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We have to let rich people get richer because the Constitution says so... It's price and parcel of freedom.

Western governments are covert about surveillance. China is overt about it, you continuously feel insecure and watched... and much like US's security theatre in airports that's the…

I don't mean currently no one talks about China, I mean there was a period after 2009 where there were a number of hacking incidents that no one talked about until much later. As f…

What if on the other hand this is the fundamental aspect of Capitalism... Where the people with capital are always telling other people who might want access to whatever they are h…

Looks like though this is the future. It's Capitalism where you love a product, say freedom of speech or democracy, but the company that supplies it gets bought out. And now you ca…

Seems like a rip-off. Not only do you get to live in sub-standard housing you're making rent-seekers some serious profit margins for nothing. These places should be $250/mo. and ev…

To quote dumb and dumber, so you mean there's a chance?

Yes and religious fanatics have their religious books, what's your point. There are fortunately amendments that can be made to the Constitution.

So say the human rights of a few thousand as opposed to the human rights of a few million maybe billions. Seems like a just bargain.

One interesting rule might be to keep people with a certain amount of money from meddling in politics. Like you track all the money, and rich people are not allowed to influence po…

Well when America vacuums up power if you are a European nation without any ammo you better watch out.

> liberate Kuwait from Iraqi control Saddam was willing to leave. > Both were successful by the metrics set out for it. Because they were beat downs. > Afghanistan and the second I…

You really want to make a must to punish children? If you get in there early there shouldn't be an in addition to. Prison is a final measure when all other measures have failed. Ev…

Not only that, they will have wives, girlfriends, and children; they may eventually have employees. You can not stop them period. They are a part of the human population. They can …

Maybe if you counselled them and taught them how to manage their own needs and emotions many of them would not become criminals saving society many ills. You can not eliminate the …

How does banning cars and making cities more walk-able effect obesity?

Bullies themselves need counselling on managing their own needs and emotions rather than punishment. We focus so much on the victims, we also need to focus on the perpetrators and …

You can't wake up as that's all also a story. It's turtles all the way down. All you can do is tell a different story, to change the script so to say. So far we have gone through a…

Humans live in stories not in reality. In modern times we have figured out how to sublimate reality with stories, but this process is as old as civilization and propaganda. So no m…

Okay imagine living with all the above + war + religious leadership that does not agree with your beliefs. That's a religious and tribal governance in our time.

You see anyone killing anyone because they don't like the Apple watch? You seen a person who drives a Chevy Impala being hated on by someone who drives a Toyota? No. You see someon…

The economy unites everyone that's what the West discovered. So if you focus on the economy and tempt people with their desires you can get them to work long hours, cooperate with …

Nasty tribalism in that part of the world is holding everyone there back. However, they are not intelligent enough to understand this, they are just undermining each other.

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Yeah it's a national security concern because if someone is leading so heavily they will destroy your lead and then you will never catch up. Just look at what happened to so many E…