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Then…don’t? You are free to not do so, while others (like myself) can choose the opposite.

>One of the things I have disliked about the Iranian conflict is that their propaganda/messaging has been, by quite a margin, more reliable than what the US/Israel have been puttin…

Did they stop teaching "actions speak louder than words" in schools, or something?

Nah I’m good, and we’re pretty good overall. See how I can have a different opinion and not get arrested? Whereas if you ask someone in China if they’re communist, they’re not allo…

> The US government is now more authoritarian than the Chinese government Nah we’re not playing this game. Try asking the CCP officials in person about Uyghur internment camps, or …

The last World Cup used slave labor to build their stadium in the desert, in a country that banned beer/alcohol consumption - the latter of which was relaxed eventually due to heav…

Can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. These don't magically appear - people have to create / store / distribute those things, and/or develop the science / engineering to do so.

lol if you think $ was the barrier there, I have a few bridges to sell you too…

With so many recent leadership hires / acquire hires with Facebook Growth Team backgrounds, ya’ll are naive if you think OpenAI _isn’t_ using this business data for their own means…

So was WeWork

“… FTC when it challenged Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a convoluted process that didn't formally end until May of 2025—almost two years after the deal c…

This reminds me of the fascinating story of how Shakespeare's first folio was assembled, in that many of the plays were assembled from folks who had copies that were annotated - ei…

No, boomers and NGO's who raided the coffers blew it and left us with $36 trillion in debt, along with $1.2 trillion on _just the interest payments_ - which is more than the US spe…

It’s more of a “yes, and…” comment. Namely, both are relevant, but previously only one side was highlighted.

Biggest issue with Democrats is learning that "People are born with different abilities." Biggest issue with Republicans is learning that "People are born with different abilities.…

These tend to work through in stages: fastest ones to accept were already looking, and next up are those that are on the fence, and so on... The 8-month buyout offer is significant…

Their Blessed Homeland vs. Our Barbarous Wastes

>But at the same time we -- meaning Trump and the GOP Senate -- just appointed the least qualified candidate in the history of the US... I'm old enough to remember when Biden nomin…

>A government full of cronies sucks... >A meritocratic...government sounds like a dystopian novel. So nepotism + networking = bad, but meritocracy also = bad...? >...we can at leas…

The cheating element is only _part_ of it, and the dominant regime at the time downplayed / ignored the DEI elements because that was supported by their ideology...like a sacred co…

> Also lots of ads prey on people with worse impulse control who bankroll the rest of us who don't click ads. This reminds me of the Mark Twain adage of "Telling a man he can't hav…