aabeshou

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by aabeshou 6y ago
Disparities in wealth in Latin America and Africa can be traced directly to their history of exploitation and colonization. That there are other countries that have had brutal occupations and have prospered more is irrelevant to this fact.
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by aabeshou 6y ago
The imperialism that has transpired in Latin America and Africa is different from that in Asia, so the consequences have been different. Some areas of difference include: the degree of plunder and destruction; how the occupying country trea
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by aabeshou 6y ago
My comment describes the damage that imperialism has done and the consequences it's had for global wealth distribution. You say that Cuba has done bad things too. Therefore imperialism doesn't have consequences? Can you fill in th
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by aabeshou 6y ago
South Africa has the single worst inequality in the world [0], and up until very recently there was apartheid ruled by the descendents of dutch colonizers. This still fits the pattern of imperialists coming in, and enriching themselves at t
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by aabeshou 6y ago
how about the history of imperialism where some countries came in, exploited the local population and their natural resources, and reaped the benefits of historical, compounding wealth? how about the history of how those wealthy countries t
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by aabeshou 6y ago
thats genuinely hilarious, money well spent
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by aabeshou 6y ago
yeah I would feel sad for someone who's not rich who paid thousands for a shoutout from someone
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by aabeshou 6y ago
> Is everyone insane or is there something I'm missing. in a sense, much of the world is insane because they pursue narcissistic types of social status. but I also do think this is just fun - putting aside the idea of getting a came
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by aabeshou 6y ago
wow these are literally good!
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by aabeshou 6y ago
Id be surprised if you get much signal out of demographic info.. but I would think music correlates more with general aesthetic taste which may transfer.
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by aabeshou 6y ago
I agree. I think it's definitely worth trying and maybe you can update the algorithm later to take advantage of the domain correlations you find.
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by aabeshou 6y ago
It's an interesting idea. Do you have reason to believe that people's preferences in different areas are correlated? Not saying they're definitely not, but that's my first skeptical thought.
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by aabeshou 6y ago
thanks, that was interesting. i'm still curious about why maillard reacted food is more nutritious/bioavailable, that article didn't seem to address that. the OP may have but i got exhausted scrolling
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by aabeshou 6y ago
this article was terribly written. totally meandering, unorganized, rambling. I was desperately curious to understand it but it barely explained anything and went around in circles, with gratuitous jokes that just served to further delay th
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by aabeshou 6y ago
thats awesome! what technology are people using these days to make "flash" games?
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by aabeshou 6y ago
the choice of metric that defines "how the world is" is where the subjectiveness lies, as my comment explains. the article was generally about "how bad the world is." if you find some result specifically about people&#x2
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by aabeshou 6y ago
you absolutely should not expose yourself in a way that harms you excessively. noone is helped by your torment. I like Dr. Bronner: "1st: If not for me, who am I? Nobody! 2nd: Yet, if I’m only for me, what am I? Nothing!" I think
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by aabeshou 6y ago
it's inherently a subjective question, based on what you value. if you value access to technology, then you'll think things are better than ever. if you enjoy arguments based on "average" and "median" then you
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by aabeshou 6y ago
police disproportionately harass and kill black people, and unarmed black people, and you can find this in about 2 seconds in a google search EDIT: apology for the personal attack, I have deleted it.
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by aabeshou 6y ago
that's why I say self-care is important. there's no point in torturing yourself over everything. we have to vary how much responsibility we want to take based on how hopelessly things feel outside our control. but deluding yoursel
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by aabeshou 6y ago
that's why I say self-care is important. we can't take too much individual responsibility for the world's issues. and if we don't let ourselves enjoy life when we can, then there's no point in even saving this worl
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by aabeshou 6y ago
I hate to use the word "privileged" because it is so loaded but I do think that this shows privileged thinking. "The world is great!" yeah because you have enough money/power to go about your life comfortably, and y
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by aabeshou 6y ago
Look, I am all for self-care and not overexposing yourself to terrible news all day every day. But to act like negative news is making us think the world is worse than it is is just sheltered. The reality is the world has a lot of terrible
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by aabeshou 6y ago
That sounds plausible though I'm not educated enough to comment on that. But I do know that the question is separate from the Iraq War because the IW never truly aimed to establish an autonomous democracy.
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by aabeshou 6y ago
> The US military does not aim to install any regime, it aims to defeat the enemy's military. If you look at U.S. foreign policy (covert and overt, CIA, military) over history, one consistent goal is to install regimes that are frie
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by aabeshou 6y ago
> I think that Bush was sincere in his belief that bringing democracy to Iraq was a (if not the) primary goal of the Iraq War, and that doing so would be beneficial to the Iraqis. I believe that Bush probably stroked himself thinking thi
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by aabeshou 6y ago
I don't know whether Iraq's current culture is amenable to democracy. However I don't know that the U.S.'s current culture is actually more amenable to democracy. Further, the idea that the U.S. military effort aims to
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by aabeshou 6y ago
> I also take it you concede that pursuing fairness leads to reduced efficiency? Efficiency of what? Yes, it reduces the efficiency by which overall wealth is created (whatever that means). And yes, it enhances the effiency by which a
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by aabeshou 6y ago
arguably, a business that pays someone less than a living wage doesn't deserve to operate, just as a business that can't exist without using slaves doesn't deserve to operate
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by aabeshou 6y ago
> The conduct of the Iraq War, for example, was substantially a result of a popular American myth/narrative about how other cultures are, deep down, like us, and democracy is the equilibrium every society gravitates towards. can you

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