Cagi

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

The things that make us hate it is how they make so much money.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Almost 10 percent of the entire planet's GDP isn't that much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing is deleted, just slightly obscured, and some apps don't even do that. Child porn, illegal revenge porn, hate speech, everything is stored forever.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Waxing romantic.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Too much aural.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm Canadian and because of QAnon and Trump, I don't have a relationship with my sister anymore and I see my dad once every few years out of obligation, but not a day goes by where he doesn't say something mortifyingly racist or fascistic. He watches Fox News from the US every day. They aren't allowed a Canadian channel because they don't meet our legal standards for truthful reporting. American politics always leak into Canada. I hate it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What?! Ha ha, what is cheating in an online comment? Things aren't "supposed to"ing like you want so its cheating? Cheating means breaking rules. Are saying adhering to some kind of rules or regulations would make our conversations more productive?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

No one has ever dealt with people before, it's certainly not something everyone does every day, you are the only one. You clearly have an advantage over every one else. And businesses work exactly like wet wood, it's a flawless analogy.

I wasted so much time speaking with politicians, learning about economics, sociology, law, civics, and history, and all I needed to do was have experiences with people and I'd be a political genius too. I mean here I am, almost 40 years old, having spent my entire working career and off time dealing with people, but that doesn't count. None of it counts but yours.

When I look around now vs years ago and see how deregulation is the cause of for almost all of our modern woes, I am left to agree with you, the solution must be even more delegation. Unmitigated greed by earth's most ruthless people has always heralded a golden age of universal prosperity. Just look at the industrial revolution and the 20s. Children working and dying in factories and mines again is a sign of good things, but society can only succeed if we can sell these kids hard, addictive drugs without legal interference.

Edit: Libertarians aren't hated, they are laughed at. Its the ultimate indicator your political opinions are nonsense, just like your comments in defense of it have demonstrated. It's entirely based on what you think should happen, not was does happen. The advantage of living among people is the strength and prosperity that comes from cooperation and pooled resources. But that's not the opinion the rich people who would enslave you paid good money for you to have.

Inb4 "fool blocked" as a response to your cognitive dissonance.

[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (23 children)

"I'm libertarian" followed by an assumption like businesses are "supposed to" do anything except make money and bump their stock prices by any means necessary. Yep, checks out.

Businesses are horribly inefficient due to their short term thinking. Efficiency is a marshmallow test. Doing things right in hopes of making $150 tomorrow will always be tossed out in favout of a garunteed $100 right now, doing it fast and dirty. The idea that businesses are naturally incentivized to do x because of market forces is bullshit if x is anything other than whatever makes the most money right now.

They send our natural resources to the other side of the world so slaves can turn them into goods that they ship right back to us. Efficiency is an expense that businesses are often incentivized to avoid when doing it wrong is cheaper.

If you want businesses to do anything but chase short term profits as ruthlessly as they can get away with, you need regulations.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Chandler Bing

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