kodyo

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by kodyo 4y ago
You make good points, but I think we would diverge in that I think the western democracies have already crossed into the pseudo-democracy trap and are already tyrannies. However, I want no part of oppressing anybody because I don't fin
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by kodyo 4y ago
Why do you think they’re well-meaning?
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by kodyo 4y ago
Or they vote in self defense because the other gang intends to behave in a way they find depraved. It’s gross.
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by kodyo 4y ago
Beyond that, a growing number of us have realized that democracy is incompatible with freedom. Once you accept that, the absurdity of politicians claiming to speak for large swaths of your country is just comical. Downvoters are free to exp
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by kodyo 4y ago
Support of the Ukraine is synonymous with supporting NATO’s war. There should never have been a war, and there should have been a cease fire by now. Does that opinion make me anti-Ukraine?
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by kodyo 4y ago
That’s how police departments started out, too.
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by kodyo 4y ago
Do you believe that government police equally benefit all populations? That’s a really weird thing to believe.
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by kodyo 4y ago
Bad cops couldn’t exist if there were good cops.
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by kodyo 4y ago
They also had riots for several months straight for political reasons. I wouldn’t be a cop there either.
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by kodyo 4y ago
Small claims court is a thing. Sue your wage thief.
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by kodyo 4y ago
The wealthier the population, the fewer kids people need.
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by kodyo 4y ago
When the sand market reaches a certain point, enterprising people will discover new sources of sand.
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by kodyo 4y ago
"Democracy works best when unhelpful fringes cannot speak." - Lenin, probably
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by kodyo 4y ago
There will be very little agreement even on the vocabulary. Define "evidence", "speech", and "free."
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by kodyo 4y ago
Yes, this topic is peak HN.
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by kodyo 4y ago
The idea that dim-witted neighbors get to have a say in how you live your life is kinda gross.
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by kodyo 4y ago
Why would I want to be in the government unless I wanted to impose my will on someone else? People like that are the people I least want to be governed by.
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by kodyo 4y ago
Voting does fuck all and everybody knows it. The only beneficiaries of the ability to vote are the tyrants who get to blame the result of their depravity on the people they oppress: the "voters."
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by kodyo 4y ago
Is there an organization you can think of other than a government that is capable of bringing about a Chinese Great Leap Forward, a Soviet Holodomor, or a German Holocaust? Money laundering and drug trafficking are rounding errors.
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by kodyo 4y ago
WSL and VS Code are delightful.
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by kodyo 4y ago
This sentence from the author is priceless: "We sympathize with what you’re going through and if we could change it, we would." The philosophical implications there could drive reasonable people insane.
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by kodyo 4y ago
Is this a net good or net bad for Norway?
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by kodyo 4y ago
Hand-wringing over "taxpayer money" is weird. I have no say when my money is confiscated. Why would I think I'd get a say about what the thieves spend it on? The system is working exactly the way the people with the most guns
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by kodyo 4y ago
Thank you for the data point. From this we can extrapolate that there is no problem.
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by kodyo 4y ago
Most people are going to believe what they see on their screens. Therefore, it’s important to the regime to influence what gets amplified or suppressed.
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by kodyo 4y ago
Multiple independent investigations showed that the laptop story was accurate. Our intelligence agencies conspired to suppress it, knowing it was true. The FBI had the laptop for a year before the NY Post story.
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by kodyo 4y ago
There should be more mistrust of the institutions that lie without cessation.
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by kodyo 4y ago
The courts blocked the insanity.
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by kodyo 4y ago
People who use the phrase “nothingburger” aren’t persuadable.
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by kodyo 4y ago
There isn’t a legal recourse. Nobody will go to jail. Nobody will lose their jobs. Trust will continue to deteriorate.

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