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xinniethepooh
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Comment #30510678
There's no "we" because exactly your attitude lmao You point out some red herring, claim it's the base case, and thus it proves the entire viewpoint that it's some "decaying corrup…
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Comment #30275900
I occasionally check TikTok to see what it's like. I notice quite a bit of very "pro-China" type propaganda; idyllic Chinese farmers teaching their kids, muscular Chinese male athl…
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Comment #30275846
Politicians are voted in by the people, and giving money to politicians to advance an initiative isn't guaranteed. You don't really see much difference? Democratically elected poli…
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Comment #29689283
I've been to China. The series of high resolution pictures of me throughout the streets, hotels, places I was during my time there - these all appeared on the screens used by the g…
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Comment #29689259
It's curious that you say 'historically unprecedented imperial past' - imperialism typically has to do with having a ruler, and exerting diplomatic or military force to influence o…
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Comment #29688004
Because it doesn't match the one message from the central government?
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Comment #29687922
The difference is that in the USA the media is allowed, and does cover this. In China, there is absolute suppression of free speech/media/religion, and the active internment of peo…
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Comment #29664909
There were slaves for thousands of years too, and we ended that pretty quickly.
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Comment #28854811
It's not, and that's why decryption of unknown ciphertext is even harder
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Comment #28848409
Wolves are slowly coming back, they were recently taken off the endangered species list in Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana.[1] [1] https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/wolves.htm
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Comment #28685247
Source on it being de-facto illegal? I've not seen anything that says simply scanning for open ports is illegal, doing vulnerability scans may be though.
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Comment #28679340
Good. It's an open secret that nations like China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran have been conducting massive propaganda and disinformation techniques against the citizens of USA, …
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Comment #27497421
I'm always amazed when people bring up things like "the tooth fairy", "magical sky wizard", "flying spaghetti monster" as some sort of intellectual taunt to show the ridiculousness…
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Comment #27147358
I like this question, but I think there's a better one: "do you think there is no legitimate threat that the NSA addresses?"
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Comment #27146931
'Any non-governmental foreigner' includes the vast number of non-official-cover spies sent by other nations. The government is to serve the people, but it must balance the fact tha…
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Comment #25496251
Russian disinformation organizations are moving quickly to call this a 'CIA op' or 'fake news', but the evidence laid out in the documentary is very damning and obtained easily by …
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Comment #25495065
Depending on when your justifiability timeline begins, Palestine is occupying the area illegally.
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Comment #25377380
Individuals consistently benefit from these laws - how do you think so many 'tech millionaires' exist? They had an idea, claimed it as theirs, and profited from it. Individuals don…
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Comment #25377357
Yes, there is a consensus. Throughout history and every subject of study, ideas have been attributed to one or a small number of individuals. This is what intellectual property is.…