The truth, contra Francisco’s assertions, is that profit incentives distort morality; they always have and always will. Rand seems to think that the aristocracy of money and the aristocracy of pull are non-overlapping magisteria, but in fact, capitalism has always been about influence and connections. People play favorites, give sweetheart deals to their friends, and scratch each other’s backs. And when large corporations are left unwatched, what we see time and again is that those connections develop into collusion, conspiracy and fraud at the expense of both customers and potential rivals. Free and fair competition isn’t something that just happens: it only arises and persists when a watchdog is there to make sure everyone’s playing by the rules.
their workers are better paid, have better benefits, better protections. their citizens dont descend into poverty and bankruptcy if they fall ill. their populace is better educated because more of their educational systems are available to more people, and even free in many cases. their healthcare systems have a high quality, better outcomes, at a lower cost than ours. their infrastructure is more well funded and better maintained. they generally rank higher on various societal indexes, from freedom to happiness. they carry have less personal debt, while having same quality of life and living standards, giving them more financial stability and independence than most americans.
there is more. point is: your comment only betrays your own ignorance.
what HAS he done right? the winning hasnt even started yet. hes displaying gross incompetence at every turn. he still says shit and undercuts his own people constantly.
first it was "we fired comey in the recoomendation of the DAG. then it was "no it was my idea!"
and the fact he fired him DURING an investigation, and then admits to people thta "firing him has been beneficial in slowing the investigation"....thtas just pure fucking coincidence?
"did not actually happen in the us, uk, other countries"
and did you ever stop to wonder why? it wasnt because he was wrong.
it was because we began fixing things, aka the progressive movement of the early 1900s that sought to correct the excesses of the gilded age. it didnt happen because we fixed the problem, or tried to, before the masses became discontented enough to resort to widespread violence (bread riots still occured, but not as widespread as in other nations that did NOT correct thier problems).
so. once again. you only prove your own ignorance.
what do you think happens to the economy when the current 3.5 million people employed as trucks drivers are suddenly obsolete?
its a real problem and you cannot just handwave it away. buggy whip makers did not represent 1% of the population. truckers do.
current unemployment is hovering around 4.7%, which is 7.5 million people. but at that number, that's mostly fluid labor, as people move around from job to job. aka, "maximum effective employment". dumping another 3.5 million people into that pool is a potential catastrophe for the economy, as these are not fluid labor that can easily shuffle around, as their entire industry category goes away completely. 3,5 million people with an average salary of 73k, gone from the economy. that is a fuckton of lost economic activity.
besides, "buggy whip makers" is a bullshit canard anyway: they were craftsmen who made more than just buggy whips, and they simply sold more of their other products.
and the trucks already move at near peak capacity. the gains from being autonomous will almost entirely be in the saved labor costs, not from additional efficiency. the additional road time will amount to between 4-6 hours daily, as truckers already skirt/push/ignore the limits of what is legal.
A few inches causes substantial harm via storm surge. And its a greater than 1:1 increase, that is 1 more inch of sea level results in more than 1 inch of additional surge (surge is a complicated beast). That's billions of gallons of additional flood waters and their associated damage costs.
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DUP is for hard brexit, cutting all ties to europe.
he didnt have an argument of substance to address
"money makes you moral, and the more you have, the better a person you are".
pure bullshit.
more realistic: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/d...
best part:
The truth, contra Francisco’s assertions, is that profit incentives distort morality; they always have and always will. Rand seems to think that the aristocracy of money and the aristocracy of pull are non-overlapping magisteria, but in fact, capitalism has always been about influence and connections. People play favorites, give sweetheart deals to their friends, and scratch each other’s backs. And when large corporations are left unwatched, what we see time and again is that those connections develop into collusion, conspiracy and fraud at the expense of both customers and potential rivals. Free and fair competition isn’t something that just happens: it only arises and persists when a watchdog is there to make sure everyone’s playing by the rules.
you already pay for them.
this is simply more cost effective.
thats a recipe for a revolution from your newly created right-less permanent underclass.
"brilliant" idea.
for a good fucking reason
there is plenty to envy.
their workers are better paid, have better benefits, better protections.
their citizens dont descend into poverty and bankruptcy if they fall ill.
their populace is better educated because more of their educational systems are available to more people, and even free in many cases.
their healthcare systems have a high quality, better outcomes, at a lower cost than ours.
their infrastructure is more well funded and better maintained.
they generally rank higher on various societal indexes, from freedom to happiness.
they carry have less personal debt, while having same quality of life and living standards, giving them more financial stability and independence than most americans.
there is more.
point is: your comment only betrays your own ignorance.
if people are too poor to buy your shit, pretty soon youll join them.
If thats the case, we need more of it.
what HAS he done right?
the winning hasnt even started yet.
hes displaying gross incompetence at every turn.
he still says shit and undercuts his own people constantly.
first it was "we fired comey in the recoomendation of the DAG.
then it was "no it was my idea!"
this is fucking stupid.
you are fucking stupid.
and the fact he fired him DURING an investigation, and then admits to people thta "firing him has been beneficial in slowing the investigation"....thtas just pure fucking coincidence?
This is your brain on libertarian stupidity.
Kids, don't become libertarians.
you argument is essentially this:
Marx: If we don't fix the leak in the boat, the boat will sink.
*boat gets fixed*
Mi: See? The boat didn't sink. Therefore, Marx was wrong.
"did not actually happen in the us, uk, other countries"
and did you ever stop to wonder why?
it wasnt because he was wrong.
it was because we began fixing things, aka the progressive movement of the early 1900s that sought to correct the excesses of the gilded age.
it didnt happen because we fixed the problem, or tried to, before the masses became discontented enough to resort to widespread violence (bread riots still occured, but not as widespread as in other nations that did NOT correct thier problems).
so.
once again.
you only prove your own ignorance.
conservative AC unable to identify hate speech, news at 11.
what do you think happens to the economy when the current 3.5 million people employed as trucks drivers are suddenly obsolete?
its a real problem and you cannot just handwave it away.
buggy whip makers did not represent 1% of the population.
truckers do.
current unemployment is hovering around 4.7%, which is 7.5 million people.
but at that number, that's mostly fluid labor, as people move around from job to job. aka, "maximum effective employment".
dumping another 3.5 million people into that pool is a potential catastrophe for the economy, as these are not fluid labor that can easily shuffle around, as their entire industry category goes away completely. 3,5 million people with an average salary of 73k, gone from the economy. that is a fuckton of lost economic activity.
besides, "buggy whip makers" is a bullshit canard anyway: they were craftsmen who made more than just buggy whips, and they simply sold more of their other products.
and the trucks already move at near peak capacity. the gains from being autonomous will almost entirely be in the saved labor costs, not from additional efficiency. the additional road time will amount to between 4-6 hours daily, as truckers already skirt/push/ignore the limits of what is legal.
all hail the corporate overlords and woe be to those who dare stand up for themselves.
its also involving linemen. their work gets sub contracted
that just makes you extra dumb.
we arent talking about fox news right now
no hes pointing out hte various bits of bullshit present in your very own post history that show that hte person you are talking about is yourself.
we call him crashmarik.
now go the fuck away shill.
A few inches causes substantial harm via storm surge.
And its a greater than 1:1 increase, that is 1 more inch of sea level results in more than 1 inch of additional surge (surge is a complicated beast).
That's billions of gallons of additional flood waters and their associated damage costs.
good point, but a blister can usually be done with topical antiseptic.
again with the blatant bullshit.