mnouquet

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by mnouquet 5y ago
You can argue as much as you want about what is theoretically is, but this is exactly how all practical attempts ended up, aiming the lower common possible denominator.
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by mnouquet 5y ago
I don't see how feudalism would help there, beside ensuring the people you are talking about are killing themselves in the fields. I also don't see how more and more regulations ensure this won't happen, as it most likely had
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by mnouquet 5y ago
There is plenty of affordable homes, especially with the rise of remote work. Moreover, because some people choose not to own doesn't mean it shall be imposed by force to a whole population.
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by mnouquet 5y ago
- The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom is a mockery of a Bill of Rights. The first article makes it worthless as it essentially states the Law supersedes the Charter. In the US, it's the opposite; the Bill of Rights supersedes Co
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by mnouquet 5y ago
Canada has turned into a totalitarian hell-hole. First things turned bad in Quebec, but then all over Canada now. Quality of life wise is only good if you're enjoying the scripted theatre show, I do not, never have. At least, the US (o
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by mnouquet 5y ago
> The Government will have the ability to take your capital when and how they wish. Then the "rich" will no longer own anything, officially, their company will. There is no difference between having $1 billion in cash and being
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by mnouquet 5y ago
It's not. There is no "loophole" as it's how the damn law is written. Claiming "whatever tax credit" is not a "loophole" but merely claiming what the law allows you to claim.
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by mnouquet 5y ago
Not on the maybe $300k worth of non-real estate property I own.
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by mnouquet 5y ago
> Then everyone would be able to own 25,000,000 worth of stuff free and clear. Given the speeding up of inflation, reaching $25m will happen in no time...
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by mnouquet 5y ago
> the obsession Americans have with owning things "free and clear" is a reflection of a kind of privilege. Sure, let's go back to feudalism !! Yeah!!
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by mnouquet 5y ago
Moved to Canada instead of moving to the US.
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by mnouquet 5y ago
You really don't need any quality to immigrate to Canada (unless you are white).
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by mnouquet 5y ago
Which is why Roe v. Wade needs to be overturned and IF there is such a consensus and acceptability among The People, then Congress shall vote on a a Constitutional Amendment to be officially ratified by the States. Until then, it is just
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by mnouquet 5y ago
> States certainly can make it difficult for federal officers to operate Both the Constitution and the 10th Amendment make it pretty clear that the Federal government has no business in these area. This and the Commerce Clause "loop
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by mnouquet 5y ago
So every pot smokers in the US is a criminal and all those condemned have been rightfully so ?
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by mnouquet 5y ago
And Texas just became a Constitutional Carry state - https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/16/texas-constitutional... !
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by mnouquet 5y ago
I did, now makes probably 5x what I'd make in Europe.
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by mnouquet 5y ago
Oh my god, a $100k salary would be taxes at 42%, plus a 25% VAT on general spending, that's just insane...
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by mnouquet 5y ago
> A plumber would be a prime example of the vocation which is using this kind of system. > people finish secondary education at an earlier age then in the US (16 or even 15 in some cases), then they transfer into tertiary education in
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by mnouquet 5y ago
> Are EU countries not the same? Do you mean 21 voices each with their own culture and chauvinism ?
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by mnouquet 5y ago
> The best way I can describe it is like this: in the UK (and the US), the default position is that things are allowed unless they're specifically forbidden. In continental Europe, it's the reverse: everything is disallowed unl
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by mnouquet 5y ago
> Eventually those manager and sales people will learn that they need developers to build stuff The "bourgeoisie" never really figured out they needed workers to run the mines...
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by mnouquet 5y ago
> A plumber needs formal education, at least in Germany. Three years of it, to be exact. And then some more to run his own shop. Here's Europe's problem. The same way you don't need 5+ years university education to put tog
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by mnouquet 5y ago
In Europe, everybody wants to be a manager because mere developers is not high enough status. In the US, a 45yo DB engineer is akin to highly skilled wizard.
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by mnouquet 5y ago
Fuck it, I kill Gods in my spare time and desecrate their remains, no matter their political leanings.
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by mnouquet 5y ago
Variation on a theme. Make my comment <50 and you're down to 20k deaths.
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by mnouquet 5y ago
Fuck Linus. Outside of the Linux kernel and version control, his opinions isn't worth the electrons used to transmit it.
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by mnouquet 5y ago
He's not a doctor, but considered as a God by a certain crowd, which allow his to spread the Gospel.
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by mnouquet 5y ago
There is no such things as "The Linus". He's just a man.
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by mnouquet 5y ago
> prevents serious illness and death Only in 60+ patients with co-morbidity.

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