bandofthehawk

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by bandofthehawk 6d ago
Yes, it's been true for a long time. See the book "Manufacturing Consent" for example, but there's been lots of research since. There are numerous ways that the western media biases news to build support for the object
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by bandofthehawk 6d ago
Oh yeah, that's why he talked about invading so much during his first term and during his campaign, right?
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by bandofthehawk 6d ago
Sure, but the scale of violence committed by the US and allies is very large. Are there theocratic states recently committing similar levels of violence? Too often in the past, the oppression done by Middle Eastern governments is used to b
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by bandofthehawk 12d ago
There are plenty of third-party candidates in most elections. However, most people are convinced that they have to vote for the lesser of two evils. In addition, a third party or independent candidate who starts getting too much public su
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by bandofthehawk 12d ago
Maybe it doesn't qualify as a personal act of corruption, but George W. lying us into the the Iraq war followed by capturing people off the street and then torturing them in military prisons, is comparable to what's happening toda
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by bandofthehawk 14d ago
Considering our massive yearly deficits we definitely do not tax enough.
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by bandofthehawk 26d ago
I don't think it's just recent primaries. Our electoral system is heavily influence by the highest bidder and has been this way for a long time. There are always exceptions, like Massie, but the overall trend is that the majorit
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by bandofthehawk 26d ago
Even now, the mcp server itself doesn't have to implement all of the possible security options. You can use something like agentgateway to act as an auth proxy for your mcp servers.
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by bandofthehawk 27d ago
The candidate would literally not be allowed to show up on the ballot, and it happens regularly. For an example, look what happened to Butch Ware in the California election recently.
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by bandofthehawk 29d ago
If you did, then the big manufacturers would just sell a competitive product, at a loss if necessary, until you are driven out of business.
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by bandofthehawk 1mo ago
> And I realized, this is what people want, in the sense of this is what they will pay for, this is how they vote with their wallet. What I want is not this, but it is what society wants. I don't think you can really say they want i
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by bandofthehawk 1mo ago
> somewhere along the lines of "my judgement," "my knack," "my embodied nature," or "my quality of decision making." Do your friends actually believe that AI can't automate these parts of thei
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by bandofthehawk 2mo ago
If you are interested, Daniel Boorstin wrote about similar ideas much earlier in The Image.
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by bandofthehawk 2mo ago
Maybe it wouldn't change general hygienic practices, but it might have a impact on voting preferences to find out who was funding the research that led to the creation of the virus and the leak.
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by bandofthehawk 2mo ago
What do you mean by America's fault? Maybe I'm in a left wing bubble, but I was under the impression that it's generally accepted by left and right that the Vietnam war was not justified and did not accomplish its stated goa
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by bandofthehawk 2mo ago
> I am not convinced. "You can no longer hold office" is a permanent punishment. Why should that not be allowed? Let's say that some new evidence comes out that exonerates the person. You can indeed reverse the "no l
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
Who are you referring to? For clarification it was Rittenhouse who cleaned graffiti, not any of the victims, which seems to support the grandparents argument.
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
One can also let themselves be misled by the media for political reasons. If you actually watched the trial and reviewed the publicly available evidence, and still think the jury made the wrong decision, then I agree, you have a right to th
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
> He traveled across state lines Why would you think this is even relevant? He lived close to the border, and stayed within the same metro area. > attend a protest with a gun he didn't personally own This was not illegal. > I
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
I guess you don't believe in the concept of innocent until proven guilty?
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
Technical jargon like "gigantic" or "enormous"?
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
It seems like it would be simple to just create a fork and archive the old repo. Add a note to the old repo, update a couple of the most important docs and links, and then worry about the rest later. It can be low hanging fruit for new co
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
I think what he meant was that you can take a group of people and train them for a sport. Some of those people (genetically elite athletes) will improve very quickly with minimal training, others can do massive amounts of training and never
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
I think you are arguing against a strawman. I've never heard someone suggest that the machine operator shouldn't be paid. Same for the other example who would clearly be doing labor.
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
Yes, we can clearly say that capital gains is unearned. Unearned income can also be taxable.
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
> no, we can't say at all that capital gains are unearned. Yes, we can say this. The IRS classifies capital gains as unearned income.
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
The parent post is not talking about managers, they receive a salary and are taxed at regular income rates. It's taking about shareholders. Someone who makes money by owning a stock should be taxed more aggressively that someone earni
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
Lack of healthcare, limited job opportunities, growing income inequality, are just a few reasons off the top of my head.
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
In general I agree with you, but it also makes me wonder how these people got to this point. I think most people would burn the Mona Lisa if it meant surviving through a cold night. Our society has failed these people in many ways.
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by bandofthehawk 3mo ago
Yes, that was kind of my point. Either tobacco is uniquely bad or it can be grouped "along with other drugs". It can't be both.

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