stuckinarut

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by stuckinarut 8y ago
and yet all those things happened, in many cases without having to extend free speech to insane degrees.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
> or that consumers shouldn't demand otherwise as a customer of Apple I'm delighted by this move.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
Capitalism is disgusting. World's richest man is going to rob two cities blind with promises of jobs. Just a massive giveaway to the man who literally has the least need in the world. Guess they don't want the people actually havi
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
And not one person is getting him as a suggested video on YouTube, shared on Facebook, etc... Deplatforming is effective.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
you get bonuses and you get to annoy gamers. that's 1 good reason to preorder, plus some bonuses that tend to be lame.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
More likely it makes him harder to find and limits his reach more.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
Kinda an interesting take given how the collapse in 2008 occured.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
that sounds like a great way to just force out the people who's kids are benefiting. How about trying to strongarm the government into actually giving out the damn funding.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
I think America over uses the "Just toss money at the problem" approach. In the case of education I do agree more money is needed. For something like health care, massive reforms are needed.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
Depends on how you define worst of the worst. There aren't that many billionaires. So are you saying they aren't the worst of the billionaire class? That's really the only way I can see the phrase working. > I mentioned to
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
I wish we would just take away 149 billion or so. Neither are going to happen. He might toss around a bit of money to try and buy a better reputation, but he's still the worlds richest man by standing on the backs of the very people wh
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
No, charter schools are a way to fuck over the 99% and ignore it while praising the 1%.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
But if they disallow this then their precious charter schools will have lower test scores and be revealed as the horrible practice they are.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
The democrats just need to move even further right than their current neoliberal catering exclusively to donors platform. That would close the gap.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
The political chasm is because the democrats keep moving right to try and win over moderate republicans the republicans keep moving into crazy territory. Moving leftwards is absolutely the best thing the democrats could possibly do. further
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
Funding schools via property taxes is part of how US schools got into this mess. It's a lousy system.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
Society is entirely responsible for that.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
Pumping money in doesn't work. Having a good plan and the resources to execute is what works. I know it sounds like I'm talking about a minor difference, but I think it's a lot bigger than that. You can add more money to a l
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
> I know this is a very unpopular opinion the world over right now, but: This applies loosely to sex as well (Don't have sex if you can't afford to have kids). because it's a ridiculous opinion that ignores human nature an
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
better sex education, better access to contraceptives, better access to abortion. You don't punish the problem away, you help people avoid it themselves.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
Parents don't encourage kids to read, eat better, sleep at reasonable times, etc...
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
From a linked article > I Promise kids’ school days will start an hour later than their peers. fantastic.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
> Having a highly trained, standing army is part of what keeps us out of war The US is in a state of constant war. Having a large standing army enables US imperialism, it's not for protection.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
Do you feel good about having such a cavalier attitude towards human lives?
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
I have a bunch, I don't play games often enough for the lack to bother me. Plus some really good multiplayer stuff.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
"I was poor but then I pulled myself up by the bootstraps by getting access to my trust fund again"
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
Nah what you do is tell them it's 2 weeks. Then pull them out after 2-4 years instead.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
Summer camp for the poor teaches the glory of revolution against inherited wealth. /s This headline is a microcosm of what's wrong in America today.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
Mars isn’t capable of self sustaining life and we aren’t capable of transforming it. The idea of a mars colony is far fetched. The idea that it would save humanity is a pipe dream.
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by stuckinarut 8y ago
SSN application is quick and I just traded in my foreign driver license for a WA one.

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