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by egdod 7y ago
I admit I don’t understand what you’re talking about. Some corporation pays to put an advertisement for a politician on the corporation’s boat. Citizens United says the corporation is allowed to do so. How does that translate into the polit
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by egdod 7y ago
Please describe for me what your ideal rules would be for political contributions and/or expenditures.
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by egdod 7y ago
Are all political contributions corrupt? If so, would we be better off banning them altogether? (Of course, then the only people who could afford to run successful campaigns would be the independently wealthy...) If not, where’s the line? C
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by egdod 7y ago
The politician gets whatever benefit the advertising produced in the minds of the voters. That's it. He doesn't get to keep the boat, the corporation isn't giving him money, etc.
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by egdod 7y ago
The politician doesn't get the boat though.
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by egdod 7y ago
Bribery would be giving money to the politician, yes? Citizens United doesn't address such contributions.
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by egdod 7y ago
It's... not like that at all. Did you read the comment you replied to?
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by egdod 7y ago
Tons of lawsuits are brought for under 100k. This argument applies to all of them. The fact that Wal-Mart is a big company doesn't change anything.
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by egdod 7y ago
Totally, like why does Wal-Mart even bother selling items that cost less than a million dollars?
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by egdod 7y ago
That's not what a vexatious litigant is. Hundreds of thousands of dollars is a real loss.
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by egdod 7y ago
How would that cause a fire?
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by egdod 7y ago
I guess, but how often are you really sitting there waiting for the update? It downloads in the background.
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by egdod 7y ago
I’m chill. I’m also patriotic though, and so I respond when people make snide comments about how horrible and abusive the US is.
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by egdod 7y ago
That’s an interesting theory. But you’re right—it isn’t the US government, so it’s not really germane.
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by egdod 7y ago
That sounds like a horrible waste of electricity.
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by egdod 7y ago
> Police brutality Actions taken by individuals who are employed by the government--especially when such actions are explicitly illegal--hardly count as an abusive government. > racially targeted drug operations by the CIA/FBI Go
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by egdod 7y ago
> gay marriage has only been legal since 2015 federally — that's a type of abuse No, it isn't. > the American Revolution had some type of value even though slavery was still a part of America's history. Therefore, Ameri
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by egdod 7y ago
When slavery was legal, sure. But in the last, say, 50 years (e.g., since the 64 Civil Rights Act)? I don't see it. Also, I'm not aware of multiple definitions for the US government.
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by egdod 7y ago
The US government isn't abusive to its people though.
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by egdod 7y ago
Was it? It seemed like the opposite of your point.
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by egdod 7y ago
I’m fairly certain my mom would have no idea how to pick out her own tires.
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by egdod 7y ago
> try __attribute__((const)) which tells it that the func accesses NOTHING but the params, not even global vars And it doesn’t do anything unintended if you’re lying to it by accessing the global state that you know to be constant?
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by egdod 7y ago
They don’t buy tires on Amazon. They buy them from someone who’s going to install them and make sure they fit.
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by egdod 7y ago
What an absolute mess. I’m a technical nerd, and I can probably do the research necessary when I need a new card... but we expect ordinary people to figure it out? Not likely.
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by egdod 7y ago
Why is the data even being collected?
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by egdod 7y ago
Seriously. He just couldn’t help himself from trying (and failing, frankly) to take a shot at Trump. In an article that has absolutely nothing to do with Trump. The TDS is strong with this one.
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by egdod 7y ago
The first X was a failure for many good ideas X. But that does not mean that every (or even most) failures are just bugs being worked out of good ideas . Sometimes a failure is just a bad idea.
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by egdod 7y ago
Fraud might suffice.
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by egdod 7y ago
The woman in heels doesn’t ever slam on her brakes and skid.
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by egdod 7y ago
That’s not at all what I asked.

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