I'm not sure Pai disbelieves this. Ask any smart-ish libertarian how they propose to regulate natural monopolies, and they will say they don't need to because of the potential competition. Any monopoly that abuses it's power too much will prompt people to technologically innovate their way out of the monopoly situation (see: canals, trains) or simply start some competition, and damn the first mover advantage. It's a BS argument, of course, but I think a lot of them really believe it.
No, he's not anything like a third party, thankfully. When we've tried giving people like Trump control over a political party in the past, it has generally led to an invasion of Poland. Trump is just another Republican, not so very different from all the rest.
And meanwhile, other people, with far more money and political power, are actively trying to kill off whatever you are trying to build. Then, if you succeed, you will have to actively police your organization forever, to stop the sociopaths from taking over, because all they see is another lever of power.
Except that's not something you get, it's something you make. Effective, sane, and powerful organizations that fight for the rights of the little guy don't just happen by accident. People have to work really hard to create something like that, and most people are just too lazy, unless their very lives are on the line.
See you don't understand. It's actually harder to compete against imaginary companies. They've got unicorn cavalry and time travelling wizards. How is a real company supposed to compete against unicorn cavalry and time travelling wizards? They can't. We should give those poor monopolist companies a big tax break.
Nah, this was way before Xenu and his crew rose to power. I think Elder Things arrived here in the Cambrian, ~500 million years ago. Xenu flew his DC-8s here 75 million years ago. I've been binge watching Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.
For those not familiar with the Lovecraft oeuvre, Antarctica was inhabited by Elder Things and their servants, the Shoggoths, who came to Earth hundreds of millions of years ago. They fought with Cthulhu.
I'm sure that's some of it, but I was really puzzled by this seemingly knee-jerk reflex, that any criticism of a corporation must mean the person is a communist. Do people really think that, or was this just a troll thing to say?
Sure, but isn't that answer kind of a cop-out? Like, WHY do they want to watch the world burn? Is it due to bitter loneliness, broken dreams, or were they just born a douchebag?
Serious question, why are you like this? What are your goals here? Why assume someone is a communist just for criticizing a pharmaceutical company? I'm just baffled by the depths of your anger and feel like I must be missing something.
There's plenty of arsenic in lots of organics, it's not that toxic. Face it, the hippies were right all along, solar is the way of the future. But we're such a fractured, tribal society, people don't care what's "right" or "true" or "objectively the best path forward." If "those guys" like it, we're going to fight to the death to oppose it. People don't operate logically. Logic is just a tool for finding evidence that what our guts tell us is true. And what's "true" is that those guys can't possibly be right, because then they win and we lose.
What about the even bigger subsidies that fossil fuels get? Why don't you mention that? Unlike you, I can back up my posts with facts. You consider Forbes a neutral source? Here you go. https://www.forbes.com/sites/u...
That's already figured into the cost. Still comes out ahead. And once we start using photovoltaic energy to make photovoltaics, we take fossil fuels out of the picture entirely.
Half the jobs in the country require you to sign away your right to sue them. Saying "no" to this means cutting yourself off from 50% of jobs. This is a new thing, and we can change it with a law. I think we should make this illegal. After all, if company owners can just decide they are going to stick us with this, then we can decide we aren't going to take it. This sort of thing is why we have a government, so the little guys can band together with other little guys and protect themselves from the abuses of the powerful. I mean, only a sociopath would be for letting the powerful abuse the weak.
Whoever you are, you have really let me down. That insult makes no sense. And for the record, I'm savory, with a hint of salt. That bitterness you're tasting probably comes from Elon's taint. I hear that his last name is actually very descriptive.
Musk is not a visionary. Nothing he's done is revolutionary. Space flight and subways are both pretty old technology. He's just another relatively smart guy who is good at self promotion.
Evidence? No, of course you have no evidence of socialism self destructing. I doubt you even know what socialism is. We certainly have evidence of capitalism self destructing though.
It is much better for someone to play a joke on the public, and make them realize the dangers inherent in the devices they own, than to wait until a hacker does it and steals their identity or uses their home network to serve kiddie porn.
Not buying this lie. Provide proof or expect to be disbelieved. The propaganda the rich use to slander socialism is wearing thin. Capitalism is failing, and people are looking for alternatives.
Ignorance. Socialism is not communism. Socialism accepts private ownership of anything, including the means of production. Just look at actual socialist democracies, very few of the means of production are owned and controlled by the workers. Most are privately owned. None are tyrannies, all are functional and fair democracies. Get your facts straight and stop spreading your ignorance. Are you owning class? Are you spreading lies because you fear socialists are going to seize the means of production from you? It doesn't work like that. The worst you have to fear are sensible regulations and a flatter hierarchy with less wealth disparity. Oohh, scary.
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What in the actual fuck is a "eurotrash wannabe?"
