99% of the time, the more powerful an entity becomes, the more it will exert it's power to keep (and usually increase) said power. It doesn't matter if that entity is a company, a government, or an individual.
Not everything can be accomplished in 8 years. Should we never attempt long term projects because of that? Also there is the possibility that the next president/congress will agree with this decision, meaning that getting this ball rolling now would be good for their agenda.
They wanted to make their country great again... They had a crazy leader that everyone followed blindly...
"Crazy" and "Extremely brash and right leaning" are not the same, but regardless...
Their leader called himself a Christian but was anything but...
The same argument could be made about the majority of US presidents
They forced kids to say pledges of allegiance in school...
Requiring kids to say the pledge of allegiance is a matter of state laws (and not all states require it). Also this has been around for many decades.
They militarized their police force and knocked down doors...
Police militarization has been happening since before Trump, and includes Democrat presidents as well.
They created their own media and claimed everyone else as false...
The left is just as guilty as the right on this one. In fact media outlets in the US are far more likely to lean left than right.
They created a government rule to give him more power at his request...
Again, the same was happening under Obama, and also Bush Jr.
And somehow no one saw any of this coming... and we can't see it today either.
Plenty of people have been witnessing it and complaining, but when a Republican is doing it, Republicans tend to ignore it, and when a Democrat is doing it, Democrats tend to ignore it.
Except these days it seems to be the receiver of the message who gets to determine what "hate speech" is. If you burned barrels of leaves on my property and I felt it was because of my race or gender, then does that make it hate speech? What if I didn't like *you* because of your race or gender and so I decided to declare something innocuous that you said as "hate speech"? It's incredibly muddy waters, and the fact that there is not a clear definition is the biggest problem with hate speech.
But there is always going to be someone else who has full access to your information when your information is in the cloud, just like your company's IT department can get in to every folder on every server in the company, just as the custodian typically has the keys to every door in the company.
It just sucks less. I would still much rather sit in front of my computer if I have the opportunity where I have a much larger screen and a physical keyboard.
I would be interested to see if people are spending that much less time on their computers for internet browsing, or if they are just on the internet more because it's easier now to pull out your mobile phone when you're bored and check your favorite social media sites.
That's a nice office you've been elected into, sure would be a shame if a corporation with more money than you can comprehend decides to buy the next election for your competitor.
I'm going to stop you right there Tex, and if you take what I'm about to say to heart, you might very well become a better person. Now despite nowhere in my post do I say I trust the people who run corporations (which I certainly do not), you seem to be stuck in the mindset that plagues political discourse today. Obviously, I am no on "your team", so therefor I must obviously be on "the other team". And since in your mind, "the other team" trusts corporations, that means that since I'm not on "your team", I trust corporations. This is a terribly way to view the world, and the truth is the world is far more complex than your black and white world.
I would greatly encourage you to view others complexly, as the Green brothers like to say, and you might find people who disagree with you are not the spawns of Satan, and most of them are not nearly as scary as you might think.
Sure, the corporations support policies, but it's still ultimately a government court that sends them to prison. My point still stands: a corporation can't just show up at your door and drag you away to incarcerate you. Only the government can do that.
I didn't know there were companies in the US that had the power to imprison a person for not complying with them. Please enlighten me as to what companies have the same coercive power as a government (or, as you put it, "worse").
Curiously, would you want to try to sue a corporation if you had to go through a special court owned and operated by said corporation? I'm guessing not. Yet if we sue the government, we are using a court system that is run under the same institution. Personally, I would rather not consolidate all the interested that could potentially act against me.
It always amuses me when people distrust the people who run corporations while at the same time trust the people who run governments, as if the two are run by completely different kinds of people.
Tens of useless channels? Have you seen cable packages lately? We're talking hundreds and hundreds of worthless channels. And a lot of those worthless channels also have a HD version of their channel that is listed as a separate channel.
