You write the checks each month, we (the taxpayers) write the check when you have a baby that spends a month in the nicu, or you drop a tree on yourself playing lumberjack.
It's easy to say get out of the way, and ignore the multiple tangible and intangible benefits you receive from having the big bad gov as a buffer between you and multiple externalities. A handout is not the same thing as "getting out of your way" so you can dump chemicals in the river or do whatever your business would do in it's race to the bottom.
Obviously you get some non-monetary benefit from running your own business. Would you have started the business knowing what you know now? If you sold the business tomorrow would you make back your investment? There's alot that goes into starting a business, but there are plenty of small businesses that should just fail and let someone else take their business. Don't ask me to make it easier for people who shouldn't be running a business to give it a try.
So you think there is only room for one river guide, one fisherman, one coach? You don't have to be the best at everything. There is plenty of room for mediocre in a talent based economy. Mediocre might just be the starting point that people can't get past when they devote most of their time to a day job.
I've also seen plenty of "braindead" laborers. Their brains aren't always dead when they are off the job and they all have something interesting about them if you take the time.
People don't start out as "braindead", I would like to work toward a time when we don't make them "braindead".
I'd be surprised if those guys don't have hobbies or knowledge that could benefit others. From running a youth sports team, to gardening or habitat renewal. Their are all sorts of things people will do if you remove the financial incentives.
But, go ahead, toss that human on the trash heap...
Wow, you really believe that? Turn off Rush and flip over to NPR for one week. I doubt your mind will open much, but flip on newshour instead of fox and you might makes some progress. There are still some places with journalistic integrity, maybe the BBC.
If you follow a rigorous year long program, where you stop listening to lunatics, you might just climb up that intelligence scale. It must be hard to spend you life at functional moron. I hope we can help you.
In fact, better firewalls are probably easier to configure incorrectly and insecurely. The point we are making is that the hand-holding equipment and software (like xp), may seem safer since it works with default settings and won't let you into the guts. Unfortunately, it also won't let you modify things when your needs change,or the vendor ends support.
I'm willing to bet there are still plenty of linux options you can run on that laptop. You can either install from pxe, or a disk image. I do it all the time with older equipment. If you had hundreds of machines with similar architecture, you would probably invest in back-porting of patches.
We're not quite fascist yet. The real problem is we aren't running a capitalist system, despite the frequent references.
We appear to be running some sort of managementist system. The wealth owners (stockholders) and wealth creators (employees) get bossed around by middle men who think they know what is best. They can be managers or bureaucrats. Even the voters get shafted by this system where someone put in place to work as part of the system, and do what citizens want, takes over the system.
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sounds like a decent first step to teach a child about math and get him interested without scaring him/her off. Not everyone learns the same.
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surprisingly insightful...
and depressing...
You are also working against some personal interest in most cases. They can act dumb instead of corrupt.
You write the checks each month, we (the taxpayers) write the check when you have a baby that spends a month in the nicu, or you drop a tree on yourself playing lumberjack.
It's easy to say get out of the way, and ignore the multiple tangible and intangible benefits you receive from having the big bad gov as a buffer between you and multiple externalities. A handout is not the same thing as "getting out of your way" so you can dump chemicals in the river or do whatever your business would do in it's race to the bottom.
Nice strawman though...
They probably got a deal where those sales taxes actually go into walmarts pockets, at least for the 1st decade or so...
true story.
Obviously you get some non-monetary benefit from running your own business. Would you have started the business knowing what you know now? If you sold the business tomorrow would you make back your investment? There's alot that goes into starting a business, but there are plenty of small businesses that should just fail and let someone else take their business. Don't ask me to make it easier for people who shouldn't be running a business to give it a try.
Have you ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia?
So you think there is only room for one river guide, one fisherman, one coach? You don't have to be the best at everything. There is plenty of room for mediocre in a talent based economy. Mediocre might just be the starting point that people can't get past when they devote most of their time to a day job.
I've also seen plenty of "braindead" laborers. Their brains aren't always dead when they are off the job and they all have something interesting about them if you take the time.
People don't start out as "braindead", I would like to work toward a time when we don't make them "braindead".
I'd be surprised if those guys don't have hobbies or knowledge that could benefit others. From running a youth sports team, to gardening or habitat renewal. Their are all sorts of things people will do if you remove the financial incentives.
But, go ahead, toss that human on the trash heap...
Wow, you really believe that? Turn off Rush and flip over to NPR for one week. I doubt your mind will open much, but flip on newshour instead of fox and you might makes some progress. There are still some places with journalistic integrity, maybe the BBC.
If you follow a rigorous year long program, where you stop listening to lunatics, you might just climb up that intelligence scale. It must be hard to spend you life at functional moron. I hope we can help you.
Wooaahh.... Bankers don't get rich by paying people a reasonable amount of money.
For a hardened system, anything that the user needs to modify can be put into a simple interface.
In fact, better firewalls are probably easier to configure incorrectly and insecurely. The point we are making is that the hand-holding equipment and software (like xp), may seem safer since it works with default settings and won't let you into the guts. Unfortunately, it also won't let you modify things when your needs change,or the vendor ends support.
I'm willing to bet there are still plenty of linux options you can run on that laptop. You can either install from pxe, or a disk image. I do it all the time with older equipment. If you had hundreds of machines with similar architecture, you would probably invest in back-porting of patches.
or you can do something like this:
https://www.suse.com/support/p...
https://ltsi.linuxfoundation.org/what-is-ltsi
If they are concerned about support, it sounds like they are updating.
That depends on the laws in each state. In many, you have to pass the point of purchase.
Greetings from America, we have plenty of land over here. I assume you are in Asia, Europe maybe?
We're not quite fascist yet. The real problem is we aren't running a capitalist system, despite the frequent references.
We appear to be running some sort of managementist system. The wealth owners (stockholders) and wealth creators (employees) get bossed around by middle men who think they know what is best. They can be managers or bureaucrats. Even the voters get shafted by this system where someone put in place to work as part of the system, and do what citizens want, takes over the system.
So, your saying Copernicus could have been a time traveler?
worked for snopes.
bzzzttt...
wrong
but don't let facts get in your way...
Minivan or wagon are always a more efficient way to transport people and things then an SUV.
wow, can you imagine trying to get out of that passenger seat in a crash or if it went into water...