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by yibg 1y ago
Even team members visiting from Canada were told very explicitly to not say they're coming to the US to "work" but rather for a business trip. But practically of course everyone do some amount of actual work. From checking th
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Problem is the current visas are fairly vague and ambiguous. B1/B2 visa allows for business travel for things like negotiations, conferences and such. You can't "work", but the definition and the practical enforcement of
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I think there is a general distance to a lot of things in today's society. Very few of us have to farm or hunt for our own food, or clean an animal carcass. I don't have a strong view on the moral aspects of eating animals (I&#x27
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My core objection is the claim that saying so and so is "a threat to democracy" is inciting violence. Where as so and so "is going to destroy our society" is not? One doesn't seem any more extreme than the other to
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Yea it becomes a vicious positive feedback loop unfortunately, amplified by social media. Moderate voices gets drowned out because they're boring. Some outlandish thing on one "side" gets some strong reaction from the other s
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I understand the thrust of your comment, but why is "this person is a threat to democracy" an apocalyptic statement, but "... or the cycle is going to destroy our society" not? Seems like you're being rather selecti
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Probably more fluid details than today where someone can push a button and level a building 1000 miles away without seeing the faces of any of the people torn to shreds. Maybe there would be less appetite for war if people had to still phys
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Or just start with ad hominem attacks first and then get indignant when the other person doesn't want to engage in an "argument".
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I'm frankly amazed that not a small portion of the population seriously believe that he's not corrupt and is genuinely trying to do what's best for the country. Many believe he's making a personal financial sacrifice in
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> Most people don't see themselves as destructive, they just have a very different view of what the right rules are and what ought to be done to progress things. That can appear destructive from the outside. I think that's part
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I'm doubtful most Americans can (or are willing to) draw enough of a link between cause and effect to really learn a lesson from this. Half of the voters seem to either: - Not believe the data (it's a hoax, rigged, fake news etc)
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How about only the ones that voted for exactly what is happening?
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"bring manufacturing back to America" keeps getting thrown around and I'm genuinely curious how that would work. Let's say we do bring the bulk of manufacturing jobs back to America, what does the country look like in 10
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Or even if legal or not means anything. Lower court ruling so far is a lot of the tariffs are illegal. But the supreme court as so far ruled overwhelmingly in favor of the administration, so that is very likely to get overturned anyways. So
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Because that’s a common thing while trying to get into Canada? Are there examples of this happening that made you worried?
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I don't understand the comparison. Was she at risk of being locked up for days or weeks? People aren't worried about being denied entry. People are worried about having their rights violated.
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"Your papers, please". Where have I heard that before...?
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I also don't like the push towards accounts with google / apple etc or using apps to do everything, or the walled gardens that are the apple and google app stores. To play the devil's advocate though, hasn't this always
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Why is it a subsidy? It’s just a lack of an artificial barrier.
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Right because removing competition generally reduce prices overall? Even if domestic producer compete with each other, prices still go up overall.
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Same for me except I never started. Graduated EE and went straight into software. Not just higher pay, but also a hell of a lot more jobs available, especially to new grads.
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Problem is 99.99% of the population probably doesn't care (or even know about the issue). Companies respond to the market. If there is no demand or pressure for something more open, they won't make it.
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> And in turn federal district judges have signed a lot more nationwide injunctions? Orders of magnitude more than had ever been issued? that by itself doesn't mean much. More EOs and especially illegal ones produces more injunction
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A few things are different. 1. Degrees / magnitude. How many cases of dictatorial behavior were there with Obama vs Trump? Every president signs executive orders, but trump signs a lot more of them. 2. Defiance to checks in power. The
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If non imported goods were price competitive with imported goods then tariffs won't be needed in the first place. Tariff's are there for artificially force imported good to be more expensive so the previous more expensive domestic
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Details matter. Tariffs CAN promote domestic manufacturing and raise wages. But a few things need to be true for that to happen: 1. Targeted specific tariffs aimed at industries we want to protect. Not a flat across the board tariffs on all
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The main difference I see is part of the government of "the west", e.g. US, hasn't been able to get all the way to how China operates yet, not that they don't want to. Given the chance, which looks like they're gett
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Executive orders to ban something explicitly deemed legal under the constitution by the supreme court? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/25/trump-flag-b...
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They should then just ignore the courts decisions they don’t like like the current administration does.
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For all the talk about free speech and freedoms, a significant portion of the US doesn’t actually want free speech. They want free speech only for things they agree with.

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