The right way to fix this problem is to eliminate retail stores entirely and replace them with distribution centers that ship goods directly to customers' homes.
That's exactly why I prefer shelf-checkout. I go to a store to exchange symbolic currency units for tangible goods, not to make friends with a high school drop out.
Some countries with homelessness rate higher than the US: Australia (0.43%), Canada (0.50%), Czech Republic (0.65%), France (0.21%), Germany (0.42%), Luxembourg (0.28%), Netherlands (0.19%), New Zealand (0.94%), Sweden (0.36%), United Kingdom (0.38%).
Behind every great fortune is a great crime. Billionaire John Kapoor just got arrested today. Stock in his company dropped 25%, despite the fact that nothing material has changed regarding the production and sales of their products. What would happen to Tesla stock if Elon died in a car accident? You think it would still be worth more than GM? Wealth is based on stock valuations and stock values are based on speculation.
Tesla should already have the documentation available to demonstrate that these employees were under performing. Some performance reviews and PIP should clear things up.
I'm questioning the legitimacy of wealth valuations and you accuse me of "anti worker pro corporate ideas"? Quit huffing paint you antifa retard. I'm not on your communist team, but I'm not defending the corporate status quo either. Next time someone makes a point that's going over your head, maybe just politely ask a question. Or better yet, just keep your mouth shut.
You're right that it happened during the deinstitutionalization happened during the Reagan administration. But even your own link acknowledges that the process began with the Lanterman–Petris–Short (LPS) Act in California (also signed by Reagan, but co-sponsored by Democrats), which was explicitly in response to inhuman treatment of involuntarily institutionalized persons.
Look up some of the shit that was happening to prisoners of mental hospitals. American Horror Story wasn't too much of an exaggeration. If you're suggesting bringing back involuntary institutionalization, then you might as well just shoot the homeless. It would be more humane.
Generally speaking, STEM PhD students don't take out student loans. Every STEM PhD program worth its salt offers a stipend and tuition waiver. Grad students earn their keep by doing research or teaching.
Residential institutions closed because involuntary confinement to an asylums was deemed horrifically inhumane. Rounding up the homeless and forcing them to accept "treatment" is more disturbing than just letting them live in poverty.
So what? Do you want to find solutions based an actual data? Then we need to understand the underlying reality behind the numbers. Because you can't redistribute fake money.
But it sounds like your not interested in solutions, you just want to see rich people brought down. I don't care about that.
I always say that being a scientist is like being an artist: it is a privilege just to be able to pursue my passion, even if it isn't a great career choice. I didn't get a PhD because it made financial sense, I did it because I have this insatiable curiosity and academic research gives me access to resources that I wouldn't have any other way.
Net worth is a meaningless number. I've had times in my life when my net worth was less than zero. But I was still able to pay rent, eat food and own a car. If we calculated personal net worth the same way we measured corporate worth, then it would be based on expected future revenue not current asset/debt ratio. This might be a more accurate metric.
Of course she's not out of the streets. But the actual number assigned to her net worth was a fiction. Out of the 1,542 other billionaires, how many of them have all or part of their net worth based on similar fictions?
Just because there are numbers in a computer doesn't mean that those numbers translate into material wealth. Remember Elizabeth Holmes? Her net worth went from $4 billion to zero in a blink of an eye. Was her wealth ever real in a material sense? Are any of those net worth numbers actually real?
Every working scientist understands that our knowledge of the universe is incomplete. Perfect understanding of the universe may be impossible, but we think it is worth continuing to try. You seem content to simply give up.
Congratulations getting through the first day of intro. to philosophy class. But one of the reasons science has been the most successful branch of philosophy is that we quit giving a crap about theories that are not falsifiable.
What does sentient even mean and why it necessary for the construction of complex systems? Ants and termites are individually pretty dumb, but collectively can build some impressive structures. Does that mean termite colonies are sentient?
And that's the problem with a deflationary currency. Why should anyone trade you bitcoin for dollars if bitcoin will be worth more just by holding onto it?
The one thing that your theory is missing is taxes. You can exchange Bitcoin for pizza or for hotel bookings. But you cannot pay the IRS with bitcoin. If you wish to live or do business in the United State, then when the tax bill comes due, you'd better have US dollars. In a practical sense, the value of a government backed fiat currency is based on the relevance of that country to the world economy.
