coop_solution

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   by coop_solution 3y ago

   Is there any way to disagree with this comment without being disregarded as resentful? Good work is the key to good fortune / Winners take that praise / Losers seldom take that blame
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   by coop_solution 5y ago

   I guess that’s yet another reason to make a HN account.
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   by coop_solution 5y ago

   > That's right, to get a democratic web you will need to raise a tax and have the government run (or otherwise subsidize) the infrastructure. Is this the terrible conclusion that you were building up to? I see no problem with that
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   by coop_solution 5y ago

   You’re conflating a more general problem of foundations with democracy. How can a form of governance even be started? On what grounds? How has the mandate to put forth the ground rules? Has nothing to do with democracy per se.
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   by coop_solution 5y ago

   Untenable? You kind of resolved it yourself by saying that “democracies” of today are just “so-called” but are effectively oligarchies. So it’s not an untenable statement.
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   by coop_solution 5y ago

   Criticizing democracy because of majoritarianism is like criticizing programming itself because of how Perl, Ruby, or any other particular programming language works. Democratic governance can be implemented using consensus, majoritarianis
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   by coop_solution 5y ago

   What does dplyr syntax look like?