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So complaining about American black genocide is fine, but then comparing it to white genocide (and rejecting the term) is bannable? I seem to have been banned simply for mentioning…

>it suggested (at least to me) very unnatural about how incomes were being allocated I feel like the word "unnatural" is doing a lot of work here... can you explain what you mean? …

Last time I saw these stats the amazing thing was how little they had to do with income. A huge chunk of people even making over 100k had essentially zero savings.

Agreement.

Which rights specifically?

It should be noted - this definition as genocide as destruction of a culture (instead of physical murder of a people) also supports the idea of "white genocide": A targeted effort …

We don't know how Yahoo would've done under someone else. It could've been much worse. It's perfectly possible Mayer did unique work that paid her compensation and much more in sav…

"It is a SCAM and will steal your seed!" I'm getting General Ripper vibes over here...

Work doesn't define humanity, but the fruits of work are what enable humans to exist. Also, work is the only means by which we do things that can benefit others. It's all very good…

>incel, red-pill, and proud boy ideas that you must refrain from "spilling your seed"—that your reproductive emissions contain some of your essential energy What you're describing …

Is it a "structural" issue? Or is it just the fact that, statistically, poor people are really unlikely to pay back loans, so loaning to them profitably means charging really high …

>the desire to preserve the inferior status of blacks has motivated policies against all members of the low-wage sector. So your belief is, the dominant economic-political movement…

Another mode of travel doesn't seem to be accounted for: Travel for pleasure. Not to score social points. Not for meaning. Just to relax and feel good for a week. Weather can be a …

Grandparent didn't imply it was a triumph of foresight, but rather a failure of foresight. I think that's what he's saying - a general point that people's understanding of climate …

In about a billion years the sun will exhaust enough nuclear fuel to cool and expand, boiling the oceans, blowing off our atmosphere, and turning Earth back into a sterile rock. It…

Or maybe - and call me crazy here - men and women are different, and want different things, and therefore, as we reduce discrimination, nearly every job and hobby will end up with …

America has a high ratio. To call it 'worst' is a value judgment and not an objective statement, any more than saying the abortion or divorce rate is better or worse.

I'm curious, what's the definition of hard vacuum? Obviously there will be a few nitrogen molecules bouncing around in there so it seems there must be some arbitrary cutoff.

Isn't that just the same Friedman approach with a longer time horizon? Imagine a farmer who farms to exhaust the soil. He earns money but in 30 years, the farmland is rendered usel…

You need more if you're cold enough! Go out in frigid weather with a T-shirt on. You'll soon shiver - your body is recruiting muscles to generate heat. But also, your "brown fat" c…

Yeah, there are a lot of confounding differences between Americans and Norwegians here. History, terrain/density, climate, culture, and even genetics all likely play a role. Not ju…

>Small ideological sects with large families historically don't seem to take over the world. It only seems that way because pre-1960, the world was entirely dominated by sects (e.g…

True, it is a de-facto outcome that constitutes a punishment. Still totally understandable from an employer's point of view. e.g. How much of a discount would you need to hire a na…

After the Spanish flu, multiple near-missed accidental nuclear launches as well as political crises during the Cold War, September 11, SARS scare, Ebola scare, weather events like …

In Tokyo they test the public emergency speaker system every day. At 5pm they play a 30-second traditional Japanese lullaby. If you ask people, they say it means it's time for chil…