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by themitigating 3y ago
2012 isn't really pre internet though, right?
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by themitigating 3y ago
Last time I checked with some lefty people, you wouldn't, since the worker would be too scared to possibly lose job/pay over critiquing their employer, so they would be heavily incentivized to say anything keep the status quo. T
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by themitigating 3y ago
Being forced to work against your will at Mcdonalds sucks* being forced to have sex against your will is rape. Rape is considered by almost all countries to be one of the most heinous crimes imaginably. I also don't have a source but w
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by themitigating 3y ago
Thirdly, you're linking to a 2014 article about a 2012 study, which is ancient as far as an academic paper goes Has there been some new release of prostitution, like a 2.0 where they updated the security to prevent abuse? Stupid joke
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by themitigating 3y ago
But they refused to do the same for consensual sex work Isn't that also a crime in almost the entire US? It's also where sex trafficking comes into play. How would you know consent was given by a sex worker? People who are traff
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by themitigating 3y ago
In some cases those goals happen to align but that's merely coincidence and should not be taken for granted. Explain the Martha Wright-Reed Just Reasonable Communications Act of 2022 Consent. It passed the house with unanimous consen
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by themitigating 3y ago
So is jail but there's a higher probability of success with treatment. Maybe they go in and during group hear someone that inspires them. It's a personal to choice to change of course but that can be influenced
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by themitigating 3y ago
So then alcohol should be banned? Why the line if only historical?
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by themitigating 3y ago
Prove you wrong? Logical fallacy
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by themitigating 3y ago
You'd think there would be a backup brake kit on these
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by themitigating 3y ago
with something else (clever appeal to authority and personal attacks) One thing about personal attacks. Some people take sides on an issue based on their political alliance. That means many times their arguments are contradictory. Pointin
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by themitigating 3y ago
Only one aspect of a business is efficiency, not all businesses are efficient, and finally your view of government programs is based on right wing propoganda and not facts
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by themitigating 3y ago
Tax information is also collected by the government, should that be public? What about publicly funded hospital records?
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by themitigating 3y ago
That's an oversimplification of the real world as a metaphor and if taken literally, also not true
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by themitigating 3y ago
So they did have a choice. I don't like the notion that if you want something then you don't have a choice on the actions you take to aquire it
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by themitigating 3y ago
Seems pretty obvious because the main/sole purpose of business is to make money. Why would you want a government to act like that?
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by themitigating 3y ago
Vertical tabs make so much sense since monitors are wider than they are tall. It's better to reduce width than height
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by themitigating 3y ago
Lets try regulation and see what happens; something has to change. How difficult is it to undo a law that """"protects""" children? Political suicide for anyone
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by themitigating 3y ago
Elections?
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by themitigating 3y ago
Do you still vote for them? That's the only message that matters.
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by themitigating 3y ago
Isn't that something they've already been doing?
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by themitigating 3y ago
We can move the "FTC" box on the org chart to be under a congressional committee rather than the president and let it operate exactly how it does today, just without delegating power to the executive branch, which already has too
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by themitigating 3y ago
Why would an FTC whose officers were appointed by congressional committee rather than the president be any slower to act? I believe you are misunderstanding the potential change the Supreme Court ruling could have. Each regulation would h
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by themitigating 3y ago
There are so many regulations that congress would have to approve each one. They could have a large bill that has them all but imagine how often they would change especially if contentious. One year there could be a requirement about emissi
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by themitigating 3y ago
Then the same applies to the FCC, the EPA. I believe the goal is to reduce regulations to help businesses make more money.
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by themitigating 3y ago
* then the best place to apply your effort is in industrial contexts.* The vast majority of people don't have control over industrial waste. Of course I can vote for someone who says they will but that doesn't require focus only a
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by themitigating 3y ago
Multiple things can be considered at once
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by themitigating 3y ago
She hasn't been in the position that long but the FTC settled with Epic games for $500 million in combined fines and refunds https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/12/... Howe
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by themitigating 3y ago
I'm not sure what you mean? If they lose then they lose. They don't have control of the law and having a legal review seems like the best they can do
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by themitigating 3y ago
Why would it be a part of the discussion?

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