johnny_kinds

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   by johnny_kinds 11y ago

   ..and replace it with what? Captalism has given power to the people. With $25, I can start a company in the US, which has the possibility of making me very wealthy. This is not the case in any country that has embraced socialism. Most of t
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   by johnny_kinds 11y ago

   Why would HN ever do this? HN has become an echo chamber of specific views. The censoring reminds me of 'safe spaces' we now have at universities. Nobody wants to even see text they disagree with, so they downvote it. It really
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   by johnny_kinds 11y ago

   The issue with basic income is in the long-term. When more and more generations of people start to depend on it (I've seen it with welfare in my hometown), it becomes a crutch and will stifle their future success. Eventually, there wo
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   by johnny_kinds 11y ago

   Sure you can. The government either has a backdoor to our encrypted phones, or they don't. This is really the gun debate all over again. But the same crowd seems to be on the other side this time.