yourmatenate

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by yourmatenate 3y ago
"obviously not slavery" It is admittedly not traditional chattel slavery but I happen to agree with Frederick Douglas that, "there may be a wages of slavery only a little less galling and crushing in its effects than chattel
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
No sane person thinks that the current system is exploitative? No sane person thinks that it takes advantage about a power differential due to who has the capital (land, factory etc.)? I guess I know a lot of insane people. How many people
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
To me this is like saying: You don't have the freedom to be a slave, therefore your system isn't really free.
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
The first of these books is fascinating and worth a read (I enjoyed the second one too, but it is a little more scholarly in its language). The first primarily deals with hunter/gatherer peoples and early city-based civilisations. The
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
This is veering into a different topic, but I'd encourage you to read "The Dawn Of Everything" (2021) & "The Art of Not Being Governed" (2009) for long term examples of non-hierarchal societies. It may be inevit
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
Whether a centrally planned economy can work or not may be an interesting question, but it is irrelevant to whether Socialism works or not (or even whether it is right or moral or not). Socialism does not require a centrally planned economy
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by yourmatenate 3y ago
Another 50 year old here. Counting down the days to Zelda Tears Of The Kingdom comes out, playing Horizon Burning Shores in the meantime, having just finished Fallout 4, Witcher 3, and Last Of Us 2 before that. I tend to prefer games with s
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
Nah - Right Wing Pencil Propaganda Myth - https://peacefulrevolutionary.substack.com/p/the-right-wing-...
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
The point of my reply was to point out that having a modest home was not necessarily an indication of character (hence the Scrooge comparison), and that even Warren Buffett - who is seen by some as the best of the wealthy - has come under c
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
My mistake. Different train company - although his also had derailments & is also failing at track and train safety, as detailed in the link.
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
And yet somehow still buys a $11 million house in California and flies by private jet. That $100k stretches really far.
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
And what percentage of the population are major shareholders - to the point that their share holding makes a substantial impact or gives them a significant say in the running of the company? It is the 1% who own 53% of stocks who are the on
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
It seems there are multiple train companies which have had derailments including his. It is almost as if his train company is just as lax with its safety as the others. But luckily this one did not derail in a town.
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
My wording could have been better, but the point stands - according to Forbes (a conservative capitalist source) he is charging interests rates substantially above the usual for housing to low income residents, something they call "exp
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
Ebenezer Scrooge lived very modestly too. He was a landlord who exploited the low paid by jacking up prices on run down housing, or was that Buffett? https://www.forbes.com/sites/korihale/2019/04/18/
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
I'm not sure Hacker News is the best forum for this. But as I realise that the new Hogwarts game criss-crosses issues of tech and gaming with trans issues, I'll venture to share some thoughts (a decision I hope I don't come t
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
Worth taking into consideration the perspective of Natalie Wynn (of Contrapoints) who feels that this podcast is misrepresenting her and the topic - https://twitter.com/ContraPoints/status/1626231558842765312 This
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
I sync Obsidian with Git and use pandoc for book / ebook generation (or Foam with Visual Code might work too). Scrivener can synchronise with Git too - albeit indirectly (it sync's with a folder & I use a simple script to keep
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
Racist twaddle - * The Tragedy Of The Tragedy Of The Commons - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-tragedy-of-t... * The Truth About The Tragedy Of The Commons - https://evonomics.com/the-on
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
I am an advocate for Obsidian and have just been teaching my team how to use it, but I sync my own knowledge base to Wiki.JS via Git, although there are other and maybe better alternatives for that purpose - * https://flowershow.
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by yourmatenate 4y ago
America to the left of the UK? https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/no-doubt-cutting-taxes-wi... Its seems Biden and Truss are falling out already!