Wealth gets concentrated BECAUSE OF government, not in spite of government.
The lawmakers don't make laws that hurt themselves. You can look at the way things are going today and see that is true. We have more laws than we did 20 years ago and, guess what? We have more wealth consolidation. Every law that supposedly helps "the little guy" is actually something that screws the little guy and causes industry consolidation and wealth consolidation. Vendor licensing laws are a perfect example of this. Erect a barrier to entry to "protect the little guy" when all it does is keep the little guy from even getting started.
The effects of the rise of automation can best be described as a loss in the value of labor and a gain in the value of capital.
The implication of this is that people must take action to become capital owners. That doesn't necessarily mean you should go out and buy a robot. You probably won't be able to afford one and you won't be able to gain remunerative work. The solution to this is to buy capital now, in the form of corporate stocks, and to do estate planning to insure that your children inherit your capital ownership because they likely won't be able to acquire it themselves. All inheritance taxes should be abolished.
If anyone actually believed in the AGW fantasy, the most effective step that could be taken would be to shut down China's industry with tariffs and sanctions and stop shipping coal to China where it causes 200% more CO2 to be emitted than it would being burnt in the regulated US power plants. That would crush the largest and fastest-growing CO2 emitter on the planet. But there is no money in that for corrupt statist politicians and bureaucrats. That's why the push crap that would have little impact like carbon taxes. Doesn't address the stated problem but gives them more power and money.
A little thought will tell us EXACTLY what this is all about.
This is what happens when people who like to use the word statism fuck with the system to put power in the hands of corporations at the expense of everybody else.
This is not a natural outcome of having a government.
Power is ALWAYS in the hands of those with money. That is immutable. If it wasn't corporations directly paying for what they want, it would be the company officers and employees.
Greed is part of the human condition, so when you demand that politicians have unlimited power, you end up with unlimited greed. The only solution to this is to limit the power. I suggest starting with a strict interpretation of the Commerce Clause.
Is it a democracy when the outcomes are bought by corporate interests by giving money to greedy politicians to influence the outcomes?
I think not.
This is just a corrupt system masquerading as something else.
This is how banana republics operate, but that seems to be where we're going.
No, this is how constitutionally unfettered governments act.
Strictly enforcing the Commerce Clause would about the best first step we could take. But of course, that would interfere with someone's gravy train and is why we won't do it.
Isn't this statism in practice?
After all, a lot of us demand that the gov't have such-n-such power and then we act surprised when they use it and when non-politicians benefit from it.
The more you ask the gov't to do, the more somebody gets screwed. And the more room for corruption.
Think about that next time you yell for gov't to "do something".
That Tim Cook, in his role of CEO, is a slave to the almighty dollar.
It's easy to have "convictions" when they cost you nothing (like in the Indiana case). But the real test of a conviction is whether or not you are willing to suffer for it.
Is Tim's conviction so great that he would risk a shareholder revolt and possible loss of his job?
Apparently not, this is all just a show. Changing Indiana law is going to benefit nobody. Tempest in a teapot. It would be nice if our leaders, business & political, could show some real conviction instead of grandstanding like a Pharisee..
I invented some magical fairy dust that will absorb all CO2 is comes in contact with. I would like to offer this product for $100 a pound to everyone....hey, it could happen...
But you want to make development of that fairy dust a legal requirement?! Really?
Ted Cruz doesn't think climate change is a problem that should be solved politically. It is a problem that can only solve itself. Americans already live in one of the cleanest countries on Earth. But none of our politics or laws affect China, India or Brazil, the places where the bulk of carbon emissions are coming from and will come from in the foreseeable future.
Because the US is supposed to be a country where people are free to make their own decisions, not have some one-size-fits-nobody solution imposed upon them. Even if you disagree.
It's not about guns, the issue is about the human right to life, which includes the right to self defense.
Your idea of safety is not the same as everyone else's. Your situation is not the same as everyone else's either. It's the height of arrogance to think they are.
I disagree. Because I want to know the what program will be executed *before* I execute a file, not depend on the OS to just execute it what it thinks is the correct program. It's a matter of giving more control to the user.
When there were only a few file types capable of carrying an infectious payload, it was considered good design to execute a file based on header information, not file extension.
Now with so many different file types that are capable of carrying infectious payloads, I prefer an OS that executes files based on extension. Showing tiny little icons doesn't give me enough information. Put me in the camp of "Show me the Extension!" even if it is more than 3 characters.
freeze advancement and innovation. Nothing new is accepted as fact until a critical point occurs. That critical point can't happen until/unless enough people are exposed to the new fact.
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No, Home version is $120 and Pro is $200 MSRP
https://www.microsoft.com/en-u...
Wealth gets concentrated BECAUSE OF government, not in spite of government.
