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Amsterdam Airport? Source?
Well, i don’t have a source. Its very hush hush, as even the part that the police is using it has been leaked by a redacted document. It’s crazy. https://www.privacynieuws.nl/binnenlands-nieuws/politie-en-j...
say no to palantir in america too they're giving startups an awful name in the eyes of the people, supposedly by the guy teaching others how to do startups, good grief
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Nope. Government borrows money from investors. including big ones. at some points the investors might come back with a different proposal. peasants can potentially do something about it as well.
google “quantitative easing (QE)”
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Believe it or not, it's possible for more than one person or entity to do something. I know, it's really incredible to think about! John and Bill can both scam Elizabeth, even though they live in different countries! But apparently I can't complain because they're both criminals and I can only complain about one! It says in the rulebook!
I'm not sure you've quite understood the conversation.
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> ICE separate[s] families" is such a ridiculous mischaracterization It's accurate. They do separate families. How or why doesn't matter, the fact stands in its own. It's not a "mischaracterization", it's a fact.
So do the police/courts if your dad goes to jail. It's incidental to their purpose.
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So do the police/courts if your dad goes to jail. It's incidental to their purpose.
"The purpose of a system is what it does"
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Awareness can ultimately change things. Suffragettes were ridiculed for collecting petitions in support of women’s right to vote. Who cares about papers filled with women’s signatures? How could that change something as fundamental as who gets to vote in a democracy? The power of Big Tech money in today’s Western democracies is a similar tenet that’s just taken for granted. How could it ever change? Until it does, an…
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when the bills come due you just print more money :)
Nope. Government borrows money from investors. including big ones. at some points the investors might come back with a different proposal. peasants can potentially do something about it as well.
These people are telling themselves (and others) stories of their own creation, disconnected from any empirical testing of the reality around them. Disturbing to witness, particularly how many people read something like this and without a shred of critical thought say “damn, that sounds good! Sign me up!”