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by viklove 7y ago
Yes, that is why we share the risk with this handy concept called insurance.
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by viklove 7y ago
Wow, I'm sure the millions of dollars he's gonna make from the 10k ventilators has no impact on his motivation.
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by viklove 7y ago
Why don't we look at Mexico and try to draw some conclusions? None of this data is useful as long as governments continue to stifle the freedom of information. Every country is hiding numbers from the international community, I'm
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by viklove 7y ago
> society Not society. Just the wealthy. Why do they feel this way? Because that means they don't get that money. They set the rules, and they get to decide what we work on (through funding companies and buying lobbyists). > If w
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by viklove 7y ago
> those same people were unwilling to produce? Because people just have the option to produce food for themselves right? > No one is going hungry. This is just plain false. Many children who relied on school lunches are going hungry a
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by viklove 7y ago
> They have their own personal capital they will use for their enjoyment. Where did they get this capital? I say we take it back from them and use it to buy food. Not that there's a shortage of food. I guess I should say we should t
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by viklove 7y ago
Are you seriously saying we can't produce enough food to feed our populace in the US? That's not the issue. The issue is that we're willfully keeping it out of the hands of hungry people because of our "economic system.&
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by viklove 7y ago
> I doubt anybody on Earth (including bankers, billionaires or governments) truly can grasp all the ins and outs of money/debts creation and all the consequence it has on the economy and society. Then the whole system needs to be th
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by viklove 7y ago
No, they were selling off assets in the final moments before the markets crashed -- buying themselves a bit more time by lying to their serfs.
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by viklove 7y ago
That's assuming that there is a culture of going to the hospital when you have bad flu conditions. It's safe to assume that for the vast majority of laborers in third-world countries, hospital services are not within reach. They j
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by viklove 7y ago
> Europe and USA don't understand how exponent works. Oh, they know how exponents work. They only care when it affects their bottom line. It's clear that the working class are just lambs for slaughter when the corporate overlor
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by viklove 7y ago
> purpose of a berry is to spread seed through consumption That's not the purpose of the berry. The purpose is just to ensure the survival of the seed. In drought-stricken environments, the seed is probably better off keeping its sh
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by viklove 7y ago
UBI
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by viklove 7y ago
> It's a very difficult topic to grasp and is subject to various changes, from vested interest of groups (said group which itself could be composed of competing entities) to ideological decisions. This is so disingenuous and reeks o
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by viklove 7y ago
It's true. Most people are very averse to throwing away food, so they'll force themselves to eat the cookies they don't like before they go back to the store to buy the non-lowfat ones again (if they're even being produc
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by viklove 7y ago
If you give everyone money, the hyperinflation only affects the richest, aka billionaires. Who gives a shit about them? They'll be fine.
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by viklove 7y ago
I'm not sure I understand the "bad for the economy" side of things. Who will suffer if we shut down unessential businesses and just mail people checks? We'll still be able to eat, we'll still have roofs over our hea
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by viklove 7y ago
Source?
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by viklove 7y ago
You don't have to bypass the current powers, you just have to dilute them sufficiently. Currency is just a coupon you spend to redeem on human productive output (goods and services). Since the wealthy have most of the currency, they de
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by viklove 7y ago
The reason those medical professionals aren't paid better is because the money we spend on healthcare is going to pharmaceutical companies and hospitals, which eventually ends up in the hands of the private equity companies that own th
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by viklove 7y ago
He definitely didn't name it 1976 Virus though. Oh, and would you look at that -- the precursor to the Ebolavirus we know today was called "Sudan Virus," turns out it's not racist, it's just how these things are nam
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by viklove 7y ago
76k mrr with some contractors, this guy is printing money and I'm very jealous.
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by viklove 7y ago
> Frankly I find this subject far too depressing to read about for your needs. That's what you're going with? So what evidence are you basing your belief of of? Sounds like it's just a feeling.
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by viklove 7y ago
I'm not arguing against the point that China is handling this better than other countries. I'm arguing against the point that it's because they "don't mind suffering." They do mind suffering, but they have no
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by viklove 7y ago
Yes, so 6%/22.5 is the percentage of cases NY should have, given a uniform distribution. They're overrepresented by 22.5x.
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by viklove 7y ago
It's hard to take you seriously when you take a range given by the CDC (38,000,000 – 54,000,000) and cherry-pick it as a specific figure that makes your position look stronger. You're arguing in bad faith. Even according to the fi
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by viklove 7y ago
The claim has not been made in error. If he has never experienced the flu, but has experienced symptoms from the flu shot, then the statement "the flu shot has been worse than the flu" is 100% true.
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by viklove 7y ago
> they don't mind suffering things that are unacceptable for us When the ruling class exploits the working class and suppresses their access to information and free speech, that doesn't mean they "don't mind suffering
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by viklove 7y ago
> Loyola University Health System in Chicago—which set a hospital flu-activity record of 190 confirmed cases between January 7 and 13 It's not even close to what we saw just this week from coronavirus. Stop making a comparison where
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by viklove 7y ago
"Straight man" makes just as much sense as "devil's advocate," neither of them apply to a workplace situation. The former applies to comedy performances, and the latter applies to biblical characters. Neither can be

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