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  1. Thanks, that's an important distinction. I wonder why it's not more heavily featured in the article...?

  2. From the Amazon reviews:
    "The most alarming chapter was when explaining identity politics and tribalism, the author focused solely on the progressive movement. Did not mention his conservative brethren at all. Buyer beware."

    Sounds pretty one sided. Another reviewer mentions that there are few citations and it's mostly the authors "feelings".

  3. Re:Seize the means of production on Many Amazon Warehouse Workers are on Food Stamps (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    I have a nice quality of life with income well above the top 25%. I'm also not callous enough to pull the ladder up behind me, and not stupid enough to think I'm more then one health disaster away from destitution.

    I wouldn't say it's "easy" to make it, but it's easy enough to do the right things and most people who do so will make it. It's also easy to fail.

  4. Re:Seize the means of production on Many Amazon Warehouse Workers are on Food Stamps (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    hmmm... Not sure where your getting that, so I'm assuming some sort of cognitive damage from exposure to right wing media...

    The current system dangles incentives in front of everyone, but the simple fact is very few of us will become millionaires. Those that don't make the cut deserve a nice quality of life. The current race to the bottom employment conditions you espouse are not working.
    Hope you get the help you need.

  5. Re:Crimes against humanity on Doctors Tried To Lower $148K Cancer Drug Cost; Makers Tripled Its Price (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    How many of those "new" drugs and devices are just retreads chasing money, another boner pill, another slightly different stent, etc...?

  6. Re:Seize the means of production on Many Amazon Warehouse Workers are on Food Stamps (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    I, and most American's, have no problem setting a floor on employment pay, and requirements of what should be provided to employees; insurance, holidays, vacation, FMLA, etc. Some of that should be removed from the employers burden, but unfortunately a bunch of guys who are bad at math have been running the show.

  7. Re: Seize the means of production on Many Amazon Warehouse Workers are on Food Stamps (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    Who's going to buy your stuff if there are no jobs in the area?

  8. Re: Seize the means of production on Many Amazon Warehouse Workers are on Food Stamps (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    Damn, have to take breaks! Horrible, what other terrible things have you witnessed?

  9. Re:Seize the means of production on Many Amazon Warehouse Workers are on Food Stamps (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    Company A dumps it's trash into the river and it's swept away. Company B is forced to do the same if it wants to compete, there is no money to handle waste responsibly.
    Regulation requires both companies to pay for waste management. This creates a level playing field. What's not to understand?
    Unions or regulations can level playing fields.

  10. Re: Seize the means of production on Many Amazon Warehouse Workers are on Food Stamps (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    People who would rather keep their benefits are an extremely small number. Most people are off the program as quickly as possible.
    Here is my citation, where is yours?

  11. Re:Seize the means of production on Many Amazon Warehouse Workers are on Food Stamps (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    Curb stomping usually causes death.

    If you value life, you should call yourself something other then pro-life. It's been tainted by the anti-abortion crowd, an inherently violent position.

  12. Re: Just the beginning. on Hackers Keep Robbing Cryptocurrency YouTubers (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I would imagine e-gold users and uneducated users have extensive overlap.

  13. Re:smart people solve problems, when they want to on Facebook Admits To Tracking Users, Non-Users Off-Site (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If you trust your partner, you have no problems.

  14. Re:Key word: touch of a button on A Florida Man Has been Accused of Making 97 Million Robocalls (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It says alot about you when you immedietly go to Bloods and Crips as your gang example, vs MS-13, Outlaws, or the Aryan Brotherhood.
    Gangs exist in prison because the guards like it that way. They let them run things because it's convenient.
    We can and should do better.

  15. Re: A bad moon rising. on Robots Ride To the Rescue Where Workers Can't Be Found (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Not only pensions, but wages. Many of these jobs not only pay less in adjusted dollars, they pay less in real dollars. I see companies hiring at the same pay rates I saw 20 years ago.

  16. Re:smart people solve problems, when they want to on Facebook Admits To Tracking Users, Non-Users Off-Site (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    To me, trust is a big part of sex. I don't see it killing the mood.

  17. Re:Aw hell... on Facebook Admits To Tracking Users, Non-Users Off-Site (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't you think that limiting access by requiring afew extra hoops to jump through would better protect your right to own those weapons in the future?
    Would you be averse to a law making it illegal to carry a loaded weapon in a ready to fire state, outside of a narrow set of circumstances?

  18. Re:smart people solve problems, when they want to on Facebook Admits To Tracking Users, Non-Users Off-Site (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I know your trolling, but sex is literally the most intimate and private thing most people do.

  19. Re:No incentive for the hospital on Amazon Shelves Plan To Sell Prescription Drugs (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    My last insurance bill had discounts of over 90%. Your move.

  20. Re:No incentive for the hospital on Amazon Shelves Plan To Sell Prescription Drugs (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    well, you're fucked.

    That's the real American Way!

  21. Re:No incentive for the hospital on Amazon Shelves Plan To Sell Prescription Drugs (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    No, it's because in Canada and Europe, the state buys from the drug companies. When an entire country is buying the drugs, they buy in bulk because they're buying for everyone in the country.

    Canada's entire population is less then the number of people served by Medicare.
    And in reality, most of these health systems are actually multiple systems, I know Canada has one for each province, and the UK system is actually 5 systems.

  22. Your an AC at +5, so I won't moderate. However I will say "THANK YOU!", for taking the time to correct bullshit on the internet.

  23. Re:Not like they're missing out on much anyway on What It's Like To Live in America Without Broadband Internet (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I think another important distinction is rape. Slaves could not say no to sex. Indentured servants were not expected to submit to their masters sexually, although I'm sure there were many instances of rape there a well.

  24. Re:Not like they're missing out on much anyway on What It's Like To Live in America Without Broadband Internet (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    LAN calibre server.

    The newest version has a built in reader that caches the downloaded books to the browser, so it works offline.

  25. Don't just tease, give us an example, or...
    CITATION please.