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by marnett 9y ago
I most definitely agree with your last paragraph. Living in the urban core of a city should entail complete reliance on taxis, public transit, mopeds, and bicycles. Those in my city who are living downtown, yet willing and able to shell out
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by marnett 9y ago
Luxury ski resort cities aside, there are cities where a teacher at a public school downtown, who is a civil servant serving the community, cannot live in the very community they serve. That is problematic. It is not particularly healthy to
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by marnett 9y ago
the status quo is very powerful. unfortunately, things like these don't change - not without revolt.
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it is a multi-faceted vehicle that aligns multiple parties into shared incentives.
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by marnett 9y ago
Your second note about products/services falling into the local economy is probably not all too true. A bunch of googlers will not support the local coop grocery store, but instead continue using amazon fresh/blue apron, etc. Not
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by marnett 9y ago
Myself and my sound financial decisions question nothing about Iraq/Afghanistan. HAL performed amazingly in that period.
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by marnett 9y ago
Not for wire tapping, but just in case you weren't aware, there was a case where law enforcement wanted all recordings from an Alexa in a homicide case[1] https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/tech/amazon-e
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by marnett 9y ago
where are you living?
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and the library too for that matter!
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by marnett 9y ago
Are you suggesting we stop 'hoping' (I don't hope investors act morally, I expect the regulatory apparatus to force them to, or penalize accordingly) altogether? Sure, I hope HSBC won't launder money for Mexican Cartels.
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Free-flowing capital would be regulated by who? The World Government?
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where, exactly, do you think the miners for bitcoin are located? Hint: China
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But the draw is near fantasy levels of misunderstanding and delusion. Monetary policy is not that simple.
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by marnett 9y ago
I think the internet-model just isn't created for in-depth, thought provoking, long form articles. I am lucky enough to live in a major city, but I consume thought provoking, free content by having a library card. Of the publications w
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by marnett 9y ago
He is not arguing usage but existence. The existence of large endowments surely displays wealth inequality, regardless of the utilitarian nature that may result as the outcome.
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buy gun. buy land. build cabin. read? write? would that work for some time?
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what do you consider the interests of the country?
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Companies are persons (legally). Persons pay taxes (legally). Seems pretty reasonable in my book, all the complex legalize aside.
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Not any meaningful trend that I have realized. Most kids still flock to the large companies. Working for them for the prestige and pay is always the aim for the super ambitious, but, with the fat checks they get, working for Facebook is jus
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by marnett 9y ago
The article posted above was suggesting that Facebook is more a detriment to society than a plus. Society is typically safeguarded from toxic products through regulation. So, if Facebook is a perfectly engineered attention trap, you or I se
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by marnett 9y ago
Darn. Us working class tax paying Americans sure will miss paying taxes for them! Glad they have had a change of heart. Perhaps I can sit idle and not pay taxes for a few years while they keep the country running for me.
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by marnett 9y ago
I highly recommend checking out the book 'White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America' from your local library! A fantastic read about the historical realities of class in America. It reads quite academically, so
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Totally understood, and advancing social progress and acceptance is very important, however, issues of economic inequality and the associated policies and government decisions that aid this increasing gap affect nearly 99% of the US populat
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Yea, but this isn't necessarily an alternative.
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Religion, like schools of philosophy, grow overtime as more theologians add to the thought. Here is a theologian's thought on modern secularism, it is essentially a philosophical essay: https://www.firstthings.com/artic
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by marnett 9y ago
I much prefer human capital, myself.
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I think GP is referencing a type of Commune, where potentially services, possessions, and responsibilities are shared amongst those who live there. America has had communes as well Communism is where all property is publicly owned and each
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Bingo.
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> vaporized a trillion dollars It didn't vaporize any money whatsoever, in fact, Halliburton (and many of the hundreds of military strategy companies in the MIC) did quite well with their new economy.
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I agree. Out of curiousity, how have you found the meaning in your life?

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