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14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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Re: 14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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Post by achenet »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #248
codeforafrica wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here in East Africa some people tell me that it should be easy to find a job for me, but I must be talking to the wrong people. Not lamenting, just sharing how different the experience can be...

Not just there (waves at East Africa, where I used to live). I live in New York (Long Island). People are constantly telling me that I should be having jobs thrown at my feet, considering my skills and track record. That was not the case, which is why I'm retired. If I were an inexperienced young buck, living in Brooklyn, that might be the case, but not for an old expert, out on The Island. It's likely that it's diff…

er, sorry if this is a stupid question, but nowadays couldn't you just work remotely?

Does location matter as much in 2025 when there are oodles of remote first companies out there?

Re: 14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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Post by secondcoming »

pjmlp wrote: post #54
cedws wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m not aware of a single nation where the ratchet is loosening. It appears freedom is being eroded everywhere. The most disheartening thing is that nothing works to stop it. There are countries where millions of people have protested, but in time the protests always fizzle or are stamped out, and things continue on the same trajectory.

As first generation out of Salazar's dictorship, our country now having a right majority with a Nazi party in the mix, makes me really sad. How short the memory of folks can be, especially with my parents and grand parents generations still around, but apparently their memories and experiences now fall into death hears. Maybe when they start getting visits from the eventually new state protection police, they will un…

> fall into death hears

Maybe I'm missing a pun somewhere, but the phrase is 'fall onto deaf ears'!

Re: 14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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Post by mothballed »

achenet wrote: post #261
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #248

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not just there (waves at East Africa, where I used to live). I live in New York (Long Island). People are constantly telling me that I should be having jobs thrown at my feet, considering my skills and track record. That was not the case, which is why I'm retired. If I were an inexperienced young buck, living in Brooklyn, that might be the case, but not for an old expert, out on The Island. It's likely that it's diff…

er, sorry if this is a stupid question, but nowadays couldn't you just work remotely? Does location matter as much in 2025 when there are oodles of remote first companies out there?

Just a guess but "east africa" while refusing to name country likely means someplace that theoretically you can wire money to, but in practice the AML control will start flagging like crazy and you get all your account shut down for even trying and no US based employer is going to touch with a 10 foot pole. If it were someplace like Kenya they would say, I'm guessing it's more like Somalia or Eritrea.

Re: 14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

achenet wrote: post #261
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #248

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not just there (waves at East Africa, where I used to live). I live in New York (Long Island). People are constantly telling me that I should be having jobs thrown at my feet, considering my skills and track record. That was not the case, which is why I'm retired. If I were an inexperienced young buck, living in Brooklyn, that might be the case, but not for an old expert, out on The Island. It's likely that it's diff…

er, sorry if this is a stupid question, but nowadays couldn't you just work remotely? Does location matter as much in 2025 when there are oodles of remote first companies out there?

Age, more than location, when it comes to remote. Companies really like to see smiling young people, in their Hollywood Squares.

Re: 14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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Post by seneca »

Quarrelsome wrote: post #239
seneca wrote: post #223

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's probably a healthy way to see things. Ideally all people that are actively working to create or improve should be on the same "side" against those that are destructive. The second order conflict then becomes what the rules are, and how we guide that side. That is, I think, where most of the factionalism historically plays out. It does feel like we're regressing to fighting that first order conflict more often…

I think tax cuts are possibly a decent enough proxy for this subject? While there's certainly a case to be made for tax cuts in very specific use-cases (e.g. where they're strangling demand/innovation/living costs/government-corruption/etc); a general belief in tax cuts is a constraint that makes it very hard to believe in society. If you believe in tax cuts as a principle (i.e. 0% is a goal), then generally its hard…

I think this is a great example of a second-order disagreement.

How about people who genuinely believe in a minimal state? They often believe in charitable giving and local community organization, in my experience. Maximal civil society vs maximal government. A good example of this type is people who believe in the ideas laid out in Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Even the more hard line Von Mises types are close to this. There are disgruntled people who are just asocial in that camp, like any other, but they are over emphasized by opponents just like every political group.

