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by fixxer 10y ago
NIMBYism is rationalism. It is irrational to think you can/should have policies in your system to serve people from a separate system. It presumes that you can establish a metric for right and wrong that applies to others, which is rea
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by fixxer 10y ago
I've been following Madeline Sumption on Twitter for a while. I think she has a political motivation and I don't consider the Migration Observatory to be a valid source. Sorry.
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by fixxer 10y ago
The author: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Huemer Seems like a very nice argument when isolated away from reality. Reality of mass immigration from Muslim countries into the UK has been a lot more people in th
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by fixxer 10y ago
Interesting source...
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Carmen Ortiz(en.wikipedia.org)
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by fixxer 10y ago
Yeah, I hear ya and don't disagree totally. I wonder if excluding (norming?) Those extremes is always a bad thing. I hate the Alt Right and the Ctrl Left pretty equally.
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by fixxer 10y ago
I absolutely love how the left becomes a fan of states rights on immigration, but pretends it isn't a challenge to Roe v Wade.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Ha, not at all! I'm pointing out that there are caveats and potential feedback effects. Has any state cited the 10th?
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by fixxer 10y ago
That also applies to abortion. Careful...
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by fixxer 10y ago
Meh. Not really. In parliamentary systems, you might have a lot of parties in the mix, but they caucus and forms blocs. Same happens here, just upstream through primaries. Democrats have centrists and progressives and a fringe of anarcho-so
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by fixxer 10y ago
I think you have a valid point. I do, however, think sanctuary cities (which are so fuzzily defined legally...) create an incentive for illegal immigration. It sends a message that one need only get through the border to make it permanent.
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by fixxer 10y ago
International borders fall under federal jurisdiction, so I don't think your point is as strong as you think, but I'll play this game... So, you support states rights? Tell me why abortion is a federal issue then?
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by fixxer 10y ago
The flip side of that sentiment is calling fascism on anyone who thinks sanctuary cities are bullshit. The lunacy is bipartisan.
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by fixxer 10y ago
I hear a lot of people in my area (West burbs of Chicago) joke about building the wall up to cut off California. Sure, they're joking, but I don't think the average citizen outside CA gives a damn about the state as a tax revenue
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by fixxer 10y ago
I'm really interested in hearing how many interviews take place in Vancouver for the intended reason (as opposed to, for example, personal protest).
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by fixxer 10y ago
"This article challenges my beliefs, so I guess I'll flag it." Pathetic.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Wow. Journalism.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Redacted
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by fixxer 10y ago
Have you found large institutions to be more responsible and efficient? I have not. I have found the opposite. Large orgs always have stories like this. Management and accountability are hard to scale and the problem is as true for the priv
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by fixxer 10y ago
Implication being that Trump's hand was in this fuck up? Dude, seriously: customs needs no help to suck more at their job. This shit has always happened.
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by fixxer 10y ago
I found it wrong when it happened before Trump. I continue to find it wrong. This is one of the main reasons I like small government. They tend to do a shitty job.
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by fixxer 10y ago
And as an Australian resident, you are used to difficult bureaucracies, amirite? As an American with Australian family, they always tell me how much easier dealing with the G is here when they visit and drive their massive rented RV around.
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by fixxer 10y ago
While I'm sure many will jump on this as a symptom of the current political climate, I'm more inclined to trust the statement from border control regarding an inexperienced agent. Everybody chill. For a foreign scholar performing
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by fixxer 10y ago
You are defining rational behavior as ignoring variance and accepting expectation as a gauranteed outcome for a trial. I don't want to be a jerk, but you are wrong to a phenomenal degree.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Come and get me.
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by fixxer 10y ago
You have to prove that there was an impact on the electorate and that it wasn't just a matter of hating HRC or desire to shakeup the GOP. Really hard to prove attribution. The assumption that the election was won because everyone who d
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by fixxer 10y ago
You have to solve ad attribution first. Good luck.
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by fixxer 10y ago
> Cambridge Analytica makes the astonishing boast that it has psychological profiles based on 5,000 separate pieces of data on 220 million American voters – its USP is to use this data to understand people’s deepest emotions and then tar
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by fixxer 10y ago
You literally defined gerrymandering, so don't get too sanctimonious.
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by fixxer 10y ago
So, the district was carved up to ensure the electorate matched a certain demographic voting block... Sounds like gerrymandering to me. I guess it is OK when the demo isn't white, eh?

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