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by bpt3 9mo ago
1. It sounds like you're just describing a larger "basket of goods"? That data is available, but also valuable, and I'm not sure why the basket of goods tracked by the CPI or NPR would be inadequate. 2. This specific exe
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They are pandering to the portion of the population that does lean in a specific direction and wants to participate in an echo chamber, which seems like it should be a tiny number of people to me but organizations like Fox News (and all the
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by bpt3 9mo ago
The person you are responding to doesn't acknowledge that the Democratic Party represents the left wing in US politics, presumably because they aren't beholden to the small far left portion of its constituents. I wouldn't spe
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by bpt3 9mo ago
I figured that was the semantic game he (and you apparently) are playing. 1. The Democratic Party represents the left in the US, so the left is in power when they are in power. 2. In other parts of the world, parties and individuals who are
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by bpt3 9mo ago
> If journalists had taken a neutral political position and called out wrong doing equally, they'd have at least 2x the paying subscriber base now. Or they'd have no paying subscriber base because everyone is pissed off at them
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Because they live in NJ, generally a Democratic stronghold and particularly in the area he described. There are many parts of the US where the local government is 100% controlled by Democrats, so they are in power in those areas.
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That's Ghost, at ghost.org!
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I explained why I mentioned Reagan and acknowledged that Trump is more popular by some metrics, but he doesn't matter ultimately because GW Bush was more popular than Trump with Republicans more recently by absolute highest level of su
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by bpt3 9mo ago
The logical leaps you make are comically large. Just as one example, how does "Iranians across the country are chanting slogans in support of Reza Pahlavi" demonstrate that Western nations want him in power? And did you miss this
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by bpt3 9mo ago
"Western governments do not want democracy in Iran" is not the same statement as "Western policy toward Iran basically boils down to: we're fine with democracy, just not if it threatens US/Israeli regional dominance
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Unsubstantiated speculation = nonsense There is very little in that post that is verifiable. See above for what most people would call the rest of the content.
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Let's step through these one by one: > Western governments do not want democracy in Iran. This is purely speculation, and is not generally true based on statements from Western governments. What I would say is that Western governmen
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My intuition is not wrong, and I am absolutely not wrong about GW Bush's approval ratings right after 9/11 (a peak of 99% approval among Republicans) and his approval ratings afterwards through the rest of his first term: https:&
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It's being downvoted because it's mostly nonsense based on what I'm aware of. Please enlighten us with some of this easily verifiable information.
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Weird, I have seen literally nothing supporting these claims at all from a remotely reliable source. For example, it's interesting that the US would declare Jolani a terrorist if they were in support of his regime.
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I will say upfront that I do not condone or support annexation of Greenland, but I have to ask why on earth you or anyone else think that would inspire any meaningful portion of the US population to organize a general strike? Whatever happe
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by bpt3 9mo ago
When you say "our lifetime" you must be talking about people who were born after 2004? Reagan was certainly more popular among Republicans, and I think W was at the end of his first term (he definitely was right after 9/11 wh
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The fact that this insurrection is necessary is depressing. The insurrection itself will hopefully not be.
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> Apparently we have collectively forgotten how bad it can be to let your tools own you instead of the other way around. We've collectively forgotten because a large enough number of professional developers have never experienced an
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I figured not, apologies for not making it clear. KK is basically encouraging people to go out in the world and say "what can this place do for me today?" which is bad enough on its surface, but he's doing it while interactin
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You realize I'm talking about the author (KK), not the people he was basically grifting? I have edited my comment to make it more clear.
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No, because everyone would be waiting around to be helped rather than producing the abundance required for a post-scarcity society (which can never actually exist by the way). You can't eat or sleep in gratitude, especially from people
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If the world was filled with people with KK's attitude, humanity would have died off a very long time ago.
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This was my impression as well. I'm supposed to wander around and wonder who I will leech off of today, while presenting it both a skill and to some extent as a favor to the person helping me?
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Yes, I've been following current events for the last few decades, including the last year. We weren't "completely fucked" in 1990-1991, 2000-2001, 2008, or 2020, (or any of the other cataclysmic events that occurred long
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by bpt3 9mo ago
Sounds like you're on to something, hope that's what turns things around for you.
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Have you considered that those "protections" you mention in Europe are in fact counterproductive and actually are a large reason why they are less productive, and therefore less competitive and less wealthy (even when accounting f
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I am slightly older than you, and literally don't know a person who isn't employed and doing well (including plenty your age and younger), though I am aware they exist. It's almost like anecdotal reports are meaningless, and
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I'm not worked up about anything, just pointing out that a contrived metric isn't all that meaningful but feeds into the preconceived notions of people like the parent poster who seem to love to submit drive-by comments about how
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by bpt3 9mo ago
Sure, I already offered some thoughts up-thread. And I didn't call the parent poster any names, just pointed out that the assessment he was relying on was nonsensical (and probably designed solely to generate ad revenue and brand aware

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