prottog

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by prottog 3y ago
> The value of some places is the very fact that they're low density. Exactly. Just look at a satellite image of Atherton, CA or Lexington MA; they're low-density residential places with plenty of greenery where each lot is siz
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by prottog 3y ago
Indeed, which is why these DEI initiatives and workplace indoctrination are dystopian.
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by prottog 3y ago
Very dystopian, and reminiscent of countless other "social revolutions" that happened in the not-so-distant history, all with terrifying results.
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by prottog 3y ago
Your society would be doomed to forever look back at historical grievances and never make progress. As Ibram X. Kendi says: "The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is
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by prottog 3y ago
> Or weren't given access to the same loans (including federally subsidized loans) I'm not sure which time period you're talking about, but if it's the Boston Fed 1992 research on mortgage loans, then it has had legit
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by prottog 3y ago
> Both are parts of who I am and neither deserves shame or uplifting. This is a good point. I've always thought that my esteem of anybody should not change based on immutable characteristics of that person, or other factors that the
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by prottog 3y ago
> if we follow the meritocratic ideology that everyone has the same opportunities available to them, it would be a natural conclusion It's a natural-sounding conclusion that has no evidentiary basis in reality. Different cultural an
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by prottog 3y ago
> a more honest appraisal about what the real obstacles are for Black and Hispanic students Different cultural and ethnic groups value different things. Virtually nobody who clamors for more black and Hispanic representation in Harvard&#
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by prottog 3y ago
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."
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by prottog 3y ago
> Elbonian Xtremesunshine Time Ha, good one! One can only hope the Elbonian Parliament will have the sense to abolish this stupid Xtremesunshine time and observe one time zone year-round.
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by prottog 3y ago
> government can spend money selflessly "Selflessly" insofar as everyone involved has no incentives, internal or external, that direct their behavior one way or another; which is to say, not selflessly at all. The government is
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by prottog 3y ago
Substantially equal in terms of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? In equality before the law? In being judged not for the color of their skin, but the content of their character? Yes, and we should strive to make that even more s
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by prottog 3y ago
According to your first source, "cutting the top tax rate does not lead to economic growth" but it does not lead to economic stagnation or shrinkage either; "cutting the top tax rate does not lead to income growth" but d
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by prottog 3y ago
I'll own the snark (and point out that height is only non-transferable if you aren't trying hard enough, a la Harrison Bergeron), but my point stands. Life is full of situations where someone has it better off than someone else in
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by prottog 3y ago
I'd love to be as tall and athletic as an NBA player. Perhaps a height tax is in order to more fairly redistribute people along the vertical dimension.
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by prottog 3y ago
I did not make that assumption, with the idea that in countries with free (or freer, at any rate) market-based economies with little to no capital controls, the rising tide lifts all boats, including those of the proletariat without capital
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by prottog 3y ago
Almost every country with significant capital controls are ones you likely wouldn't want to voluntarily move to.
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by prottog 3y ago
Do you not believe in the value of those things? Separately, every institute or person that has published anything has an agenda; so the fact that this particular institute has a mission that you perceive to align with their words doesn&#x2
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by prottog 3y ago
> you got the benefits of the system, pay back into it The "system" isn't the government, though it's easy to muddle that line, considering some developed countries have government spending that's over half of th
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by prottog 3y ago
Nobody has time to stand in line for hours to vote. Not even retired people would do that! > Someone working 3 jobs According to the BLS[0], less than 5% of working-aged people hold more than one job, and presumably a fraction of that ha
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by prottog 3y ago
I'm an immigrant myself, having moved around the US quite a bit and currently living in a part where there aren't very many people from my country of origin. I've never once considered proximity to a large community of people
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by prottog 3y ago
> The tragedy is those who want to engage but can't. Due to registration requirements, ersatz poll taxes, difficulty of getting to and from poll sites or keeping tabs on the election calendar. I hear about this every now and then, b
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by prottog 3y ago
Real estate isn't immune to the law of supply and demand, which mandate that you can only pick at most two out of size (or quality) of the housing unit, location (and the quality thereof), and price. Most places in the US are either af
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by prottog 3y ago
I mean, of course, but is it really the best use of the limited resources of a nation? Germany isn't playing to its natural competitive advantage by pursuing solar, vs. someplace like Morocco. Nuclear would be a much better option, but
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by prottog 3y ago
How does that follow?
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by prottog 3y ago
> We've been shaming people for decades about being fat The shaming has been decreasing in Western societies with the "body positivity" or "health at any size" movement, if I'm not mistaken.
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by prottog 3y ago
It's so strange that a mostly cloudy country at 51ºN spent so much money developing solar energy.
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by prottog 3y ago
> many of them are literally a 10 minute bus ride to downtown Is that 10-minute bus ride a pleasant experience on a daily basis? If you live in a quiet part of the city but must commute back and forth to downtown during which you run a n
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by prottog 3y ago
I'd wager that most rural places about the size of Vicksburg (~20k population) are "bad" in that same way. I'm sure there are a few exceptions, but none come to the top of my head.
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by prottog 3y ago
I live in one of those states and am visibly nonwhite and haven't stepped inside a church in a long while. Life is great here.

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