You don't have to be clinically depressed to believe that you'd be better off somewhere else than where you are now. For example, the small island nation of Dominica scored near the top of the world happiness index a few years ago, yet young people emigrate from there in droves in search of high paying jobs in wealthier countries.
Somalia, Somaliland, Statelessness, and Vampires
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Somalia doesn't have statelessness, it has an overlapping collection of theocracies and despotisms. The main exception is Somaliland in the north, where there's been a functional breakaway republic for years and there's a noteworthy level of prosperity. Somaliland has been completely unable to secure any kind of foreign recognition, largely because if it gets it, it ruins the claim that the vampires at the IMF have to shakedown the Somali people to repay the loans made to the Barre regime. The upside of this lack of recognition, however, is that the Somaliland government hasn't been able to get foreign aid, which, as it turns out, suppresses development rather than fostering it. But condemning foreign aid to governments of low income countries is about the only conclusion one can reasonably draw from the twenty-first century Somali experience, it doesn't speak to the efficacy of statelessness at all (either way).
If you really think the NSA has any meaningful domestic restraint, hey, that's your call. But that you imply that every country in Latin America is a police state is pretty much a conversation ender for me.
Everyone has law enforcement, not everyone has no knock raids that go wrong so often it's a meme. And the NSA clearly has a free hand in the U.S. as well, so that's not much of an argument. I would consider setting up a service in Hong Kong, most Scandinavian countries, Canada, and a few countries in Latin America and the Caribbean before I would consider the U.S., the particulars of the situation would narrow it down.
What I don't understand is why anyone runs any service with any sort of privacy angle from the U.S. There are freer countries with good Internet access. Pick one, and put all those U.S. subpoenas on the bottom of the birdcage, where they belong.
I am a patriot and I love my country, even as imperfect as it is, and even though it is the worst most oppressive country that has ever existed... except for all the others.
The sad thing is that it sounds like you really believe this. Sure, it's far from the worst in that there are regimes out there that make today's U.S. look like the Boy Scouts, even with its no knock raids, indefinite detention without trial, mass surveillance, and the like. But if you think there's nowhere better out there, you're willfully ignorant.
I don't deny anyone a reasonable profit, but what's reasonable depends on which side of have's/have-nots you might rest on.
No, what's reasonable depends on whether the "haves" are picking people's pockets to get that way. Unfortunately, thanks to our corporatist system the answer is "yes" depressingly often.
Yes, I've always thought the approach of U.S. policy makers of completely disregarding criticism is more efficient than the approach of Chinese policy makers of trying to stop it and responding to it when it happens.
Wolf thinks he's accomplishing pandering to the conservative majority of his district, and he's absolutely right. Remember, politicians and bureacrats most often make decisions that serve their own interests, not the interests of those they ostensibly represent or the public at large. There's a whole school of economic thought called "public choice" that studies this phenomenon.
Yes, the U.S. has the equivalent to parliamentary privilege, and it's been used in living memory rather famously. During the Vietnam War era, Mike Gravel, a Senator from Alaska, included the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record, meaning they were then publicly available. He was protected by Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution, which among other things says about members of Congress that "for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place." ("Speech" includes inclusions into the Congressional Record.)
Yes, and a real fire sale, not the lame one they offered to teachers/professors. I mean, when the "special" price for the Surface RT with the Type Keyboard Cover is $289, I for one will still prefer a Samsung Chromebook.
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You don't have to be clinically depressed to believe that you'd be better off somewhere else than where you are now. For example, the small island nation of Dominica scored near the top of the world happiness index a few years ago, yet young people emigrate from there in droves in search of high paying jobs in wealthier countries.
