someone234

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by someone234 12y ago
Hong Kong, as the most recent example, has once again shown us that whenever "the voters" demand something, the government's response is tear-gas and batons. But hey, governments are "by the people" and "for th
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by someone234 12y ago
Well, the Constitution says everyone has the right to say anything they want. That's what "free speech" means, and that includes things that someone thinks are "obscene". Not that the government gives a fuck, but st
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by someone234 12y ago
In Germany and Spain, there's a state-maintained taxi cartel. They don't want any competition - that's the point of a cartel to begin with - and so, their friends in the government are working to prevent it. All the bullshit
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by someone234 12y ago
Just keep answering these questions as appropriate: - What is this? - What is it for? - How do you use it? And/or maybe: - What's going on? - Where do we go from here? - What are we trying to accomplish? - How
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by someone234 12y ago
You seem to be overlooking the point. Would it be morally permissible for me to scribble down arbitrary rules and enforce them on you if I had an army with which to ensure your compliance? Laws are just arbitrary rules decided on by a
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by someone234 12y ago
> A law is a written order, adding the remainder is just an inflammatory accusation that undermines the public at large. Undermines the public how? > A particular rule of law may be arduous today "Rule of law" is a misnomer.
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by someone234 12y ago
What will really blow your mind is that Snowden is a PsyOp. If Snowden is saying things governments don't want you to hear, it's highly strange that the government-controlled mainstream media keeps yapping on and on about Snowden
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by someone234 12y ago
> But the article isn't just talking about the NSA and National Security Letters - this is about law enforcement . No it's not. It's just that "law enforcement" sounds more comforting than "tyranny". H
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by someone234 12y ago
Are you suggesting that the Russian "Empire" is more influential in Ukraine than the US Empire? :P Or maybe that the West doesn't spew propaganda too? :)
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by someone234 12y ago
> I believe you have been downvoted because instead of quoting general economist mottos about the misuse of public money, you could have cited factual examples. I just presented some obviously factual statements. Would you demand an exam
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by someone234 12y ago
I'm advocating for everything to be private. But not advocating for the US system, which is far from a free market.
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by someone234 12y ago
> it still transfers more responsibility to the student than subsidizing education to make it free Nothing can be made free by subsidizing it. The cost is hidden, but it's certainly still there. When a government subsidizes someth
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by someone234 12y ago
Wow. You just can't make that shit up.. unless, of course, you're the government and making it all up :)
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by someone234 12y ago
> This observation reveals the mentality of cynicism which infests the US Federal control structures, and the reality that these structures regard the American people with total contempt. Yeah, I wouldn't call plans to brainwash and
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by someone234 12y ago
Prevented by complying, ie. selling out his customers' privacy?
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by someone234 12y ago
Or Cook could just reap some PR-points with a convincingly stated flat out lie. It's not like anyone will remember it in a couple of weeks anyway.
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by someone234 12y ago
> you have to go for an in-person "interview", which is really just so that they can fingerprint you... Well, in Finland, we have to submit to fingerprinting to get a new passport these days.. Oh, and Japan started fingerprinti