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by chmod600 3y ago
What does "legalize and regulate" mean? Isn't that true of most drugs? We are talking about what those regulations should be and what to do when people break the regulations.
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by chmod600 3y ago
When it comes to dangerous drugs, nothing "works". We have to choose the least-bad policies. A lot of people, including me, thought the war on drugs was pretty much the worst policy position. Now I'm seeing that there are (pe
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by chmod600 3y ago
Is a federal wealth tax constitutional? Income tax is specifically allowed.
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by chmod600 3y ago
"I don't want anyone thinking I support Musk." Twenty years ago we would have dreamed of an all-electric superfast luxury all-American best selling practical EV. The model Y is that. I can't speak for you, but if I asked
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by chmod600 3y ago
"a pathological level of lies and hype from a person who has real achievements to boast about, if he could just control the need to promise the sun and stars" Can these things be separated? Can someone be reasonable and realistic
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by chmod600 3y ago
I'm not sure quite what you mean. You loved it but it was actually bad? While certainly possible, it merits more discussion about why you loved it in the first place. What was new? Why did it earn such a solid place among classics? Why
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by chmod600 3y ago
A related effect that I've wondered about is: perhaps lower-skilled people compare themselves to the general public, while perhaps skilled people compare themselves to a smaller group of skilled peers. In other words, if you asked me i
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by chmod600 3y ago
Isn't that the problem though? No outside feedback? Just whatever the current board thinks?
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by chmod600 3y ago
How is board membership controlled? For a profit company, you buy shares and elect the board, right? If they turn the company into something nobody wants, the shares lose value, and maybe someone picks up the shares cheap and turns it aroun
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by chmod600 3y ago
TR went to significant risk and effort to retrieve his boat and see that the thieves were jailed. It would have been much easier - expected, even - that he would have just shot them dead. Of course not everyone is TR. He is a high moral sta
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by chmod600 3y ago
Theft is different in the sense that you don't willingly engage in a transaction at all. Wage "theft" is not usually theft; it's one party not fulfilling their obligations. In practice not paying someone for work already
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by chmod600 3y ago
"Guns are far more likely to kill oneself or a loved one in an accident or suicide than to stop an attacker or robber." Accident rates are really low[1], part of a 3% "Other" bucket for gun-involved deaths. Suicide is no
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by chmod600 3y ago
"The FCC Is Trying To Stop Discrimination In Broadband Deployment. Telecoms Are Mad" That title could be more neutral.
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by chmod600 3y ago
What particles? Why?
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by chmod600 3y ago
Can you explain "proper closures"?
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by chmod600 3y ago
Loyalty has trade-offs and it's neither completely good or completely bad. Training is one of the benefits, but friction is one of the costs. If you are out of work, "loyalty" looks like an insider club that you are blocked f
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by chmod600 3y ago
Factor looks cool, but what's it really about? Can someone who loves the language explain why?
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by chmod600 3y ago
I think you missed the point: the author is suggesting that everyone would give up guns and exchange them for bows. Including military and police. But only strong and well-trained people can use bows effectively. In other words, it's a
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by chmod600 3y ago
I'm not sure what that means when you net it out. Maybe mass shootings go down and regular violence goes up? Who knows? The safest places still have some guns around. Enough that when something is happening, they arrive on the scene qu
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by chmod600 3y ago
The point of weapons is a bit complicated. One interpretation is that they create fear of engaging in violence in the first place. In that respect the killing ability may be secondary.
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by chmod600 3y ago
The author misses on a few points and the article comes across as nostalgic more than realistic. First: violence was a lot worse before, so what makes the author think going back in time with weapons is actually good? Second: that guns allo
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by chmod600 3y ago
If I were pursuing this line of inquiry, I'd use a variety of questions to understand biases in both directions on a number of topics. For instance, when Covid was at maximum political polarization, you had some people partying like it
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by chmod600 3y ago
Where do the leaves fall, and do you use that surface for anything else?
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by chmod600 3y ago
Leaves get everywhere and cover sidewalks, roads, roofs and gutters, etc. Over time, they degrade into an unsafe slimy surface.
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by chmod600 3y ago
Favorable in that they may support your acquisition of power. Almost never favorable at a human or family level. So if all you care about power, they media is a great ally. If you also have ordinary human desires, like not having a constant
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by chmod600 3y ago
Seeking political office is asking for punishment. The media can be brutal. A small slice of the general population will be haters no matter what and in absolute numbers that's a lot of people that hate you. Billionaires can insulate t
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by chmod600 3y ago
So if the shared public school system is teaching something wacky (creationism or whatever), how should that be changed? If not parents or influential people, who would cause the change to happen?
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by chmod600 3y ago
Tax money is a collective "yours" and when it stops aligning with the values of the voters then they will vote to make some serious changes. Without some widespread consensus on what the system should be about it's going to l
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by chmod600 3y ago
Lack of perfection doesn't mean you shouldn't try to be more neutral. Trying by itself (even if failing) earns the trust of voters. And if you live in an area where evolution is a controversial topic, then you should leave it up t
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by chmod600 3y ago
Schools are one area where there's a lot of money involved, it's a direct service to normal people, and those people actually can do a pretty good job without the school (not saying that everyone can or that it's easy). Some

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