heterodoxxed

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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
Not for lack of trying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Fide... Like I said below, when the largest empire the world has ever seen makes it a policy to destroy any socialist leader (even the mil
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
| This would also require the CIA to have the foresight to know beforehand which leaders will turn out to be incompetent. First, as I said before, when the CIA targets socialist leaders, only the strongmen survive. It's my belief tha
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
You seem unaware of the history of US foreign intervention. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r... There's a very unfortunate reason only the strongmen last.
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
If Wikipedia editors were regularly getting merc'd by CIA-funded contras, we'd be talking about how Wikipedia only works in theory too.
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
Are you saying advertising, marketing and PR have no effect? Because if so, I'll notify those billion dollar industries they've been made redundant.
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
OP provided two links for context, both of which were clear about being about the US prison system.
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
Are you arguing that communities should be allowed to artificially inflate their voting population with non-voting prisoners? Do you think that's just and fair?
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
I like to remind people that "Identity Politics" as envisioned by Barbara Smith and the Combahee River Collective in the 1970's as an approach to left-wing organizing is virtually unrecognizable when compared to today's
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
The push for diversity is not that sinister, they just want the widest customer base they can get. Neoliberal diversity and identity politics lets them be moral without threatening their power base. What we've seen from Amazon's a
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
| there are plenty of earnest people in the space Of course there are. Scams wouldn't work if everyone involved was in on it.
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
Yes, two non-introvert reasons for remote work: Commuting is hell and deep focus is near impossible in modern offices. For the latter, there are times when you need to think about working, and when you're doing that, being in the offic
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
You make a specific assertion like that, you should have at least a shred of tangible evidence. Believe whatever conspiracies you want, but it's not my fault you can't back them up.
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
Or, Dustin is lying or remembering himself in the best light. We'll never really know.
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
20 years on, it feels like everyone should be strongly considering the Ben and Jerry's model. Even if there is literally no competition in the field, the threat of Google or Amazon or Facebook throwing buckets of money and top engineer
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
Bloat is one unfortunate side effect of trying to monopolize a market. 80% of users need the core functionality, but catering to the other 20% creates a monster.
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
The whole thread really boils down to missing this key point from 37 Signals: | 5. Spend less than they make Had they done that, they could survived long enough to find their niche. But throwing out multiples of your revenue out of your o
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
| Lrlourpresident That's what I looked for. You should have better evidence than a highly active user in a restricted access subreddit before making an assertion like that. Especially considering how wildly popular AOC is, I don&#x27
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
| for what that is worth. Not much. | That is where to start to trace down the claim. I can't find any link between that user and commondreams.
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
| commondreams.org is behind the /r/AOC and /r/MurderedByAOC subreddits entirely. Do you have evidence of that?
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
Have you tried learning to code?
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
| at risk daily to keep the supply chains functioning That sounds like crocodile tears to me. I don't see how going to bars and flying commercial would have made the people working in grocery delivery and amazon safer. And it would a
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
| they are realistically at zero risk of severe illness. I didn't do it for me.
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
Keep writing and don't give a shit.
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
Typo on my part, should read | Yes, they're out of print and the only people who want them are collectors
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
Much of the reaction is people who want to be transgressive but don't truly have the stomach for it. Especially if twitter chatter can break their spirit. There are new conventions forming. Writers who want to break them need to learn
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
| if one of them does happen to be available, the prices are astronomical Yes, they're out of print and the only people who want them are collectors, so the prices for collectibles are high. That's not unusual. What are you pr
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Is It Time to Move on from Big Tech’s Colorful Corporate Mascots?(eyeondesign.aiga.org)
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
| It is, quite clearly, literature intended for adults. In the most pedantic and literal interpretation possible, yes. But the adult alternative to Pixar is not Pornhub.
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
| Like 50 Shades of Grey No, of course not. Is that what you think people are referring to when they suggest you consider the difference between YA literature and literature intended for adults?
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by heterodoxxed 6y ago
The difference between YA and adult literature is a lot deeper than you're illustrating. It's not about the presence of sex and violence, but how they handles themes, character and moral conflicts.

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