I don't think we can say that history shows communism leads to poverty. Most nations that attempt communism are already poor and rarely get any worse. The USSR actually became less poor under communism than it had been under capitalism, and has again struggled to develop post-communism. The best case example would be East Germany, but even they started in poverty after WWII and we can't prove they'd have developed as fast as West Germany with capitalism if both halves were left to their own devices. Maybe you could make a case out of China, but that's more about Mao's personal mistakes.
Orwellian government control, on the other hand, does appear to be a near-universal result -- presumably because the wealthy won't give up their property voluntarily and thus an oppressive government enforcement system is necessary.
So, why was his son killed again? An American citizen was blown up by the CIA. Nobody has been held accountable.
Because he was near the target. He wasn't the target himself. The CIA has stated this (at least according to the wikipedia article) -- they simply place so little value on human life that killing random bystanders accidentally in drone strikes is a matter of daily routine.
I understood when teachers wanted to know if my parents were abusing me because I was skinny -- withholding food is certainly a form of abuse that happens -- but I don't get how fat can ever be a sign of parental abuse. He thought they were prying your mouth open and forcing food in every day, or what? If anything, fat would appear outwardly to be a sign of parents being too nice and letting their kid eat whatever he wants.
More likely Xi is just responding to the situation. China's economy is struggling, and that makes it a dangerous time for the party, which means the party will try to exert more control over the media to prevent opposition from growing to seize the opportunity.
Personally, I liked startswithabang medium.com articles -- but can't stand forbes links. Granted lots of people hated his pre-forbes submissions but not all of us.
If we've learned anything from the Arab Spring it's that most of the people living there favor these types of religiously oppressive governments
Libyans voted heavily for secular parties, it's not the people's fault that the islamist government refused to leave office and forced the legitimate government into exile in the east. Tunisia on the other hand has successfully transfered power from islamists to secularists via democratic election.
The USA has 99% literacy, Iran has 80%. That's a notably larger block of people who are especially easy to manipulate. And you certainly don't need a majority for control -- the majority in Iran voted for reformists until they found it didn't do any good. 20% is more than enough to fill the revolutionary guard ranks.
the same way Communism was outlawed in Russia after 1991.
That would be not at all, of course. The communist party of Russia holds 92 seats in the Duma, and runs their candidate against Putin in the presidential elections as well.
They may believe that human evolution was "guided" by god, such that they don't consider it natural evolution. Doesn't mean they believe in a biblical Adam and Eve.
The longest previous delay in replacing a justice was about a third as long as the time until the next president takes office. It's an insanely horrible precedent to propose keeping the seat vacant for a year and would have permanent negative ramifications.
Indeed, as much as I disliked Bush, Roberts is the type of pick a president should make. I'm liberal so I disagree with Roberts a lot, but I respect his work and believe he thinks through each case carefully instead of having an immediate partisan reflex and working backwards starting from a conclusion, unlike a Thomas or a Scalia.
If automation creates 50% unemployment, all we need to do is enforce a 20 hour work week. Suddenly nearly everyone can get a job (assuming there's no shortage of qualified educated people).
Until recently there were no carefully certified allergy-safe foods, and no ambulances to rush people to the non-existent emergency room where there were no medical procedures to help. People with peanut allergies probably died quickly as children.
The only way that diesel costs half as much as gasoline on a cost/trip basis is if you treat the whacky CA fuels market as the boundaries of your universe, with $2.60/gal reg and $2.40/gal ULSD.
Regular gas is actually $1.95 in California (source: filled up today). Of course, it could easily be $5 again in a year with the right combination of events. Electricity prices are considerably more stable.
Actually, Pac-Man may be the cause of today's obesity epidemic. All those kids spent their childhood playing a game where the object was to eat everything as quickly as possible, and then they became fat... that can't be a coincidence!
That's a great approach, in a perfect make-believe world where add-ons are all reliably maintained. In the real world, if you have 10 essential features split up as 10 different add-ons maintained by 10 different people/organizations, you have 10x the chance of one of them breaking in a future update. Being a feature of the core program entails more reliable maintenance. Of course even that can fail sometimes, as in the case of this article where they were unable to find anyone to maintain the feature... but it's still more reliable than add-ons.
