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Why do people buy Apple products on mass then?

I've given my rationale. Calling it evidence-free when there are thousands of examples where it works and almost everytime there is government involvement it happens to be a mess. …

> GDPR is quite decent as laws go; the problems you mention happen because the regulation enforcement is too weak. Displaying a cookie popup was never anything but an admission tha…

> Not really. My perception comes from thinking about the market as a dynamic system, and not a static picture described by pro- and anti-market propagandists. Nonsense. Your frami…

I don't care for democracy, so no I don't want to call myself democratic. > But that does not absolve the producer. They are still using ethically questionable methods. Most people…

> But the free market literally cannot exist? The free market won't bring you back to life so you can "choose a different competitor" if it kills you. Life is full of risks. Lots o…

I cannot stand the gas-lighting here. Your perception of capitalism is one that is framed as a winner takes all mentality that been sold to you by propagandists. Capitalism is abou…

I always hate the framing of something being "capitalistic greed". The market has decided that they don't care about their privacy. You are complaining about the wrong people, you …

Not always. There are quite a few drivers with more than 12 points on the road. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40862975 I personally am aware of many people that were speedi…

The wage stagnation relative to inflation started happening 1960s-1970s, so that was well after the time period we were discussing (pre-1960s).

I find it hard to believe as well. However without knowing specifics it would be impossible to judge fairly.

All modern police forces are modelled to some extent on Robert Peel's ideas ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles ). That includes to some extent the US police as well…

> I agree visibility can be poor but is easilly mitigated by driving at a suitable speed. Not at all. I've been driving at what seems like a sensible speed for the conditions and s…

> Maybe making a regualr speeding fine a life changing amount rather than the negligable sum it is now would improve people's behaviour, raise some much needed revenue and save a f…

Driving in the UK is stressful enough. If I've driven down the motorway for long periods I am normally wondering if I've got a ticket because of the variable speed limits. I have n…

I actually used to live near there and have driven down that road numerous times. * @7pm in the morning in the winter the whole area can be fogged up and it was dark. I've driven d…

> It was always thus. In fact, until the ‘60s, a girl had to rely on her beauty and personality to eat and survive, i.e. by marrying. The way this is framed today by people is soo …

These conversations always go like this. It becomes tedious. 1) I don't care what Rothbard became in the end. It is completely irrelevant. Rothbard's critique of the state is an in…

Doesn't slack allow you to email a channel?

You make that sound like a bad thing? There are some that believe (as I do) that democracy will leads to oligarchy. But then again I've been reading a lot of Rothbard recently. htt…

I am going to wait. I am concerned about the amount of time and the record of the companies that have created the vaccine. I work remotely and live on my own, so my exposure to oth…

The context in which we are speaking is whether proton is a suitable replacement. It cannot be ignored in this context. The point is that people pretend everything works perfectly,…

Whether you are targeted for a mugging is dependant on whether the criminal thinks you are an easy target. Most muggings will be crimes of opportunity. I used to live in a very dod…

> I don't understand your logic: you'd rather there be no games on Linux at all instead of some working well, some with hacks, and some not working? Other than the false dichotomy.…

The idea of the future markets was because of the fluctuating rice supply in Japan during the 17th century. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dojima-rice-exchange.as...