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>The free market has existed in the US since its inception, excluding the slave south. Not true in the slightest. The US Customs Service was created four months after the constitution was ratified, therefore regulating what goods can be
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"Leftism" is a really dumb term with no precise meaning. The "free market" has never existed and never will because capitalist inherently push for protectionist regulation. Capitalism brought us children working in mines
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>There's only so much supply for lawn care, so some rich people moving in increases demand, raising prices. Again, any real examples of this? Lawn care supply is not finite. As demand goes up, more people will enter that profession.
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>The second example was taken from what I saw in my youth when an infrastructure project made my region noticeably more suitable as a retirement destination So your whole understanding of the topic comes from your childlike understanding
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What's irrational about my skepticism exactly?
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Most people who understand crypto aren't true believers. The evangelists are generally people with the least amount of information and the most hype.
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You're just describing supply and demand. You've provided two hypotheticals that I've never seen borne out in reality. Rich people generally want to pay the least amount of money for lawn service like everyone else. Can you p
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Can you give an example of this? I haven't personally experienced my everyday cost of living of going up due to other factors . The only thing I've really experienced is the price of real estate/rents causing businesses to ch
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That's not really the problem. The big problem is that people who move from a HCOL to a less or low cost of living place are able to pay more for housing than people who live in the local economy. This doctor is a great example of it.
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>Capitalism is not why they are exposed to toxic chemicals as you say. It's the corruption...which won't be solved if we are using some other system It's not corruption. It's capitalism. Who do you think funds the cor
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> I’ll wager $20 in 2023 dollars that median wage, wealth, and quality of life will be greater in 2043. For who? Real wages have been falling for decades. 'Quality of life' is amorphous. Do we have a higher quality of life than
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You've misunderstood my comment. I'm not talking about stuff. I'm talking about quality of life. The next generation will have a lower quality of life than ours. They will have less wealth, they will work more, they will expe
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> You really think there is more human happiness in North Korea or in Russia under Stalin? Maybe read up on your history. I'd encourage you to read up more on current affairs! Capitalism is global. How happy do you think impoverishe
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I've never seen a union contract that didn't have a clear path to firing someone. I've worked in a union and in HR labor relations. My experience is that 'hard to fire' stories usually boil down managers not underst
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Can you explain how unions promote mediocrity? I'm in a union and I get promotions frequently
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It speaks strongly to how hostile capitalism is to human happiness that the thought of making work easier and faster scares us. Future benefits of technology will primarily be enjoyed by the 1% with the other 99% becoming poorer and working
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God that article was painful to read. 'California is like a developing country because you have to go through a third-party to break the law' is certainly a take.
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>Heh. I have a disdain for throwing shade and hyperbole, am I also far right cmh89? :) I don't know. How often do you pal around with far-right people and help spread their rhetoric? That would be a good indicator. If it looks like
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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/elon-... He provides vocal and material support to fascist and far-right causes such as vaccine conspiracies and transphobia. He's anti-labor,
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Elon is far-right. I meant what I said and I said what I meant. I'm very familiar with far-right ideology. No need to link to Wikipedia >If we keep throwing that around when we mean right leaning or politically right views then anyo
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>What are his viewpoints Musk is very vocal about his far-right views. He's anti-union, anti-public health, etc. >how are they amplified considering anybody can post anything? Anyone can post anything, but Musk can and has system
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>I'm not the greatest Musk fan but IMHO his approach to charge those who benefits from Twitter is spot on and I'm actually rooting for him to be able to find a viable business model which does not rely on selling my attention t
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>If instead you have a few smaller offices in the burbs outside of downtown, you could save a lot of time for workers as they would be traveling counter-commute. This only applies to some people living in some areas. If you locate in the
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You should look up intersectionality! It would help you understand the very real presence of systemic racism! Systemic racism doesn't mean all white people will be rich or all Black people will be poor. Systemic racism frequently inter
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>If you ask your coworker today, how many shootings were there in Chicago last weekend, unless you live in or near Chicago, they will be shocked that there were 17 shootings and 4 homicides just over the weekend. Would they? Literally ev
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>As the other commenter replied, inner-city gang culture is a principal example that is destructive to so many children's futures. Why do you think 'inner-city' gang culture develops? >Even among groups that would be ca
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Can you elaborate on what "cultures" don't value education and self-improvement?
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> No one talks about the 20+ murders a weekend in South-side Chicago. No one. How do you expect children to get an education and lift themselves out of poverty when they are terrified of being gunned down every single day? Crime in Chic
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>Unions have a very specific set of rules to play by, and these rules are different for each country. The rules unions have to play by were put in place to reduce their power to effectively organize.
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Can you recommend that app to block non-essential apps? I reflexively open stuff on my phone

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