I see. I am using the actual definition of socialism. Instead of the reactionary abuse of the word. What you describe isn't what socialism is at all.
China is a mix of modern corporate feudalism and traditional feudalism controlled by a central authoritarian regime with a dogmatic almost religious status.
Socialism is simply a government that uses its abilities at attempt to meet some of the needs of its people. It is based on compassion for your fellow citizens and understanding that random catastrophic events and economic inequities are inevitable and should be cushioned for the good of society as a whole.
I favor negative voting as it also preserves one person 1 vote. Basically you can vote for someone as normal, or against someone and that negates one of their for votes. A candidates final count is the difference of their for and against votes.
Other forms of range voting offer more subtle gradation at a slightly increased level of complication.
I could see a text duplicator that is visible but uninstallable (without a password) to be very useful as a parental control feature. But completely hidden? I agree, not good.
I am more on the liberal side, but I do agree. That is why Bill Clinton was such a great president, and Bush 1 wasn't that bad.
Every other president I have had the extreme displeasure of witnessing first hand was a whack job or incompetent: Reagan, Bush 2, Obama; They all suck.
China is not a socialist country. You can't just go by what they claim to be, people lie.
China is an authoritarian police state with a corporatist profiteering owner class and a lot of little loosely aligned feudal states supported by nearly starving peasants.
In many cases, I agree. In 2000 I voted green even though I didn't agree with half their agenda, I've been disenfranchised by moving around for several years since then. But I just voted strait democrat in this election because the republicans in my area decided to go with comic book villain style candidates.
Tea party direct funding? it is a matter of public record.
Attack advertising against tea party opponents payed for by shadow corporations? Sorry, thanks to recent supreme court cases, they no longer have to disclose that info.
Warfare for profit waged by the ultra rich against the middle class and poor? Sorry, to much information for me to cite, you just have to research it yourself.
The wealthy are growing wealthier while the middle class and poor are becoming poorer. When a FOX news pundit accuses someone of practicing class warfare, what they really mean is someone dared to resist the war waged against the American people. Jobs are slashed to boost quarterly net profit to manipulate stock prices. Fewer jobs for average people while corporations are more profitable than ever.
I am an American patriot. I am sick and tired of my country going to hell so someone that doesn't have to work can become even wealthier at my expense by sacrificing the future of the country I love for temporary boost in profit.
Republicans/tea party/democrats/libertarians are all a part of the problem, some more than others. I am not proposing a grand conspiracy, but rather a systematic flaw in the system that is creating a feedback loop that will eventually lead us to ruin.
The problem is that a smaller government will be left powerless in the face of the multi-national mega corps that are paying out the ass to fund the tea party. The party and the ideas they propose are just pawns of a larger movement in class warfare by the owner class to sacrifice the American way of life to bump up next quarters profits and buy a new jet to fly over the shattered remnants of a once great nation.
Both are true. Socialism is good. Capitalism is good. Socialism is bad. Capitalism is bad. We don't necessarily need more of one or the other. but better of each.
Advanced research is and always has been funded by governments.
Right now, the average corporation is barely looking past next quarters returns. Anything that can't turn a profit this fiscal year is not done by average corporations.
Even long term investments expect a return within 5 to 10 years at the most. If it wont produce profit in that timeframe, it won't be done.
Government needs to finance theoretical and advanced research, otherwise new opportunities for applied research that private orgs are willing to invest in will rapidly dry up.
I am doing my part. Voting against Rick Scott (R) for Florida governor tomorrow. In what insane world can a guy that pleaded the 5th 75 times in relation to defrauding social security and insider trading be a viable candidate?
I am not a democrat, but OMG WTF BBQ!, I can't vote my preferred 3rd party candidate and risk him winning.
Nuclear power is the only long term solution to humanities energy needs.
We can do fission well right now with breeder reactors, we are currently experimenting with thorium reactors. Those can meet our needs for thousands of years.
Fusion power is also available right now by pointing collectors at a particular continuous fusion explosion in the sky. We can do that for a few billion years.
It isn't a flat limit, for sufficiently cheap power you can compromise on density.
Better engines and hybrids make sense as long as gas remains a viable fuel. At some point in this century it likely will not be a viable fuel unless we perfect synthetic gas cheaply without compromising our farmland.
I like my epic as well, the keyboard would have been a little better if the key tops were not perfectly flat and smooth. A little roundness and texture would make typing just a tad easier.
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That describes it very well, thank you.
I see. I am using the actual definition of socialism. Instead of the reactionary abuse of the word. What you describe isn't what socialism is at all.
China is a mix of modern corporate feudalism and traditional feudalism controlled by a central authoritarian regime with a dogmatic almost religious status.
Socialism is simply a government that uses its abilities at attempt to meet some of the needs of its people. It is based on compassion for your fellow citizens and understanding that random catastrophic events and economic inequities are inevitable and should be cushioned for the good of society as a whole.
