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by pmiller2 6y ago
Yeah, I know that. There's no easier way to create a permanent underclass than to restrict access to education and stifle ideas that are threatening to the status quo . BTW, the 9 point outline in that PDF is actually a good framewor
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by pmiller2 6y ago
That depends. Did I tell 60,000 people to come up with new ideas and send them to me? Am I talking on the phone to someone who says they have a new idea? And, after I give that person their 5 minutes (or whatever), does it sound like a m
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by pmiller2 6y ago
It's not so much the ladders that suck. It's the fact that you have to step on people to get past a certain level that's the toxic dynamic. And, as far as boot licking goes, that's easy to explain. People are under the
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Again putting words in my mouth, huh? I did not say any such thing. I said that it could benefit "society as a whole." I highly doubt a capitalist society would adopt such a principle. Nor did I say that any country spying on
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by pmiller2 6y ago
It always amazes me how ignorant most of the so called "capitalists" (who generally control little to no actual capital) are. Thanks for showing me at least someone paid attention in economics (or maybe history) class.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
And, you're deflecting. It's called "whataboutism," and it's a logical fallacy. Educate yourself and look it up. You're also straw manning by claiming I said imperialism is unique to capitalism, when I did n
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by pmiller2 6y ago
I see. So, all the wars of imperialism of the last 300 years didn't happen? Thousands of people don't die in the US alone every year because they can't afford medical care? You're either being deliberately disingenuous
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Try divorcing yourself from a 1950's Red Scare definition of the word "communism," and imagine what Karl Marx actually had in mind. From Wikipedia: > According to The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx, "Marx used many ter
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Yep, and that increased price of housing is, by definition, inflation.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
No, the entire point of UBI is to literally put $X extra into everybody's pocket. What they do with it after that is up to them. More importantly, half the people receiving the benefit, by definition, will be making the median incom
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by pmiller2 6y ago
"There's evidence that..." does not equal "To prevent Alzheimer's, do...." Science does not work that way. We start from a hypothesis ("Alzheimer's is a type of metabolic dysfunction."), to tes
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by pmiller2 6y ago
So, the fact that everybody has $X per month extra in my pocket every month, and everybody knows everybody else has $X per month in their pocket isn't going to raise prices? Sorry, but I don't believe it.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Then, explain why UBI won't cause inflation.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Flat taxes are incredibly regressive.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Why would it? You can legally include any number of family members in a will as heirs, including zero. If you want to specifically exclude individual family members as well, you can do that, too.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Why is home brewing interesting and/or useful? Why is knitting interesting and/or useful? Etc.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
You can get charged with far more than fraud in the US, depending on the state. In Illinois, selling "look alike" drugs is a class 3 felony. [0] > A look-alike drug can be any substance that would lead a reasonable person to b
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by pmiller2 6y ago
That didn't stop HR gatekeepers from discriminating against the long term unemployed after the 2008 financial crisis.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
(2019) Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21284669
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by pmiller2 6y ago
I don't think most people consider having a reputable seller a secondary consideration. Take a look at Prime, for instance. There's literally no reason to have a Prime membership other than getting free shipping from a reputable
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by pmiller2 6y ago
In my experience "right away" has a significant amount of flex to it. I've started new jobs anywhere from 2-6 weeks after getting an offer, with no problems or pushback whatsoever.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
That's not relevant. You were talking about seller reviews, not product reviews before. Why are you trying to avoid the question? Do you think choosing a reputable seller is a "secondary" concern after choosing a produ
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by pmiller2 6y ago
What kind of twisted logic leads you to believe this? The whole point of reviews is that you can read them and use them to influence your purchasing decision.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
People who want a sustainable world for their grandchildren to grow up in.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
What suggestions do you have for someone who may have been laid off months ago and is now facing the stigma of, let's just say "less than short term unemployment?" Those people often don't even make it to your phone scr
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by pmiller2 6y ago
So? That doesn't address the issue I pointed out.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
The problem is that product reviews are right up front on the product page. Seller reviews are 2 more clicks past that, effectively hidden.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
It has, but half the country still hasn't gotten that message.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
That's very naive. There are only two hopeful scenarios here: action from the top, and collective action from the bottom. Action from the top means that we will have capitalists willingly going against their own short term interests.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
What makes you think "people" have anything to do with deciding whether to do anything about air pollution? As I mentioned in another comment, no individual without billions of dollars behind them can do anything whatsoever about

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