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FreeSpeech

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    Comment #27741452

    It extends beyond JS Twitter. Every second JS project website or repo reads like a tribal Twitter bio. The more accessible the language, the more politicised.

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    Comment #27733128

    Exactly. Perfectly demonstrates Wikipedia's western-centric, left-leaning tilt.

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    Comment #27733033

    Tech is already in the cloud. SF workers are already remote. The exit is already under way. The current situation is the definition of unsustainable.

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    Comment #27732759

    It's intentional: https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Billionaire-Sor...

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    Comment #27732741

    It's unbelievable the amount of depravity a single DA can inflict. An unprecedented number of companies and workers are fleeing the city. San Francisco is set to become the next De…

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    Comment #27732504

    Bellingcat participated in a covert UK foreign-office funded program with the BBC to "weaken Russian": https://thegrayzone.com/2021/02/20/reuters-bbc-uk-foreign-of... Anyone sugges…

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    Comment #27732490

    Just as Al Jazeera is Qatari state propaganda, BBC is British state propaganda. You can pull the wool over your eyes and disagree, but they're all state backed narrative machines. …

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    Comment #27725898

    Wait until you hear about SpaceX.

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    Comment #27725870

    So what proposal do luddites put forward then? People should travel intercontinentally by ship?

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    Comment #27719108

    > But we're discussing voluntary taxation here Income taxes are no more voluntary than consumption taxes. > corporations (already masters at tax avoidance under coercive taxation) …

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    Comment #27717850

    Personal income taxes are only a recent phenomena, introduced to bolster war efforts. Nothing prevents a nation funding itself through corporate and consumption taxes alone.

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    Comment #27717556

    Just as we more than make up for the cost of residents using public services with the money they spend on living costs.

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    Comment #27717288

    Believable deep fakes, at least currently, cannot be created instantly. Blockchain guarantees whatever footage is on chain existed at the moment it was added and hasn't been tamper…

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    Comment #27716821

    The vast majority of tourist taxes are minimal ($5-$50) and have no relation to duration (arrival/departure taxes). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourist_tax

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    Comment #27716457

    Most residents of wealthy neighbourhoods would disagree, e.g. the wealthiest district of Atlanta is actively seeking secession: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/buckhead-sec…

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    Comment #27716387

    We don't tax tourists to use any of those services. In most jurisdictions public roads are funded through fuel and registration levies.

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    Comment #27716223

    All fiat money is backed by men with guns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJWi8VUHUzk The real crime is that the American elite have all too many avenues to offset and postpone th…