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by damnyou 9y ago
That is a distinction without a difference.
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by damnyou 9y ago
Thanks. (I prefer the pronoun they.)
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by damnyou 9y ago
Xenophobia is fear or loathing of outsiders. NIMBYism prevents outsiders from moving to your neighborhood. It is xenophobic in intent and effect.
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by damnyou 9y ago
Xenophobia is fear or loathing of outsiders. Nuclear plants are a ridiculous strawman. We're talking about places for people — living, breathing human beings, with thoughts, dreams and aspirations — to live in. Ensuring other people ha
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by damnyou 9y ago
I'm on very solid ground calling NIMBYism xenophobic. (It is also racist given how people of color were systematically excluded from housing until very recently.)
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by damnyou 9y ago
Nice to see xenophobia being openly advocated on HN.
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by damnyou 9y ago
Of course it is relevant. Cases tend to get much weaker if the victim refuses to testify.
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by damnyou 9y ago
While the legal system might have more power than the average newspaper, that doesn't mean that it is more effective at determining guilt. I was raped 10 years ago when I was a teen. There is no evidence of the crime. No court is going
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by damnyou 9y ago
Thank you! I was about to say the exact same thing. First the act of rape takes away the victim's agency. Then random commenters on this site are presumptuous enough to try and take it away as well.
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by damnyou 9y ago
The general notion of "innocent until proven guilty" is simplistic even when applied to just the legal system. Even in criminal court you only have to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. You do not have to "prove"
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by damnyou 9y ago
No. We give up the right to use violence to the court system. Not justice in general. Ruining a rapist's reputation is a perfectly fine way to achieve justice, if that's what the victim desires. Other ways to achieve justice outsi
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by damnyou 9y ago
The victim had presumably considered the trade-offs and made an appropriate choice. It is no one else's position to judge them. In the US, truth is an absolute defense against libel and slander.
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by damnyou 9y ago
A victim of a crime has the right to pursue justice in whichever way they please, as long as it's legal. Ruining someone's reputation is perfectly legal, last I checked.
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by damnyou 9y ago
"Good school districts" are a racist institution and should be destroyed post haste.
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by damnyou 9y ago
You can break up American-style property taxes into two components: 1. A tax on the unimproved value of land, also called a land value tax. 2. A tax on improvements (buildings etc). Currently the rate of tax 1 (LVT) is the same as the rate
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by damnyou 9y ago
> There are many poor people that own moderate/cheap homes on prime real estate in places like LA and San Diego. Then they aren't poor.
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by damnyou 9y ago
Cool prax. Now Google for monopsony power.
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by damnyou 9y ago
> Would it be too bold for me to say it has some cultural reasons? Perhaps the openness to innovation? or maybe the way people think about solving new problems? It's usually an institutional problem. For example, a country where the
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by damnyou 9y ago
It's great for the foreign worker! Privileging citizens of your own country is no different from privileging members of your own race.
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by damnyou 9y ago
> But why is it "making it" in some countries to leave and go to America? Why not build up your own country and affect their living standards in a positive way? Many reasons. * Because they'll be able to add more value to
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by damnyou 9y ago
Fine, here's my position: Immigration restrictions are a version of "separate but equal" segregation that is somehow acceptable to talk about. Anyone who wants to do a job, can do it, and is willing to move to where the job i
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by damnyou 9y ago
"We must secure the existence of our people and a future for [our] children." There, fixed that for you. > A person's race is simply an attribute they possess; attempting to compare this to a nationality makes little sense
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by damnyou 9y ago
Changing your in-group from being based on race to being based on citizenship doesn't change the basic immorality of your position.
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by damnyou 9y ago
> Why should those countries be okay with losing their top talent? What sort of thinking is this? People stopped being subjects of their countries a while ago. Countries should compete for people, not trap them. If a country isn't O
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by damnyou 9y ago
It was definitely the progressive point of view. Trade unions in the US have historically been nativist.
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by damnyou 9y ago
"Because we would like our race to prefer its own members for such jobs, when possible."
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by damnyou 9y ago
Thankfully, with the power of legislation (TM) we can ensure that new buildings are up to modern standards.
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by damnyou 9y ago
> No protections = Exploitation of workers. I said no protectionism (in the form of visa caps), not no protections. > Instant green card = Increased competition for Housing/public services. Sounds like a great opportunity for ent
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by damnyou 9y ago
This text is genuinely surprising to me. The only statutes that come close to meeting that goal are the ones that only apply to H-1B dependent employers and wilful violators.
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by damnyou 9y ago
> What's the benefit to a country to basically throw its borders wide open? More people means a bigger economy. Immigrants -- at least the ones that choose to immigrate -- are by definition risk-takers. Risk-taking is core to entrep

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