Actually, you may be doing the feudal masters a bit of a disservice. While the feudal serf was his master's property, the lord of the fiefdom generally treated his serfs better than the industrialists who followed. It was common for the lord to provide his serfs free health care and several times more time off than even today's corporations provide their workers. Many of the common beliefs about feudal life are misconceptions bred by the industrialists to keep their workers complacent: "You have it so much better, now that I'm in charge," essentially. If you'd like to learn more I can recommend the series of videos named "Medieval Lives" with Terry Jones, of Monty Python fame.
Owning a business does not imbue the owner(s) with the rights of feudal lords. A keystone principle of American society is that you can't discriminate by refusing to conduct business with others based on ideological differences. A great struggle over civil rights would seem to have settled this, but some throwbacks still want to impose un-American values on others. The Declaration of Independence and the U. S. Constitution were founded on the principles of the Enlightenment. It is high time our citizenry got enlightened, as well.
There seems to be a presumption that these characters understood the speciousness of their claims. Much of the technology sector, and much of society, consists of the clueless being led by the marginally clued, or even just the clueless that shout the loudest. Assigning responsibility in such circumstances is often a fool's errand.
The quaint old custom of drawing and quartering provided entertainment for the whole family. And heads on pikes provided such vivid decorating options.
... when there's money to be made. This is not new; look to Thomas Edison and his demonstration of the "danger" of alternating current. He electrocuted an elephant with a ghastly display of indifference to suffering, all in a disingenuous attempt to convince consumers to choose his direct current system.
... contact DHS and tell them you were at the library and you saw a guy with a scimitar and a Koran downloading private banking information. It will still likely be months before anything changes, but at least you'll know enough bankers are getting adequately inconvenienced in the affair.
... but there is also ample evidence that technology is contributing to polarization and tribalization within populations. Does it really matter if warring factions are defined by borders?
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Racism is an ideological construct. Moron.
Actually, you may be doing the feudal masters a bit of a disservice. While the feudal serf was his master's property, the lord of the fiefdom generally treated his serfs better than the industrialists who followed. It was common for the lord to provide his serfs free health care and several times more time off than even today's corporations provide their workers. Many of the common beliefs about feudal life are misconceptions bred by the industrialists to keep their workers complacent: "You have it so much better, now that I'm in charge," essentially. If you'd like to learn more I can recommend the series of videos named "Medieval Lives" with Terry Jones, of Monty Python fame.
Okay, but a duke or a prince is the lord of his fiefdom, feudally speaking. .
Owning a business does not imbue the owner(s) with the rights of feudal lords. A keystone principle of American society is that you can't discriminate by refusing to conduct business with others based on ideological differences. A great struggle over civil rights would seem to have settled this, but some throwbacks still want to impose un-American values on others. The Declaration of Independence and the U. S. Constitution were founded on the principles of the Enlightenment. It is high time our citizenry got enlightened, as well.
There seems to be a presumption that these characters understood the speciousness of their claims. Much of the technology sector, and much of society, consists of the clueless being led by the marginally clued, or even just the clueless that shout the loudest. Assigning responsibility in such circumstances is often a fool's errand.
The quaint old custom of drawing and quartering provided entertainment for the whole family. And heads on pikes provided such vivid decorating options.
... when there's money to be made. This is not new; look to Thomas Edison and his demonstration of the "danger" of alternating current. He electrocuted an elephant with a ghastly display of indifference to suffering, all in a disingenuous attempt to convince consumers to choose his direct current system.
... for open container laws?
... now we can get back to nixie tubes, like the good Lord intended.
... Yugo parts?
... contact DHS and tell them you were at the library and you saw a guy with a scimitar and a Koran downloading private banking information. It will still likely be months before anything changes, but at least you'll know enough bankers are getting adequately inconvenienced in the affair.
You actually expect us to answer that question without a Pantone chart?
... to starting a small business is accepting a vow of poverty.
... is civilization. "We have met the enemy, and he is us." -- Pogo
... but I just don't know where to begin.
... but, did the study control for those who might opine that the NSA was cool because they heard that's where Snowden's from?
... but isn't Netfilx already doing something like this?
Actually, in the interviews, if you have the DVD set, they admit to mangling the Mandarin. I guess it's the thought that counts.
... "Firefly"; watch and learn.
In Texas we use a barbecue, like God intended.
... on whether you define God as evolving from and with the Universe, or being its puppetmaster creator.
... but there is also ample evidence that technology is contributing to polarization and tribalization within populations. Does it really matter if warring factions are defined by borders?
This study suggests peat is much better at storing carbon than trees: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30448519
... Kim Jong Un is aping the Ku Klux Klan?
Yes, those are viable solutions, if you take about 4 or 5 billion people out of the equation.