The biggest "threat" that comes from the average immigrant (and "paths to amnesty") is the fact that many of these people who are earnestly seeking a better life have little practical experience or knowledge about liberal western democracy. Admittedly, most Americans don't anymore, either, but it is more ingrained in our collective culture than much of the third world. Speaking historically, it is not a good thing to bring in vast numbers of foreigners who are unwilling to learn your language and customs in order to assimilate.
Modern examples include the current hubbub in France (and Europe as a whole) and Palestine. France's case is most analogous to that of the US since the large Muslim minority is utterly unintegrated-- much due to supposed French arrogance, etc, and is in the beginning of what looks to be a long, bitter struggle of civilizations. While it may be correct in some senses to label it as a struggle against oppression, the fact remains that the immigrant minorities have not assimilated and that poses a risk to the way of life of western, liberal democracy in France.
The most pressing example is Palestine (and Iraq, as if that needed to be dredged up). They took the forms of democracy and freely(?) and dutifully elected a government consisting of people that hate their neighbors. They are free to do this, but it was lunacy to expect something different. Hamas certainly has charitable works for which the Palestinians are right to appreciate, but I'd hardly call the Palestinian experiment (from Arafat until the present) a successful example of a non-western culture picking up "the freedom of man" as a banner of self-governance.
Flash to Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala, Columbia, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria... yes, we gladly welcome immigrants from these nations for they only seek a better life the same as we do, but we are blind and foolish as a culture if we assume that our culture won't necessarily change if large numbers of them come (and they do) without the same kind of assimilation that occurred when vastly different European colonists piled in.
Say it with me now: "Increases in prices are not inflation."
Increases in prices cannot cause inflation even if the side effects of commodity price increases cause many (or all) prices to rise.
Inflation is the devaluation of currency (a medium of exchange) which results in higher quantities of the currency (colloquially known as "price") required to represent the same amount of wealth.
So long as we keep believing that the general rise in cost (in dollars) is due to scarcity or some other market function (instead of the money/debt-forgiveness factory called the US Mint), we're doomed to a debt-laden crash far worse that would normally be tolerated in a self-regulated environment. Sure, taking another hit from the pipe pushes off the chills and the aches for a while, but how long can you keep it up, and will it kill you when you can't do that anymore?
While most Americans have more disposable wealth than the greater part of humanity's history, it is still not insignificant to look at spending $5-$15 on a light. Yes, with sufficient planning you could likely phase that in pretty easily over time and save in the long run, but we're asking that of people who live check-to-check for cigarettes, new cars, and cable TV.
In short, "more expensive" now is even more expensive than "more expensive" later so it will be put off by all but the most thorough and forward-looking planners.
I'm just guessing, but it's likely b/c you have to do certain things for safety when working with robots, even (especially?) in research. Getting positioning like that is very, very hard without constant homing and range checking. I imagine it would also be difficult to "learn" unless you tried it the same way until you got it right.
Longhorn server will be able to run without the GUI (announced at PDC).
So yes, you will.
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How in the WORLD did this get modded up?
That's nothing less than the labor theory of value . Their labor costs are so high not for *profits of the worker* but so that when the government takes their "rightful" huge bite in order to pay for that high standard of living there will still be something left over. Inflationary systems let you bring home more, it's only more 0s on the check, not more buying power.
And NW Europe may have the highest "quality of life" (HIGHLY debatable) but only in a system where the definition of "quality of life" revolves around central state control. I'll keep my liberty over the "high standard" of letting the government decide what I support with my capital. But then, I guess I'm not being a good wage-slave, huh?
Speaking as a fundamentalist Christian, I find your generalization itself to be unthinking.
You begin by ignoring the huge contributions of avowedly Christian scientists throughout history. You close by lumping your poorly articulated condemnation of our sitting president-- which you are free to speak by the way, with a likening to a totalitarian regime. Unconstitutional our government may be, but totatlitarian it is not (yet).
Though I may be guilty of overgeneralization here, I would guess from your comments that you lie somewhat to the left on the modern political spectrum. If that is so, it continually amazes me that (here's the generalization) such as you would so hate a man for advancing more of your idealogical goals than any other president. Makes no sense to me. I guess that makes me "unthinking", eh?
Rate me as offtopic, but no less than the '2' (at the time of this posting) granted to this Troll.
DC
... because "before the foundation of the world" has a meaning...
