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by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
This means, assuming a roughly even split, only 30% of the country is actively rooting for their country to do worse at any given time. If a 30% negative outlook "prevents you from building anything" maybe your system is bad.
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by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
>The problem is that what Gawker did to Thiel, while not nice, was legal. And then what Thiel did to Gawker, while not nice, was legal. If you're going to build a company on the idea of skirting legality in order to ruin people&#x27
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by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
I think in this scenario you would be adding together the price inflation caused by monetary inflation with the price inflation caused by other things. If all sides are measurable you could then start identifying which side is driving price
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by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
I assume because hourly wage is easier to track and provides a more direct comparison. What difference would switching to total compensation make?
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
> The Russian people are also ultimately responsible here. I would be interested to learn about what steps you've taken to curb the abuses of your government. Surely your own government is not without fault, and through your logic y
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
The world order of national sovereignty ends because Ukraine loses eastern territory? There have been much greater refugee crisis' (Syria, for example) that has not resulted in the entire fall of civilization. Having a prolonged confli
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
> Energy and material intensity of GDP is falling. Would love to know how you measure that.
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
When someone makes claims like "deflationary currencies will push us back into feudalism" with no other support than "it is widely studied", I immediately begin to question this person's judgement. Currency has litt
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
The Federal Reserve is absolutely tasked with regulating the banks[1]. Congress should not be in the business of preventing banks from imploding in on themselves via regulation. Congressional regulations should insulate consumers from preda
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
Voting with your wallet has worked in several isolated instances where there is a clear divide and an ability to coordinate large groups of people. Meanwhile it has failed in areas with obfuscation and unclear understanding of complex proce
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
>the potential negative influence of Facebook and complete lack of privacy is certainly becoming something of common knowledge, and yet people continue to use it People using something that you think has a bad influence on them does not
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
I'm not certain how this isn't self-evident on it's face. The citation would be every civilization which has used slave labor to produce things. I assume they weren't/aren't using slave labor because there are
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
Children do not have fully formed brains. Society has decided the best way to mitigate the negative consequences stemming from decisions made by children with brains which have not fully developed is to allow parents the authority to make d
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
>You don’t get to claim human nature when feeding drugs or alcohol to an addict, or when being a bookie for illegal fights, or when pimping. I think Facebook usage is fundamentally different from drugs/alcohol. A heroin addict can u
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
It is not Facebook's fault human nature engages with outrage. Facebook didn't change anyone. Facebook doesn't make a good person into a bad person. "In-group vs. out-group baiting, mayhem, & loss-of-life " exist
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
Society/Government Enforcement as we have it structured now does not have a duty to prevent harm. It mostly acts as an enforcement/reaction arm to respond once harm has been done. In some ways the response acts as a deterrent to f
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
> First, this is voluntary labor. Indeed, so as long as we can agree that the government paying for labor does not constitute forced labor, we can dispel the false premise that the state employing medical care providers is somehow forced
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
If you have them, but they are taken from you at will by those with the means to do so, in practice you have nothing at all.
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
> How much does it cost to not arrest and try someone falsely? At minimum enough to arbitrate claims of the opposite occurring. You are correct in stating proper adherence to this right will not cost much (if there were ever a theoretica
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
This is such a tired argument. Every government program, every preservation of right, requires taxation and resource allocation. Unless you are advocating for the complete dissolution of government we are merely talking of degrees. There is
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
Uber doesn't have to invent self-driving for it to have a foundational impact on the industry. Uber with their legislative foothold + market share can still potentially dominate a market with an incredibly low cost of labor if self dri
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
I'm not sure what your point is exactly. You italicize peasants as if that's a meaningful distinction from what I stated. I used the term "starving poor" in place of peasants.
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
You......ask what people got on the SATs in your job interview?
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
Let them eat cake was a monarch's response to being told the starving poor had no bread. She offered to let them eat cake, as that's what she had been eating. Your version would only make sense if the rich were previously serving
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
> The Upper Middles always find a way to come out on top. The Chapo guys were Ivy League, after all. Were they, though? From what I could find online: Felix Biederman - University of St Thomas in Minnesota Matt Christman - Carroll Colleg
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
Choice only matters if you allow people to choose differently than you. "We tried letting people choose but those rascals didn't choose what we wanted! So instead now we will just force them into making the better choice" You
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
Didn't President Biden say he would veto Medicare for All if it came across his desk to sign?
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
Why would we get fairer treatment instead of treatment that exclusively favors the people with the most money and weapons?
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
I'm assuming you mean a real yield and not nominal. Lower interest rates should provide even higher nominal yields.
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by kcatskcolbdi 5y ago
The problem with this line of thought (and generally libertarian ideology) is the requirement of a threat of violence to conduct commerce. The violence can't come from the parties involved because if there's an imbalance it ruins

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