redczar

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by redczar 2y ago
It’s possible I’m an alcoholic but equally possible I’m so used to puritanical rules that I assume one is an alcoholic because they wish to imbibe in a park on a nice day.
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Ah. That went over my head. As the leader of the free world we must remain vigilant while others get to joke around.
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Leader of the free world almost always refers to the U.S. President or the U.S. itself depending on context.
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I’ll add a few more freedoms. 1. Can’t walk about drinking a beer. 2. Can’t carry too much cash or it’s at risk of being confiscated. 3. Criminalization of walking. https://illinoislawreview.org/print/vol-2017-no-3&
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by redczar 2y ago
The tax on capital ought to be less than the tax on labor. Capital gains taxes should be much higher. Losses should not be tax deductible for individuals. Capital should be taxed when moved out of the country.
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The U.S. has a pitiful amount of high speed rail. It serves no point to mention that this pitiful amount of high speed rail is based off of TGV. The comparison to the Dutch healthcare system is not apt. While the Heritage foundation may u
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I have training in math and wasn’t consciously aware of this a few years ago when I first saw this. I didn’t then and don’t now think the language used was insulting.
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Clearly they were not saying this. It is a fact that the overwhelming majority of people who grok mathematics were trained to do so. The set of people who are self taught in math is small enough that one ought to be forgiven for assuming
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Agreed. And they didn’t do this. If a physicist says that A is obvious to physicists then this isn’t an insult to others. It’s expected that having expert level knowledge in something indicates that some things are obvious after all the
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by redczar 2y ago
A person who has a degree in math ought to be able to easily understand the result and the “why” behind it the first time they see the result.
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Part of the problem as I see it is that we Americans are incredibly vengeful and seek retribution. We are particularly incensed when someone poorer (or otherwise different than us) seemingly gets a “light sentence”.
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The only people that will know that are the parents. This is not true.
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There are many documented instances of parents being shitty and making decisions that are contrary to the best interests of their child. It is proper that the state mandate certain vaccines for all kids. We can not trust parents to always