anthonymartinez

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   by anthonymartinez 1y ago

   for a while the Pinochet regime was our perfectly acceptable ally in Chile, even though we knew he was a mass murderer. its silly to throw up your hands just because the state department (itself not exactly a bastion of morality) says that
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   by anthonymartinez 2y ago

   I'm with you for the most part but we definitely need to hold PE and the Ticketmasters of the world more accountable- there's no escaping modern capitalism but better markets are definitely possible.
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   by anthonymartinez 2y ago

   i dunno why you wouldn't want to celebrate the success of others, especially when they're essential workers!
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   by anthonymartinez 2y ago

   i also find it difficult to find data on how much they're scaling but anecdotally, i've been seeing a steady increase in waymo vehicles all year, here in tempe i encounter at least 3-4 every day it seems, driving in some pretty im
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   by anthonymartinez 11y ago

   I would push back on that view and say other people are absolutely at fault here. if thats not something we can't or won't own up to as a society, then we will have to continue to live with the consequences of stereotyping which,
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   by anthonymartinez 12y ago

   neat story, but i'm more fascinated on how he got into the foreign service- something that is arguably more difficult to get into then med school.