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by anotherbrownguy 9y ago
The "backlash" was from former Democrats who were brainwashed for decades to hate the blacks who then decided to support the Republican party as a revenge because they felt betrayed by the Democratic Party when they switched their
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Non-American businesses and corporations which depend on intelligent manpower should be more worried because of the proposed changes, not less. The entire point of immigration reform is to make it merit-based i.e. the most promising candida
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Doesn't explain why Republicans freed the slaves and Democrats fought for 60 years to bring it back... but whatever floats your boat. I wish you best of luck to your trip to Mars. Hope it is one way.
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What IP theft? Are there instances where Chinese Patent Office failed to act against IP theft claims?
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>but rather than being used for profit to be used for the benefit of workers and mankind in general. Why does it have to be one or the other? Why can't some companies profit for benefiting mankind? In fact, why would anyone bother p
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THIS. If richer people can automate their lifestyles, the companies selling automation technologies would definitely sell these automation technologies cheaply to the masses (specially given that because of automation, mass producing automa
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They were not published by the guest, which suggests some ill intent on her part.
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What would you educate people to do? For example, getting a degree in Library Science with hopes of becoming a librarian would definitely not help them get a job because people are moving to digital delivery for books and this will only inc
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>The impact of automation will be far worse for the individual in society than the impact of globalization. I have found this sentiment very common but I haven't heard a good enough argument to support it. If we banned all sorts of
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>dropping phrases as overtly racist as hers Which "words" are we talking about? Had she avoided saying "one word: Asian", this would not have been a story.
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It is missing some messages right before the racist remarks.
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>So you think this person is racist, but that they don't act like it? No, I think this person is not racist, but acted like one in the heat of the argument. >You're assuming that they wouldn't have treated a white perso
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She had approved knowing the race of the person so the reason she cancelled was definitely not racist. I think she was just stupid enough to make those remarks and I hope she is being punished for that. Otherwise, this is wrong.
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Message transcript and full story here: https://www.everipedia.com/tami-barker-airbnb-host/ I agree with OP. The woman was stupid enough to use racist remarks but the reasons she cancelled the reservation was definitel
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I don't see how that makes China different from any other country.
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>it's obvious why China is not trustworthy (i.e. rampant product piracy) What kind of piracy? Patents and copyrights are managed and enforced at the state level.
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Constitution of China also gives citizens freedom of speech, freedom of press etc. It's not criminalized. It's just that if you say something damaging, they will find something else that you violated for which you have to go to ja
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>Give your data/source to a domestic competitor? Because they would absolutely do that. Are there known instances of this happening? How do you know they would "absolutely do that"?
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>actively policing speech Yes, "speech" that is illegal because it is damaging to the ruling class. See: Snowden, Manning, Assange.
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Why? What will Chinese government do to you that American government wont?
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I think the new trend is defending it.
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I fail to see this as a problem. I would be completely fine if I hadn't learnt about theory of evolution in school. Why does anyone who does not work in a field that requires the knowledge of evolution need to know about it? It's
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Let's not forget that solar cannot be used for anything critical where reliability is expected. It requires backup from a reliable source to be practical.
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>2. Cheap imports from China. Start using Aliexpress and you have one less reason to use Ebay.