahoy 8y ago
None of that has anything to do with the topic of unionization.
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by ahoy 8y ago
See, you too can make it big as long as your parents can float you 30 grand!
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by ahoy 8y ago
There are no significant penalties at this time.
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by ahoy 8y ago
cool legal system we have where you can literally pay to win
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by ahoy 8y ago
No, other than the fact that the HN audience is largely western and the Catholic Church has had much more cultural influence in western society than any Islamic institution has.
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by ahoy 8y ago
"Atheists" aren't a group with any kind of institutional power or unified agenda. Unlike, for instance, the Catholic church.
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by ahoy 8y ago
The EFF, trade unions, the aclu, the southern poverty law center, all of these are experts and all of them lobby policymakers.
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by ahoy 8y ago
The intent here is good, but I don't think you can do that? Can you define "lobbying" in a way that encompasses all (or at least most) of the bad activity but doesn't encompass acceptable activity? What even is lobbyin
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by ahoy 8y ago
Companies lobby politicians/make campaign contributions/fly them to expensive resorts to be wine'd, dine'd and golf'd. Then politicians make policy that favors those wealthy companies.
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by ahoy 8y ago
It isn't benefiting many people now. Look at these prices https://www.sawstop.com/build/
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by ahoy 8y ago
"Park and Ride" is a fairly common thing for commuter rail in the US. Using it for busses is a new one though.
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by ahoy 8y ago
The _job_ is why those people are miserable! This is insane! It's like running a gym and requiring people to already be fit to join!
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by ahoy 8y ago
Surely a company as rich and powerful as amazon has it's say in local government, no?
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by ahoy 8y ago
(I love this video, it's very funny) I think it's important to be clear that a song is so much more than just the chords. Axis uses a few "tricks" to get things to sound the same: - strip away everything except the chord
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by ahoy 8y ago
Billionaires vs regular people is explicitly a right vs left issue.
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by ahoy 8y ago
There is no left party in America.

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