cheeseomlit

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by cheeseomlit 8y ago
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I don't buy it, they're a provider for the PRISM program. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)#/... They put on a big show about unlocking a phone for the FBI and all that, but I&#x
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"solving" homelessness or world poverty is not a one-time expense. You can throw $82 billion dollars worth of food at the starving populations of the world and they'd just multiply and require even more later on, it's no
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I wouldn't be surprised if that's already considered a red flag. "No facebook? Sounds anti-social.."
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Sounds just like it to me, except we are being categorized by corporations instead of the state. How long until potential employers make a good social score a pre-requisite to hiring?
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It's easy to understand, many people don't want to live in overpopulated urbanized environments. They want a nice piece of land with room to breath, they want to preserve the natural beauty of their surroundings, they want a nice
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What a load, I've never been to a city that wasn't a disgusting concrete nightmare. God forbid you want to raise kids, say goodbye to playing outside. I'll take my cozy yard and breathable air, thanks
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That's a fair point, I guess I'd make a distinction between similarity and compatibility
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I'm aware of how immigrants were treated back then and I'm not condoning it. That still doesn't change the fact that they came from cultures that IMO were quite compatible with the USAs considering their common origin and val
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Italians, Irish, and most of the other immigrants from that time were Europeans who had a lot in common with Americans culturally.
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Why is it that birth rates have gone down though? Many factors, mostly economic, which should be addressed instead of importing millions of people who will soon be replaced by automation anyways.
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They are devastating to the people who take them out, not to everyone around them. You are not required to take out a student loan, you are required to pay taxes no matter how high they are One applicant getting a full ride merit scholarshi
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The tax increases you would need to sustain a system like that would be absolutely devastating. Also, college degrees would mean a lot less if they're free- devaluing them for people who actually paid for them
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I get the sense that these self-styled "bleeding heart libertarians" can just drop the "libertarian" piece and it'd be a bit more honest. these are not libertarian arguments (they basically amount to "well it&#
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by cheeseomlit 9y ago
I'm a big free market guy, but the idea of a private entity profiting off of collecting my personal financial information (and charging ME to have some degree of control over it) is absolutely insane