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Ah, yes, the brutal regimes of modern-day Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and others in Northern Europe! where people aren't routinely bankrupted by medical debt, and don't enter adult li…

Again, is the food comment--a very small part of what I said--the only thing you're quibbling with? If I could retract that one small part of my original comment, what would you ha…

Is that your only quibble? This was above the fold on a ddg search: http://www.christianpost.com/news/1-in-4-u-s-children-at-ris... Aaand... "gluttony rather than hunger seems to b…

Of course we do. There's a substantial and growing body of social science research that indicates that inequality leads to a whole host of social ills--see Wilkinson and Pickett. T…

Good luck. That looks like a terrible idea, but good luck all the same. Please share whatever lessons you learn in marketing and promoting, of course--I know we could always use an…

I'm wary of anyone who uses terms like "state-coerced" - it suggests that the author has bought into an ideology that is decidedly not reality-based. Too often, phrases like that r…

We used to have real pensions from companies, too. It used to be that, by working for a company, part of your benefit was that they'd pay four your retirement. Of course, this is b…

Of course, the social safety net isn't generous. I'm not sure why you think that. Social security pays out enough to keep _some_ old people from abject poverty. For some unfathomab…

No less an extremist as Thomas Jefferson supported the estate tax, and we still have it for many good reasons. This article talks about it better than I could: http://www.economist…

> This Is What A Computer Scientist Looks Like" is exactly the wrong way to "empower". It's a photo. Fine, don't put yourself on the list. How others feel empowered and make commun…

I note that he claims to have 29 sites, but hasn't listed them. A simple list of the 29 super-duper money-making sites...that shouldn't be so hard to provide...

My "privilege" rhetoric? What exactly are you trying to say?

I'd upvote you a thousand times if I could. You've just modeled the kind of humility and maturity that can actually make the world a better place. Thank you for this..it hasn't gon…

Cultural marxism? Is that an attempt to discredit someone just by tossing out a scary-sounding label? What if we haven't been programmed to fear Marxism, and "cultural marxism" jus…

Have you asked the women involved if they think it's patronizing? Or is it just something you think?

I'm sorry, maybe you can explain it like I'm five. What does the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the public or private sector have to do with a centrally-planned economy? Or, …

I didn't say anything about a Soviet-style centrally-planned economy, either. ... Hey, I discovered a great site the other day: http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawman

Ah, but maybe he's not overlooking, for one example, the broadband monopoly or (essentially non-competitive) duopoly that exists in contemporary American society. Compare what we'v…

"Generally government is poor at picking winners, and inefficient" [citation needed] "Often the government people end up on the side of workers in the field rather than the public …

Dear HNers, Gender bias is a touchy subject in these tech blogs and the responses to this (yet another) article are, predictably, dismissive. It was one person's fault, there's no …

I think you mean: There has never been less hyperbole in a headline, in all the history of the world.

You, as an individual, may not care. Unfortunately, historical evidence and social science evidence suggests that (bearing in mind that you as an individual may not care) when inco…

Whether rich people use roads, public education, or food safety is beside the point. (And, frankly speaking, I'd venture to guess that rich people do use roads more, because poor p…

Actually, that's a rather severe simplification of "what taxes are," but for the sake of discussion, let's roll with it. (or roll it out..and shape it in a pan, and fill it with ap…

I assume someone downvoted me for the typo (sorry! the name is supposed to be Wilkinson), and not because they find it uncomfortable when science supports ideas that run counter to…