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Next year, Amazon Feed Tube service will deliver directly to your stomach.
The right way to fix this problem is to eliminate retail stores entirely and replace them with distribution centers that ship goods directly to customers' homes.
That's exactly why I prefer shelf-checkout. I go to a store to exchange symbolic currency units for tangible goods, not to make friends with a high school drop out.
If you could covertly adjust the course of asteroids, there are a lot more honest ways to make money with that technology.
Did you know that small businesses can actually sell on-line,too, often through Amazon? 40% of units sold on Amazon are from third party vendors.
Why shouldn't it be?
DO THEY NOW? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Homelessness rate in the US :0.18%
Some countries with homelessness rate higher than the US: Australia (0.43%), Canada (0.50%), Czech Republic (0.65%), France (0.21%), Germany (0.42%), Luxembourg (0.28%), Netherlands (0.19%), New Zealand (0.94%), Sweden (0.36%), United Kingdom (0.38%).
Behind every great fortune is a great crime. Billionaire John Kapoor just got arrested today. Stock in his company dropped 25%, despite the fact that nothing material has changed regarding the production and sales of their products. What would happen to Tesla stock if Elon died in a car accident? You think it would still be worth more than GM? Wealth is based on stock valuations and stock values are based on speculation.
Unless Tesla is full of shit
I'm questioning the legitimacy of wealth valuations and you accuse me of "anti worker pro corporate ideas"? Quit huffing paint you antifa retard. I'm not on your communist team, but I'm not defending the corporate status quo either. Next time someone makes a point that's going over your head, maybe just politely ask a question. Or better yet, just keep your mouth shut.
Look up some of the shit that was happening to prisoners of mental hospitals. American Horror Story wasn't too much of an exaggeration. If you're suggesting bringing back involuntary institutionalization, then you might as well just shoot the homeless. It would be more humane.
Generally speaking, STEM PhD students don't take out student loans. Every STEM PhD program worth its salt offers a stipend and tuition waiver. Grad students earn their keep by doing research or teaching.
Residential institutions closed because involuntary confinement to an asylums was deemed horrifically inhumane. Rounding up the homeless and forcing them to accept "treatment" is more disturbing than just letting them live in poverty.
But it sounds like your not interested in solutions, you just want to see rich people brought down. I don't care about that.
Homeless in the US is almost exclusively due to mental illness, including chemical addictions. There are not economic solutions to mental problems.
I always say that being a scientist is like being an artist: it is a privilege just to be able to pursue my passion, even if it isn't a great career choice. I didn't get a PhD because it made financial sense, I did it because I have this insatiable curiosity and academic research gives me access to resources that I wouldn't have any other way.
Net worth is a meaningless number. I've had times in my life when my net worth was less than zero. But I was still able to pay rent, eat food and own a car. If we calculated personal net worth the same way we measured corporate worth, then it would be based on expected future revenue not current asset/debt ratio. This might be a more accurate metric.
Of course she's not out of the streets. But the actual number assigned to her net worth was a fiction. Out of the 1,542 other billionaires, how many of them have all or part of their net worth based on similar fictions?
Just because there are numbers in a computer doesn't mean that those numbers translate into material wealth. Remember Elizabeth Holmes? Her net worth went from $4 billion to zero in a blink of an eye. Was her wealth ever real in a material sense? Are any of those net worth numbers actually real?
Every working scientist understands that our knowledge of the universe is incomplete. Perfect understanding of the universe may be impossible, but we think it is worth continuing to try. You seem content to simply give up.
Creationists are like flat-earthers. I suspect they're just trolling.
Congratulations getting through the first day of intro. to philosophy class. But one of the reasons science has been the most successful branch of philosophy is that we quit giving a crap about theories that are not falsifiable.
What does sentient even mean and why it necessary for the construction of complex systems? Ants and termites are individually pretty dumb, but collectively can build some impressive structures. Does that mean termite colonies are sentient?
And that's the problem with a deflationary currency. Why should anyone trade you bitcoin for dollars if bitcoin will be worth more just by holding onto it?
The one thing that your theory is missing is taxes. You can exchange Bitcoin for pizza or for hotel bookings. But you cannot pay the IRS with bitcoin. If you wish to live or do business in the United State, then when the tax bill comes due, you'd better have US dollars. In a practical sense, the value of a government backed fiat currency is based on the relevance of that country to the world economy.