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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
>There isn't really a reason... Direct quote of parent giving the reason: "if you're using an external keyboard that doesn't have a Fn key built by Apple, there's no way to go fullscreen from the keyboard"
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
You are unbelievably naive if you think politicians are merely limited by their "awareness." Step 1: "Raise awareness" of the issue Step 2: Assure donors there are no more steps That's how laws don't get pass
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
This is irrelevant. We either plan and fix the problem or we don't plan and don't fix the problem. That's it. There are no terms in which any proposal of yours even improves the results, so you have no point.
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
Who is we? The US government is controlled by multinational corporations.
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
...for now.
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
You are failing to make your point. What urgency are you talking about?
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
You're making an argument for a more organized society, not a less organized society. In your example, the solution is not letting 9 more people die but rather having a greater number of generalized doctors, in place of some specialize
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
It is a capitalist enterprise, which means control by its very owners is contingent on making enough profit to pay the bills, in the very best of cases. This is not my opinion.
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
free until it's not, of course
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
I am beyond certain that crossed their mind at least twice but thanks.
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
Admittedly, the selected sample is biased towards seemingly responsible people, and it strikes me as recklessly presumptuous to assume that otherwise responsible people tend to make such decisions with anything less then tremendous consider
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
> The fact you are asking should tell you something. What should it tell me? That I want children but know I can't afford to have children? I already know that, and it's why I'm asking in the first place. > The fact no
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
Now in my late 30s, I have spent the past 5 years cornering childless elders and asking them about their decision to not have children. Despite my skepticism, I still haven't found one who didn't convince they are happy with their
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
I have a 5k display and I can't even quite make the page wide enough to view the entire globe. How are people with regular displays supposed to view it? What a disaster of a presentation!
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
> the old Wall St model of doing one cut in one afternoon, calling people into an office and giving a severance is far more humane. Since when did being "humane" contribute to profit? > Everyone understood it was about the
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
Rest in piss indeed! Good riddance!
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
The reasons have much more to do with much better diets, getting better sleep, not working stressful and physically demanding and dangerous jobs, etc.
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
> Discussions like these always make me wonder what the distribution should be. It depends which side you're on. > How much should the top 0.1, 1, 10% own? Less > How much the bottom 10,20,30%, etc.? More
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
So what? There is no reason why an average American worker should be concerned with the GDP.
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
ACA is not economic policy. Democrats have not even come close to opposing any tax cuts that I know of. They complain in the media but still vote for them every time. Democrats did not oppose the jobs act. Again, complaining in the media do
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
A single example?
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
This a classic is-ought fallacy, and I'm trying to be generous. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
A single example?
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
I'm not sure it did...
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
> Since there isn't any way to use their deaths to further a political agenda no one cares Stats and images of sickly children have motivated (and "motivated") donations to countless non-profits and NGOs that lobby for th
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
Their economic policies are literally exactly the same, no exceptions.
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
Marxists have long argued that the problem with capitalism is not that it's the cause of humanity's social problems, but that it systemically exploits humanity's social problems.
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
http://archive.today/cWtzK
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
If you want a classless society, that's literally the definition of communism according to Karl Marx. This is capitalism .
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xkekjrktllss
3y ago
Good point. We need a list of the specific line workers responsible and the parents who raised them.
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