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by rexpop 2y ago
> What has that broccoli ever done to you? False equivalence; generally disingenuous. You're a troll?
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by rexpop 2y ago
Anonymous is very probably (edit: at this point) just a cover for some totally centralized, authoritarian actions. At best, they are useful idiots for centralized powers.[0] 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot
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by rexpop 2y ago
right-wing doesn't mean "smaller state," but rather a state more conservative of extant victors. That may mean "smaller" if, for example, the EPA threatens capital accumulation, or larger if, for example, policing m
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by rexpop 2y ago
No knowing how many Foundations are out there, already.
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by rexpop 2y ago
Disney is a cultural slash-and-burn enterprise, themselves.
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by rexpop 2y ago
Yeah, it's confusing to me anyone expects usury of youth to be sustainable. We come into the world with nothing, and then we are saddled with debt and costs like describe above (which are, essentially, debt)? And yet, it's a syste
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by rexpop 2y ago
> in one direction or the other These data exhibit a clear rightward bias.
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by rexpop 2y ago
Three generations, at least.
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by rexpop 2y ago
> don't feel guilt: it's more like a moral obligation Let's not quibble. English is too imprecise for this kind of argument.
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by rexpop 2y ago
> If you have a society full of greedy avaricious people, then commercial corporations will likely behave in ways that reflect greed and avarice. I think it's possible to have corporations whose emergent values don't reflect t
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by rexpop 2y ago
Yes, I have studied a bit of China's Cultural Revolution, and discussed it with several (strongly biased, of course) Chinese expats. They violently opposed the subjects that many Americans are privileged to receive via our "libera
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by rexpop 2y ago
> I remember playing JRPGs late into the night growing up and reading GamePro magazine. From another of your comments, it sounds like you're middle class. Or, at least, a working class American which is quite privileged from a glo
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by rexpop 2y ago
There is no such thing as "communally-minded" under private ownership. What we have is "rugged individualism" and free competition, ie "might makes right." I don't like it, but I can't escape it. It&#
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by rexpop 2y ago
> loads of kids I'm not saying you're wrong, but... This narrative is very heavily purported by right-wing propaganda outlets. I wonder what you mean by "things... as a luxury." Do you mean MBAs, or history majors? An
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by rexpop 2y ago
> I’m pretty sure Messi is soccer, but I only know that because the latter came up in conversations about Apple I don't know how you can say this with a straight face. Yours is an absurdly niche viewpoint! I swear, sometimes this
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by rexpop 2y ago
Education has to be broader than industry, or we'll all end up slaves.
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by rexpop 2y ago
"The past is a foreign country," and it's good to watch media from foreign countries because the truth lies somewhere between their ideological bent and our own.
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by rexpop 2y ago
I am not in the least amused.
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by rexpop 2y ago
The book is claustrophobic but otherwise forgettable. These comments, however, are paranoiac and chauvinistic.
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by rexpop 2y ago
Hahaha! > Never believe that [fascists] are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to
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by rexpop 2y ago
We live under a patriarchy.
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by rexpop 2y ago
No. Only that it would satisfy me, because I'm neurotically addicted to evidence and rationale.
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by rexpop 2y ago
OP is describing a form of psychological trauma.
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by rexpop 2y ago
Or will they transfer to feudalism?
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by rexpop 2y ago
> not every job has to be full of endorphin rushes; coders are just lucky. This is a tragically defeatist perspective. I don't want to live on a planet in which the working class are trapped in depressing exploitation.
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by rexpop 2y ago
Fundamentally, the role of management is to bamboozled and gaslight the individual contributors in order to squeeze from them the most labor for the lowest cost. Why should this continuous betrayal be rewarding? Literally your only job is t
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by rexpop 2y ago
> considered Do you have any evidence to back up your conjecture?
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by rexpop 2y ago
"Look, my setup works for me. Just add an option to reenable spacebar heating."[0] > Management can't just mandate that you will 'simplify the tech stack'. In my experience, it's the devs who want to do re
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by rexpop 2y ago
> Being a neurodiverse, or more commonly known "on the spectrum", is a guaranteed way to get bullied (or worse) by your peers who are not. Is it? Hardly. I have been diagnosed, but was never bullied. I don't bully my neuro
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by rexpop 2y ago
Is there no environment for which you're fit? Is there no circumstance to which you might adapt?

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