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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Diversity is not a good thing |
| Hyeokgeose |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 3:30 pm
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| I don't know much about Korea. Japan on the other hand has a very distinct culture and exacting standards for themselves. Add to that Japanese is a notoriously difficult language to learn. Add to that living space is at a premium in Japan. So if I was Japanese I'd be thinking you'd better be bringi... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Diversity is not a good thing |
| Hyeokgeose |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 3:21 pm
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Wolfram87 wrote: Hyeokgeose wrote: I wonder what people's thoughts are of the lack of diversity in ethnonationalist homogeneous societies, like Korea and Japan. ...and Wakanda?
Wakanda? What do you mean by that? I know it's a reference to Black Panther, but don't know what you mean in this instance. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should social security be voluntary? |
| Hyeokgeose |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 3:16 pm
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| What is the libertarian movement like there, or any libertarian-based parties or individuals? The libertarian movement is really associated with the right-wing, but U.S.-style libertarianism isn't popular here. Quite a few Tory MPs are libertarian or libertarian-leaning. UKIP had/have a sizeable li... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should social security be voluntary? |
| Hyeokgeose |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 3:03 pm
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| One point not made in this discussion is "private accounts". If you had a *private* SS account, and your yearly 12.4% of earnings total going into SS was instead invested in the stock market, you would have tremendously more money upon retirement. Instead, moronically, your retirement mon... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should social security be voluntary? |
| Hyeokgeose |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 2:56 pm
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Tequila wrote: I don't know where I'd stand on the U.S. political side of things. I don't know; I don't live there, so it's irrelevant. I'm more into UK politics. I live here.
What is the libertarian movement like there, or any libertarian-based parties or individuals? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should social security be voluntary? |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 2:50 pm
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| I don't understand what nightwatchman-type politics are, sorry. Could you explain please? See here . No welfare state whatsoever. Police, courts, military. That's it. Wow. I can assure that most libertarians in the US aren't like that, the more extreme side that hold the night watchman state view w... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Diversity is not a good thing |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 2:48 pm
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| I wonder what people's thoughts are of the lack of diversity in ethnonationalist homogeneous societies, like Korea and Japan (note: the younger generation aren't as much so as the older ones in those two countries). Korea, for example, takes pride in their alleged homogeneous DNA. Although, I will n... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should social security be voluntary? |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 2:21 pm
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| I know the old fashioned conservatives support social security and the current welfare system, just advocating for tighter control to weed out people abusing it I should say - no-one but very extreme libertarians seriously advocate actually abolishing the welfare state here Anyone who wants it stri... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: A Cup of Coffee |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 11:42 am
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| In these negative times, even in places and from people I hold dearest, my hopes always go up whenever I read good news. One of my favorite kind of news stories are those of customers paying for the order of the customer behind them, sometimes having a domino effect. In this story, it goes beyond ju... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should social security be voluntary? |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 10:03 am
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| I think it would be nice if the whole welfare system were made stricter to minimize abuse. The problem is that circumstances are different. Here in the UK there was a problem during the Labour years with people getting a lot of benefits they weren't necessarily entitled to. This has been tightened ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: On the Subject of Picnics |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 9:56 am
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Replies: 6
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| Have you tried Der Spiegel yet? I haven't. Where do I find the 'good news' category on there? Sorry, I don't know German and the navigation bar is in German and won't auto translate (which sucks considering how long I lived there :oops: ). I see that you did not even try the link -- it takes you to... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Where Did You Lose Your Virginity? |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 9:51 am
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Tim_Tex wrote: On my friend's bed.
I hope that it was with that said friend, or was it someone else entirely?  |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: On the Subject of Picnics |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 9:49 am
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Fnord wrote: Have you tried Der Spiegel yet?
I haven't. Where do I find the 'good news' category on there? Sorry, I don't know German and the navigation bar is in German and won't auto translate (which sucks considering how long I lived there  ). |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What's the political climate like in the UK right now? |
| Hyeokgeose |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 9:47 am
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| What is the main economic benefit to remaining in the EU for the UK? What would be the pros and cons of Brexit? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should social security be voluntary? |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 9:46 am
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| Sorry about the tangent. I am just determined to be as much of a pilot of my own life as possible, and if I'm ever given the opportunity to opt out of social security, I will and put that money straight into investment. Not even the Swiss allow this. There are taxes. You have to pay them. It just t... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: On the Subject of Picnics |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 9:35 am
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| The Daily Mail would be the wrong place to look for good news stories. It has some interesting features in there, but a lot of it's hyperbole and junk articles. Dug through BBC News, The Guardian, and them... this is the best I can find. I agree. Typically I go on websites that are just for good ne... |
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