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841.
by hx87 10y ago
Demand =/= quantity demanded. If people demand a certain quantity at a certain price, they will demand more at a lower price. That "more" isn't going to make the object's price go up. > What if Californians just
842.
by hx87 10y ago
Adequate in Western Europe is adequate in the Bay Area or NYC. We're not talking about Hong Kong or Tokyo here.
843.
by hx87 10y ago
> and limiting development is one of them Then they can do something that will make everyone happy: tax the crap out of the companies that bring in the flood of money, and make them leave. Limited development and lower prices. Everyone w
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by hx87 10y ago
I'm confused. > It's the person who refuses to let the 'it's simple supply and demand' meme go unchecked. So the parent poster wants to debunk the 'it's simple supply and demand' meme? > This is
845.
by hx87 10y ago
If you don't want to live in a place with 50-story buildings, don't do things that create demand for them. For example, you can discourage business investment in the area. Funny how no municipality ever does so.
846.
by hx87 10y ago
Except in this case the ruling party's base is largely "unsophisticated farmers".
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by hx87 10y ago
Kurds -- not an issue until Daesh became a problem, very recently, thanks to AKP Iran -- the US dislikes Iran (less and less every day), Turkey is neutral, no big disagreements there Israel -- historically not an issue, only an issue now du
848.
by hx87 10y ago
For certain definitions of effective. Sure, Crimea was certainly a victory (but only because they had very high on-the-ground public support), and denying vital industrial regions to Ukraine could be construed as a victory, but OTOH having
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by hx87 10y ago
> Dont try to make me believe that external events do not have any effect. Nobody here is trying to make you believe that. Perhaps fundamentalism in Turkey was helped along in political power (but not popular support--it's always be
850.
by hx87 10y ago
Turkey had one rubbing point with NATO (Cyprus), and with a minor and not very well regarded member at that (Greece). There weren't any major points of contention with the United States.
851.
by hx87 10y ago
Unless the Strategic Rocket Forces were in much worse condition in 2003 than everyone thought, the idea that a few interceptors in Poland threatened Russian strategic deterrence in any way was laughable. In all likelihood the object was a s
852.
by hx87 10y ago
That was the /anti/ colonialists, I believe.
853.
by hx87 10y ago
> won't also prevent emigration Preventing emigration is rare for non-Soviet-descended governments, even the most authoritarian ones. Most governments are pretty happy when dissidents leave. > has the means to leave Not everyone,
854.
by hx87 10y ago
To be fair though, Turkey doesn't have any countries around it that it can invade without getting stomped by either Russia or the rest of NATO. IMO, a coup can be justified if those that carry it out a) will be better governors than th
855.
by hx87 10y ago
It won't be easy for Turkey to become a Russian ally. For one, the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflicts have to be resolved once and and for all, Russia has to drop Armenia, or Turkey has to drop Azerbaijan. None of the above is likely at this
856.
by hx87 10y ago
> ensure that knowledge workers (who are willing to tow the line) If you're a semi-meritocratic secular authoritarian state like China that isn't too difficult. If you're a religious conservative authoritarian state, that&
857.
by hx87 10y ago
I'm not sure if using recovered heat from the subway system to generate electricity is economically feasible (probably not). In the end you'd have to eject the heat anyway, probably to the Hudson and East rivers.
858.
by hx87 10y ago
How about A/C in the stations for once? Or turning on the A/C when temperatures are moderate but humidity is high? With low enough temperatures and humidity, a surprising amount of grime and overcrowding becomes bearable.
859.
by hx87 10y ago
It's a conflict between prescriptive and descriptive readings of the issue. Prescriptively, China has no historical reason to the territory enclosed by the nine-dash line. None of the preceding Chinese governments and dynasties ever he
860.
by hx87 10y ago
So it's about power and influence, not history.
861.
by hx87 10y ago
In this case, it's supply, demand, and tax (abatements).
862.
by hx87 10y ago
This is totalitarianism we're talking about, so the bar has to be very low. Otherwise you're classifying Imperial Germany and Nazi Germany in the same state-repression category, which is ludicrous.
863.
by hx87 10y ago
Democracy and levels of state repression being orthogonal notwithstanding, not being democratic (or a EU/NATO candidate) does not imply that a state is totalitarian.
864.
by hx87 10y ago
> "somewhat totalitarian" There's already a term for that. Authoritarian.
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by hx87 10y ago
Yes, how dare they not support a coup against a democratically elected government!
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by hx87 10y ago
The problem with that plan is that Turkey has only one equal on its borders (Iran), and cooking up a cassus belli (supporting the Rojava Kurds & the Syrian government...?) there isn't going to be easy. Everyone else is either frien
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by hx87 10y ago
> totalitarian Probably the most misused term/epithet in international relations. At its worst Turkey is no more repressive than Russia or China and less repressive than Iran. Once you use "totalitarian" to describe author
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by hx87 10y ago
If the US had dropped Pakistan in 1971 and teamed up with the USSR to support India and Bangladesh, who would prop up Pakistan? Saudi Arabia? They have money to offer and no much else. China? It's 1971. China is in no shape to get into
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by hx87 10y ago
> 4 days vacation in a mansion in spain for 1200eu+ I must say, you have a rather odd idea of what a "vacation" means.
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by hx87 10y ago
The problem with stereotyping isn't stereotyping per se, it's that it makes people lazy and not bother to take new information into account when they become available.

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