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   by rexpop 7mo ago

   Extraordinary, and disgusting, to see monarchism touted by literate professionals in the 21st century. The "point" of hereditary peerage is, from the perspective of the nobility, to preserve privileges with only self-interested re
2. 212.▲
   by rexpop 7mo ago

   You're all a bunch of tedious ignoramuses, your own fields of studying notwithstanding. I'm out here face-to-face with the Bullshit Asymmetry Principles. I'm not about to give up the only leverage I have! The fact of the matt
3. 213.▲
   by rexpop 7mo ago

   Their schedules are full of leisure , and they can't be arsed to extend even the oz of courteous effort that proper punctuation and grammar require. And their class all recognize it. Possibly it's a class marker. Here, I have to
4. 214.▲
   by rexpop 7mo ago

   Marvel films are commercial tripe. Pure commodity fetishism and cheap spectacle. Utterly without literary merit. Master and Commander is pretentious pulp. Real, quality media is obscure, and largely unpalatable to our debased modern sen
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   by rexpop 7mo ago

   The framing of human sociality as a flaw to be eliminated invites the dangerous notion that we can—or should—simply re-engineer ourselves. However, the ambitious project of "rewiring" human nature to eliminate our spontaneous conn
6. 216.▲
   by rexpop 7mo ago

   I had an AI-agenerates answer for you, but then I realized something deeper: moral hazard. > Moral hazard is when one party takes actions that impose costs on others because they don’t fully bear those costs themselves. With ghost jobs,
7. 217.▲
   by rexpop 8mo ago

   Please do not accuse others of being "AI bots". Sarcasm is notoriously ill-received by broad audiences online. You should be smart enough to figure that one out.
8. 218.▲
   by rexpop 8mo ago

   I can find no evidence of this. Please do not post falsehoods.
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   by rexpop 8mo ago

   Netanyahu is very clearly on the record supporting and defending a policy of allowing Qatari money into Hamas‑run Gaza, including publicly defending those payments to his own party as a way to keep Hamas and the PA separated. There is real
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    by rexpop 8mo ago

    For the ultra-wealthy, leaving the United States is rarely the preferred strategy; instead, they use their immense resources to legally reshape the tax code and utilize complex loopholes. Billionaires like the Koch and Scaife families histo
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    by rexpop 8mo ago

    No, I don't, but as an adult in a democracy I have an obligation to address harms done to my countrymen, especially insofar as they're perpetrated in collusion with my government. I do not like it. It is not fun for me. But someti
12. 222.▲
    by rexpop 8mo ago

    What?? China and Taiwan are two separate countries.
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    by rexpop 8mo ago

    This is a patently retarded take. The guy was a child rape wholesaler.
14. 224.▲
    by rexpop 8mo ago

    What're you going to do about it?
15. 225.▲
    by rexpop 8mo ago

    Oh my god! Don't call women "ditzy" you cretin. It's misogynistic as hell.
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    by rexpop 8mo ago

    The psychopaths who rise to the top of capitalism.[0][1] 0. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/08/the-science-behind-why-so-ma... 1. https://www.newsweek.com/ceo-dark-personality-success-machia...
17. 227.▲
    by rexpop 8mo ago

    Peer-reviewed research contradicts the hypothesis that fear of punishment is the main deterrent to murder. Studies show that factors like social norms, moral inhibitions, and certainty of informal sanctions play larger roles, while formal p
18. 228.▲
    by rexpop 8mo ago

    > you always need more sources, that's why I don't dismiss it as propagand What?? I will dismiss it as propaganda until I see it corroborated by a more neutral third party.
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    by rexpop 8mo ago

    Impress whom?
20. 230.▲
    by rexpop 8mo ago

    You edited your comment.
21. 231.▲
    by rexpop 8mo ago

    So could an infinite variety of motivated claims, but without a second source for it, I'd remain skeptical.
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    by rexpop 8mo ago

    Because Al Jazeera is a project of the Al Thani royal family whose chief aim is to exacerbate the external conflict to maintain Qatar's internal political stability.
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    by rexpop 8mo ago

    This story is utterly chilling, but its source is incredibly dubious. Al Jazeera operates entirely at the pleasure of the Al Thani royal family—from whom it receives 90% of its revenue. Qatar, likewise, provides Hamas with essential financi
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    by rexpop 8mo ago

    Israel is not one of the boots. Deplorable as their domestic policy may be, they're not wagging the dog of capitalist imperialism. To imply otherwise is to reveal yourself as biased, warped in a way that keeps you from going after much
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    by rexpop 8mo ago

    Not listed in your website AFAICT.
26. 236.▲
    by rexpop 8mo ago

    "Make X Y again" is a fascist dogwhistle.
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    by rexpop 8mo ago

    You're right, I should do better. This was lazy, but it struck a nerve.
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    by rexpop 8mo ago

    Keep those two words out of your writing, and I won't read them.
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    by rexpop 8mo ago

    She seems cool, actually
30. 240.▲
    by rexpop 8mo ago

    Give me a fucking break. You’re treating Blade Runner like some high‑falutin moral fable while the actual underclass is sitting in plain sight, exploited by systems you refuse to even look up. Modern slavery isn’t just a dystopian backdrop;