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Machines, immigrant laborers and huge agribusinesses, mostly. I don't engage in the trendy family farm fad if that's what you're asking. More to the point, are you implying that it…

How is it undisputably bad? This woman now has access to higher quality men around the world instead of a random farmer without much to offer (no offense to the random farmers in t…

>Like rent an apartment? Have a car to get to work? Then you rent an apartment or buy a car. Are you implying you can't do this after bankruptcy? It's much easier to do these with …

Fair points, although to your last point, I wouldn't necessarily agree it solves the problem well. AMP makes some websites almost unusable (intentionally disables core functionalit…

AMP seems like a solution in search of a problem. Are people really having trouble with loading speed in 2020? I travel to remote areas in third world countries regularly for work …

Preparing for expected catastrophes is not a fleeting desire. It's basically the opposite. There are entire industries built up around this (FEMA, insurance, flood control systems,…

I typed out a much longer response but this will do: I think you are not following my argument or the OP. Neither supposes that "we need" is a standalone argument. OP provides spec…

Which part of the OP deals with megacorps? I don't like megacorps either but I don't see which part of the OP you disagree with. >Isn't it hypocritical to ask for money from common…

>There’s way too much “we need to start...” Not really. A world as complex as ours needs to be starting new initiatives all the time. Basically every convenience you take for grant…

We don't fully understand the long term effects. Many people are experiencing prolonged sickness that may never go away. The disease can do permanent damage to basically any of you…

Maybe what he's getting at is that the technologies the west "can't dream of" were invented in the west. Drones, for example. The west doesn't use drones to deliver medicine becaus…

And "judicial power" includes the sole power to shape the boundaries of con law. Who do you think can determine the boundaries of con law?

So why are you supporting a system that has assumptions of zero cost of CO2 emissions? There is no reason whatsoever to think there is zero cost. Why would we implement public poli…

>Yes, and I have already said that I oppose those decisions. The government should not be playing favorites. So you agree that government should stop subsidizing roads and suburbs?…

Do I have any way to verify this as a user?

Yeah you're pretty much right. But this can be solved pretty simply with a pigovian tax. It's not inconsistent with any definition of rights that I'm aware of to say that you can't…

>But public policy decisions affect everybody, so the criterion needs to be a lot stricter for how complete the information needs to be and how confident we need to be in our knowl…

>You're misstating the alternatives. No. >We're talking about public policy. Yes. >The alternatives for public policy are "don't dictate what everyone must do in area X" or "dictat…

>No, a "subsidy" is not the same as a purchase. Did I a say "subsidy" was the same as a purchase? Not sure what you're getting at. >Purchasing something at whatever the current mar…

>We cannot justify most of the things we're currently doing on that basis. Exactly my point. Why do you think we need to have a higher justification for good ideas (engaging in sus…