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by ionised 8y ago
No, survival instinct is what keeps people going.
482.
by ionised 8y ago
No thanks.
483.
by ionised 8y ago
That's just trade.
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by ionised 8y ago
No, he's definitely wrong.
485.
by ionised 8y ago
It's an important distinction that he makes when he says Silicon Valley is selling out America™, as opposed to the American people, which Palantir has sold out.
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by ionised 8y ago
It was advisory, so we can ignore it.
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by ionised 8y ago
For someone so pro-freedom he had plenty of nice things to say about mass-murdering Augusto Pinochet and his fascist Chile. Seemed he was pro-tyrant as long as it was a pro-free-market tyrant. Friedman and Hayek are two idealogues that I be
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by ionised 8y ago
They are both staffed at the top levels with the greedy and sociopathic?
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by ionised 8y ago
A few accept cash in the post.
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by ionised 8y ago
How would you nourish a new child on a vegan diet?
491.
by ionised 8y ago
The UK does get those fake orange cheese slices too. I remember being given them as a kid, but have avoided them as an adult.
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by ionised 8y ago
Most people in the world.
493.
by ionised 8y ago
I say keep it coming until the message gets across to everyone. I'm fatigued by Facebook's existence.
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by ionised 8y ago
It is a single market. That's the whole point of the EEA. Your personal interpretation of the situation is irrelevant.
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by ionised 8y ago
6. Don't even think about travelling to the EU if you've ignored the fines.
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by ionised 8y ago
If this is your attitude, then your business is an unreasonable burden on me and I hope you go under.
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by ionised 8y ago
Capitalism is just the private onwership of the means of production for profit, and the use of wage labourers. You can say we don't have 'real capitaslism' rightr now but that sounds like the No True Scotsman fallacy to me. W
498.
by ionised 8y ago
Your snarky dismissal aside, I'm far from affluent, I'm on £45k a year in the north-west (Liverpool, HIGHLY deprived area) of the UK. I'd wager, without even meeting you, that you are far better off than I am. I was raised on
499.
by ionised 8y ago
> Unless you're telling me you boycott all products by Google, Apple, Facebook and Oracle Yes, that's exactly what I'm telling you.
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by ionised 8y ago
It's not so much an active dislike as it is just not my cup of tea. I've visited Spain a few times and it's nice in short bursts, but to live there I would have to deal with the weather (not everyone likes hot and sunny, I&#
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by ionised 8y ago
It is, but to me it seems heavily weighted in favour of the miserable side.
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by ionised 8y ago
Monks are some of the least selfish people alive. They've traded a life of materialism and conflict for self-reflection, asceticism and charity. They don't just hide away and do nothing but take care of themselves. > Here is th
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by ionised 8y ago
Depression isn't attributable to any one cause. For some people it is clinical and biological, and these people need medical treatment and therapy; sometimes for their entire lives. Then there is the depression you get after a bad rela
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by ionised 8y ago
> I think it's time to finally give up this mindset. Past misgivings be damned, Microsoft of today really doesn't look much like Microsoft of the 90s. On the contrary, I don't see them as having changed at all. The old tac
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by ionised 8y ago
> Once you are financially secure, living in Germany makes no sense. How so? > Shitty weather To me, constant heat and sunshine is shitty weather. I prefer a temperate/boreal climate. I find it far more pleasant. > the insan
506.
by ionised 8y ago
I certainly am. I don't want a European Google or Facebook popping up. I want the existing Google and Facebook to go away.
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by ionised 8y ago
I'd rather live in Germany than Spain.
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by ionised 8y ago
None of this seems correct. Europe has more than a few multi-national, global banks. Also, my own pension is invested in the stock market. That's the norm for employer-provided pensions.
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by ionised 8y ago
Assuming that landlords even bother to handle those things properly or safely. My experience is they don't. They want the money, but not the responsibility.
510.
by ionised 8y ago
Even if it was exactly the same (which it isn't), why mke the problem even worse?

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