quetzthecoatl

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by quetzthecoatl 4y ago
Two party system with entry barriers for new parties isn't a democracy. It's a system that's only slightly better than a single party system like what you have in PRC.
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by quetzthecoatl 4y ago
when I do it's moderation, when they do it's censorship. Between this and the matt taibi twitter discussion, the conclusion is that Americans overwhelmingly are for censorship of " the otherside", but wants to do it in s
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by quetzthecoatl 4y ago
to sum up, political slant that aligns with your politics is good, the rest is bad/edgelord/nihilism. Everything else aside, if you just compare Nytimes and wikileaks, it's easy to see who the good guys are - the one who stoo
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by quetzthecoatl 4y ago
not the parent, but the others who responded with "whataboutism". Holding one accountable to the same standards that he holds others accountable isn't wrong. I refuse to take anyone who raises the bogey of "whataboutism&
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by quetzthecoatl 4y ago
he is right, but raising whataboutism isn't an argument. It's absolutely valid to point out immoral doings of the very people who are doing the accusations. Otherwise, it's a race to make the accusations and the first one win
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by quetzthecoatl 4y ago
The same way US is a democratic society? If two party system with hard barriers for a new party to enter needing additional approval from board consisting of the existing parties is a democracy, then so is Iran with all their limitations. M
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by quetzthecoatl 4y ago
because if you get your account compromised on one site/forum because of lax security on their end, you don't want all your accounts compromised.
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by quetzthecoatl 4y ago
>HN has been consistently contrarian. That’s about all that you can say without quickly becoming mistaken. until recently. Just like reddit, it has become less niche and more mainstream. For eg: HN majority opinion on covid's origin
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by quetzthecoatl 4y ago
In the same lines : "judicial activism" and "judicial coup".
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by quetzthecoatl 4y ago
and all of that combined is like a regular wedensday for US.
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by quetzthecoatl 4y ago
does these labels make any sense any more? Not that they made sense to begin with. Liberalism and conservatism aren't polar opposite. The opposite of conservatism (those who don't like change) is radicalism (significant changes).
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by quetzthecoatl 4y ago
I know it's a joke, but it's not a front-end/back-end thing, but a form/content thing.
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
>Is murder ethical then, if the murderer uses the victim's organs to save the lives of 10 other people? Even better, just kill everyone for a greener earth.
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
that it has nothing to do with real achievements, but everything to do with politics and optics. I am not saying "west" wanted to award Navalny Nobel peace price, but if they did, it's understandable given the real politik.
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
Obama got the Nobel prize, and he proceeded to commit crimes against humanity - especially against some of the poorest and weakest people on the face of earth. It's a political award.
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
Come on. None other than Justin Trudeau vocally supported the middlemen blocking highways in India against the farming reforms that Indian government passed in parliament. Some self introspection please.
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
The same would be true for US as well - or any country based on how people feel about the party/person in power.
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
>>The biggest issue of all of the foreign aid is corruption. It's worse than corruption. It buys entire ruling class of poorer nations paying peanuts in dollars/euros. It's subversion of poor countries by propping up ol
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
Sorry for your loss. Do whatever you need to make your days easier.
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
Open classes are against SOLID principles (O stands for - classes should be extendable, but not modifiable). So, a big no in some circuits. Aside from open classes, ruby also have instance_eval and class_eval taking to violating that princi
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
Politics too. People are far too eager to cede power to these big tech companies just because it will hurt those on the other side of the political spectrum now - without realizing that that power is gone forever. DMCA takedown, demonetizat
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
No it was the US with the help of Pakistan. See - /dev/null.
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
touchy. i really touched a nerve huh? why the smiley at the end though. >And yet you stand in a 1 KM queue to get a visa to the "west". :P How else are we going to destroy you from within? :P
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
It would be absurd to suggest that America created the people who became taliban - obviously their parents did. I doubt any of them are americans. I guess that part of obvious, and i am sorry that i didn't make it clear. What I meant w
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
Yeah, USSR's help was sought out by Afghanistan. How does it concern US? As a sovereign republic, it's Afghanistan's right to self govern seeking help from whoever she pleases. It's none of US' business. As for hist
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
>What exactly do you want to do with past events? Reconciliation, reparations and justice. >Lot of talk about China Why is it US or China? It's just two countries. There are so many other way to do things. Why do you conclude tha
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
It's "people like us". Always been. What's changed is how the "people like us" is defined. It used to be race, then skin color, then religious belief, and now it's class. It's still us vs them, only &
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
that and they really are unaware of the horrible things their government/country did and still does. In my view, every good thing/ideal has been corrupted and weaponized by the west. Be it women's rights, civil liberties, hum
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
>This is a twisted form of whatabboutism. As if that's a valid criticism. What about your whataboutism? hehe. You wrote about western countries and especially US having protections that make your democracy enlightened - especially c
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by quetzthecoatl 5y ago
are you even aware of your own history? Genocide, slavery, segregation, oppression of religious and sexual minorities etc ? You did wars to spread christianity. Even now gays don't have equal rights. Whatever little rights they earned

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