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by devoply 7y ago
They paid salaries of police, the judiciary, and the guy who testified against him in a CRIMINAL trial. That's more than enough conflict of interest to have any such criminal trial thrown out.
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by devoply 7y ago
Googlestan has a nice ring to it. Just buys its own country off the coast and declares independence.
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by devoply 7y ago
Sure for 100 billion-1 trillian dollars. It's at least worth as much as a large startup. They should also drive up the price by letting other countries like China and Russia bid on it. It probably also has a bunch of resources on it, t
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by devoply 7y ago
Born with a golden spoon into a community willing to pay for their status.
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by devoply 7y ago
You invest in assets using tools like NPV. CEOs don't have crystal balls. Some might have a gut instinct, but then they are no different than your gambling stock trader... who might be up today and down tomorrow. It's a function o
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by devoply 7y ago
Does any person deserve a 1000% more just because of their position?
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by devoply 7y ago
Pleather has been around forever, as an inferior product that does not last nearly as long. Let's call it vegan for a win. also: https://www.vocativ.com/281599/vegan-leather-isnt-as-ethical...
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by devoply 7y ago
We need to see more of this so we can transfer wealth from the rich to the poor more effectively and get them to invest in the economy.
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by devoply 7y ago
i am sad to see him go sooner or later, and also sad that the left has no replacement for him.
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by devoply 7y ago
All this is a metaphor for all of human civilization on earth at our time. The problem is much much bigger than these little anecdotes show. Corporations don't follow signs either, they are very much like incorporeal tourists on the pl
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by devoply 7y ago
Also why reasonable people won't believe it either. i.e. high level pedophile who is known to attempt suicide is allowed to commit suicide. I mean there are many ways to keep people from committing suicide including straight jackets, v
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by devoply 7y ago
> Companies don't pull me over while I'm driving. They very well could pull you over, revoke your license, and forbid you from driving.... If you were driving on their land or driving their car. They have to provide no justific
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by devoply 7y ago
In the end our business leaders and state leaders are too busy exploiting science to empower and enrich themselves to have any actual concern about science, i.e. ask environmental scientists what they should do in their business and politic
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by devoply 7y ago
there is also a term called bleeding the pig... where you load up a company with a lot of debt and eventually the company goes bankrupt... guess who doesn't lose out though. buybacks are taxed at a capital gains tax rate, whereas divid
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by devoply 7y ago
Other than all the other psychos who kill a lot more people but are considered legitimate in their doings... We need more access to their information, drug companies making opiates that kill tens of thousands, various other corporations, va
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by devoply 7y ago
what is on his phone that can't be found online or through his browsing history tracked by google et. al.? you have all his contacts as well through various nsa pen registers and whatnot. seems like more or less a move to create a &quo
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by devoply 7y ago
1/2 the world lives in extreme poverty, we have no shortage of consumers. despite not living in an agricultural-trade system nothing has changed. if the economy is growing but the population is shrinking than either the working class s
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by devoply 7y ago
There is never less of life, just fewer humans. When humans disappear other life takes their place. Also the economics of Black Death shows that if you live in a country with a declining population the rich are forced to pay the middle clas
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by devoply 7y ago
Harder and hard to write any sort of fiction where the protagonist does anything slightly illegal, not to mention extremely illegal, and is not immediately apprehended.
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by devoply 7y ago
From what I understand it's not much money as these cards have been unavailable for a year.
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by devoply 7y ago
> The threat to biodiversity is not new, > not necessarily accelerating No it's slowing down with a mass extinction of most other life on the planet. > mostly not caused by economic growth or prosperity Nope not caused by real
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by devoply 7y ago
All money is debt which is to be repaid with interest. Therefore, in order to do business you must experience growth else you can't pay the interest on your debt. New technology and research and development depends on promises of great
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by devoply 7y ago
It's easy to point your finger at other people, much more difficult to look at yourself in the mirror. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_in_the_United_St...
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by devoply 7y ago
There is no great replacement for infinite growth Capitalism. Whatever alternatives you choose you will have to give up lots of things that you take for granted. Humans beings at the current time are like drug addicts addicted to heroin and
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by devoply 7y ago
We have many better methods of producing energy. This sort of 20th century tech and resources need to die.
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by devoply 7y ago
> Along these lines, Kenneth Pollack concludes his exhaustive study of Arab military effectiveness by noting that "certain patterns of behavior fostered by the dominant Arab culture were the most important factors contributing to th
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by devoply 7y ago
Well to me it reeks of Orientalism in that most of these countries are run by tribal syndicates which are more or less a result of social engineering and destruction of Arab nationalism. So obviously there are no stable power structures whi
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by devoply 7y ago
Mostly because there is no Arab or Muslim empire left after Europeans killed off the Ottoman empire and it's easy to beat down tyrants with few allies. What's the reasons for these tyrants, dictators, and terrorists. Insecurity. W
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by devoply 7y ago
Sounds like genetics. People from poorer countries where people don't bathe as often or have deodorant will tell you people can smell quite a bit without soap and deodorant.
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by devoply 7y ago
Considering how much stuff they produce I don't think that would end with them rethinking anything but rather establishing a different financial order with anyone who was willing to trade with them. And I think a lot of Europe and Asia

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