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"The normal claim is that police are killing black individuals unnecessarily. The claim you have offered is just that claim dressed in dramatic clothing." This is plainly false. Cl…

I don't think you grasp the implications of what you are suggesting. Basically, you're suggesting that 'being wrong' about something, is effectively a crime. That's one hell of a s…

So if someone says 'transgenders are sacrificing children' should be illegal, does that mean 'police are arbitrarily killing unarmed blacks' - should that be illegal? Because I thi…

'Who deems what a lie is'? Are you saying we can't agree on what reality is? If you provide bullshit medical advice to people you should go to jail frankly, for example. But misinf…

Yeah, no this is authoritarianism in action. People are not burning down Children's hospitals, moreover, the kinds of 'misinformation' you're alluding to generally fall way, way wi…

Virtue Signalling is absolutely a thing. Hollow and performative support for an issues that services only to engender the supporter with social points. Supporting Ukraine doesn't b…

That is definitely not what this article is.

Just the opposite, I see empathetic, gushing, ridiculous cotton candy optimisim all over places like LinkedIn and the corporate world. Everybody Smile! There isn't nearly enough co…

Rather bluntly, this is just not true. I think there is an erroneous understanding/implication in your statement, which is likely leading you to erroneous conclusion. The Fed is no…

Listen, you are really confusing yourself and others here. That banks used to print notes in the past is not relevant in this discussion, when we talk about 'printing money' what w…

This is misleading. There is a 'decision' made and there is always collateral - at the bank, and even at the Fed. The 'decision' that might be made, is what kind of assets to accep…

This is kind of a misunderstanding. Banks retain assets for loans they make. They don't print money. But imagine this scenario: you deposit $10 at bank A, they loan that $10 to per…

I think you are misunderstanding fractional lending and collateral. Fractional lending seems a bit odd, but it's not like there is 'no collateral' - rather, there ends up being 'pa…

Because we just went through a massive existential shock with COVID, in which the Fed took on a staggering amount of assets i.e. liquidity - and - we've had material global problem…

I'm wary that this is a problematic articulation. The government rarely if ever controls markets to the point where it causes material price increase for things. The US government …

Because the 'simple straight forward explanation' doesn't make much sense. As economies grow and expand, they need more money supply to keep prices stable. If you're using 100 tons…

No - this is completely false. As an economy expands, it needs more currency to facilitate growth. A 'very hard currency' would strangle an economy with ugly deflationary issues. M…

"Why is that necessary?" Why is any product feature necessary or not? If you want to buy something with a USB-C then buy that. If you want Apple to change then let them know. "Get …

"The government will force companies to make a product decision that I happen to like" This is an extremely bad reason to support this legislation. The government could legislate a…

The iphone uses the 'thinnest' connector of all, which I find nice. All phones use 'thinner' and better chargers than they did 10 years ago. It's unbelievable how people are defaul…

? how did self regulation fail ? There's nothing wrong with the way iPhone charges. This is an unnecessary intervention. There are plenty of bigger, more relevant fish to fry.

More like 1.5,

Depends on competency, commitment etc.. Post-war countries tend to be best served by a truly benevolent, uncorruptable, honest broker who can carry out the necessary plans, which s…

There are services where you can get temp. cc numbers what 'wrap' your 'real' card. You can limit them to certain merchants and limit amounts, cancel them etc..

Bitcoin is not an 'industry' so it's not comparable on those terms, moreover, it provides nothing of value to anyone.