arrosenberg

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   by arrosenberg 6y ago

   You definitely can decouple it. Go to any major National Park in the US or Canada and you will see people who get out of a luxury bus or car, snap 3 pictures and get back in to go to the next scene. To some extent experience is in the eye o
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   by arrosenberg 6y ago

   We either take responsibility for it as citizens or we get what we deserve.
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   by arrosenberg 6y ago

   > It's ironic that you cite social security, which is a giant unfunded liability. Social security is not an unfunded liability. If you look at your paycheck you will see a line that explicitly goes toward funding social security. It
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   by arrosenberg 6y ago

   Clean air, clean water, seatbelts, no wild economic swings from 1932 until 1986, meat packing plant sanitation, coal mine safety, nuclear power safety, OSHA, the National Park system, air traffic control, port authority - I could go on.
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   by arrosenberg 6y ago

   > The current administration is a product of the current system. And it is a great example of what's wrong with it. It's amazing that you are using it to defend the system instead. It's the worst system, except for all the
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   by arrosenberg 6y ago

   1. I don't think point this is self-evident. At a minimum you could tighten up the M&A rules so that the big guys can't just buy every potential competitor. Legislative solutions are probably too slow, but we could certainly f
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   by arrosenberg 6y ago

   You call it an excuse, I call it a valid reason. The current administration is a perfect example of what happens when you let people with no qualifications make decisions that impact the entire country. The current administration if failing
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   by arrosenberg 6y ago

   > Like you said with today's and maybe the last 1-2 decades technology, there is no excuse for not going with more direct democracy like voting. The average American isn't remotely qualified to make these types of decisions. Th
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   by arrosenberg 6y ago

   It seems to me that it's probably a money issue. States can't run deficits and the Federal government hasn't stepped up to backstop municipalities, just private corporations. Extend the states an unlimited line of credit from
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    Adopted and second children still represent different environments. If the adopted child wasn't adopted at birth, their formative years would greatly impact what is perceived as nature. Its a meme that parents are generally more cavali
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    I'm fine with that, but I will work toward increasing the financial burden of unemployment insurance on companies who operate that way. Fair is fair.
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    Dig a pit, fill it with sharp sticks, and cover with branches and brush. Then all you have to do is taunt a hippo into charging.
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    Probably not a civil war, but a race riot or acts of terrorism? Sure, we've already seen the latter.
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    I would agree that not all systemic problems are top down, but many are, and there are "secret cabals" dedicated to creating and propagating such systems. It doesn't make sense to me to define systemic problems as strictly ra
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    "I don't know exactly where the turn is, I need you to co-pilot."
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    Atmospheric condensers? Kataan would be proud.
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    > It's too easy for everyone to blame "the man" or "society" for a mindset that is entirely self-inflicted - with the exception of the US system tying healthcare to employment. That is definitely a top-down influ
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    > Any attempt to ban it to the wider public would be immediately be met with a legal battle that the US government would lose as there is no legal way for them to implement such a ban, our constitution would forbid it "National Secu
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    > In general, we don't dump problems on to other provinces. It's bad form and federal courts will fix that quick especially with so much money on the line. If Florida state sends patients to a universal health care NY state for
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    This comment seems to pretty much ignore the lingua franca of American drivers. Transposing terminology only works to the extent that the public actually understands how an airplane autopilot functions, which they don't. Plenty of peop
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    > There is a cleaving point coming for those who believe in Liberal values and the nyt has already chosen the side of extreme ideological orthodoxy. I wouldn't say they chose it - under shareholder capitalism, they are beholden to m
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    It definitely seems like a marketing ploy, but I'd also have to wonder if the paper container is light enough compared to the glass/metal container to make a big difference in distribution costs.
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    > it would be nice if there was a good way to incentivise the publishers to do the right thing while being realistic about what they can do and that ads are here to stay Fine the publisher every time they publish something fraudulent. It
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    I would add the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to your list of reforms that broke Congress. Getting rid of the secret ballot sounds good in theory, but it creates the same hazards as any other public vote - it's easy to verify
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    That philosophy emerged only 50 years ago in the 70s with the Chicago School of Economics, led Robert Bork and other ideologues.
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    Given the challenges we face with climate change, it should be going the other way. The government should be buying more land back east and slowing down on leasing. We need to give more land back to nature, and the Fed has the resources and
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    It was one of the main issues MLBPA was formed to deal with. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_clause
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    Pretty sure Gates' money is already spoken for - https://givingpledge.org/About.aspx
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    Pure nitrogen forms a dimer and is inert. The nitrogen that goes boom involves hydrogen and oxygen molecules.
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    by arrosenberg 6y ago

    > There is no amount of money that can be paid to someone where there is non-zero risk of dying or having long-lasting damages to your brain, heart or lungs. Hard disagree based on experience. The clinical testing of many drug classes ar