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by bbarnett 6y ago
If you've read my other posts, and several others around here, then I think you'll see a consistent theme. That is, for anarchism to work , you need people to simply "all get along". You do. You really, honestly do. A
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nothing to see here
1 points by bbarnett 6y ago|2 comments
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by bbarnett 6y ago
This response has put me firmly in the "you need to think about this a bit, bantunes" camp. Why? The second you mentioned 'boomers', you mentioned what is very specifically an American phenomenon. It certainly isn'
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by bbarnett 6y ago
I specifically said that "community" which makes "communal decisions" is not anarchy. You've simply claimed it does, then mentioned "governing authority", which is not entirely in line, now is it?
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by bbarnett 6y ago
Yet, I said no such thing. I did not say humans would stop dreaming, nor that humans will always behave the same. I did say that a specific political system was madness. If you want to discuss "What about in 1000 years", yeah --
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by bbarnett 6y ago
That's not what PETA says, though. They say, animal testing is NEVER EVER EVER OK. Ever. They have further stated that using animal tested products is 100% morally wrong. Except, of course, for Special People which are 'in the f
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by bbarnett 6y ago
You cannot just give people stern looks. The end result is, you need to be able to use violence, against those willing to use it against you. Note, that can be a last step, but without it? Those who care not about stern looks, "talkin
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by bbarnett 6y ago
Oh I know basics. It's gibberish, built upon mad fantasy.
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by bbarnett 6y ago
Which has nothing to do with a government.
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by bbarnett 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_for_the_Ethical_Treatme... You cannot oppose all animal testing, say it is morally wrong under all circumstances, then ... because you're fighting to end it, say in your specia
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by bbarnett 6y ago
What the? A "community" which makes "communal decisions" is a form of government, not anarchism! How can you cast someone out, without gates? Guards? Walls? How can you throw them out? Prevent them from returning? D
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by bbarnett 6y ago
Holy whataboutism! With no laws, no police, no jails, no courts, and no justice system, everyone on of those incredibly evil people mention in the prior comment goes 100% free to continue their reign of terror. Yet, of course, that's
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by bbarnett 6y ago
Yes, like decades ago, when the Senior VP of PETA thought all animal testing was wrong, unless of course it was to help her, because who else would fight to stop animal testing? -- https://www.consumerfreedom.com/2004/0
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by bbarnett 6y ago
Just saw this. Thanks for clarity/responding on your point. Two things. First? Interest also represents the reduction in value of the currency unit, over a period of time. I keep a few thousand hidden around the house. In case of ne
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by bbarnett 6y ago
http://fishporn.ca
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by bbarnett 6y ago
Dude, I get the joke, but an Internet trained bit of code, like GPT-3, isn't what you want writing text files all over your drive. You'd probably end up on 43 watch lists, and thrown in jail for having time travel child porn, feat
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by bbarnett 6y ago
srveale, the ENTIRE point of UBI, is: - universal - basic Basic costs met. Paid to EVERYONE. Part of the "cost saving measures" are "not using complex schemes to determine eligibility to programs". Further, if all you&#
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by bbarnett 6y ago
"You're definitely missing something, because private lenders are perfectly free to charge interest. ZIRP applies only to federal debt." As I understand it, the Canadian Federal debt is held through a variety of instruments,
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by bbarnett 6y ago
Why does someone need a magic number of 50.1% to be valid? Why is that "the number"? Because it's more than 1/2? You're thinking "two parties". If you're worried about "most people's suppo
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by bbarnett 6y ago
Point #1 -- computers have no place in an election. Or voting. #2? Canadian parties do this all of the time. We have parties from coalitions, and then form the government.
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by bbarnett 6y ago
This is untrue. It takes the position that any conservative party, is the same party as its predecessor. See here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24219888
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by bbarnett 6y ago
OK, read. I still don't see anything but, well, a lot of "this should" and "here's why". Maybe I'm missing something, but where is the for-profit motive for banks to lend, for absolutely no return? Furth
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by bbarnett 6y ago
This is what I often see from UBI supporters though. For example, why is my post too high. I state simply, "here are the number of people over 18" and "here is the amount to pay". You say "Oh, that's too hig
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by bbarnett 6y ago
Yet Canada doesn't really have two dominant parties. Neither provincially, nor federally. For example, the Conservative Party of Canada: - formed from a merger between Progressive Conservative Party - and the Canadian Alliance Of whic
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by bbarnett 6y ago
Yet, empirically, you're 100% wrong. Canada has both Federal, and Provincial FPTP parliaments. On the Provincial level, new parties appear, and are elected , minority or majority, all the time . Constantly. On the Federal level, th
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by bbarnett 6y ago
It has nothing to do with first-past-the-post. You can have 10 parties, 100 parties, in fact first past the post is designed for more than two parties. If you have people in 5 parties to vote for in your riding(district?), then first pas
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by bbarnett 6y ago
For clarity, all of the above is Federal. There are provincial taxes, budgets, etc. SO when I say '25% of people's income is taxed', that's federal tax .
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by bbarnett 6y ago
I wish could get an overall rational argument FOR UBI, so I could at least debate it. From what I see, it's madness. The economics make zero sense. For example ; Canada. The Federal Government. (All of this speaks of the Federal Gov
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by bbarnett 6y ago
True, but there are a lot of cheap pulse->tone adapters for just this purpose. Does it matter whether the line card, or you, handles the pulse? Bring back the joy, revel in your antiquties, buy one!
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by bbarnett 6y ago
Yes, but... This does nothing to protect against a bad cron job script. The web frontend, and even backend, are not linked to background maintenance tasks. And a field in a DB doesn't prevent a manual DB delete, or api call to a backi

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