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by jariel 6y ago
"If you think Parler does a poor job of moderation and stuff being said on there offends you," Parler is being used to organize violence: "About 20 or so hits will turn everything around" "Who do you think the first
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by jariel 6y ago
People have been voicing their opinions - and continue to voice their opinions - on Twitter, Facebook etc. all day, there is really no censorship about information regarding the election, unless it's geared towards violence. Go ahead,
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by jariel 6y ago
"But someone saying they don't believe the election results should not be silenced. Its their right to free speech and the US constitution guarantees it." This isn't right. 1) This is not about people disputing the elect
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by jariel 6y ago
Those are not contradictions. 1) A sale to an advertising company will result in WA data being used for Ad sales, there's no reason to believe otherwise. 2) Paid apps would be ideal for privacy, but I didn't imply that people were
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by jariel 6y ago
"If you truly believe that that trade-off is worth it, " ??? Whuan/Australia clamped down and then they were relatively COVID free and their economies are expanding. The US is still in upside down mode with business flailing
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by jariel 6y ago
"Then they sold to Facebook and broke that promise." This is really a false narrative. The 'sell out' was the 'sale to Facebook'. A business is not really going to necessarily keep that kind of promise, they ar
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by jariel 6y ago
"As we stand now even Signal is not safe because of the business model." ? Ok, good, but you do realize that this is the most existential concern of them all? Why does FB so aggressively pursue personal data? For advertising. Beca
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by jariel 6y ago
No, the press has always been narrative-driven, and much more so in the last five years or so. It's entirely possible to paint different variations of reality withing the bounds of the same facts and the press does it all day long. Yes
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by jariel 6y ago
They are entirely based and operated out of America. That makes them American. Apple, Cisco etc. might very well have >50% ownership from non-American sources, that doesn't make them 'not American'. The outrage hyperbole o
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by jariel 6y ago
They were founded in Toronto but they are American. The notion that there's any degree of shadiness about them is completely unwarranted. The company and tech are perfectly legit. If there are any 'issues' at all with the ele
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by jariel 6y ago
You're missing the issue - this is not about the legitimacy of any particular system, it's just about lies and misinformation. The claims of widespread election fraud have no material basis, it's entirely an issue of politica
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by jariel 6y ago
The US is not an Imperial power. After reluctantly being drawn into WW2, the US overran opposing forces, and then, unlike any other nation in history, actually invested to help rebuild those entities to be the most free and prosperous place
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by jariel 6y ago
This is not nice, but remember they are merely doing what Google does, in the sense that all of their properties are inexorably and deeply linked. The only surprise is that this was not done sooner. WhatsApp is somewhat more essential for a
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by jariel 6y ago
I don't think the nuance is lost on anyone. From an economic perspective, it's not zero sum game. Canada and the US are colonies as well remember.
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by jariel 6y ago
It's neither cynical nor simplistic. It's a positive view because the US, despite it's failings, is a positive and pragmatic actor. It's not simplistic because I'm respecting the fact that 'geostability' i
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by jariel 6y ago
'Free Speech' is one of the HN 'trigger' issues, so there won't be any actual discussion of the issue here, sadly. To wit a top comment is talking about 'suppressed speech' when we have 100x more avenues t
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by jariel 6y ago
It is completely false to suggest that 'political speech writers' and some influence of 'narrative' by state bureaucracies entirely discredits the free press. 'The problem with the press' are their own internal
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by jariel 6y ago
No - they are not. 'The News' - which is mostly credible, is mostly not a form of state propaganda. 'The News' in the US, is a 'reasonable' form of credible information. 'Facebook' is generally not a
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by jariel 6y ago
" this is the price we pay for abandoning free speech." This is completely upside down. This is not the 'erosion of free speech' - it's actually the 'explosion' of it. Free from any kind of filters of cred
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by jariel 6y ago
"no faith in the election since voting required the use of hackable electronic voting machines." The voting machines produce a paper ballot, which can be recounted and audited. The elections were fine. 100% of the issue is derived
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by jariel 6y ago
No. The only special interest the US has is to hold the House of Saud stable so their Oil can be sold freely on global markets. Other than that, they just want stability, as does everyone. The US wouldn't even need to have ships in the
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by jariel 6y ago
"Given the cap, that means people can borrow much less. Their ability to buy or afford a home does not improve. Why would that be preferable?" House prices are a function of interest rates. As interest rates lower, house prices sk
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by jariel 6y ago
Banning these apps was rational, much more so than TikTok. Financial services have always been protected industries, in every country, combined with the close association with BoC and political oversight it's a huge red flag. Important
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by jariel 6y ago
Can you say 'housing inflation'? All this does is introduce more monetary demand for housing, increases prices, and stretches out credit putting further distance between those with no homes, and those with the biggest. Housing may
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by jariel 6y ago
The US just voted for Biden who will probably have a different policy position than Trump and that's part of the package. It works on some level. Also, it's definitely the job of the US diplomatic corps to set out the strategy the
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by jariel 6y ago
"Beside leaving them alone and let them live in peace without American influence?" Iran has no intentions of 'living in peace' and that's the whole point. They are concerned with overthrowing House of Saud, controll
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by jariel 6y ago
Israel is a small country without allies (it didn't then) which was invaded a few times by much bigger nations around it, some of whom, to this day, want to destroy it. Of all non-superpower nations, Israel's quest for Nukes is pr
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by jariel 6y ago
? Israel was invaded and nearly overrun several times, by many of it's neighbours, with a combined population 30x it's own. It's neighbours continued to make public proclamations that they wanted to 'wipe it out'. I
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by jariel 6y ago
Iran is not threatened, there is nobody that could invade them except the United States, and that would be unthinkable. Iran wants nuclear weapons to swing a heavier stick and threaten it's neighbours.
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by jariel 6y ago
"the US has imposed sanctions on numerous countries since WWII and not in a single instance has it lead to a revolution in America's favour." ? US sanctions against Iran actually did lead to a 'win' for the US in th

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