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601.
by ionised 8y ago
Speak for yourself.
602.
by ionised 8y ago
> What about the political influence this wealth grants the top .0001%? That's definitely the biggest problem with all of this in my mind.
603.
by ionised 8y ago
> Even if most people saw their share of the aggregate wealth shrink, they are still individually wealthier What exactly do you think the end result of that trend is if it continues? You're framing this argument as if any increase i
604.
by ionised 8y ago
> That line of reasoning makes no sense at all because it also implies that workers would also be responsible for all the wealth destroyed by the course of their work I'm honestly not sure what you mean by this, or how it's rel
605.
by ionised 8y ago
That's how it should be, sure. It's rarely how it is in my view.
606.
by ionised 8y ago
How so? The wealthy reap mnore and more of the benefits of the economy than the average person, in ever increasing measures. The fact that a working class person might now have access to 4k TVs and new cars on finance doesn't change th
607.
by ionised 8y ago
Adults are not the perfectly rational beings you are painting them to be.
608.
by ionised 8y ago
I'd go travelling.
609.
by ionised 8y ago
You made the claim first mate. Don't weasel out of supporting it by asking him to prove a negative as a response.
610.
by ionised 8y ago
Would explain that video that went viral years ago though of US citizens interviewed in the street and asked where the US was on a map of the world. Some of the responses were comical. Some were just depressing.
611.
by ionised 8y ago
> I'd say that the two classes that should be brought back are civics and geography. Wait, US schools don't teach geography? I agree with you about Civics as well. Throw Ethics and Personal Financial Education in there too. So
612.
by ionised 8y ago
> I remember being hit until I stopped crying. I remember being hit until I hit back. Then I was never hit again. My parents are still the useless human beings they were back then and I'm better off without them.
613.
by ionised 8y ago
Why?
614.
by ionised 8y ago
> 'Refugees from California' These people have an absurd victim complex.
615.
by ionised 8y ago
I don't think the the people who value their ideology more than pragmatism are concerned with peace to be honest.
616.
by ionised 8y ago
This is just getting into an ideological rant now.
617.
by ionised 8y ago
because introversion isn't a defect anymore than extraversion is. It certainly isn't a disorder like autism, though they may come in pairs.
618.
by ionised 8y ago
It does if that Union determines how some tax laws are applied union-wide.
619.
by ionised 8y ago
I don't think the popularity of these low rates is a justification. It just highlights how it has become a race to the bottom.
620.
by ionised 8y ago
because that sovereign state agreed to an economic union with other nations.
621.
by ionised 8y ago
> Growth is good Given our current economic situation and our effect on our environment I'm not convinced that it is that simple.
622.
by ionised 8y ago
I'm not sure why people are downvoting you. It's a documented fact that blue light from the screens of electronic devices inhibits melatonin production.
623.
by ionised 8y ago
Why should we care whether they are making a profit or not? There are so many ways a company can legally and artificially lower its profit numbers.
624.
by ionised 8y ago
> I'm on the right and the sad news that you must digest is there isn't enough resources for all 7 billion people. Well this is simply not true. I'm no fan of ballooning populations myself because I'm kind of a misant
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by ionised 8y ago
> The usual excuse for advertising being morally acceptable is that it informs potential customers about the product. And it's a bullshit excuse at that. Advertising uses concepts developed in propaganda and psychological warfare to
626.
by ionised 8y ago
I was smiling the whole time I was reading this.
627.
by ionised 8y ago
It never ends with Goldman Sachs does it? They are a parasite on this earth.
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by ionised 8y ago
I'm from the UK too. Good. GCHQ are not there to protect the interestes of British citizens, they are there to enforce the status quo of the ruling class and engage in economic espionage. So many of there operations are counter to demo
629.
by ionised 8y ago
The US biggest threat is its own ruling class.
630.
by ionised 8y ago
Because for the last few decades it has been a destabilising force in the world, engaging in wars of aggression, arming and propping up dictators, using its economic might to bully smaller nations and generally just being all round jingoist

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