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by kaonashi 11y ago
And China gets a new colony.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
The power of a given currency is inextricably tied to the government that issues it; once the government goes, so does the currency. So in essence, the government is supporting rule by private actors. Glib, but relevant: http://
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by kaonashi 11y ago
Alternative hypothesis: the institutional arrangements in place since deregulation have made it exceptionally easy for such people to gain power.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
Apparently when certain people exercise their subjectivity instead of remaining silent, it's bullying.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
Threatened with what? Severe disappointment?
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by kaonashi 11y ago
Right, so like using the police to criminalize a minority population. Or the real estate industry colluding to keep out a minority from living in a certain area. Or asking someone not to wear a demeaning shirt. All totally the same thing.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
I mean if we're going to use that definition, then the shirt itself was harassment. Or is it just if I'm oblivious to the harassment I cause & don't care to find out, then it's somehow morally superior to someone rep
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by kaonashi 11y ago
> Bullying may not be violent to the degree that it physically hits people over the head Then it isn't violence. Bullying implies violence. You're describing something else.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
> When the effect is merely to pressure, and not to convince, then in that particular context, people who may have been legitimately oppressed have (temporarily) become the oppressors. Putting pressure on someone to behave themselves isn
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by kaonashi 11y ago
The topic is about violence. Feminists aren't violent; in fact they're a reaction against gender-based violence. > Yet, I strongly oppose feminism. I believe in equality, but not equality for one gender or skin colour or sexua
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by kaonashi 11y ago
Why does the reaction always get all the attention, but the corruption and decadence that preceded and precipitated it goes with barely a mention.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
Sounds like talking past each other with different notions of democracy.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
The bad thing about it is that you have a single person dictating how a large portion of economic activity is carried out. Very anti-democratic, and my intuition would say very inefficient.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
In the tweets?
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by kaonashi 11y ago
Why address the substance when a glib dismissal will do?
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by kaonashi 11y ago
> Yelp as a company has no way of knowing what shady practices their sales people use to try and get an ad sale Sure they do, it's just too convenient to look the other way and maintain deniability.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
I only see innuendo, no "debunking".
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by kaonashi 11y ago
I found it to be the other way around, spinach tastes gross and kale is rather neutral. Were you cooking it?
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by kaonashi 11y ago
> child sexual abuse We're talking about teenagers engaging in sexual activity with other teenagers.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
The new agreements seem to be wanting to keep "manufacturing" nations from engaging in design through strict IP laws. Used to be the empires wanted manufacturing all to themselves, now things have shifted.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
The trade agreements are all about protectionism for capital and market discipline for labor.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
Depends on what you mean by 'work'. It's great for eliciting false confessions, less so for actionable intelligence.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
Weren't most cuneiform tablets receipts anyways?
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by kaonashi 11y ago
Officer's mess would be interesting.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
The Trek movies were all bad, and I think the only ones to get a pass were the even-numbered TOS movies.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
> Any way you look at it, the Soviet Union 1) suppressed freedom and 2) espoused militarism. What human organization with a military arm doesn't do that? And for that matter how are you even defining freedom? The defense of freedo
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by kaonashi 11y ago
It was also apolitical. That's one way to not have to deal with any new Diego Riveras popping up.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
Apples & right-wing think tanks.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
Passive-aggressive bitching about taxes.
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by kaonashi 11y ago
> Microsoft SourceSafe is that still a nightmare to work with remotely?

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