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I would critique this response. You're citing specific examples; I hesitate to call them 'anecdotes', they're clearly real, but I don't think they are a strong rebuttal vs the stat…

This is absolutely the case. Look at the price/performance on chinese phones or cars vs. those available in the US. Especially given some of the explicit claims in our declaration …

The sad part, to further reinforce your rebuttal to the parent, is that the high costs weren't even enough to push me out for many years, I am fortunate to be a high enough earner …

I feel like you're not reading my whole comment vs. picking pieces, or are conflating my responses. I explicitly said I was responding to both parents, and enumerated my response t…

That response disregards the thrust of my point, as well as the parallel to the famous quote "war is the continuation of politics by other means." If a population does not believe …

To respond to both you and the parent at once. 1. While dragonwriter's point is not entirely wrong, I also wouldn't say I agree either. Czar Nicholas was "prosecuted" quite rapidly…