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by cmh89 3y ago
Canadian health care is relatively inexpensive though. Canadians spent $8,563 Canadian Dollars per capita on health care in 2022, which is currently equivalent to $6,320 US dollars per capita. Americans spent $12,914 American dollars per ca
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by cmh89 3y ago
>Americans seem willing to pay more to private business and thus actually part with more of their money than they otherwise would, as long as on paper they're not giving the money to 'the government' see i.e. healthcare. A
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>I think having property standards is an important part of ensuring that people keep up their properties and by extension, maintain (and ideally beautify) their neighbourhoods. Most places I've seen that have strict property standar
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>Counterpoint is that there is nothing wrong with a round number and it is perfectly compatible with setting appropriate resource targets for corporate goals. Yes, in this case the corporate goal is to fire 500 people as a sacrifice to t
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>Nearly everything that's wrong with the current economy and welfare of your average man in the US can be traced in some way to the stock market Just the basic fact that an economy that is good for workers, where they are more in de
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by cmh89 3y ago
>Sure, cops are not allowed to kill black people But they de facto are in many cases. Cops can generally kill at will and without real justification and not face consequences. It's only in rare cases when public outcry is enough, li
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by cmh89 3y ago
There is really no reason there needs to be flights between the major cities in the north east. It's wild that its not easy and quick to get between major cities. New York City and Boston are roughly 200 miles apart and it takes four h
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by cmh89 3y ago
>I guess there is some sort of indirect benefit to be had after such a donation, like an entry pass for a child, an entry pass for a PhD, or something of that vein? You could get that for a million probably. He donated it because he&#x27
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by cmh89 3y ago
>Portland might not have a lot of gang violence Portland has a ton of gang violence. >but not violent isn't how I would describe the city. It depends on where you are in the city. I live in Portland and I don't think I'
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by cmh89 3y ago
The person you replied to said "A person with a few full magazines and a semiauto rifle in a crowded place, and not much concern about surviving, can kill dozens of people in a couple minutes before there's any chance of someone
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by cmh89 3y ago
>Poor is fine. It's a hard life, but it's a state of being. Even being artsy and a little crazy; that's great. The rest of it though...? Why romanticize this? It's bad. We shouldn't romanticize bad. Learn your le
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by cmh89 4y ago
I'm not looking at it from a 'legalistic' perspective. I was elaborating for you because you seemed confused or uncertain about what dangerous speech was.
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>I don't know if I'd call a currency "stable" when it's lost 80% of it's own value since being introduced and can have new liquidity created with little due process. Something that depreciates can still be s
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by cmh89 4y ago
Yes, if you go back and take a gander at US history, you'll learn that there is a long history of restricting speech that is likely to cause another person harm. Is that something you are unaware of?
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by cmh89 4y ago
I think you're missing the point. I understand that you value that. There is no question of that. The majority of people however don't value it or actively desire it because no wants to live in a pigsty. There is a reason apps lik
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by cmh89 4y ago
There isn't a huge amount of demand for 'censorship resistance' and 'free speech' in social networks. People want enjoyable communities far more than they want the 'freedom' to spam the n-word.
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by cmh89 4y ago
I agree with you mostly (and will give you an upvote). I think we've seen enough to understand that upvotes and downvotes are dolled out based on how well a comment agrees or disagrees with the voters preconceived notion of whatever th
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by cmh89 4y ago
>No, it isn't nonsense. Neither are the signs at a mechanic's shop telling you they're not responsible for lost or damaged items. I'm sure that included in the waiver you sign at the mechanics shop, its included that
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by cmh89 4y ago
>"The number of carjackings - defined as auto theft or attempted theft by force or threat - rose by 24% in seven cities: Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Memphis, Norfolk and San Francisco." Cool. If your town has one c
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by cmh89 4y ago
Does San Francisco have a lot of carjackings, break-ins, and burglaries? I've never heard of San Francisco having frequent carjackings or break-ins, or even burglaries. It's mostly petty theft like smashing a car window or stealin
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by cmh89 4y ago
The definition of danger is 'able or likely to cause harm or injury.' From Google/Oxford. I said "San Francisco isn't anywhere close to *most dangerous city* in the United States." You conflating property crime
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by cmh89 4y ago
Your comparing a safe big city to the safest big city. I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. I didn't say SF was the safest city in the country.
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>For the most part, anywhere that Democrats have held TOTAL power for decades is a dump. Red states are the poorest states in the country. They have more murders and other crime than blue states. Just because you hide deep poverty and dr
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There's something people like about having more options than Red Lobster or Olive Garden!
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People on the coasts don't really think about midwest, which I can't blame them, there is nothing there. Pretty much every midwestern city of any size is violent as fuck. STL, KC, Indy, Chicago, OKC, all are so much scarier than S
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by cmh89 4y ago
San Francisco isn't anywhere close to most dangerous city in the United States. Do you have any data to support your argument that the 'catch and release' policy creates substantially more danger than traditional American jud
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by cmh89 4y ago
This is yet another low-quality opinion piece from this source. People live in cities because suburban and exurban commuter towns are bland. Conservatives have been predicting the death of the city for decades at this point
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Are you under the impression that taxes and came after capitalism?
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That's what they'd like to believe! Corporations didn't build the interstate network, provide stable economic conditions, or create a literate, educated workforce.
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>The entitlement is off the charts. People are just sick of corporations causing havoc in our lives.

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