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by vidoc 9y ago
> At least 20% of French people express capitalism-hostile opinions. In other words, 80% don't. I am not quite sure what point you are trying to make and I don't want to interpret your words as a claim that 20% is far too much.
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by vidoc 9y ago
> If you've dealt with the DMV in the US, imagine that for everything. You can't just walk into a bank and open an account I know the DMV is the ultimate symbol, to a lot of Americans, of the ultimate administrative clutter. Bu
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by vidoc 9y ago
Plus they surf the 'ethical marketing' wave very big time. e.g: If you buy a mattress from us, we'll donate one to someone in need. TLDR -> You can only buy 2 mattresses from us and we will only give one to you, cash in th
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by vidoc 9y ago
> - deterrence, for other would-be criminals in society In fact, the whole concept of criminal deterrence could be seen as an equation with several variables: the outcome of the crime, the probability of being caught, and how harsh the p
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by vidoc 9y ago
> I'll be the first to support the full legalisation and regulation of the recreational drugs market. Abuse of recreational drugs needs to be treated as an illness. Catch is, a person having an arrest record for drug possession isn&
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by vidoc 9y ago
> So I just don't think attacking this as a problem with long sentences is going to do anything to help anyone. You might get sentences greatly reduced, but have you actually helped the root problem? The justice system isn't su
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by vidoc 9y ago
> Prisons not only make the convicts inside them worse, but from my experience and POV, it makes the people observing and interacting with them worse as well. I'm afraid you are spot on. The fact prison most of the time makes people
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by vidoc 9y ago
Recent BBC Panorama on the matter was pretty good: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08qgbc3 That said, I'm personally certain the laws will evolve rapidly in a favorable manner. Privacy issues resulting from Faceb
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by vidoc 9y ago
I think you are right, now it would be somehow hard to deny the fact that ipv4 addresses were possible to memorize, ipv6's, quite a bit less so. I agree that it's a non-issue 99% of the time, and the overwhelming majority of lam
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by vidoc 9y ago
DJB's point is certainly valid, but in practice, while I had always shared the opinion that the Big Plan of all those committees to seamlessly migrate to IPv6 seemed a bit sketchy, in reality, it's worked quite well. Funnily, havi
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by vidoc 10y ago
No question ride-hailing has a net plus impact on reducing drunk driving. Though, it only works for the most fortunate of us (1) who live in urban areas (2). Also, let's not forget that the most important driver to prevent drunk drivi
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by vidoc 10y ago
> Chauvinistic, racist and homophobic attitudes were far too normal at Uber There should be a $10 fine every-time the wonderful word 'chauvinism' is misused. The law should nevertheless have an exception if the term is appropri
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by vidoc 10y ago
> Dictatorial regimes that implement actually beneficial policies I can tolerate. Less good than a democracy in terms of social and political freedom, but better than dictatorships that don't implement any benign policies. The polic
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by vidoc 10y ago
In the specific case of Rwanda, it's also important to realize that the plastic ban, as well as the universally celebrated higher participation of women in administration and politics are also fantastic PR of the regime essentially aim
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by vidoc 10y ago
> They're at the intersection of rising inequality and rising concern over what we eat. But that limits them too; trying for "mass-market luxury" is a precarious position. Thanks, that's basically the best expression
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by vidoc 10y ago
I think I see your point more clearly now. It's probably a matter of interpretation as the connotation I had in mind wasn't the one your proposed, but the idea we tend to imagine any form of terrorism as exercising violence on in
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by vidoc 10y ago
> According to the dictionary, terrorists are people who engage in premeditated violence to achieve political ends. Eh, good dictionaries usually have more than just a literal section for definitions, something that covers the connotativ
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by vidoc 10y ago
You realize it is not a prerequisite of peer pressure don't you?
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by vidoc 10y ago
I'm not paranoid. Checkout charity is not a new thing and its dynamics are well known. There is awareness in the retail industry that there are a few elementary dos and donts that can prevent shoppers (or paranoids like me) from feelin
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by vidoc 10y ago
I think that the marketing of WF and the image they try to convey is the most pathetic aspect of this company in how it contrasts with the social model they encourage. There's a certain feel of hyperreality in those stores, their hirin
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by vidoc 10y ago
> The bullshit parts about Whole Foods were bullshit a decade ago. What you say is very interesting as I have often heard people tell me how much better the quality of their products was when they 'started'. As I have precisely
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by vidoc 10y ago
> Terrorism as performance art, successfully gaining the sympathies of the population (provided it isn't too extreme) and driving the government to give the terrorists what they want? While the term 'terrorist' seems a bit
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by vidoc 10y ago
I routinely shop there as well, generally speaking, their fruits and vegetables despite being a tad more expensive are of higher quality than most places. I've also observed that WF stores usually have sufficient mancount to deliver de
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by vidoc 10y ago
> Do the police not crack down and jail people, sending a message that this is not to be tolerated? Is this a situation like Berkeley 2017, or the American South around Jim Crow, where the rioters/terrorists are implicitly sanctione
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by vidoc 10y ago
> Apparently farmers do this too? Are large segments of French society just a bunch of thugs who will engage in violence against society if they are not given tribute? Hehe, I'll cautiously take out the qualification of 'thugs&
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by vidoc 10y ago
What's funny is that the price difference between both countries is almost anecdotal in the case of milk. You would probably have a heart attack if you saw the price of cheese, and not only imported cheese, domestic 'artisanal&#x2
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by vidoc 10y ago
But it's not organic is it? I'm sure across the street at Rainbow Market the gal will be organic and much much more than $6, but hey I dislike milk so it's just a rough guess :P Besides, I've always been impressed by the
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by vidoc 10y ago
Exactly, and they also maintain a higher image of Quality/Luxury by not carrying a lot of products you'd find in most normal stores likes Safeway or similar (1). 1: Those stores that have carts that you can actually use to shop wi
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by vidoc 10y ago
> I don't shop at WF because the parking lot is too small, always full, and there's just no place to park anywhere near it. Classic! I wish people in my hood were like you and bailed out instead of lining up and blocking the tr
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by vidoc 10y ago
That would be cheap for a gallon!

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