alexanderwept

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by alexanderwept 8y ago
It's not a free enough country that PGE customers can get their electricity and gas from other vendors.
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by alexanderwept 8y ago
Tossing this out - lost the comment this was a reply to: I'm not sure about that - my N=1 I went to a State school and got an economics degree, I started my career as a SQL-lackey for a B.I department in declining midwestern retailer,
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by alexanderwept 8y ago
I'm not sure about that - my N=1 I went to a State school and got an economics degree, I started my career as a SQL-lackey for a B.I department in declining midwestern retailer, but I treated my career like graduate school insofar that
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by alexanderwept 8y ago
But trucks aren't that much 'bigger' on the inside than sedans. Go sit in a Toyota Avalon and a Tahoe and tell me where you have more room. The Avalon probably has 80% as much noise on the freeway and if you set the cruise co
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by alexanderwept 8y ago
Yes, every perspective renter/buyer should consider that and choose what works for them. That feedback mechanism is called a market and it coordinates via price signals and a desire to achieve equilibrium.
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by alexanderwept 8y ago
Fair point. Let me try to steel man the parent comment and maybe you can respond: These people are fleeing the very predictable consequences of progressive governance, they should make an attempt to understand what made their origin so bad
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by alexanderwept 8y ago
>Why do you feel libraries which don't "accomodate" you, personally, also don't deserve to serve the rest of the community? My general view is that People can do what they want as long as they don't involve me. I
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by alexanderwept 8y ago
I didn't ask for this. If society collapsed and I became a sustenance farmer or hunter gatherer, that'd be alright by me. I agree with the rule of law and I'll do what I'm legally obligated to do, however, every chance I
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by alexanderwept 8y ago
>We codify against pointless discrimination against protected classes of people for a reason. Some things are no longer worth debating and serve no purpose but to actively harm people. So no, they shouldn't be allowed to do that. Bu
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by alexanderwept 8y ago
If Carl Schmitt and Julius Evola lost, why did Barack Obama get away with using drones to execute American citizens? Why did the CIA and the Bush administration get away with using torture?
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by alexanderwept 8y ago
>Since it seems you counted every book in every library in your county and classified them according to left/right political ideology I didn't. I just queried the search engine. >Or for that matter, the books which fall into
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by alexanderwept 8y ago
No one is saying that we should vote down all services that aren't used by <50% of the population. My only point is that decisions are democratically valid if they're ratified by the majority. The majority of people deciding to
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by alexanderwept 8y ago
>Personally I believe society as a whole is better when we offer opportunities for education and self-improvement to those who can't otherwise afford it. And you're welcome to do that with your own money. Why is the cause so mo
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by alexanderwept 8y ago
Anti-tax fervor seems like a scapegoat. The library wasn't producing enough value for the residents to care about continuing it and I don't blame them. This is how a democratic government is supposed to work - eventually things wi