frmersdog

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by frmersdog 2y ago
Everyone forgets that the DNC forced out FDR's two-time VP for being too buddy-buddy with socialism, giving us Truman and a half century of the ultimate in hyperpartisanship (the kind with Nukes of Damocles hanging over everyone's
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by frmersdog 2y ago
They don't (have to) care. At least in America, the vast majority of people have never felt the pinch of being "broke"-broke. When you have money coming in, you have enough to waste on dumb stuff. Going off my own list: $100&
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by frmersdog 2y ago
Trust is an appropriate metric to consider. Often, the matchmaker company isn't being evaluated on material criteria like performance; they're contracted because there is some preexisting relationship (not always direct) between d
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by frmersdog 2y ago
If you visit the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, the audio tours mention him somewhat frequently as a collaborator with the Robber Barons in the design of their properties. Considering that much of the intent of their conspicu
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by frmersdog 2y ago
Something I've been thinking about recently is how much of the economy is basically just trust-peddling. Jobs and entire companies that essentially only exist to vouch for the people who do the actual work (and take a healthy cut of th
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by frmersdog 2y ago
I know that this is rhetorical, but I'm sure an analysis of which country is least likely to leave you exposed to the issues mentioned above could be done. I suppose it also depends on who "you" are, and the threat of communi
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by frmersdog 2y ago
ACE 5, though I think this is inaccurate because the quiz seemed to focus on issues with adults, whereas I had at least two instances of major trauma involving peers (and one shortly after starting college), as well as several low-grade, lo
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by frmersdog 2y ago
"Banana republic" refers to governments that are captured by (foreign) corporate interests. In NYC, that's going to be the city government and army-sized police force (sometimes described as "occupying") operating m
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by frmersdog 2y ago
National service is not a concept that's alien to the US, it's just one that was massively delegitimized by the government sending tens of thousands of young men and women off to die in Asia, for ends many would characterize as &q
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by frmersdog 2y ago
So, yes. All have deep ties with government through their regulatory apparatus (some would characterize this as "capture"). Also of note: people might be confused by tobacco's inclusion here if they don't realize that No
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by frmersdog 2y ago
The world probably would have missed out on a lot, since American industry (and exploitation) funded their R&D. Additionally, the next generation of (American, born-and-bred) scientists and engineers took us from their breakthroughs to
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by frmersdog 2y ago
I'm wondering how you square this with fascists being largely responsible for the body count and the most egregious human rights abuses (particularly, for the purposes of this conversation, those attributed to Imperial Japan).
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I think that would be a restrictive covenant.
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It is really a problem that so many people in America make a living - what they consider a decent, respectable, fulfilling living - in positions where it's their job to make someone else's life worse. I don't think we've
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by frmersdog 2y ago
This is an incredibly heartless take, and also one not aligned with the nuances lurking beneath the surface of what "most people accept" (banality of evil and all that). The rent you "agreed" to pay may have been set or