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Hong Kong, as the most recent example, has once again shown us that whenever "the voters" demand something, the government's response is tear-gas and batons. But hey, governments a…

Well, the Constitution says everyone has the right to say anything they want. That's what "free speech" means, and that includes things that someone thinks are "obscene". Not that …

In Germany and Spain, there's a state-maintained taxi cartel. They don't want any competition - that's the point of a cartel to begin with - and so, their friends in the government…

Just keep answering these questions as appropriate: - What is this? - What is it for? - How do you use it? And/or maybe: - What's going on? - Where do we go from here? - What are w…

You seem to be overlooking the point. Would it be morally permissible for me to scribble down arbitrary rules and enforce them on you if I had an army with which to ensure your com…

> A law is a written order, adding the remainder is just an inflammatory accusation that undermines the public at large. Undermines the public how? > A particular rule of law may b…

What will really blow your mind is that Snowden is a PsyOp. If Snowden is saying things governments don't want you to hear, it's highly strange that the government-controlled mains…

> But the article isn't just talking about the NSA and National Security Letters - this is about law enforcement . No it's not. It's just that "law enforcement" sounds more comfort…

Are you suggesting that the Russian "Empire" is more influential in Ukraine than the US Empire? :P Or maybe that the West doesn't spew propaganda too? :)

> I believe you have been downvoted because instead of quoting general economist mottos about the misuse of public money, you could have cited factual examples. I just presented so…

I'm advocating for everything to be private. But not advocating for the US system, which is far from a free market.

> it still transfers more responsibility to the student than subsidizing education to make it free Nothing can be made free by subsidizing it. The cost is hidden, but it's certainl…

Wow. You just can't make that shit up.. unless, of course, you're the government and making it all up :)

> This observation reveals the mentality of cynicism which infests the US Federal control structures, and the reality that these structures regard the American people with total co…

Prevented by complying, ie. selling out his customers' privacy?

Or Cook could just reap some PR-points with a convincingly stated flat out lie. It's not like anyone will remember it in a couple of weeks anyway.

> you have to go for an in-person "interview", which is really just so that they can fingerprint you... Well, in Finland, we have to submit to fingerprinting to get a new passport …