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by tt24 10mo ago
Our economic system is actually the only thing that reduces suffering to this extent. It’s basically eliminated poverty, hunger, and healthcare scarcity.
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by tt24 10mo ago
This attitude is what’s beautiful about the United States and is in large part responsible for why it’s so wealthy. There’s a widespread faith and believe in the idea that there’s opportunity in every corner, regardless of familial status o
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by tt24 10mo ago
This is not a productive, helpful, or interesting comment. If someone has a good argument regarding x, it is not a good response to say “why are you defending x?” Just respond to the argument on its merit. You’re not adding anything useful
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by tt24 10mo ago
Lobbying is a tiny industry in the United States and corruption is basically a nonissue. With the exception of the current president I haven’t seen any evidence for widespread corruption in the United States - at most it’s a collection of i
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by tt24 10mo ago
They’re very obviously independent and are not an extension of one another. This is leftist single lens / unidimensional silliness.
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by tt24 10mo ago
Pretty incredible ability to make something so clearly about government overreach into some pet cause about “corporations” or whatever
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by tt24 10mo ago
You intentionally neglected to add a very relevant piece of my sentence.
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by tt24 10mo ago
What makes it patently absurd? I don’t agree with this perspective but I don’t agree that it’s the equivalent of saying that the moon is made of cheese. I found their perspective much more interesting than the typical HN opinions, shame it
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by tt24 10mo ago
Or as a top 1% income earner (like most SWEs in the United States) I just don’t enjoy paying taxes very much.
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by tt24 10mo ago
No I think he had it right the first time. It’s Apple’s platform. They should have the right to do as they like with it.
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by tt24 10mo ago
I think the comment you replied to explains it well enough and I don’t feel the need to repeat myself. I will edit my comment as well since you edited yours instead of responding. I don’t think the GP’s comment is the equivalent of saying t
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by tt24 10mo ago
This isn’t an argument.
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by tt24 10mo ago
I don’t see it as ragebait, I think the parent comment provides a valuable counter narrative to the typical HN talking points
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by tt24 10mo ago
No thanks. I’ll happily vote against this at any opportunity.
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by tt24 10mo ago
I’d recommend reading my comment more carefully. The argument is pretty clear and straightforward.
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by tt24 10mo ago
That’s because most of the productivity increases come from the top as well. Compare like to like. Mean productivity increase tracks mean wage increase super well, same for median productivity increase vs median wage increase.
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by tt24 10mo ago
This is misinformation and has been debunked at length. The graph compares median wage to mean productivity which is nonsensical.
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by tt24 10mo ago
This concept has been thoroughly debunked. Wages and productivity track each other very very well.
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by tt24 10mo ago
You’re welcome to!
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by tt24 10mo ago
The tips make up for it.
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by tt24 10mo ago
Rich people pay pretty much all taxes in the United States.
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by tt24 11mo ago
Yeah it is Infrastructure and content isn’t free. Either you pay for it by watching ads or you don’t get it at all.
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by tt24 11mo ago
Nobody in the United States makes minimum wage.
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by tt24 11mo ago
If the rule you followed lead you to this, of what use was the rule? “We just need to do it right this time and surely it’ll work!” Maybe the whole idea of restricting adults from engaging in consensual transactions isn’t the greatest?
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by tt24 11mo ago
> DMCA can make it illegal to block ads when you have to circumvent a technological measure in order to block those ads. Blocking ads and the steps needed to block them might also violate some product's EULA which could result in ci
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by tt24 11mo ago
Sounds like to you the use of the internet is worth the risk of being tracked.
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by tt24 11mo ago
Sounds like the risk of seeing an advertisement is probably worth the benefit of using the internet then.
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by tt24 11mo ago
You’re allowed to use an adblocker.
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by tt24 11mo ago
It is with your consent. You continue to visit these websites. If you don’t want their code running on your machine, simply don’t send a GET request.
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by tt24 11mo ago
I’m sorry but I’m unable to parse this. > she isn’t stealing the state in any way I never claimed she was stealing the state, I claimed that she was stealing from the state. > If she's stealing someone, it's someone akin to

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