It would be very hard to argue that Nozick wasn't someone concerned with advancing society. The difference for that type is just a strong disagreement about how to do so. Painting them as first-order opponents is a mistake, I think.

Re: 14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

mothballed wrote: post #263
achenet wrote: post #261

Earlier quoted context omitted.

er, sorry if this is a stupid question, but nowadays couldn't you just work remotely? Does location matter as much in 2025 when there are oodles of remote first companies out there?

Just a guess but "east africa" while refusing to name country likely means someplace that theoretically you can wire money to, but in practice the AML control will start flagging like crazy and you get all your account shut down for even trying and no US based employer is going to touch with a 10 foot pole. If it were someplace like Kenya they would say, I'm guessing it's more like Somalia or Eritrea.

I suspect Tanzania, Kenya, or Uganda (the Crested Crane logo), or maybe even Europe.

http://codingforafrica.at/about.html (no HTTPS option)

I sincerely wish them luck.

Re: 14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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Post by hulitu »

lionturtle wrote: post #10

It was absolutely not just social media ban, it was mostly youth protesting against the corrupt government and unfairness, social media ban was one element that was against the freedom of speech, but it was right around the time where everyone was documenting the rich politicians, their business connections and their families that have been living lavishly and just inheriting the election seats from generation to gen…

> It was absolutely not just social media ban, it was mostly youth protesting against the corrupt government and unfairness, social media ban was one element that was against the freedom of speech, but it was right around the time where everyone was documenting the rich politicians, their business connections and their families that have been living lavishly and just inheriting the election seats from generation to generation and spinning beurocracy to their sides.

You just gave a definition of "democracy". Thank you. /s

Re: 14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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Post by nomdep »

mandeepj wrote: post #143
lionturtle wrote: post #10

It was absolutely not just social media ban, it was mostly youth protesting against the corrupt government and unfairness, social media ban was one element that was against the freedom of speech, but it was right around the time where everyone was documenting the rich politicians, their business connections and their families that have been living lavishly and just inheriting the election seats from generation to gen…

Quite similar corruption is happening here in America! Donald trump made over $3.8B since getting into office this year, while tanking farming, jobs market, and foreign relations.

He made that with the business he already had and some legal cryptocurrency investment based on capitalizing his fame.

How on earth you call that "corruption"?

Are you even aware of what the word means?

Re: 14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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Post by jorgen123 »

Quarrelsome wrote: post #239
seneca wrote: post #223

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's probably a healthy way to see things. Ideally all people that are actively working to create or improve should be on the same "side" against those that are destructive. The second order conflict then becomes what the rules are, and how we guide that side. That is, I think, where most of the factionalism historically plays out. It does feel like we're regressing to fighting that first order conflict more often…

I think tax cuts are possibly a decent enough proxy for this subject? While there's certainly a case to be made for tax cuts in very specific use-cases (e.g. where they're strangling demand/innovation/living costs/government-corruption/etc); a general belief in tax cuts is a constraint that makes it very hard to believe in society. If you believe in tax cuts as a principle (i.e. 0% is a goal), then generally its hard…

I think you are downvoted because your first sentence is misinterpreted, or the rest of your argument is not being read?

You are giving an example of a position and later on discussing the people who have this position as their first and main principle. Seems like a valid example to me, but perhaps people can explain why not.

Re: 14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

don_esteban wrote: post #236
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #130

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Oh yeah, I saw it in India when Bangladesh fell. Couldn’t possibly be her incessant and well-documented corruption. I also think Barack Obama was somehow involved.

Corruption is endemic in many places, but somehow the chance of regime change is more correlated with unwillingness to follow the USA dictate than with corruption ....

> somehow the chance of regime change is more correlated with unwillingness to follow the USA dictate than with corruption

What did Nepal fail to do for America that supposedly caused this?

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