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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: A cap on wealth? |
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Posted: 23 Nov 2020, 1:11 am
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| Stifling incentive is never a good idea. Look what happened to the U.S.S.R. 8) The bigger issue for the USSR was their centrally planned economy was horribly inefficient. It's not like you couldn't rise to positions of wealth and power in the USSR, although the avenues for doing that were not as nu... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Online dating and speed dating for Aspies |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2020, 7:27 pm
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| I've been looking for some opinions on online dating, as well. I'm a young female and I work in an almost entirely male profession. I'm attending grad school for Engineering... pretty much 100% male. Because of these environments, I find it really hard to meet people. You'd think it'd be easy... ho... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Pandemics: Different Eras, Different Reactions |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2020, 7:01 pm
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| It’s not clear what the death rate is for Covid-19 but it seems to be substantially higher, probably around 1-1.5% but possibly as high as 3.5%. If that ended up infecting everyone in a short space of time then we would have tens of millions of deaths. It's not that high, at least not with medical ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: A cap on wealth? |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2020, 6:36 pm
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| I mean once a person has multiple millions what more could they possibly need to 'better' themselves. I think is a misconception. That once you're above a certain amount of wealth there is no difference. The perk of being a multi-billionaire is being able to fund your passion projects without convi... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: A cap on wealth? |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2020, 4:14 am
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| What good will shuffling wealth among rich people do? The capped person sells the capped wealth to lesser rich people. Instead of 1 billionaire, now you have 100-1000 multi-millionaires who are under the cap. Poor people don't see a dime. No they don't get to sell the capped wealth, they can only m... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: A cap on wealth? |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2020, 2:52 am
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Replies: 92
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| What good will shuffling wealth among rich people do? The capped person sells the capped wealth to lesser rich people. Instead of 1 billionaire, now you have 100-1000 multi-millionaires who are under the cap. Poor people don't see a dime. No they don't get to sell the capped wealth, they can only m... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Overuse of Nazi comparisons |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2020, 8:00 pm
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Replies: 379
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| Those comparisons are incredibly unfair if we're comparing the American far-right to the NSDAP during the war, but the NSDAP was also initially a fringe movement that was treated dismissively until it suddenly had far more power than anyone had imagined it could ever achieve. It's a warning to not ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Overuse of Nazi comparisons |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2020, 7:41 pm
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| I think I'm out of this discussion. Doesn't seem like anyone is going to budge from their preconceived notions. I think an overuse of Nazi comparisons contributes to the rise of Nazi elements. I think increased radicalization on both the right and the left is a problem. I think reconciliation betwee... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Overuse of Nazi comparisons |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2020, 7:32 pm
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Replies: 379
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| Those comparisons are incredibly unfair if we're comparing the American far-right to the NSDAP during the war, but the NSDAP was also initially a fringe movement that was treated dismissively until it suddenly had far more power than anyone had imagined it could ever achieve. It's a warning to not ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Overuse of Nazi comparisons |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2020, 7:15 pm
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| https://news.yahoo.com/rudy-giuliani-suggests-cutting-heads-155445031.html Is Giuliani the fringe of the Republican party? :scratch: It's unlikely (though I guess possible) that Guiliani was being literal with his comments. It's pretty easy to interpret that as saying the Clintons should be removed... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Overuse of Nazi comparisons |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2020, 6:50 pm
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Replies: 379
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| https://news.yahoo.com/rudy-giuliani-suggests-cutting-heads-155445031.html Is Giuliani the fringe of the Republican party? :scratch: It's unlikely (though I guess possible) that Guiliani was being literal with his comments. It's pretty easy to interpret that as saying the Clintons should be removed... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Overuse of Nazi comparisons |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2020, 6:30 pm
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Replies: 379
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| https://news.yahoo.com/rudy-giuliani-suggests-cutting-heads-155445031.html Is Giuliani the fringe of the Republican party? :scratch: It's unlikely (though I guess possible) that Guiliani was being literal with his comments. It's pretty easy to interpret that as saying the Clintons should be removed... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Overuse of Nazi comparisons |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2020, 11:51 pm
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Replies: 379
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| We live in a country where people are being killed for dissident views on this subject. Why are you in denial of this fact? This is not a "dog whistle", it is a fact that extreme right is extremely violent. We live in a country where people are shot up by islamist extremists for attending... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Overuse of Nazi comparisons |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2020, 9:52 pm
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| We live in a country where people are being killed for dissident views on this subject. Why are you in denial of this fact? This is not a "dog whistle", it is a fact that extreme right is extremely violent. We live in a country where people are shot up by islamist extremists for attending... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Overuse of Nazi comparisons |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2020, 4:45 pm
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Replies: 379
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| We live in a country where people are being killed for dissident views on this subject. Why are you in denial of this fact? This is not a "dog whistle", it is a fact that extreme right is extremely violent. We live in a country where people are shot up by islamist extremists for attending... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Overuse of Nazi comparisons |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2020, 3:29 am
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Replies: 379
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| On a more serious note, I think the rhetoric that Trump and his MAGAs are just like the nazis is dangerous in a "boy who cries wolf" fashion. If you wind the clock back, you will find many harsh rhetorical statements about Mitt Romney and George Bush. Nowadays both men seem to have found a... |
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