Somalia doesn't have statelessness, it has an overlapping collection of theocracies and despotisms. The main exception is Somaliland in the north, where there's been a functional breakaway republic for years and there's a noteworthy level of prosperity. Somaliland has been completely unable to secure any kind of foreign recognition, largely because if it gets it, it ruins the claim that the vampires at the IMF have to shakedown the Somali people to repay the loans made to the Barre regime. The upside of this lack of recognition, however, is that the Somaliland government hasn't been able to get foreign aid, which, as it turns out, suppresses development rather than fostering it. But condemning foreign aid to governments of low income countries is about the only conclusion one can reasonably draw from the twenty-first century Somali experience, it doesn't speak to the efficacy of statelessness at all (either way).
True, although at least it solves the problem of them setting on fire.
Whereas you are a troll without even that much of an objective.
Kubuntu isn't good enough?
If you really think the NSA has any meaningful domestic restraint, hey, that's your call. But that you imply that every country in Latin America is a police state is pretty much a conversation ender for me.
Everyone has law enforcement, not everyone has no knock raids that go wrong so often it's a meme. And the NSA clearly has a free hand in the U.S. as well, so that's not much of an argument. I would consider setting up a service in Hong Kong, most Scandinavian countries, Canada, and a few countries in Latin America and the Caribbean before I would consider the U.S., the particulars of the situation would narrow it down.
What I don't understand is why anyone runs any service with any sort of privacy angle from the U.S. There are freer countries with good Internet access. Pick one, and put all those U.S. subpoenas on the bottom of the birdcage, where they belong.
Unfortunately, the government seems to think that it is in the public interest to keep this stuff secret.
I don't think they actually give a shit about the public interest. It's just expedient for them to say they do.
I am a patriot and I love my country, even as imperfect as it is, and even though it is the worst most oppressive country that has ever existed... except for all the others.
The sad thing is that it sounds like you really believe this. Sure, it's far from the worst in that there are regimes out there that make today's U.S. look like the Boy Scouts, even with its no knock raids, indefinite detention without trial, mass surveillance, and the like. But if you think there's nowhere better out there, you're willfully ignorant.
Agreed 100%. Moreover, use of these sorts of weasel words that "journalists" love so much is part of the problem.
I don't deny anyone a reasonable profit, but what's reasonable depends on which side of have's/have-nots you might rest on.
No, what's reasonable depends on whether the "haves" are picking people's pockets to get that way. Unfortunately, thanks to our corporatist system the answer is "yes" depressingly often.
Pretend he said "consulate", and then laugh. It was a joke, not a geography lesson.
We the Living was pretty good. And Anthem is so short it doesn't matter. But the others... yeah I read them, but usually don't recommend them.
Yes, I've always thought the approach of U.S. policy makers of completely disregarding criticism is more efficient than the approach of Chinese policy makers of trying to stop it and responding to it when it happens.
Evidently the Starfleet Corps of Engineers designed your BS-o-meter, since it didn't have any circuit breakers. ;-)
And not press-ganged, but Shanghaied.
Right, if only government had even more money, then all our problems would be solved!
Wolf thinks he's accomplishing pandering to the conservative majority of his district, and he's absolutely right. Remember, politicians and bureacrats most often make decisions that serve their own interests, not the interests of those they ostensibly represent or the public at large. There's a whole school of economic thought called "public choice" that studies this phenomenon.
Yes, the U.S. has the equivalent to parliamentary privilege, and it's been used in living memory rather famously. During the Vietnam War era, Mike Gravel, a Senator from Alaska, included the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record, meaning they were then publicly available. He was protected by Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution, which among other things says about members of Congress that "for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place." ("Speech" includes inclusions into the Congressional Record.)
If the goal is realism, then even if it's not research, doesn't that mean it's even better?
For students who want an education, no honor code is needed. For students who just want a credential, no honor code is sufficient.
It does indeed say more, but it doesn't say that he's crazy.
Yes, and a real fire sale, not the lame one they offered to teachers/professors. I mean, when the "special" price for the Surface RT with the Type Keyboard Cover is $289, I for one will still prefer a Samsung Chromebook.
Right, because everyone would trust that.