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by devoply 7y ago
That's really the crux of the issue. That it's a global political matter and because we're organized in nation states which are competing against one another it is impossible for anyone to stop or change the terms of the agre
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by devoply 7y ago
What isn't political and should be political is the nature of change on this planet using technology. It's taken for granted that change is a constant and constantly necessary. That stability is impossible, though this is not fact
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by devoply 7y ago
If you look at the history of China, many times entire governments have been overthrown by a peasant revolt. China is sort of unique in that, other than the French. So to the Chinese: Viva la revolution. Down with Communist Party! So to ans
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by devoply 7y ago
Regardless, competition is good for consumers whether hotels are a better option or not... Keeps everyone honest, helps keep prices in check.
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by devoply 7y ago
Western democracies are very good at monitoring and subduing radicals. This is not something anyone in the Western world worries about. Most radicals are labelled the lunatic fringe and treated as such. That's all good and well, the on
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by devoply 7y ago
There were recently terror attacks in the country... That the police warned about. So they knew and yet the attacks happened. So diddly shit.
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by devoply 7y ago
I would not consider converging economic interests ties. As those can change at any moment. I guess the whole war racketeering thing is the same thing, you destroy a country to rebuild it. If they are already doing that, letting you build i
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by devoply 7y ago
There are no real ties, it's pretty much a relationship where the Saudi give American/Western companies fat contracts in return for being left alone. The whole country is pretty much built by American corporations. Even like Aramc
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by devoply 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_union_federation
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by devoply 7y ago
The union can act as a third party and provide a similar site. Where then the interests are more closely aligned and not affected by the profit motive. The purpose of such a union would be to get developers jobs at equitable rates for their
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by devoply 7y ago
It's an incredibly stupid way to make a living and all the workers there should unionize and quit using sites like that.
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by devoply 7y ago
Yeah pretty much or they are getting so much data from FAANG that they don't know what to do with this is totally useless and superfluous.
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by devoply 7y ago
Parks can already be corporations. I don't know how it would be any different than Disney Land suing you for littering on their property. The whole issue is tragedy of the commons which often does not occur with private property. Maybe
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by devoply 7y ago
Yes except if you are a well funded startup and look like amateurs that copy things verbatim that does not bode well for your reputation going forward. Someone needs to get fired for copying shit verbatim.
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by devoply 7y ago
i wonder if pihole fixes this problem. seems like it's a necessity these days.
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by devoply 7y ago
Similarly psychosis is strongly linked with marijuana usage. In a certain portion this becomes chronic. It depends on genetic predisposition to developing it, but for those with certain genetics (and you can't know until it happens to
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by devoply 7y ago
Kazakhstan a Muslim-majority country is helping China suppress the human rights of Muslim minorities.
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by devoply 7y ago
It's funny how much Muslims help trample the human rights of other Muslims. Whether it's the Saudis or Iranians or the Yemenis... or the Central Asians. In the West we have achieved the fabled brotherhood of the Ummah through huma
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by devoply 7y ago
Winnie the Pooh changed all sorts of things for the worse that his predecessor had made progress on. He's an idiot. He should be replaced by someone more wise.
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by devoply 7y ago
Doesn't matter. A global index that anyone can then use to further process would be very helpful in making a non-profit alternative to google.
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by devoply 7y ago
It's funny because China seems to have the mentality that this must be so. And look over to the Japanese and at one time they were similarly minded. And yet look at them now, a pleasure to deal with both on individual and societal leve
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by devoply 7y ago
Would it not be better for these idiots to simply apologize for Tienanmen Square and promise not to do it again? And also stop all their asshole human right violations?
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by devoply 7y ago
Stupid sexy Chromecast. It's good there is no microphone in it like the Nest... or is there?
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by devoply 7y ago
Did that come first or did Doctor Who do it first?
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by devoply 7y ago
In fact it's extremely effective. Just look at what the French have been able to do in Quebec with all their various laws. This appeal to liberty and choice never actually works, it's just a rhetorical technique to quell dissent.
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by devoply 7y ago
You mean William the Bastard?
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by devoply 7y ago
Obviously bestowed upon him by god. Respect for private property eh? What about all the looting and plundering of the empire? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/04/east-india-com...
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by devoply 7y ago
Or just not caring is a step up from hating. Having no opinions is better than having hate. What seems to have happened in America is that the blue collar working class has become disenfranchised both economically and before Trump political
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by devoply 7y ago
It's too expensive. Says a company with hundreds of billions in the bank.
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by devoply 7y ago
I personally rather see China find cures to illness than any companies in the Western world as the cost of those cures will be probably 10x less if discovered in China.

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