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by changchuming 8y ago
Police in China are way too soft so this is not necessarily a bad thing. They get bullied by civilians all the time.
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by changchuming 8y ago
Well US is no longer a superpower hegemony, and violence is still decreasing, so I wouldn't say it's a cause and effect thing.
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by changchuming 8y ago
> First of all, Obama's daughters are much more likely to be murdered, abused or falsely accused by police than they would be if they were white. I don't think this is true. If you compare Obama's daughters against Bush&#
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by changchuming 8y ago
And your argument is just an anecdote. Now who would we trust more, a random stranger on the internet or a Nobel laureate?
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by changchuming 8y ago
That's not surprising at all. According to this link, a large fishing net can weigh up to 10,000 pounds. 20,000 pounds is just two nets. I'm sure fishing vessels lose many more than two nets every year. https://www.nbcn
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by changchuming 8y ago
More than. 70% of French citizens sympathize with the yellow jackets, so no one is really gonna go out and oppose them. Unfortunately I think that unless you have a completely authoritarian government, it will be hard to convince your citiz
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by changchuming 8y ago
This is massively cynical but I do see your point. I think a more viable solution is probably for the government to build low cost high rise public housing (NOT targeted at the homeless) near major cities, to reduce transportation word.
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by changchuming 8y ago
No, yes, yes. Does it really answer your question though? I don't know what you're assuming but I frequently have encounters with Falun gong practitioners in China and Taiwan.
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by changchuming 8y ago
Falun gong is basically Scientology of the east. Whether you would call them harmless is debatable but they're definitely not just your meat-and-potatoes Buddhism. They believe in spiritual healing, reject modern medicine, and believe
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by changchuming 8y ago
I'm pretty sure it'll be called out in 50 years when it's over and done with.
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by changchuming 8y ago
You forget to mention that both China and the African Union denied the hack, and that the report came from "anonymous sources". Not saying that it didn't happen, but it's far from confirmed, just like the Bloomberg repor
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by changchuming 8y ago
Some people hate Soros because of his role in the Asian financial crisis, where he literally broke banks which resulted in many going into poverty. He has also shorted the British pound and other currencies, so I imagine that there are peop
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by changchuming 8y ago
Huh? What you're saying does not relate to what he's saying at all. He's talking about people in positions of power, you're talking about volume?
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by changchuming 9y ago
> That all of the mass killings are committed by men. Should that honestly surprise us? Most killings are done by men. This has been true since time immemorial, going back to the time when we first stepped out of Africa.
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by changchuming 9y ago
You're talking about imperfections in the market. I.e. You having a cheaper source of power than everyone else which allows you to mine the same amount of bitcoins at lower costs and thus higher profits. Thus, some of the $27 million i
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by changchuming 9y ago
Pretty sure that's not what he's saying though.
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by changchuming 9y ago
What is intrinsic? Is being poor intrinsic? Can I spew hate against the poor and the homeless then? The problem is these definitions are unclear, and policing hate against black people obliges you to police hate against the homeless, and pr
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by changchuming 9y ago
He is not someone we should idolize.
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by changchuming 9y ago
What can you really control though? Your genetics and your environment determine who you are. Nature and nurture. We all have to make do.