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by starkd 4y ago
Remember Code Pink that was so active protesting the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? They are protesting the war in Ukraine, but notice how the media is not giving them hardly any attention now. These grassroots activist movements are just as
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by starkd 4y ago
Not the point of this thread. Popular vote has nothing to do with how responsive or attentive a government is to voter's interests. You vote for a candidate as a whole, but there are likely still issues you disagree with. Voters&#x2
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by starkd 4y ago
Because thats what you do to evaluate it as a service?
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But at least those are the fault of the UK government itself. The people have greater likelihood of being able to fix it than if they have to defer to the EU commission for compliance. Brexit is expensive in the short term, but, in the l
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by starkd 4y ago
The EU is literally a government by committee. A kind of technocracy with very little accountability for those making these decisions. The UK has a lot of problems right now, but at least BREXIT helped preserve some sovereignty from that
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by starkd 4y ago
Not necessarily an intentional conspiracy, but it can just be that of a herd mentality. As a species, we are conditioned to follow the herd, to go along to get alone. Those that do not follow tend to get trampled, their concerns not even
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by starkd 4y ago
So, you take peoples' stated intention at face value? Can people not be greedy just by becoming avowed socialists? Hahahahahahahahahaha! The Castro Brothers, Hugo Chavez, and many others were some of the richest people in the world.
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by starkd 4y ago
Comment was not specifically about carbon credit scheme.
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I think the environmental movement went seriously awry by aligning itself with socialist political goals. Socialism is nothing more than a way to monopolize corporate power for tremendous profits. Climate ideals of limiting carbon also d
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by starkd 4y ago
Another thing is realizing you really don't need to have an opinion on everything. Enormously freeing to realize this.
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by starkd 4y ago
Whatever. Their "some experience" is not relevant here. His comment is full of implicit aggression that is uncalled for.
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by starkd 4y ago
And what's it to you? That you have to make snide commments about other people's belief systems? Why are you so hostile?
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That is what militaries do. Successful militaries do not engage in academic discussions about what pronouns to use.
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Or maybe this is just a story that didn't really happen. Not exactly something that can be readily fact-checked.
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ahhh, but the planning and priority setting is a part of the multi-tasking. No one said multi-tasking must be a circus. That said, I am terrible at multi-tasking. But we really do need to do some to some degree.
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by starkd 4y ago
yes, there are a lot of bullshit jobs from a decade of easy money. A whole generation of people has yet to experience a true recession. No one likes to be laid off, but recessions have some long-term benefits. It forces companies to real
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by starkd 4y ago
yes, that's the optmistic view. I'm just pointing out the flip side. There does seem to be a less diligent workforce of late. That has a lot of different side effects.
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> Nuking that system from orbit with universal single payer would solve this Just when has a government administration led to a less byzantine system? From experience, it can very well make it much worse. For one, there would be no co
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by starkd 4y ago
At first, I read this as "plant-based UML". I was expecting it to be a vegan option.
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Are there any doctors actually in private practice now? I've found most have already sold their practices to hospitals or some kind of provider network, and they are told the patient load they must provide. It's just not economi
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That's the optimistic take. But there is also another grim reality in that some have simply given up (to some degree) and simply stopped caring as much. Less diligence.
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There will always be a need for some multi-taskers. Some are better at it than others. Not everyone is the same. Office secretaries/assistants/receptionists are the heartbeat of any business.
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Not everything lines up to left vs. right. The way twitter conducted itself was a mess all around. With very little consistency.
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I had the same feeling. It is awkward to read. Supposedly, they are working on longer form entries that can follow the short form entries. Some seem to think that would ruin twitter. Dave Rubin did a thread recently after being invited i
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Thread: Twitter Files #15 Twitter Files Expose Next Great Media Fraud(twitter.com)
13 points by starkd 4y ago|13 comments
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Way to completely ignore the point. It is also addressing a spiritual problem with material concerns. Just throw more money at it and the problem goes away? It is also founded on the premise that the government is in a position to remove
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by starkd 4y ago
True. Not sure what he was trying to convey. It was just a paragraph. Not even an essay. So vague it makes you wonder if it was an AI response.
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The Deceptive Campaign for Bivalent Covid Boosters(wsj.com)
3 points by starkd 4y ago|0 comments
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What if the primary reason is not about your own visibility, but what you can learn from other commentators. Not accusing you of egomania, but expecting your voice to matter in such forums might unnecessarily feed your ego.
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Things change alot when your main objective is not about convincing other people they are wrong, but just appreciating the ability to participate in a conversation. We all want to influence other people's ideas, but their are severe l

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