resters

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by resters 8y ago
It's not really accurate to say he was trying to influence elections. His goal is to publish verifiable documents that bring transparency to important political issues. He did not take sides whatsoever in the 2016 election, and obvio
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You are making the argument that because centralized systems have been proven to be able to solve certain kinds of problems in an acceptable way, that it follows that centralization was the magic bullet that made the systems successful. Thi
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Your assumptions are completely wrong. Content creators simply want a platform for gathering an audience. Youtube wants to play as many ads as possible. Let's not pretend that somehow those interests align perfectly in the product w
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That's true, but it's also by design. If winning five counties would be enough to win the election, then it would very much change politics and the kinds of issues we find in presidential politics (Iowa, etc.) would disappear. I
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I could list a bunch of policies where Trump is continuing in the sprit of Obama and Bush, but I won't do that unless you really want me to. With respect to one party being in control, my point is that if it is indeed Trump who is the
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Many Americans are strongly partisan and have a strong fealty to one party or another. This means that most criticism of Trump is largely partisan talking points being repeated somewhat thoughtlessly as an act of loyalty. In reality most A
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Exactly. I'm apparently in the top 0.5% and it always feels like money is tight. Anyone who must work for a living is in a sense poor.
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How many of the workers chose to work there instead of some other, inferior option? How many are proud of what they accomplished? How many went on to found other successful startups like Instacart? selfishness is allowed ? Is it possible