As an individual, you have just as much control over the government as you do the market. And the government, as our representative, has every right to compete in the market and inform us where danger lies. Otherwise, it's not really open, it's merely privateering, with everything simply going to the highest bidder, which is really what we have because presently that is who the government serves, and that is because the public can't be bothered...
Meanwhile no biggie. There's enough demand to keep the orange juice infrastructure afloat and the price almost reasonable. But the real truth is that the price is arbitrarily set by some commodity brokers in London, Hong Kong or New York, under the watchful eye of the triads, yakuza and other wealthy "families". The whole "supply/demand" thing is a total myth.
Nor do I run the risk of losing and having to drink Coke for the next four years because I couldn't persuade enough of my fellow citizens to drink orange juice instead.
Oh, yes you would. If there is an insufficient market for orange juice, you ain't gettin' any for less than a thousand dollars a quart(if the pilot doesn't smuggle it in his flight bag for you), unless you have your own tree on your own property. That is exactly how the market works. Or maybe you have forgotten the infrastructure required to put it on your grocer's shelf. And there are all sorts of things you are being denied because of an insufficient market. It takes a big ass crowd to steer it.
Somehow the crooked politicians keep getting elected.
Yeah, because people keep reelecting them. Why would that be a mystery to you? It is precisely how that market works also. Identical principles both, but with government we are all guaranteed(in theory) equal access and rights, rich or poor. If people use those rights, the effects will be swift, but if they can't be bothered, don't blame the government. Blame the customer that keeps buying crap.
And just like in the market, you can vote for the government you desire. In either case we, in theory, control both, but in the "free" market we simply don't have enough capital to affect much. We have to attract the interest of big money that flows in the canopy over our heads, like how how it took Google 'trickle down' to delay SOPA. In government, all we have to do is stop reelecting crooked politicians, you know, like maybe being a bit more involved during the primaries, and demanding open primaries that don't favor any particular faction, and learning how to tune out propaganda. We can devalue the campaign dollar to zero whenever we want. Each person, no matter how rich, still gets exactly one vote.
Yeah yeah, bla bla bla... while you're out there mumbling some worn out political nonsense, everybody else is trading and making money. Commies and capitalists alike discuss nothing but receivables and payables, minimaxes and portfolios. The high drama is for the viewing audience, which seems to appeal to you.
Sorry, the "correctness" of the decision doesn't matter. It couldn't go any other way. Business is business. If "right" and "wrong" ever entered the picture, the whole house of cards would collapse.
All the hardware updates I've ever seen are in the optional section anyway. But I still turn off automatic updating. It always gets interrupted at the worst time.
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As an individual, you have just as much control over the government as you do the market. And the government, as our representative, has every right to compete in the market and inform us where danger lies. Otherwise, it's not really open, it's merely privateering, with everything simply going to the highest bidder, which is really what we have because presently that is who the government serves, and that is because the public can't be bothered...
Meanwhile no biggie. There's enough demand to keep the orange juice infrastructure afloat and the price almost reasonable. But the real truth is that the price is arbitrarily set by some commodity brokers in London, Hong Kong or New York, under the watchful eye of the triads, yakuza and other wealthy "families". The whole "supply/demand" thing is a total myth.
Nor do I run the risk of losing and having to drink Coke for the next four years because I couldn't persuade enough of my fellow citizens to drink orange juice instead.
Oh, yes you would. If there is an insufficient market for orange juice, you ain't gettin' any for less than a thousand dollars a quart(if the pilot doesn't smuggle it in his flight bag for you), unless you have your own tree on your own property. That is exactly how the market works. Or maybe you have forgotten the infrastructure required to put it on your grocer's shelf. And there are all sorts of things you are being denied because of an insufficient market. It takes a big ass crowd to steer it.
Somehow the crooked politicians keep getting elected.
Yeah, because people keep reelecting them. Why would that be a mystery to you? It is precisely how that market works also. Identical principles both, but with government we are all guaranteed(in theory) equal access and rights, rich or poor. If people use those rights, the effects will be swift, but if they can't be bothered, don't blame the government. Blame the customer that keeps buying crap.
Yes, it is 'printing' on a screen, which is not 2D. If it were(was? whatever), you would not see it.
Why isn't 2D printing ever talked about?
2D is still invisible and impossible.
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That's right. The reader is solely responsible for his actions, not Google, not the publisher.
Where have you been?
And just like in the market, you can vote for the government you desire. In either case we, in theory, control both, but in the "free" market we simply don't have enough capital to affect much. We have to attract the interest of big money that flows in the canopy over our heads, like how how it took Google 'trickle down' to delay SOPA. In government, all we have to do is stop reelecting crooked politicians, you know, like maybe being a bit more involved during the primaries, and demanding open primaries that don't favor any particular faction, and learning how to tune out propaganda. We can devalue the campaign dollar to zero whenever we want. Each person, no matter how rich, still gets exactly one vote.
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Yeah yeah, bla bla bla ... while you're out there mumbling some worn out political nonsense, everybody else is trading and making money. Commies and capitalists alike discuss nothing but receivables and payables, minimaxes and portfolios. The high drama is for the viewing audience, which seems to appeal to you.
I say this as somebody who is 3/4th black and 1/4th Hispanic, as well!
Ooooo. we got ourselves a real inta-lectual here!
That's right. Everybody is so busy attacking the speaker, nobody's watching the idiot followers who cause all the damage.
I detect yet another call for censorship here. Watch out!
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And they charge nothing for all transactions?
I pursued it for weeks across the ocean until it defecated the Thinkpad back out.
Really blew the whale's mind...
Where else are you going to cash your paycheck if yo don't use the bank?
You're still paying a 'tax' to the exchange house.
You can always choose not to use a bank and get ripped off by the cash exchanges too. Please, save it. The privates have got you by the privates also.
A corporation doesn't get to just take a significant fraction of your paycheck whether you like it or not.
I guess all those transaction fees don't count.
They don't need that anymore. Civil forfeiture will suffice, if they really want the names.
Sorry, the "correctness" of the decision doesn't matter. It couldn't go any other way. Business is business. If "right" and "wrong" ever entered the picture, the whole house of cards would collapse.
All the hardware updates I've ever seen are in the optional section anyway. But I still turn off automatic updating. It always gets interrupted at the worst time.
Maybe his real 'expertise' is in sales, or public relations.
I thought you knew how crazy and dangerous religion can be. Majority rule has its flaws.
The problem is that these people vote. And they are not necessarily 'harmless'.
Lifeist!