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touzen

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About touzen

Teaching at Stockholm University and researching privacy-preserving NLP.

Mainly here for content about AI, politics, languages, and self-hosting.

https://vakili.science https://thomasvakili.se

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    Actually, the situation is even weirder in Swedish! Even though we write "att", it is pronounced "o" when used to mark an infinitive but not when used like the word "that" in Engli…

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    Comment #12996205

    In Sweden, we have had numerous incidents where fake news has been spread with the purpose of spreading anti-immigrant sentiment. A recent example is a rumour stating that we had b…

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    Comment #11543766

    The idea of a six hour workday is an extremely politically divisive issue in Sweden. It's even controversial _within_ the Swedish left. The Moderate party in Gothenburg isn't being…

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    That's not entirely true though. There are a lot of leftists who oppose the EU because they believe it is to neoliberal, prioritizing the protecting of businesses rather than the i…

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    Comment #6870440

    In Sweden private for profit schools and schools run by the municipalities compete with each other. All of them are funded by the tax payers and they get a certain amount of money …

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    Comment #6720860

    1) Equality doesn't "just happen". It's something that must be actively pursued. Basically all equality is "forced". Also, the type of positive discrimination that you describe is …

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    While it is true that "immigrant" is not a "race", the idea that swedes are inherently less criminal than all other ethnicities is still racist. One might argue that "racist" shoul…

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    Comment #6717663

    Your economist being right wing is relevant because most libertarians refuse to acknowledge the positive effects of equality. Noting that a source is biased is a valid point. I agr…

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    Comment #6717273

    So you think it's perfectly fine to refuse to hire somebody just because of their ethnicity? Wow. Also, just because you can find one right wing economist supporting your view does…

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    Comment #6717034

    You are being racist. What you're saying is that immigrants are somehow more inclined to commit crimes simply because they're immigrants. That _is_ a racist statement and you're al…