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by deogeo 7y ago
> your opinion My 'opinion' is nothing more than a copy of the current consensus, found in mainstream peer-reviewed articles. And it does not require an expert to notice journalists apply a double standard on if and how to repo
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by deogeo 7y ago
The author sums up the core of the issue very concisely towards the end of the article: > Treating platforms like governments—encouraging their control, but constraining them with flimsy versions of democratic input or due process—is not
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by deogeo 7y ago
Intelligence testing only gives meaningful results when it is convenient, and promptly stops working when it isn't: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/iq-tests-are-fund...
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by deogeo 7y ago
I'm not sure if it's liberal or not, but opposition to immigration seems perfectly legitimate to me, and is directly opposed to Soros' goals.
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by deogeo 7y ago
Time and again it has been shown: it doesn't matter if you pay, corporations will abuse any amount of control that you give them.
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by deogeo 7y ago
It's a sad sign of the loss of community control, when they can't even find out who owns the towers being built.
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by deogeo 7y ago
> The people who call Soros their enemy are literally fighting against liberal democracy. I haven't kept up with all the things Soros has been accused of (falsely or not), but isn't this statement also making them into boogeyme
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by deogeo 7y ago
This cannot possibly work as long as immigration is used to offset population decline: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-the-us-needs-more-imm_b_5... https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007&#x2F
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by deogeo 7y ago
Which parts of CEU was founded in 1991 by hedge fund manager, political activist, and philanthropist George Soros [..] A central tenet of the university's philosophy is the promotion of open societies. [1] major donations from some
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by deogeo 7y ago
They tried - a big chunk of Trumps platform was isolationism. The military-industrial complex pushing foreign meddling, and people calling for less immigration, are not the same.
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by deogeo 7y ago
It is also disingenuous to pretend all of Latin America is a dangerous cesspool of crime and murder, unfit to live in, and the US is the sole shining beacon of safety and prosperity. People are so quick to point out how very wrong Trump was
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by deogeo 7y ago
Even so, ICE should strive to enforce the border more humanely.
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by deogeo 7y ago
The problem comes when you use the money form the loan in a competitive market - e.g. real-estate. The availability of credit increases what people are able to pay, and hence the price. To buy a house, a loan becomes a requirement, which be
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by deogeo 7y ago
Absolutely the campaign should be to change the law, but if you're looking to also assign blame, massive corporations had a hand in writing the tax code.
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by deogeo 7y ago
Enemy of my enemy...
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by deogeo 7y ago
I can't help but wonder if the attention Epstein's science funding gets is just misdirection away from his more powerful associates.
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by deogeo 7y ago
Bears also don't have any emotional strife about killing cubs to increase their odds of mating. Perhaps looking to them for moral guidance is not the best idea.
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by deogeo 7y ago
> in their behaviour towards creatures, all men were Nazis. Which is more than a little ironic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler_and_vegetarianism
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by deogeo 7y ago
> Charlie Winter, a London-based terrorism researcher, was dining with friends one recent evening when the conversation turned to whether it is ethical to eat meat. Someone brought up slaughterhouse conditions, Winter said, and he instan
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by deogeo 7y ago
> Not more than any other startup. That entire post is devoted to explaining that yes, much more than any other startup.
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by deogeo 7y ago
> The earliest shareholders including a gentleman called Mortimer Zuckerman were not just their landlords AND seed investors. They also happened to own Fast Company and NY Post which were instrumental in propping up WeWork in the press b
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The Seductive Appeal of the “Nazi Exception” (2017)(popehat.com)
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by deogeo 7y ago
I think the post you originally replied to was fully aware all the topics they mentioned were identity politics in the US. I understood their complaint as: 1) Almost only issues that are identity politics get discussed in the US. 2) Issues
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by deogeo 7y ago
I'll bite - how is arguing for or against software patents, identity politics? What about arguing for right to repair? Or trying to abolish anti-circumvention laws? Which political privilege do I have, that prevents me from seeing thes
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by deogeo 7y ago
> regulatory differences Interesting way of saying "corporate exclusivity agreements", which is what this ends up being in 99 out of 100 cases.
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by deogeo 7y ago
Restrictions on speech are usually less about arriving at a correct conclusion, and more on serving those in power. See Ag-gag laws, China and Russia, the since overturned criminalization of inciting people to resist the draft in the US (th
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by deogeo 7y ago
Real anime fans (and Scotsmen) view dubs with, at best, open hostility, so they would have no motive to defend Mignona. But it is hilarious how the article only describes as a "free speech advocate" someone making a mean comment
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by deogeo 7y ago
> Lyft’s failure to properly investigate the failues of their system that lead to my kidnapping and rape has severely hampered the ongoing criminal investigation. Does anyone know more about this story? Except this line that is not furth
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by deogeo 7y ago
If I entrust data to Google, or my possessions to the safe of a bank, I am still injured when that trust is broken. I gave conditional access to one entity, not to everyone, and not to the government.
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by deogeo 7y ago
The 4th amendment secures people against unreasonable searches.

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