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I don't think we can say that history shows communism leads to poverty. Most nations that attempt communism are already poor and rarely get any worse. The USSR actually became less poor under communism than it had been under capitalism, and has again struggled to develop post-communism. The best case example would be East Germany, but even they started in poverty after WWII and we can't prove they'd have developed as fast as West Germany with capitalism if both halves were left to their own devices. Maybe you could make a case out of China, but that's more about Mao's personal mistakes.
Orwellian government control, on the other hand, does appear to be a near-universal result -- presumably because the wealthy won't give up their property voluntarily and thus an oppressive government enforcement system is necessary.
Because he was near the target. He wasn't the target himself. The CIA has stated this (at least according to the wikipedia article) -- they simply place so little value on human life that killing random bystanders accidentally in drone strikes is a matter of daily routine.
I understood when teachers wanted to know if my parents were abusing me because I was skinny -- withholding food is certainly a form of abuse that happens -- but I don't get how fat can ever be a sign of parental abuse. He thought they were prying your mouth open and forcing food in every day, or what? If anything, fat would appear outwardly to be a sign of parents being too nice and letting their kid eat whatever he wants.
Definitely not $250,000 per seat.
More likely Xi is just responding to the situation. China's economy is struggling, and that makes it a dangerous time for the party, which means the party will try to exert more control over the media to prevent opposition from growing to seize the opportunity.
Personally, I liked startswithabang medium.com articles -- but can't stand forbes links. Granted lots of people hated his pre-forbes submissions but not all of us.
On the contrary, he might become the first president to be assassinated by his VP.
Well, except for Konqueror. Dolphin still feels like a dumbed-down version of Konqueror to me.
If you're going to poison the water, I'm sure there are more effective and easier substances you could use than radioactive materials.
Forcing them to type emails and letters on a tablet is elder abuse. People endure touchscreen typing, but there's nothing pleasant about it.
Libyans voted heavily for secular parties, it's not the people's fault that the islamist government refused to leave office and forced the legitimate government into exile in the east. Tunisia on the other hand has successfully transfered power from islamists to secularists via democratic election.
The USA has 99% literacy, Iran has 80%. That's a notably larger block of people who are especially easy to manipulate. And you certainly don't need a majority for control -- the majority in Iran voted for reformists until they found it didn't do any good. 20% is more than enough to fill the revolutionary guard ranks.
That would be not at all, of course. The communist party of Russia holds 92 seats in the Duma, and runs their candidate against Putin in the presidential elections as well.
No. In order to reduce risk to their intellectual property, Microsoft exclusively employs blind people in their Windows division.
They may believe that human evolution was "guided" by god, such that they don't consider it natural evolution. Doesn't mean they believe in a biblical Adam and Eve.
The longest previous delay in replacing a justice was about a third as long as the time until the next president takes office. It's an insanely horrible precedent to propose keeping the seat vacant for a year and would have permanent negative ramifications.
Indeed, as much as I disliked Bush, Roberts is the type of pick a president should make. I'm liberal so I disagree with Roberts a lot, but I respect his work and believe he thinks through each case carefully instead of having an immediate partisan reflex and working backwards starting from a conclusion, unlike a Thomas or a Scalia.
If automation creates 50% unemployment, all we need to do is enforce a 20 hour work week. Suddenly nearly everyone can get a job (assuming there's no shortage of qualified educated people).
Until recently there were no carefully certified allergy-safe foods, and no ambulances to rush people to the non-existent emergency room where there were no medical procedures to help. People with peanut allergies probably died quickly as children.
You're supporting solar now then, because solar thermal works at night.
Medium is a matter of personal taste. Forbes is just evil.
Regular gas is actually $1.95 in California (source: filled up today). Of course, it could easily be $5 again in a year with the right combination of events. Electricity prices are considerably more stable.
Actually, Pac-Man may be the cause of today's obesity epidemic. All those kids spent their childhood playing a game where the object was to eat everything as quickly as possible, and then they became fat... that can't be a coincidence!
if you're going less than a hundred miles, you're taking a car, train or bus.
That's a great approach, in a perfect make-believe world where add-ons are all reliably maintained. In the real world, if you have 10 essential features split up as 10 different add-ons maintained by 10 different people/organizations, you have 10x the chance of one of them breaking in a future update. Being a feature of the core program entails more reliable maintenance. Of course even that can fail sometimes, as in the case of this article where they were unable to find anyone to maintain the feature... but it's still more reliable than add-ons.