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by pear01 10mo ago
Someone has never heard of a medieval peasant. Or take your pick of ancient slave... Maybe your theory is that if you weren't alive in the past to see "an asshole" for yourself, then the prudent conclusion is a sort skepticis
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by pear01 10mo ago
Are you under the illusion that greed and selfishness is a vice unique to the 21st century? You would think someone with an internet connection would know better. Humanity has always been this way. In most contexts where the concept "i
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by pear01 11mo ago
Just to address parts of this where we may have some small slice of agreement: No kings might be cringe in that way, but then again can you really say that the tea party wasn't? Are Sarah Palin and the like effective avatars for intell
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by pear01 11mo ago
Odd, I've never seen a theory of state creation that starts with the benefits of scaling "electrical grids, public transit, and plumbing". Those are quite modern benefits, so seem like odd choices to illustrate your point. I
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by pear01 11mo ago
It's a fair rejoinder, except I think it mixes idealism about government for realism. In reality, the government becomes an entity unto itself. This is a universal problem of government. Democratic institutions are themselves supposed
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by pear01 11mo ago
Why not make the civil case path easier then? The extreme nature of your remedy is the idea of a government taking over and owning a corporation. That creates bad incentives. I think if individuals could reasonably expect to be able to knoc
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by pear01 11mo ago
In these cases, what is prison time going to accomplish that a severe enough monetary remedy would not? Putting someone in a prison cell is a state power (criminal remedy). I think that is a useful distinction generally, and a power that sh
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by pear01 11mo ago
Sounds like a very extreme remedy. Not sure you want whatever government is elected every four years to have this power. Doesn't address the concern re regulatory capture, could lead to worse government incentives. Why not focus on all
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by pear01 11mo ago
Corporate death penalty as in terminate the corporation? Why not the actual death penalty? Or put another way, why not sanctions on the individuals these entities are made up of? It strikes me that qualified immunity for police/governm
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by pear01 11mo ago
Is this some parody of bad social critique? You know not every trope applies in all cases, right? A greedy CEO not using his own product doesn't readily apply the higher in the value chain you get. You replied to a comment mentioning h
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by pear01 11mo ago
Such a silly comment. Is your theory that everyone with any decision making authority at Apple doesn't actually use the product? Even when it comes to "glaring annoyances or shortcomings"? So odd of you to frame this as some
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by pear01 1y ago
Fwiw I believe the comment you are replying to was being sarcastic. Thus, you don't need educating. You're making their point.
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by pear01 1y ago
A line from George Carlin comes to mind... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-54c0IdxZWc
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by pear01 1y ago
Funny to accuse someone of "spreading misinformation" while agreeing there are instances where they are correct, then asserting there are some instances where they are incorrect while giving no concrete examples yourself. So sayin
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by pear01 1y ago
Guess they didn't see that coming says guy quoting them seeing it coming - u. ^ here you can downvote this one too just don't be so smug. So many smug takes, not enough critical thinking. All of the founding was littered with iron
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by pear01 1y ago
Incorrect. Why do you think they held that view in the first place? Ironic you can't seem to grasp the meaning of the quote you so smugly parroted.
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by pear01 1y ago
voting patterns? The founders didn't want most people to vote.
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by pear01 1y ago
Semantic games. At the end of the day if x is prioritized more than y and you want x and y to be equal you do want a relative boost in the priority of y. So fine. As I said I'm not sure they are equivalent or how this specific objectio
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by pear01 1y ago
Make it a progressive tax then? The point was many people can afford to help others to make society better for all. But you only want to pay taxes for what you're personally interested in? If you think stay at home needs to be prioriti
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by pear01 1y ago
So if I pack my kids lunch but other kids get a "free" lunch I'm worse off? Yes there is no "free lunch" I'm paying a tax for something I don't need. The comment you are replying to already anticipates thi
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by pear01 1y ago
As an aside, it would be curious if deepening political polarization creates a trend of blocking IPs from specific states or regions for whatever reason... perhaps in such a scenario there would be interesting relations or comparisons betwe
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by pear01 1y ago
You're missing the point entirely. The adversary in 1999 was not remotely near peer. So say arrogance there costs you only one plane, which nonetheless becomes infamous as a cautionary tale about superpower hubris. The same against Ch
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by pear01 1y ago
Sounds like an interesting book, though far too many pages for a subject I have only a passing interest in. I would note given the authors affiliations I'm not sure I would ever consider it something that could "set the record str
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by pear01 1y ago
Yes, and they did that because of the same arrogance alluded to in my quote.
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by pear01 1y ago
They said the same thing about the F-117 in 1999. It was shot down by a Soviet era AA. It was said once, "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed". The same applies here. Comparing bombing Iran
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by pear01 1y ago
Do you have any reason to attribute this to the fact they were F-35s? For comparison, how many jets were lost during "shock and awe"? Israel operates with impunity in Iran all the time, often on the ground. I'm not sure the f
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by pear01 1y ago
are you under the impression that the sole focus of an independent review as described in the root comment would be to investigate the personal veracity of "Participant 1"'s narration? do you alter course in your product beca
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by pear01 1y ago
yes, quality of life is a very difficult thing to measure objectively, because of the subjective component, as you state. are you under the impression the "reviews by independent experts" mentioned in the comment above the one you
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by pear01 1y ago
a good point, and one that highlights the fact that people are unironically relying on "objective"/"subjective" distinctions in this thread - when this division is not necessarily a straightforward one in neurology
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by pear01 1y ago
if that's the case why do you care to read about his subjective experience, at all? isn't that the point of the comment inquiring about an independent review?

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