Voter apathy is ungodly high simply because we've been conditioned to believe that anybody not in one of the two parties isn't worth electing. When there is so little difference between D and R who can blame people for simply letting themselves get railroaded.
Uh, me? The people have the power to vote in whoever they want. The fact that they choose not to use it is their own fault.
This is just FUD. As GP pointed out, the resources are available. We just don't have our backs against the wall yet. When that happens, nuclear will be unavoidable. Not to mention some of the promising advances in renewable energy that are happening right now.
People have been saying that the sky is falling since at least the time of Christ. No, actually, it's not.
You're making a straw man here. Xonwhatever wasn't saying they should be allowed to do so. He was just pointing out that the original contention that profits are completely privatized is not accurate.
According to that map you linked on wage disparity, Kazakhstan is one of the world's most egalitarian countries. I think we can agree that any metric that puts *stan better than the US is screwed up. Also, an argument could be made that the US is more of a meritocracy than Europe. That's not necessarily a bad thing.
On life expectancy, I can buy that, but I'm not sure it's policy related (I know your post didn't mention policy, but I was replying to a poster who did). There's a good portion of Americans who happily do things that are well known to kill (smoke, eat fatty foods, etc.). The government here has put a great deal of effort into educating people, and yet they still partake in these behaviors. At that point, it's not really a policy problem anymore.
I would mod you troll if I had points. Not because I take offense at the notion that Europeans could be better at something, but because you never actually bring up any examples/evidence. Your argument is basically "Europe is better because Europe is better and America sucks because America sucks." Examples of specific areas in which European systems are more desirable/equitable/profitable would have gone a long way toward making you less annoying.
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Torrent has costs too: risk of legal action, risk of corrupted files, inability to get the content you want, etc.
It's evident that there is some cost that would be palatable as an alternative. The problem is that studios want to price at $5+ and the 'acceptable price' is imo around $1-3.
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Fortunately, a little thing called the Wii has ensured we will never run out of spare PS3s.
Historically, it was more like conquering Russian soldiers.
Wait, did you really just say "women's Halo league"? Welcome to Earth, we're sorry it's not as awesome as your alternate reality.
Voter apathy is ungodly high simply because we've been conditioned to believe that anybody not in one of the two parties isn't worth electing. When there is so little difference between D and R who can blame people for simply letting themselves get railroaded.
Uh, me? The people have the power to vote in whoever they want. The fact that they choose not to use it is their own fault.
You just watched Paycheck, didn't you?
This is just FUD. As GP pointed out, the resources are available. We just don't have our backs against the wall yet. When that happens, nuclear will be unavoidable. Not to mention some of the promising advances in renewable energy that are happening right now.
People have been saying that the sky is falling since at least the time of Christ. No, actually, it's not.
Peak Whale Oil, for example.
Should we be worrying about peak porn?
No, it's a renewable resource.
In fact, slutty chicks per capita, a crucial benchmark of porn creation ability, has increased significantly over the last 20 years.
Oh sure they will, using a little word known as Lebensraum.
They had to import a German word to describe their devious plans? Sounds like China's experiencing a word shortage as well.
Not to mention, these skills were likely more prevalent in a culture in which having them was a matter of survival.
I AM a pacifist. Most people's take on pacifists is ignorant and wrong
Dude, if you're a representative example, I think I'll stick to being ignorant and wrong.
You're making a straw man here. Xonwhatever wasn't saying they should be allowed to do so. He was just pointing out that the original contention that profits are completely privatized is not accurate.
The point is that taxes = socializing profits.
This seems like a pointless semantic distinction to me. The fact is, the government gets a significant portion of their revenues.
He's making the point that profits are socialized as well as losses.
On this note, Colbert for President in 2012!
I'm more troubled by your use of "debatative" than I am by your argument.
According to that map you linked on wage disparity, Kazakhstan is one of the world's most egalitarian countries. I think we can agree that any metric that puts *stan better than the US is screwed up. Also, an argument could be made that the US is more of a meritocracy than Europe. That's not necessarily a bad thing.
On life expectancy, I can buy that, but I'm not sure it's policy related (I know your post didn't mention policy, but I was replying to a poster who did). There's a good portion of Americans who happily do things that are well known to kill (smoke, eat fatty foods, etc.). The government here has put a great deal of effort into educating people, and yet they still partake in these behaviors. At that point, it's not really a policy problem anymore.
He's saying that Europeans are good kids who are exercising restraint. No, it's not a good analogy.
I would mod you troll if I had points. Not because I take offense at the notion that Europeans could be better at something, but because you never actually bring up any examples/evidence. Your argument is basically "Europe is better because Europe is better and America sucks because America sucks." Examples of specific areas in which European systems are more desirable/equitable/profitable would have gone a long way toward making you less annoying.
Your view is long on optimism, but short on history.
+1. My parents were as nutty as they come, and I'm well on my way to a normal, respectable life thanks largely to my experiences in college.
content WHICH IS ON THE DISC, not some DLC he "could" download.
This is a novel assertion, given that all the Project $10 schemes tried so far have been, guess what? DLC. See: Mass Effect 2.
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Torrent has costs too: risk of legal action, risk of corrupted files, inability to get the content you want, etc. It's evident that there is some cost that would be palatable as an alternative. The problem is that studios want to price at $5+ and the 'acceptable price' is imo around $1-3.
Now imagining: "Oh, and those neurons just got slammed by that Rook! What a brutal hit, Steve!"