I'm not sure Pai disbelieves this. Ask any smart-ish libertarian how they propose to regulate natural monopolies, and they will say they don't need to because of the potential competition. Any monopoly that abuses it's power too much will prompt people to technologically innovate their way out of the monopoly situation (see: canals, trains) or simply start some competition, and damn the first mover advantage. It's a BS argument, of course, but I think a lot of them really believe it.
No, he's not anything like a third party, thankfully. When we've tried giving people like Trump control over a political party in the past, it has generally led to an invasion of Poland. Trump is just another Republican, not so very different from all the rest.
And meanwhile, other people, with far more money and political power, are actively trying to kill off whatever you are trying to build. Then, if you succeed, you will have to actively police your organization forever, to stop the sociopaths from taking over, because all they see is another lever of power.
Except that's not something you get, it's something you make. Effective, sane, and powerful organizations that fight for the rights of the little guy don't just happen by accident. People have to work really hard to create something like that, and most people are just too lazy, unless their very lives are on the line.
See you don't understand. It's actually harder to compete against imaginary companies. They've got unicorn cavalry and time travelling wizards. How is a real company supposed to compete against unicorn cavalry and time travelling wizards? They can't. We should give those poor monopolist companies a big tax break.
Nah, this was way before Xenu and his crew rose to power. I think Elder Things arrived here in the Cambrian, ~500 million years ago. Xenu flew his DC-8s here 75 million years ago. I've been binge watching Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.
I think he's more of the hot grits down your pants.
For those not familiar with the Lovecraft oeuvre, Antarctica was inhabited by Elder Things and their servants, the Shoggoths, who came to Earth hundreds of millions of years ago. They fought with Cthulhu.
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I'm sure that's some of it, but I was really puzzled by this seemingly knee-jerk reflex, that any criticism of a corporation must mean the person is a communist. Do people really think that, or was this just a troll thing to say?
Sure, but isn't that answer kind of a cop-out? Like, WHY do they want to watch the world burn? Is it due to bitter loneliness, broken dreams, or were they just born a
douchebag?
I didn't think this was comparing these treatments to all other treatments, rather, it was comparing them to no treatment whatsoever.
Serious question, why are you like this? What are your goals here? Why assume someone is a communist just for criticizing a pharmaceutical company? I'm just baffled by the depths of your anger and feel like I must be missing something.
There's plenty of arsenic in lots of organics, it's not that toxic. Face it, the hippies were right all along, solar is the way of the future. But we're such a fractured, tribal society, people don't care what's "right" or "true" or "objectively the best path forward." If "those guys" like it, we're going to fight to the death to oppose it. People don't operate logically. Logic is just a tool for finding evidence that what our guts tell us is true. And what's "true" is that those guys can't possibly be right, because then they win and we lose.
What about the even bigger subsidies that fossil fuels get? Why don't you mention that? Unlike you, I can back up my posts with facts. You consider Forbes a neutral source? Here you go. https://www.forbes.com/sites/u...
That's already figured into the cost. Still comes out ahead. And once we start using photovoltaic energy to make photovoltaics, we take fossil fuels out of the picture entirely.
Congratulations. You appear to be the first poster who understands the article.
Half the jobs in the country require you to sign away your right to sue them. Saying "no" to this means cutting yourself off from 50% of jobs. This is a new thing, and we can change it with a law. I think we should make this illegal. After all, if company owners can just decide they are going to stick us with this, then we can decide we aren't going to take it. This sort of thing is why we have a government, so the little guys can band together with other little guys and protect themselves from the abuses of the powerful. I mean, only a sociopath would be for letting the powerful abuse the weak.
Jesus, do Musk fanbois really not know any history?
Whoever you are, you have really let me down. That insult makes no sense. And for the record, I'm savory, with a hint of salt. That bitterness you're tasting probably comes from Elon's taint. I hear that his last name is actually very descriptive.
Musk is not a visionary. Nothing he's done is revolutionary. Space flight and subways are both pretty old technology. He's just another relatively smart guy who is good at self promotion.
Evidence? No, of course you have no evidence of socialism self destructing. I doubt you even know what socialism is. We certainly have evidence of capitalism self destructing though.
It is much better for someone to play a joke on the public, and make them realize the dangers inherent in the devices they own, than to wait until a hacker does it and steals their identity or uses their home network to serve kiddie porn.
Not buying this lie. Provide proof or expect to be disbelieved. The propaganda the rich use to slander socialism is wearing thin. Capitalism is failing, and people are looking for alternatives.
Ignorance. Socialism is not communism. Socialism accepts private ownership of anything, including the means of production. Just look at actual socialist democracies, very few of the means of production are owned and controlled by the workers. Most are privately owned. None are tyrannies, all are functional and fair democracies. Get your facts straight and stop spreading your ignorance. Are you owning class? Are you spreading lies because you fear socialists are going to seize the means of production from you? It doesn't work like that. The worst you have to fear are sensible regulations and a flatter hierarchy with less wealth disparity. Oohh, scary.