burntbridge

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by burntbridge 5y ago
Seems like in the West we allow ourselves has a lot of "special cases". Maybe too many to bring to mind.
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by burntbridge 5y ago
I didn't see any of that happen when Trump was in power or is that an aberration.
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by burntbridge 5y ago
Taiwan is not recognized as an independent nation by the U.S.
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by burntbridge 5y ago
Actually no evidence she has been silenced. You I'm sure do not want to 'stick it' to China, but you are perhaps unwittingly playing your little part in that process. Ironic also how the comment yours above has been censored
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by burntbridge 5y ago
>I'm planning to renounce my citizenship over it ASAP and would rather die than return This is just kind of hilarious. I have no other words. OP please just stay off facebook
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by burntbridge 5y ago
With respect I think you should worry about something else. China has no intention of taking over the U.S. What size defense force do you think China should have? China has a population 4.3 times that of the US you've got to allow them
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by burntbridge 5y ago
The intensity certainly seems to be ramping up, something that really concerns me as far as World peace is concerned.
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by burntbridge 5y ago
But why should we as Westerners actually care? The majority of people in China are happy with their Government.
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by burntbridge 5y ago
I think the problem here is people in the West see things in the following way: Chinese system inherently evil. Western system inherently good. When a bad thing happens in the West; we condemn it but don't see it as the overall system
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by burntbridge 5y ago
I heard about her disappearance from social media for a time. Can you link information about her kidnapping please.
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by burntbridge 5y ago
This is an incredibly naive take. The U.S. couldn't care less about democracy in Cuba or anywhere else. It has a long history of supporting brutal dictators in South and Central America as long as they were right wing and pro American.
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by burntbridge 5y ago
>no clear success in any strategy whatsoever What is your measure of success? I think for most governments it is preventing hospitals from being overrun and depleted of nurses and doctors through infection. Also allowing time to get the
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by burntbridge 5y ago
We have the land mass but not the water.
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by burntbridge 5y ago
ad hominem
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by burntbridge 5y ago
ad hominem
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Reckoning with an animal that sees us as prey(theconversation.com)
2 points by burntbridge 5y ago|0 comments
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by burntbridge 5y ago
The value of fiat money is maintained by the issuer though. How does this happen? The Government demands payments of tax etc in this issued money. Means you need to have this funny money otherwise you go to jail. After a while we also get u
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by burntbridge 6y ago
The Fed just implements the monetary policy of the Government in power. The board of governors are appointed by the president. The problem lies with Government and the failed economic policies they stick with through thick and thin i.e. Neo
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by burntbridge 6y ago
> Something these vegans and vegetarians are entirely oblivious about since most have never worked a day on a farm in their life, yet think they're 'part of the solution.' Kind of harsh. There are a lot of vegetarian farme
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by burntbridge 6y ago
> If you simultaneously got rid of all the deductions, loopholes, etc and made it a true flat tax on all income, then it might work out that the effective rate of a flat tax policy could be more progressive than the results of our "
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by burntbridge 6y ago
Wear a mask but do not forget to wash your hands. Seems sometimes hand washing is being less emphasized at the moment.
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by burntbridge 6y ago
I think for us it was more about defining our relationship to other people. If you say "I have a partner" people can't understand without further explanation what that means. Also marriage doesn't have to be expensive.
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by burntbridge 6y ago
Just make sure you vote.
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by burntbridge 6y ago
Just to clarify, most central banks do not have reserve requirements. In the U.S. the reserve ratio is 0% so it doesn't have one either.
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by burntbridge 6y ago
The Pandemic has definitely shown this to be true. A huge number of people didn't go to work and it didn't really matter. It remains a mystery as to what is driving this. Do bullshit jobs beget more bullshit jobs? A kind of multip
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by burntbridge 6y ago
In my area I've noticed a disturbing trend - wealthy people tend to have big families; it has become kind of trendy. And why wouldn't it be? Having lots of kids is a sign of affluence, a status symbol. Also humans just love havin
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by burntbridge 6y ago
This seems like a massive vote of no confidence in policing. A massive 19% of black Americans would like to see less police. i.e. just take their chances. Imagine this in the context of other essential services i.e. 19% of people wanted les
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by burntbridge 6y ago
Using your analogy imagine the bank had kept the client's money in a cardboard box in a shed out the back. They did this because they didn't want to pay for a safe. The thieves should prosecuted but so should the bank.