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by lucaspm98 5y ago
Then the real question is whether you believe there is any hope or even precedent of efficient government administration and spending. I personally believe not and that government, especially on a broad federal level, will inherently tend t
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
That is a highly political, opinionated, and pessimistic take. You can just as easily say that the "pendulum swing" hard left has been causing our current issues, and that at least a balancing out could be a natural and needed cor
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
30-33% of income is the rule of the thumb as the maximum a landlord would accept a tenant to rent in the US.
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
Historically, completely agreed. Your other points of hiring, salary, and society at large I would not agree with outside of some edge cases that still need to be cleaned up.
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
One factor that may be contributing to this, especially in the art world, is survivorship bias driven by higher male risk tolerances. Men have much more boom or bust outcomes in their lives and careers due to lower risk aversion. What this
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
He is a business owner in New York City so Covid lockdowns, vaccine mandates, local government bureaucracy, and the real estate market are affecting him personally. He seems to view his channel as a platform for his varied interests that of
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
In a ranking of 11 high income country healthcare systems, Canada ranked 10th. They were only above the US, and I completely agree our system is fundamentally flawed as well. Source: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publicat
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
Scandinavian welfare system is only possible because Scandinavian countries are more or less small and homogeneous. Social stigma is huge part in making sure people do not freeload and do not abuse social safety nets. That social stigma wil
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
Scandinavian welfare system is only possible because Scandinavian countries are more or less small and homogeneous. Social stigma is huge part in making sure people do not freeload and do not abuse social safety nets. That social stigma wil
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
The main problem is changing recommendations without new information, just a new politically driven "right-think." Also, there were several shifts in course that directly contradicted science but virtue signaled the right message
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
What about the parent comment would indicate a joke?
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
I somewhat doubt a large scale sickout occurred, but being anti-COVID vaccine and anti-COVID vaccine mandate for continued employment are two separate issues.
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My point is that the argument can't be made more convincing if the argument isn't allowed. Even if the information all points in one direction, and at this point it more or less does, I see it being presented in a way where any qu
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
I see two reasons for this. First is a carryover of distrust from the mishandling of the pandemic up to this point. There has been flip-flopping in government messaging and policy constantly. This has sometimes been due to new data, and som
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
I don't think it's illegal in any way. I do think it's a dangerous and impractical strategy to not do business with anyone with a mainstream political belief different than my own. I can understand with extreme views, but on
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
Saying conservatives are pushing for the ability to discriminate based on skin color, sexual orientation, and political beliefs is not additive to the discussion without further explanation. Conservatives claim the exact same thing about th
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
I can agree there is a greater level of scrutiny on public figures. I'm simply surprised because this is a fairly generic tweet supporting a mainstream political position.
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
I understand this is a divisive political issue, but why can he not voice his opinion on his personal social media? 39% of Americans believe abortion should be illegal in all/most cases. Should this very large group of people not be em
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
The policies around payment processing for the adult industry do not stem from puritanical values. It’s a business decision around the astronomically high chargeback rates for credit card purchases of this content.
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
In the US having access to a car is much more of a necessity for work, shopping, and travel than it is in Europe due to suburban sprawl and lack of public transportation. I can't say it's a right, but it is a need for practically
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by lucaspm98 5y ago
Generally I would expect philanthropic donations to be distributed in a significantly more cost effective and dollar/societal good maximizing way by private individuals. Unnecessary steps of wealth transfer and redistribution through g
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by lucaspm98 6y ago
I completely agree with your conclusion, but you're cherry picking a quote. >AP is a source that AllSides has struggled to rate, due to its content seeming to toe the line between Center and Lean Left. People on the right may be mor
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by lucaspm98 6y ago
Reuters, BBC, and AP (excluding politics and fact check) are the only centrist sources out of these organizations. All of the rest are various levels of leaning left.
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by lucaspm98 6y ago
This site tends to have fairly reliable analysis of media biases, and AP falls questionably between center and leaning left. https://www.allsides.com/news-source/associated-press-media-...
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by lucaspm98 6y ago
Take a step back here, what are the widespread human rights abuses? Very few people are against human rights, that would be truly uncontroversial. The issue seems to be when what are labeled as human rights aren't actually human rights
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What that person can do in order of difficulty is talk to the person/group that they are made uncomfortable by, approach their manager about the issue, take the issue to human resources, leave for a competitor that will likely win in t
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by lucaspm98 6y ago
You may be being slightly hyperbolic, but in either case I would doubt that is a majority-held opinion.
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by lucaspm98 6y ago
Capitalists can value the long term advantages of having a fairly compensated and happy workforce. A company might be able to gain a short term benefit by mistreating or underpaying workers, but in a properly regulated capitalist system thi
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by lucaspm98 6y ago
Do you not think executive pay in the aggregate directly correlates to the value they provide to the company? Clearly not in terms of their individual labor, but the value of the unique guidance and leadership they provide. Of course there
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by lucaspm98 6y ago
Virtuous is subjective, but there is the age old goal of leaving the next generation better off than yours. It seems like a personal choice of whether to spend money responsibly, spend frivolously, give it away, or pass it on to whoever you

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