As much as the left has demonized the right, the right has demonized the left as well. Both sides are fully guilty of playing this game of making the other side looks absolutely insane, and people gladly do it because they think "well if the other side is crazy, that means I must be completely logical". And then they self-segregate on social media where they can be around people that agree with them.
Want a challenge? Every day, check the news on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and NPR. You'd be amazed how clear your perspective is when you see something from multiple perspectives, even if some of those perspectives are horribly skewed.
But hey, what do I know? I'm either a gay-hating, black-hating, Muslim-hating right wing bigot, or a white-hating, male-hating, Christian-hating left wing bigot. Seems like those are the only 2 options when taking a stance these days.
Is that ECFiber is only building infrastructure to service people who can't get Comcast already. So if you are like me and have Comcast available, then you don't get fiber access, even though fiber backbones are running through Comcast territory all over the state
If there is a way for the money to get to you, then there is a way to find out who you are. Being an anonymous commentator is one thing; being an anonymous seller is much much harder.
What happens when a car without insurance leaves New Hampshire (where it is legal to drive without insurance) and enters Vermont, Maine, or Massachusetts (where it is illegal to drive without insurance)? The driver gets a ticket. I guess the only difference here is that instead of "the driver" it will be "the person responsible for the car"
When you ban certain ideas, those ideas end up getting discussed in private where they are far less likely to be disputed. The best thing to do is to invite bigoted ideologies to be discussed openly, so that counterarguments can be put forth and the general public can see why they are bad ideas. Sadly it's less effort to ban offensive ideas than to debate them.
Just like prohibition didn't stop drinking, banning offensive ideas does not kill them.
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99% of the time, the more powerful an entity becomes, the more it will exert it's power to keep (and usually increase) said power. It doesn't matter if that entity is a company, a government, or an individual.
Not everything can be accomplished in 8 years. Should we never attempt long term projects because of that? Also there is the possibility that the next president/congress will agree with this decision, meaning that getting this ball rolling now would be good for their agenda.
Think about it....
They wanted to make their country great again...
They had a crazy leader that everyone followed blindly...
"Crazy" and "Extremely brash and right leaning" are not the same, but regardless...
Their leader called himself a Christian but was anything but...
The same argument could be made about the majority of US presidents
They forced kids to say pledges of allegiance in school...
Requiring kids to say the pledge of allegiance is a matter of state laws (and not all states require it). Also this has been around for many decades.
They militarized their police force and knocked down doors...
Police militarization has been happening since before Trump, and includes Democrat presidents as well.
They created their own media and claimed everyone else as false...
The left is just as guilty as the right on this one. In fact media outlets in the US are far more likely to lean left than right.
They created a government rule to give him more power at his request...
Again, the same was happening under Obama, and also Bush Jr.
And somehow no one saw any of this coming... and we can't see it today either.
Plenty of people have been witnessing it and complaining, but when a Republican is doing it, Republicans tend to ignore it, and when a Democrat is doing it, Democrats tend to ignore it.
Buying maple syrup in tiny bottles is a sucker's bet. Spend $55-$65 to get a whole gallon, and have enough to last you at least a year.
My local bank has a higher attack surface than my house but I feel less likely to lose my money to a bank robbery than a home burglary.
> What is their role?
Their role is to gather as much data about people as possible
> What is their purpose?
To make money for their stockholders
> What do they create?
They create data packages for marketing and advertising firms
> Are they useful?
If you are one of their customers, yes.
I would be incredibly confused is Homo Sapiens somehow made up more than of of the species.
Except these days it seems to be the receiver of the message who gets to determine what "hate speech" is. If you burned barrels of leaves on my property and I felt it was because of my race or gender, then does that make it hate speech? What if I didn't like *you* because of your race or gender and so I decided to declare something innocuous that you said as "hate speech"? It's incredibly muddy waters, and the fact that there is not a clear definition is the biggest problem with hate speech.
But there is always going to be someone else who has full access to your information when your information is in the cloud, just like your company's IT department can get in to every folder on every server in the company, just as the custodian typically has the keys to every door in the company.
