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by rfrank 10y ago
How do you justify that with > unless every other nation stops doing this there is little value in being the only "clean" country (assuming somehow we stop) If there is little value in being "clean", intelligence agen
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by rfrank 10y ago
> We used to believe that free and open societies would naturally prosper compared to authoritarian/totalitarian societies but what if that was all a lie? Then give up your freedom and start advocating for monarchy in America.
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by rfrank 10y ago
So no, you can't.
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by rfrank 10y ago
Gringo
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by rfrank 10y ago
> ...but we are not talking about millions of refugees that change the social fabric altogether. That is exactly what people are talking about. [1-5] > Globalization has been going on for decades now and things do seem to have improve
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by rfrank 10y ago
Influencer marketing is a thing, people do this on every major social network. I wouldn't be surprised if people do it here on hn too.
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by rfrank 10y ago
> But in either case the other two people are no worse off. They both lost 50% of their customers, how will they pay their rent? If this island were an apartment building, the owner could just keep his newfound production, evict the othe
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by rfrank 10y ago
Rights are a ruse. The heart decides, and the head justifies. People use rights when it is convenient, and toss them aside when it contradicts their other beliefs.
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by rfrank 10y ago
Antifa is the yin to the alt-right's yang. Both are jokes.
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by rfrank 10y ago
That's certainly one way to interpret it. Not a very good one, but do you.
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by rfrank 10y ago
> The argument that America even has a singular culture to preserve is, I think, a false premise. I think that is the actual false premise. Baseball, apple pie, and all that jazz. American folklore, Blues music, American cuisine, America
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by rfrank 10y ago
> When someone thinks you don't deserve to live because of the color of your skin, you're well within your right to defend yourself against that idea. You shouldn't have to wait until they're knocking down your door.
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by rfrank 10y ago
There's countries in the world that are completely unable to feed their people, provide any modicum of security, and where that's been the case for decades. You are worried about problems in America?
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by rfrank 10y ago
Read the last sentence of the person I replied to's comment.
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by rfrank 10y ago
There's been over 1500 pedophilia and sex trafficking arrests since Trump took office. It may be less fake than you think.
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by rfrank 10y ago
Wow, that dramatic increase in frequency just magically happened huh?
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by rfrank 10y ago
Depends on who you ask. https://imgur.com/a/MzDa4
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by rfrank 10y ago
> Now, you can argue that you won't go completely closed but I think you will lose out in proportion to how much you close things, specially if you do it to the point that other countries find themselves needing to retaliate with th
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by rfrank 10y ago
Yes, I think trade barriers are both more feasible and preferable. I perceive automation as a constant, it's happening no matter what. Enforcing a border adjustment tax is easier than trying to remove every international tax loophole a
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by rfrank 10y ago
That's not reality though. Their schools are failing, opiate addiction is rising, and opportunity is drying up. We are failing essentially all of those communities. Global corporations have no incentive to share the gains of their deci
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by rfrank 10y ago
> Maybe I am lacking some context or some value system that the anti-globalist have and which might have its merits, and if so I would love to hear the argument, but to me the idea of "this person is more valuable or interesting to
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by rfrank 10y ago
> The most terrifying part is that this can't simply be dismissed as a conspiracy theory, given the actions that have taken place so far. Yes it can, and an awful lot of people are doing just that.
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by rfrank 10y ago
Hot take.
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by rfrank 10y ago
Welcome to HN, conservative opinions aren't terribly welcome.
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by rfrank 10y ago
The article comes off to me as though it assumes there was no inherent flaw in the message coming from the other side. That there weren't enough legitimate reasons to support Trump over Clinton in the election, and that Trump supporter
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by rfrank 10y ago
Violence is usually the outcome when political discussion breaks down. So if your belief that discussion with Trump supporters is impossible is true, it would seem like time to hop to it.
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by rfrank 10y ago
Then just skip to violence and stop wasting time? You can absolutely change closed minds, and I don't think most of those people's minds are as closed as you perceive them to be.
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by rfrank 10y ago
Not thinking of dialogue as 'culture jamming' would probably be a good start.
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by rfrank 10y ago
Criticize them all you want, but keep in mind your goal. Do you care about changing their minds, political/social polarization in the US, etc? If so, criticizing them would be a very stupid thing to do. Especially considering the GOP i
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by rfrank 10y ago
Literally Hitler and literally fascism are both just bedwetting.

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