mcrad

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by mcrad 4y ago
While fraud and deception is probably on the rise, it's very important to recognize that the "evil" they are referring to comes from people (not companies) and that it's always been this way. We all have the potential to
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by mcrad 4y ago
Tribalism is part of the cause for the dysfunction described in the article. Highly recommended.
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by mcrad 4y ago
Most of the negative attitude about this article seems to come from people who weren't raised to appreciate art. It's obvious from all the rebuttals that focus on petty semantics over substance.
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by mcrad 4y ago
But hallmarks of authoritarianism are censorship, centralized power, collusion of private and public sectors. If by authoritarian you mean he is mean to crybabies in his own company, you might read up on how actual authoritarians have gaine
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by mcrad 4y ago
I do believe public vs. private is relevant in terms of legal responsibility, which you any many in the tech community are dismissing.
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by mcrad 4y ago
Twitter is a public company ok?
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by mcrad 4y ago
The 14th Amendment may be more applicable. Despite what 1A states, censorship is unconstitutional, and nobody believes this baloney that the accused is innocent as long as they aren't "in the government"
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by mcrad 4y ago
Maybe I'm just not well trained as you in the art of separating conspiracy theory from conspiracy(?)
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by mcrad 4y ago
Yes, you can turn a dump of emails into biased statistics, easily.
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by mcrad 4y ago
Funny how popular this story is despite your "non story" assertion. You can argue it is minor in comparison to, say, impeachment proceedings re: Burisma, but did Twitter do the right thing in suppressing the laptop story? Probably
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by mcrad 4y ago
Yep, and so began the golden age of fraud we now experience, and the backdrop for this SBF story. 100% agree that the bailout was bi-partisan and necessary though.
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by mcrad 4y ago
They just removed 7 tweets or do you mean removed the story about a presidential candidate's ties to shady business deals in China and Ukraine, while in office as VP? What was and is "all so stupid" is this perception that it
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by mcrad 4y ago
It's an opinion about democratic thinking, and a general assessment in correlating level of education in finance/econ to party bases. I have no idea what "facts" you are referring to. Just wow.
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by mcrad 4y ago
I'm applying logic based on my actual experiences with corruption, you're obviously taking some other approach to come up with an opinion.
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by mcrad 4y ago
I think your mistake is to look at bought-and-paid-for politicians, I'm talking about the general public. My guess is you don't know many republican voters and therefore unqualified to to make the comparison. Most democrats I know
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by mcrad 4y ago
I mean ludicrous that since 2009 it's Democratic thinking to bail out the banks, sweep inflation concerns under the rug, spend more money, funding unprofitable tech companies etc. I never said Republicans aren't in on the deal, ju
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by mcrad 4y ago
And it's completely illogical to assume no conspiracy in this case?
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by mcrad 4y ago
I see mostly Dem and Dem-leaning celebrities been talking up crypto, and a conservative side more educated and knowledgeable about dysfunction in the financial sector as a whole. So even without any stats on the donations, it seems fairly l
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by mcrad 4y ago
Right, and SBX's handlers are pushing the lie that the scam doesn't effect the mainstream citizen / regular joe.
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by mcrad 4y ago
If you get paid well and have a unique talent that further incentivizes you to step up and do extra on occasion, what's the big deal? Engineering salaries have never in the history of technology been geared toward clock-watcher/un
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by mcrad 4y ago
You might consider the fact that these "private companies" products and funding are significantly influenced by government policy. Besides, you totally miss the point of free speech if you think controlling the audience of said sp
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by mcrad 4y ago
You would be "lucky" to be taken seriously when comparing 1.5 years of recent history with other well-known periods that most people think of as decades in length.
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by mcrad 4y ago
It's not illegal but totally immoral to call out corruption only when it's who you previously deemed your political opponent.
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by mcrad 4y ago
Nobody is unbiased in their opinions about what politicians do with the money, nor should they be. But if you really want to spend more than 10 seconds I'd say reference something more academic that what google spits out as fast facts.
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by mcrad 4y ago
10 seconds of searching is where your argument falls apart, good luck with that. Anyway you are justifying this destructive behavior with more destructive behavior? It's no wonder you don't take more time to understand these thing
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by mcrad 4y ago
Some people will never understand how damaging this level of tech money tied up in politics is. Apparently it's easier to jump on one side and do finger-pointing than to actually accept the level of fraud happening.
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by mcrad 4y ago
Funny that low performers are seen 100% as a bug and never as a feature. Future leaders need minions too right?
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by mcrad 4y ago
uhm, paul pelosi?
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by mcrad 4y ago
blue anon - you know those brainwashed radicals that say government and SV has all the solutions.
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by mcrad 4y ago
Is it possible that Elon's intention here has little to do with his personal fortune, or that of his employees? Maybe he simply sees the current situation as Twitter as a cancer on society, and sees himself in a unique position (ie. ri

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