It just sucks less. I would still much rather sit in front of my computer if I have the opportunity where I have a much larger screen and a physical keyboard.
I would be interested to see if people are spending that much less time on their computers for internet browsing, or if they are just on the internet more because it's easier now to pull out your mobile phone when you're bored and check your favorite social media sites.
That's a nice office you've been elected into, sure would be a shame if a corporation with more money than you can comprehend decides to buy the next election for your competitor.
I'm going to stop you right there Tex, and if you take what I'm about to say to heart, you might very well become a better person. Now despite nowhere in my post do I say I trust the people who run corporations (which I certainly do not), you seem to be stuck in the mindset that plagues political discourse today. Obviously, I am no on "your team", so therefor I must obviously be on "the other team". And since in your mind, "the other team" trusts corporations, that means that since I'm not on "your team", I trust corporations. This is a terribly way to view the world, and the truth is the world is far more complex than your black and white world.
I would greatly encourage you to view others complexly, as the Green brothers like to say, and you might find people who disagree with you are not the spawns of Satan, and most of them are not nearly as scary as you might think.
Sure, the corporations support policies, but it's still ultimately a government court that sends them to prison. My point still stands: a corporation can't just show up at your door and drag you away to incarcerate you. Only the government can do that.
I didn't know there were companies in the US that had the power to imprison a person for not complying with them. Please enlighten me as to what companies have the same coercive power as a government (or, as you put it, "worse").
Curiously, would you want to try to sue a corporation if you had to go through a special court owned and operated by said corporation? I'm guessing not. Yet if we sue the government, we are using a court system that is run under the same institution. Personally, I would rather not consolidate all the interested that could potentially act against me.
It always amuses me when people distrust the people who run corporations while at the same time trust the people who run governments, as if the two are run by completely different kinds of people.
Tens of useless channels? Have you seen cable packages lately? We're talking hundreds and hundreds of worthless channels. And a lot of those worthless channels also have a HD version of their channel that is listed as a separate channel.
As much as the left has demonized the right, the right has demonized the left as well. Both sides are fully guilty of playing this game of making the other side looks absolutely insane, and people gladly do it because they think "well if the other side is crazy, that means I must be completely logical". And then they self-segregate on social media where they can be around people that agree with them.
Want a challenge? Every day, check the news on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and NPR. You'd be amazed how clear your perspective is when you see something from multiple perspectives, even if some of those perspectives are horribly skewed.
But hey, what do I know? I'm either a gay-hating, black-hating, Muslim-hating right wing bigot, or a white-hating, male-hating, Christian-hating left wing bigot. Seems like those are the only 2 options when taking a stance these days.
Is that ECFiber is only building infrastructure to service people who can't get Comcast already. So if you are like me and have Comcast available, then you don't get fiber access, even though fiber backbones are running through Comcast territory all over the state
If there is a way for the money to get to you, then there is a way to find out who you are. Being an anonymous commentator is one thing; being an anonymous seller is much much harder.
I'm no more productive with 8 hours of sleep than I am with 6.
What happens when a car without insurance leaves New Hampshire (where it is legal to drive without insurance) and enters Vermont, Maine, or Massachusetts (where it is illegal to drive without insurance)? The driver gets a ticket. I guess the only difference here is that instead of "the driver" it will be "the person responsible for the car"
He never said how safe it was, he just said how safe it needs to be. But please, don't let reading comprehension get in the way of your talking point.
Inactivate - verb - make inactive or inoperative.
"household bleach does not inactivate the virus"
But please, go on about how smart you are when it comes to the English language
When you ban certain ideas, those ideas end up getting discussed in private where they are far less likely to be disputed. The best thing to do is to invite bigoted ideologies to be discussed openly, so that counterarguments can be put forth and the general public can see why they are bad ideas. Sadly it's less effort to ban offensive ideas than to debate them.
Just like prohibition didn't stop drinking, banning offensive ideas does not kill them.
"you might call Silicon Valley executives libertarians"
Wait you were serious?
Why does this bat file crash Windows?