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by anonymous_sorry 4y ago
>If bitcoin miners are chasing cheap power... then it shouldn't be possible for miners to increase the price of power in a fixed area, as they would immediately migrate elsewhere where power is cheaper. If that logic were sound, I s
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by anonymous_sorry 4y ago
Probably not a good idea to pick an unusual year as your baseline if you want a reliable conclusion. The trend of both graphs appears to be a modest increase over time, obviously with annual fluctuations.
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by anonymous_sorry 4y ago
Why pick 2007, except for the fact that it clearly looks like an outlier? It looks to me that the general trend for the top 1% of earners has been a slight increase in both income earned and tax paid
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by anonymous_sorry 4y ago
Look, if the top 1% of people used to share 10% of a country's earnings, but now share 20% of a country's earnings, their relative contribution to total tax revenue will grow without any change to the tax regime. So you need to co
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by anonymous_sorry 4y ago
> not to mention using the media in exactly the same way Trump did All political campaigns try to get their message across through a variety of media. Can you be specific? The remainer objections you quote are at least arguable (some mor
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by anonymous_sorry 4y ago
Not "Trump style". I have not heard any claim (Soros-associated or otherwise) that the Brexit referendum was "stolen". Plenty of accusations of dishonesty and dodgy campaign finance on the Leave side, but the vote tally
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by anonymous_sorry 5y ago
I maintain that "you either love it or hate it" is the most ingeniously manipulative advertising slogan of all time. It catches you off-guard. "Why are they admitting that many people hate their product?" While you'
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by anonymous_sorry 5y ago
The Conservative Party have been in power in the UK since 2010. It wouldn't be surprising if those aiming to buy influence focussed their donations on them. In general it feels like you're trying to extrapolate American politics o
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by anonymous_sorry 5y ago
Thanks for your reasonable reply. I get that Israel's military actions and discriminatory policies are motivated from a sense of insecurity. And I certainly agree that the stomach-churning horror of the holocaust is crucial historical
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by anonymous_sorry 5y ago
> Israel was not built by its founders to be a melting pot, it was built as a home for displaced Jewish people. It was not built to be a place of equality, and unfortunately, by its nature it cannot be one and continue to serve its purpo