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631.
by ionised 8y ago
This is utterly naive and bordering on adolescent power fantasy.
632.
by ionised 8y ago
You mean militaristic expansionism?
633.
by ionised 8y ago
While I agree that spending your free time sitting around, smoking weed and watching Netflix is a poor use of your time, I'd be wary of defining for yourself what the 'fullest potential' of another person is.
634.
by ionised 8y ago
That sounds very spot-on to me.
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by ionised 8y ago
> Yes there is, especially if it results in the consumer paying more for a product. I don't see why ever-decreasing prices seems to be your metric for good here. I voluntarily pay more for certain things because it is a more ethical
636.
by ionised 8y ago
What does any of that crap have to do with the UK taxing these companies on sales?
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by ionised 8y ago
No, but it is filled mostly with people living paycheck to paycheck without any savings.
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by ionised 8y ago
> Sorry dude, that's how economies work. No, it's how this economy works. There is natural law saying we have to do it this way.
639.
by ionised 8y ago
That wasn't the point I was making. My point is that saying it's all the consumers responsibility is a highly one-sided argument in favour of the vendor/service provider. The amount of work a person would have to do to resea
640.
by ionised 8y ago
Injustice?
641.
by ionised 8y ago
Sounds like heroin dealer logic.
642.
by ionised 8y ago
What makes you think the US Democratic Party is left-leaning? They are positively conservative by global standards.
643.
by ionised 8y ago
I'm zero'ing in on your use of the word 'extremism' because it's a loaded term meant to paint your target as outrageous and unreasonable. I would like an example of something you consider extremism in the media beca
644.
by ionised 8y ago
That's a specific type of experience though. Not all VR applications are going to be social experiences.
645.
by ionised 8y ago
> they are isolating That's kind of the whole point isn't it? I want to be immersed an isolated while I'm experiencing VR.
646.
by ionised 8y ago
Can you give an example of far-left extremism in the media? I haven't seen any communist bomb threats lately.
647.
by ionised 8y ago
The vast majority of Americans lean right with their politicians so that's not exactly surprising.
648.
by ionised 8y ago
Not really. We expect shitty things from Google at this point.
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by ionised 8y ago
> First of all, it's Silicon Valley. Check your ethics at the door. Why would we do that?
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by ionised 8y ago
It can trigger psychosis in people prone to depression and anxiety, which is why it bothers me when people suggest weed as a remedy to those things. Case-in-point: me. I'm still in favour of its legalisation but I'm not naive enou
651.
by ionised 8y ago
> I guess you'll be first to tell every startup that exits successfully that they're now criminals for what they've done. Now you're just being ridiculous and I'm guessing you know it.
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by ionised 8y ago
> I think you lost track of your own thread. No, I didn't. You're just struggling to comprehend what I'm saying because in your free-market fundamentalist world view, companies are benign entities of wealth creation and no
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by ionised 8y ago
> Personal versus political benefits is one major diffference. Prevalence, and the necessity of engaging with corrupt organs to survive and thrive, is another. The political benefits beget personal benefits. That's the point. They a
654.
by ionised 8y ago
Funny, becaused that's when I knew it was worth continuing to read.
655.
by ionised 8y ago
This is all just vague demagoguery.
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by ionised 8y ago
> That sounds unsustainable It is perfectly sustainable if you have a population that isn't ideologically opposed to taxes. You can fix that with education. > and bad capitalism. Good capitalism or bad capitalism, who cares? This
657.
by ionised 8y ago
Isn't that why they occupied Norway though, for heavy water?
658.
by ionised 8y ago
That's a cop-out. It has to start with someone saying no.
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by ionised 8y ago
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing Your entire post is prevarication in an attempt to justify taking the money of a murderer.
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by ionised 8y ago
> but it doesn't erase the fact that people have gone from 0 to B by creating companies from nothing and making a large impact of society. That doesn't invalidate anything I said and it doesn't support what you were saying

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