randomgyatwork

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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
There is also a difference between state-capitalism and socialism, many of the socialist / communist examples we have are actually state-capitalism.
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
Sounds like one of Walmart's externalities.
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
Walmart at times at least gets tax discounts for "all the jobs they create"
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
According to Wikipedia: "Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production;"[1] "social ownership" refers to the various forms of owne
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
Generally the places we call socialist are state capitalist, meaning the state owns the means of production. The evolution from capitalism isn't to communism, it would be something new, something different. What we should want is a bet
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
Doesn't a disagreement with free trade mean that you think products from other countries should be taxed? If thats the case than local goods have a completive advantage in price, thats a good thing for a community isn't it? Free
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
If you care to prove you are 'successful'
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
Its bazar to me that the ruthless company usually wins, why does this happen so consistently?
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
I like how this article frames it as an issue about the 'free movement of capital.' In a lot of instances 'free-trade' agreements exist to help the mega-rich, this seems like a perfect example.
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
You are certainly right about that, but its not like governments didn't have a choice.... they to choose to listen to the money rather than 'reason'. Pretty much everyone is to blame, but the people with more power deserve mu
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
I recently wrote something on a typewriter, got half way though the page and spelt a word incorrectly, tried to fix it and somehow destroyed the whole page...
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
"and realize that sex is probably not a significant contributor to outcome" It is sort of a doubled edged sword, if race and gender have no significant effect on outcome, then in a way that could be used as a justification for blo
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
Does this mean aliens are coming?
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
yeah, seems like dangerous idea.
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Pooper – Your dog's poop in someone else's hands(pooperapp.com)
4 points by randomgyatwork 10y ago|5 comments
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
That must be a joke, like the site looks legit, but it has to be a joke..... right?....
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
That maybe true, and Gates seems to be doing some good stuff. But these mega-capitalists are generally destroying the world with their right hands and trying to clean it up with the left.
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
It seems like access to data on US soil is a competitive dis-advantage for American companies.
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
Are those the same things?
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
Maybe all these companies breaking the laws, or making it so easy to break the law makes people forget the law exists. Or because the companies are leading the way, they feel alright following their lead.
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
One of my few childhood memories is of being in a car with a baby sitter, she used to listen to new-wave, it was the 80's. To this day I'm still a fan of that type of music, and even the new music I like tends to have an 80's
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
Thanks for giving me something to worry about.... But seriously, I had no idea that was a thing, thanks for bring it up.
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
I agree, a woman who worked for my mom died of lung cancer, she never smoked once in her life.
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
They've been making their money this way for decades, it would be difficult for them to turn around their systems. Also, they have a monopoly on the content, thats a barrier to the industries evolution.
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
I figured it was related to reading, which might also be correlated with intelligence.
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
It's always a "rogue employee"
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
Internet filter bubble, there was book released about this problem way back in 2011.
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
To the best of my knowledge, I've removed all the pictures associated with my name from the internet... with the exception of LinkedIn.
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
One of my favourite pastimes is walking, I do it daily. I'm also mostly thinking while doing it.
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by randomgyatwork 10y ago
Good idea, bad colour contrast.

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