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by alfromspace 7y ago
The context doesn't make what Franklin meant any different.
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by alfromspace 7y ago
Being an adult citizen, which is exactly what the founders meant, and is really not at all open to interpretation. In the parlance of the time, well-regulated meant well-equipped, and militia meant every armed adult male. This is crystal-
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by alfromspace 7y ago
"Mayor John V. Lindsay, who took office in 1965, was determined to break this cycle, to put low-income projects in middle-class neighborhoods. He tried, memorably, in 1971 in Forest Hills, Queens, figuring that the community’s predomin
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by alfromspace 7y ago
Don't forget: -Ah, the federal government pushed/incentivized us to give mortgages to people who have poor odds of paying them back -Economy or housing market downturns a bit -A bunch of people can't pay their mortgages -Majo
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by alfromspace 7y ago
Imagine if instead of constantly building horrific low-income housing projects to (fruitlessly) retroactively "solve" the problem of middle and lower-class people being unable to afford housing in major metropolitan areas, we didn
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by alfromspace 7y ago
It could be - but it's also important to note that number is lower than it's ever been, not many do succeed in getting married, and only 14% of respondents had financial reasons for not being married. I think there's a lot t
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by alfromspace 7y ago
Not necessarily. I'm more criticizing the alternatives I mentioned. And more broadly their lack of stable relationships, either with romantic partners or families.
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by alfromspace 7y ago
The biggest factor in America's high divorce rates is, by far, the advent of no-fault divorce starting in the 70s. I think there's also something to the cultural tropes and propaganda we've seen since then portraying marriage
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by alfromspace 7y ago
I can't speak for the OP, but just so we don't a priori pin opposition to diversity campaigns as indefensible, I really loathe them. It's a real position people have!
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by alfromspace 7y ago
Who's being convinced by statements like that?
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by alfromspace 7y ago
They're sorry they were caught.
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by alfromspace 7y ago
We can complain about conditions in child protective services, too. No system is perfect. I suspect this is a tactical criticism, and the conditions aren't the real objection, but rather the fact that we're not just releasing ev
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by alfromspace 7y ago
You can absolutely go to jail for misdemeanors.
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by alfromspace 7y ago
Everyone is separated from their kids when they're arrested. This is a fake scandal. As for poor living conditions, it isn't really a systemic or intentional thing. Conditions vary by facility. Some are remarkably fine, some ar
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by alfromspace 7y ago
On the other hand, nobody wants public housing projects being set up in their nice neighborhoods...often for good reason. The once-safe neighborhood where I grew up once had a grocery store - the lot was bought out by neighborhood housing,
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by alfromspace 7y ago
Similar thing happened to a good friend of mine. I don't recall the exact numbers, but she got a raise from something like $11.50 to $13/hr. Suddenly no longer qualified for the pretty nice state Medicaid plan, and had to pick u
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by alfromspace 7y ago
The founding fathers also didn't want anyone voting but white landowning men who paid property tax.
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by alfromspace 7y ago
Discredited and debunked are words that desperately need to be retired. The vast majority of the time, they much more accurately could be replaced with "unpopular" or "disliked by the authority I'm about to appeal to&qu
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by alfromspace 7y ago
Why are open-plan offices being pushed so hard, relentlessly, everywhere, all the time - when nearly everybody hates working in them, and all evidence points to them being unproductive and harmful?
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by alfromspace 7y ago
What if they disagree with your premises? I'd rather be your enemy than ally if all I can do is nod my head like an idiot puppet at all of the terribly misinformed social justice rhetoric you're throwing at me.
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by alfromspace 7y ago
How many more black people than white people per capita commit crimes, and have interactions and altercations with the police? I can show you the answer for New York City: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/download
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by alfromspace 7y ago
No thanks. I don't want there to be more Americans, I want there to be a better quality of life for the Americans that exist now and their descendants. I don't see how it figures that more people packed into the same territory co
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by alfromspace 7y ago
I doubt we'll keep on trucking with the status quo until the planet is uninhabitable, but there will be pain.
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by alfromspace 7y ago
It's interesting to see people pining for cubicles. It feels like yesterday when cubicles were looked at as the ultimate symbol of corporate dullness and soul-suckery. If only we knew how much worse it could get.
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by alfromspace 7y ago
Why don't you tell us what your positions on those topics are? I'm trying to look below the surface here. I didn't see the citation when you first posted. I don't doubt it's valid, but the issue I had up the comme
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by alfromspace 7y ago
There's a tricky game being played. For instance, everyone is "against open borders", but they're for decriminalizing border crossing, against deporting anyone, and want free healthcare, housing, and education for every
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by alfromspace 7y ago
Oh goodness. Citation needed. And I'm curious whether you happen to be independently against deportation and incarceration. I suppose we'd better open the borders and prisons just to prevent disease, right? Or maybe there'
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by alfromspace 7y ago
The atmosphere cares even less about per capita than per country. It doesn't care about whether we "do our share" either.
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by alfromspace 7y ago
I'm seeing a lot of rhetoric and no substance. Yawn.
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by alfromspace 7y ago
That's great, but Europe could dial all emissions to zero right now there would be virtually no impact. Even the US doing the same would hardly put a dent in climate change's trajectory, and the issue people have is that we can&#

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