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by pnongrata 7y ago
Key word is perception. A society can be very inaccurate in how it perceives its own country. Take the US, for example. In a recent survey, people were largely off regarding inequality. There are other instances of crooked relationship bet
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by pnongrata 7y ago
Probably the "greatest" achievement of the PT government is that many Brazilians now take the word of criminals in plea bargain deals as true narratives for their country. Very sad.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
I find it's very hard to watch anything Netflix-related without a grain of salt.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
If GitHub was granted an exclusive word trademark, then copying some or all of it should result in an accepted opposition by the USPTO. It doesn't matter if the offender company is in another segment, since GitHub is a notorious tradem
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by pnongrata 7y ago
People play and have been playing violent videogames all over the world for many years. Much like mass shootings, violence in videogames might be symptoms of rots within our capitalist society. Very powerful people are profiting off our rot
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by pnongrata 7y ago
> Traveling allows you to viscerally see how people live and value things differently from you. There is much to be gained from it if you do it for the right reasons. Yes, they also have tours to help you 'experience' the life
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by pnongrata 7y ago
Maybe you meant 'oil'?
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by pnongrata 7y ago
Thus, reinventing it, no?
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by pnongrata 7y ago
We can start by voting for politicians that are not tied to corporate money.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
A few examples of things we could do to stop a little the bleeding out of democracies: 1. Outlaw lobbying; 2. Tax the ass off the filthy rich; 3. Break up big corporations in tech, oil, media, you name it. No more monopolies or monopsonies;
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by pnongrata 7y ago
Meanwhile companies are hijacking governments by pouring billions of dollars directly or indirectly in order to push policies that benefit their profit-driven agenda. Big companies and governments go hand in hand, so the only way to enact s
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by pnongrata 7y ago
See conspicuous comsuption by Veblen: https://www.britannica.com/topic/conspicuous-consumption#ref...
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by pnongrata 7y ago
Why should there be any superpower policing other countries? IMO, China, like any other country strong enough to put up a fight, so to speak, acts out of self-preservation. It's understandable if you look at US' decades long forei
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by pnongrata 7y ago
As a complement to your list, I'd say it's more marketable AND makes the transition for some people more smooth.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
That's maybe not what has been said here, but it's said pretty much in every discussion I've been. They argue that religion is necessary to "give" us a good moral compass, that without it we would be lost, etc.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
If what you are saying is true, then predominantly atheist countries (or societies) are mainly unethical and immoral (exaggeration). Children of atheist parents will grow to be rapists psychos (also exaggeration).
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by pnongrata 7y ago
It's also important to note that you don't need religion to be charitable or help other people. There isn't a single "good" that church does to other people that couldn't be done by secular means.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
Taxes are also a way to disincentivize "behaviors", like taxing alcohol and tobacco, taxing pollution emitters.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
Both quotes are true. He never says the author created the theory.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
Not many people care about startup failures, except high profile ones.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
There wasn't consensus before about racist laws and forced sterilization. As a matter of fact, they were completely moral! Consensus on the immorality of it was achieved after many people struggled with the judiciary system and lawmake
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by pnongrata 7y ago
It is completely reasonable to hold a judge's discretion and judgement under scrutiny.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
It would be great if everyone had good working conditions and decent wages.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
Agreed. I think one of the messages she is trying to convey is that the legal system is 'bogus'. So it's coherent refusing to play ball with it.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
People debate about that all the time, whether there's life, a 'soul', etc.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
Don't forget "economic warfare", where the US crushes its "enemiy countries" through painful sanctions, which always leaves the poorest portions of those countries in shambles. Not to mention the refugee crisis it c
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by pnongrata 7y ago
This Jobs story sounds like some myth-building BS that shouldn't ever be applied in the real world.
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by pnongrata 7y ago
I would very much like to see some evidence to your claim, other than anecdotal.
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by pnongrata 8y ago
Couldn't stand 5 minutes looking at it, sadly.
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by pnongrata 8y ago
There is. Innocent means you did not commit the crime. Not Guilty, OTOH, means that the current presented evidence was not sufficient to determine that you did commit the crime, thus not meeting its burden of proof.

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