The lawmakers don't make laws that hurt themselves. You can look at the way things are going today and see that is true. We have more laws than we did 20 years ago and, guess what? We have more wealth consolidation. Every law that supposedly helps "the little guy" is actually something that screws the little guy and causes industry consolidation and wealth consolidation. Vendor licensing laws are a perfect example of this. Erect a barrier to entry to "protect the little guy" when all it does is keep the little guy from even getting started.
I don't believe that resorting to theft is a moral solution.
The effects of the rise of automation can best be described as a loss in the value of labor and a gain in the value of capital.
The implication of this is that people must take action to become capital owners. That doesn't necessarily mean you should go out and buy a robot. You probably won't be able to afford one and you won't be able to gain remunerative work. The solution to this is to buy capital now, in the form of corporate stocks, and to do estate planning to insure that your children inherit your capital ownership because they likely won't be able to acquire it themselves. All inheritance taxes should be abolished.
If anyone actually believed in the AGW fantasy, the most effective step that could be taken would be to shut down China's industry with tariffs and sanctions and stop shipping coal to China where it causes 200% more CO2 to be emitted than it would being burnt in the regulated US power plants. That would crush the largest and fastest-growing CO2 emitter on the planet. But there is no money in that for corrupt statist politicians and bureaucrats. That's why the push crap that would have little impact like carbon taxes. Doesn't address the stated problem but gives them more power and money. A little thought will tell us EXACTLY what this is all about.
It would end up being like Amtrak.
to $4+/gal gas.
Actually, no this isn't statism in practice.
This is what happens when people who like to use the word statism fuck with the system to put power in the hands of corporations at the expense of everybody else.
This is not a natural outcome of having a government.
Power is ALWAYS in the hands of those with money. That is immutable. If it wasn't corporations directly paying for what they want, it would be the company officers and employees.
Greed is part of the human condition, so when you demand that politicians have unlimited power, you end up with unlimited greed. The only solution to this is to limit the power. I suggest starting with a strict interpretation of the Commerce Clause.
Is it a democracy when the outcomes are bought by corporate interests by giving money to greedy politicians to influence the outcomes?
I think not.
This is just a corrupt system masquerading as something else.
This is how banana republics operate, but that seems to be where we're going.
No, this is how constitutionally unfettered governments act.
Strictly enforcing the Commerce Clause would about the best first step we could take. But of course, that would interfere with someone's gravy train and is why we won't do it.
Isn't this statism in practice?
After all, a lot of us demand that the gov't have such-n-such power and then we act surprised when they use it and when non-politicians benefit from it.
The more you ask the gov't to do, the more somebody gets screwed. And the more room for corruption.
Think about that next time you yell for gov't to "do something".
Scientists have discovered there's lots of everything out there.
What do you think happened before there were fire departments?
There were a lot more wild fires and they burned far longer.
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That Tim Cook, in his role of CEO, is a slave to the almighty dollar.
It's easy to have "convictions" when they cost you nothing (like in the Indiana case). But the real test of a conviction is whether or not you are willing to suffer for it.
Is Tim's conviction so great that he would risk a shareholder revolt and possible loss of his job?
Apparently not, this is all just a show. Changing Indiana law is going to benefit nobody. Tempest in a teapot. It would be nice if our leaders, business & political, could show some real conviction instead of grandstanding like a Pharisee..
If we have a good estimate of the mass of the asteroid and we know the mass and speed of our projectile, what is the mystery?
and schitt walks. Always get a contract.
I invented some magical fairy dust that will absorb all CO2 is comes in contact with. I would like to offer this product for $100 a pound to everyone. ...hey, it could happen...
But you want to make development of that fairy dust a legal requirement?!
Really?
Ted Cruz doesn't think climate change is a problem that should be solved politically. It is a problem that can only solve itself. Americans already live in one of the cleanest countries on Earth. But none of our politics or laws affect China, India or Brazil, the places where the bulk of carbon emissions are coming from and will come from in the foreseeable future.
LOL! Let me know when the Democrats have figured out a way to keep Guam from tipping over.
https://youtu.be/v7XXVLKWd3Q
Tell that to Dice Holdings, Inc. They set the tone here.
and it wants it's story back.
Because the US is supposed to be a country where people are free to make their own decisions, not have some one-size-fits-nobody solution imposed upon them. Even if you disagree.
It's not about guns, the issue is about the human right to life, which includes the right to self defense.
Your idea of safety is not the same as everyone else's. Your situation is not the same as everyone else's either. It's the height of arrogance to think they are.
I disagree. Because I want to know the what program will be executed *before* I execute a file, not depend on the OS to just execute it what it thinks is the correct program. It's a matter of giving more control to the user.
When there were only a few file types capable of carrying an infectious payload, it was considered good design to execute a file based on header information, not file extension.
Now with so many different file types that are capable of carrying infectious payloads, I prefer an OS that executes files based on extension. Showing tiny little icons doesn't give me enough information. Put me in the camp of "Show me the Extension!" even if it is more than 3 characters.
freeze advancement and innovation. Nothing new is accepted as fact until a critical point occurs. That critical point can't happen until/unless enough people are exposed to the new fact.