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> The value of some places is the very fact that they're low density. Exactly. Just look at a satellite image of Atherton, CA or Lexington MA; they're low-density residential place…

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Indeed, which is why these DEI initiatives and workplace indoctrination are dystopian.

Very dystopian, and reminiscent of countless other "social revolutions" that happened in the not-so-distant history, all with terrifying results.

Your society would be doomed to forever look back at historical grievances and never make progress. As Ibram X. Kendi says: "The only remedy to past discrimination is present discr…

> Or weren't given access to the same loans (including federally subsidized loans) I'm not sure which time period you're talking about, but if it's the Boston Fed 1992 research on …

> Both are parts of who I am and neither deserves shame or uplifting. This is a good point. I've always thought that my esteem of anybody should not change based on immutable chara…

> if we follow the meritocratic ideology that everyone has the same opportunities available to them, it would be a natural conclusion It's a natural-sounding conclusion that has no…

> a more honest appraisal about what the real obstacles are for Black and Hispanic students Different cultural and ethnic groups value different things. Virtually nobody who clamor…

"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."

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> Elbonian Xtremesunshine Time Ha, good one! One can only hope the Elbonian Parliament will have the sense to abolish this stupid Xtremesunshine time and observe one time zone year…

> government can spend money selflessly "Selflessly" insofar as everyone involved has no incentives, internal or external, that direct their behavior one way or another; which is t…

Substantially equal in terms of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? In equality before the law? In being judged not for the color of their skin, but the content of their c…

According to your first source, "cutting the top tax rate does not lead to economic growth" but it does not lead to economic stagnation or shrinkage either; "cutting the top tax ra…

I'll own the snark (and point out that height is only non-transferable if you aren't trying hard enough, a la Harrison Bergeron), but my point stands. Life is full of situations wh…

I'd love to be as tall and athletic as an NBA player. Perhaps a height tax is in order to more fairly redistribute people along the vertical dimension.

I did not make that assumption, with the idea that in countries with free (or freer, at any rate) market-based economies with little to no capital controls, the rising tide lifts a…

Almost every country with significant capital controls are ones you likely wouldn't want to voluntarily move to.

Do you not believe in the value of those things? Separately, every institute or person that has published anything has an agenda; so the fact that this particular institute has a m…

> you got the benefits of the system, pay back into it The "system" isn't the government, though it's easy to muddle that line, considering some developed countries have government…

Nobody has time to stand in line for hours to vote. Not even retired people would do that! > Someone working 3 jobs According to the BLS[0], less than 5% of working-aged people hol…

I'm an immigrant myself, having moved around the US quite a bit and currently living in a part where there aren't very many people from my country of origin. I've never once consid…

> The tragedy is those who want to engage but can't. Due to registration requirements, ersatz poll taxes, difficulty of getting to and from poll sites or keeping tabs on the electi…