Not trolling.
I didn't live in florida in 2000.
In 2000 I also didn't live in Florida.
I used to think the same thing, then I got to know a few teenagers.
In this case, a known and visible app would acts as a theoretical deterrence rather than a pure spy app would.
This is why some form of range voting is ideal.
I favor negative voting as it also preserves one person 1 vote. Basically you can vote for someone as normal, or against someone and that negates one of their for votes. A candidates final count is the difference of their for and against votes.
Other forms of range voting offer more subtle gradation at a slightly increased level of complication.
I could see a text duplicator that is visible but uninstallable (without a password) to be very useful as a parental control feature. But completely hidden? I agree, not good.
I am more on the liberal side, but I do agree. That is why Bill Clinton was such a great president, and Bush 1 wasn't that bad.
Every other president I have had the extreme displeasure of witnessing first hand was a whack job or incompetent: Reagan, Bush 2, Obama; They all suck.
China is not a socialist country. You can't just go by what they claim to be, people lie.
China is an authoritarian police state with a corporatist profiteering owner class and a lot of little loosely aligned feudal states supported by nearly starving peasants.
God damn it. I have to Spelling Nazi myself now. strait -> straight.
And that should be a period and not a comma in the second sentence.
In many cases, I agree. In 2000 I voted green even though I didn't agree with half their agenda, I've been disenfranchised by moving around for several years since then. But I just voted strait democrat in this election because the republicans in my area decided to go with comic book villain style candidates.
Rick Scott (R, FL gov) = Lex Luthor
Citation for what?
Tea party direct funding? it is a matter of public record.
Attack advertising against tea party opponents payed for by shadow corporations? Sorry, thanks to recent supreme court cases, they no longer have to disclose that info.
Warfare for profit waged by the ultra rich against the middle class and poor? Sorry, to much information for me to cite, you just have to research it yourself.
The wealthy are growing wealthier while the middle class and poor are becoming poorer. When a FOX news pundit accuses someone of practicing class warfare, what they really mean is someone dared to resist the war waged against the American people. Jobs are slashed to boost quarterly net profit to manipulate stock prices. Fewer jobs for average people while corporations are more profitable than ever.
I am an American patriot. I am sick and tired of my country going to hell so someone that doesn't have to work can become even wealthier at my expense by sacrificing the future of the country I love for temporary boost in profit.
Republicans/tea party/democrats/libertarians are all a part of the problem, some more than others. I am not proposing a grand conspiracy, but rather a systematic flaw in the system that is creating a feedback loop that will eventually lead us to ruin.
And then it suddenly cuts to Rick Astley live, "never gonna give you up".
The problem is that a smaller government will be left powerless in the face of the multi-national mega corps that are paying out the ass to fund the tea party. The party and the ideas they propose are just pawns of a larger movement in class warfare by the owner class to sacrifice the American way of life to bump up next quarters profits and buy a new jet to fly over the shattered remnants of a once great nation.
Both are true. Socialism is good. Capitalism is good. Socialism is bad. Capitalism is bad. We don't necessarily need more of one or the other. but better of each.
Advanced research is and always has been funded by governments.
Right now, the average corporation is barely looking past next quarters returns. Anything that can't turn a profit this fiscal year is not done by average corporations.
Even long term investments expect a return within 5 to 10 years at the most. If it wont produce profit in that timeframe, it won't be done.
Government needs to finance theoretical and advanced research, otherwise new opportunities for applied research that private orgs are willing to invest in will rapidly dry up.
Not many tents stand up very well under a yard of earth.
I am doing my part. Voting against Rick Scott (R) for Florida governor tomorrow. In what insane world can a guy that pleaded the 5th 75 times in relation to defrauding social security and insider trading be a viable candidate?
I am not a democrat, but OMG WTF BBQ!, I can't vote my preferred 3rd party candidate and risk him winning.
Nuclear power is the only long term solution to humanities energy needs.
We can do fission well right now with breeder reactors, we are currently experimenting with thorium reactors. Those can meet our needs for thousands of years.
Fusion power is also available right now by pointing collectors at a particular continuous fusion explosion in the sky. We can do that for a few billion years.
That is why I said it was a compromise, not a replacement.
ah, that is what I get for not reading the article.
I seem to recall opposed pistons a little bit earlier than the 1940's...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radial_engine
go back a bit further, radial engines used on most pre ww2 aircraft.
It isn't a flat limit, for sufficiently cheap power you can compromise on density.
Better engines and hybrids make sense as long as gas remains a viable fuel. At some point in this century it likely will not be a viable fuel unless we perfect synthetic gas cheaply without compromising our farmland.
I like my epic as well, the keyboard would have been a little better if the key tops were not perfectly flat and smooth. A little roundness and texture would make typing just a tad easier.