kazagistar

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by kazagistar 6y ago
Not being informed enough to be politically involved is often the worst possible thing for your wellbeing in the long term. If you don't fight for your wellbeing, someone who is fighting for theirs might do so at your expense. But of c
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Wait, the FBI got a laptop for an investigation, it happened to end up dumped at a repair shop, which happened to search it for files and publish them? Its either lies or some pretty damming conspiracy, right?
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by kazagistar 6y ago
The only show I want to see 9 seasons of is The Expanse, and thats because they are following a 9 book novel series. Each season (after the weirdly timed first one) tells a complete novel worth of story, and the full series tells a complete
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by kazagistar 6y ago
I watch anime, and its great. Most shows only ever get one season. When they get more, its usually with a hiatus between seasons these days. The quality of US TV shows has finally risen in recent times, but they still haven't learned t
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by kazagistar 6y ago
If reformation proves impossible then revolution is inevitable. What any individual wants is largely irrelevant.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
You can name factors, but that doesn't mean those factors are the most critical ones, just the ones that support your narrative.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
If you wanna avoid becoming Venezuela, just avoid being specifically targeted by US economic siege ("sanctions"). Which is pretty simple if you are the US.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
People think that US schools are like in the media. Everyone is attractive, from well off families, and in a well funded school.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Because there is more to moral choices then self interest.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Its not over yet. I live in a rural area and we are seeing the worst spike yet.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Screwing over young people for the benefit of old people is kinda the norm. But at least in this case it's justified because it's literally millions of lives on the line. Its just hard for the young people to empathize sometimes g
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by kazagistar 6y ago
In my experience it was a minority of kids. My parents pushed me into it, but I still only spent about half the years in any sport. Of my friend group, only one other person was in formal extracurriculars (jazz band) and the situation was r
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by kazagistar 6y ago
I dont even know what side you mean. Right to Repair allows longer product life (environmental plus) at the cost of simplifying modifications that worsen environmental impact (though that can be mitigated with careful regulation). Its all s
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by kazagistar 6y ago
If it were redistributive instead of local that wouldn't be a problem, and excluding primary lived in properties gets rid of any moral hazard.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Yeah, on the ballot in our state is a law that supposedly prohibits the enforcement of local gun regulation, only allowing state regulation. Except its so poorly worded its unclear to judges and police and such what it even means.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Indeed. As a Montana citizen, its been excellent seeing medical marijuana legalization pass through ballot initiatives, and hopefully this year full legalization and regulation. The people and their representatives don't always agree o
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by kazagistar 6y ago
There is no monopoly on violence because the state is non monolithic, and because much of the violence is outsourced to subcontractors with limited oversight. More importantly, monopoly on violence by the state is only good if the control o
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Rome is empire and empire is violence. Let it fall and make room for a better future.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Or thinking that this time, a constantly growing wealth gap between the rich and the poor won't lead to a revolution if major reformation doesn't happen first. Also, pretty sure MMT knows that printing money leads to inflation. Th
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by kazagistar 6y ago
No, you are right, the situation is much more comparable to Weimar Germany, which is far far worse.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Bury the trees is good. Carbon sequestration and all that, as long as you replant them.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Quality is distributed somewhat evenly. The best and the brightest are all over the world. Not every foreigner is better then every local, but for any given quality cutoff, a majority of talent will come from outside the nation. If your goa
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Market forces do a poor job driving science. Its too long term, too risky, and you lose to much to the tragedy of the commons. All but the most trivial and mechanical research mostly happens due to government funding, or as a prestige bypro
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Socially conservative but fiscally liberal is much of the republican party of the USA. Fiscal liberalism is free market capitalism, and socially conservative is like religion or nationalistic preservationism or whatever. Or are you thinking
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by kazagistar 6y ago
I used to think this as well. However, all orbiting mass can shed energy via gravity waves, and by interaction that fling some mass out at high kinetic velocity while other mass sinks deeper, which is a primary method of star formation afai
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by kazagistar 6y ago
If he has mental illness or home problems, he might not be able to handle those on his own, and might not have the wherewithal to seek out what meager public safety net exists. Its possible he just needs a pastime caregiver... call it a per
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by kazagistar 6y ago
But it should. The law should follow morality, ethics, and common practice. If the US law is beyond that, then it is overreaching and tyrannical. But of course, especially with these leaks, we already knew that.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
I wish there were worker unions in tech.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Organized crime like... complaining about the government? Free speech? I'm not going to defend thr Tiktok thing, but its basically equally dumb, its just that here teens dunking on the government isn't a crime.
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by kazagistar 6y ago
Checks and balances all break down in the presence of ideologically aligned parties. Its a miracle its lasted this long, but it was inevitable.

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