All legitimate complaints of imperial capitalism and mocking "intellectual property" rights aside, the idea of *individual* property rights is one that is most deeply rooted in western culture, and is something that has allowed individual freedom, etc to prosper. I'm not sure exactly what you meant by "non-Western", but wouldn't moving away from a "Western" mindset of ownership negate the need for a license in the first place?
(Who was the guy at Duke that wrote about the need for property rights in a stable society? 2 points for finding it without Google)
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... yes, we gladly welcome immigrants from these nations for they only seek a better life the same as we do, but we are blind and foolish as a culture if we assume that our culture won't necessarily change if large numbers of them come (and they do) without the same kind of assimilation that occurred when vastly different European colonists piled in.
The biggest "threat" that comes from the average immigrant (and "paths to amnesty") is the fact that many of these people who are earnestly seeking a better life have little practical experience or knowledge about liberal western democracy. Admittedly, most Americans don't anymore, either, but it is more ingrained in our collective culture than much of the third world. Speaking historically, it is not a good thing to bring in vast numbers of foreigners who are unwilling to learn your language and customs in order to assimilate.
Modern examples include the current hubbub in France (and Europe as a whole) and Palestine. France's case is most analogous to that of the US since the large Muslim minority is utterly unintegrated-- much due to supposed French arrogance, etc, and is in the beginning of what looks to be a long, bitter struggle of civilizations. While it may be correct in some senses to label it as a struggle against oppression, the fact remains that the immigrant minorities have not assimilated and that poses a risk to the way of life of western, liberal democracy in France. The most pressing example is Palestine (and Iraq, as if that needed to be dredged up). They took the forms of democracy and freely(?) and dutifully elected a government consisting of people that hate their neighbors. They are free to do this, but it was lunacy to expect something different. Hamas certainly has charitable works for which the Palestinians are right to appreciate, but I'd hardly call the Palestinian experiment (from Arafat until the present) a successful example of a non-western culture picking up "the freedom of man" as a banner of self-governance.
Flash to Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala, Columbia, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria
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Say it with me now: "Increases in prices are not inflation."
Increases in prices cannot cause inflation even if the side effects of commodity price increases cause many (or all) prices to rise.
Inflation is the devaluation of currency (a medium of exchange) which results in higher quantities of the currency (colloquially known as "price") required to represent the same amount of wealth.
So long as we keep believing that the general rise in cost (in dollars) is due to scarcity or some other market function (instead of the money/debt-forgiveness factory called the US Mint), we're doomed to a debt-laden crash far worse that would normally be tolerated in a self-regulated environment. Sure, taking another hit from the pipe pushes off the chills and the aches for a while, but how long can you keep it up, and will it kill you when you can't do that anymore?
While most Americans have more disposable wealth than the greater part of humanity's history, it is still not insignificant to look at spending $5-$15 on a light. Yes, with sufficient planning you could likely phase that in pretty easily over time and save in the long run, but we're asking that of people who live check-to-check for cigarettes, new cars, and cable TV.
In short, "more expensive" now is even more expensive than "more expensive" later so it will be put off by all but the most thorough and forward-looking planners.
The word for hydra came from the greek word for water, not our word for water from "hydra"
'udwr* -> 'udra -- pronounce -> hudra -> hydra
This ignores the fact that these near-monopolies were created by bad legislation in the first place
http://mises.org/story/2139
The use of "diatribe" doesn't refute his argument at all.
Random Internet Libertarian(TM) here ...
I submitted this as a link about two weeks ago, and I think it speaks for itself. The government giveth, and the government taketh away.
http://mises.org/story/2139
I'm just guessing, but it's likely b/c you have to do certain things for safety when working with robots, even (especially?) in research. Getting positioning like that is very, very hard without constant homing and range checking. I imagine it would also be difficult to "learn" unless you tried it the same way until you got it right.
Longhorn server will be able to run without the GUI (announced at PDC).
So yes, you will.
How in the WORLD did this get modded up?
That's nothing less than the labor theory of value . Their labor costs are so high not for *profits of the worker* but so that when the government takes their "rightful" huge bite in order to pay for that high standard of living there will still be something left over. Inflationary systems let you bring home more, it's only more 0s on the check, not more buying power.
And NW Europe may have the highest "quality of life" (HIGHLY debatable) but only in a system where the definition of "quality of life" revolves around central state control. I'll keep my liberty over the "high standard" of letting the government decide what I support with my capital. But then, I guess I'm not being a good wage-slave, huh?
Seig Heil, I guess.
You begin by ignoring the huge contributions of avowedly Christian scientists throughout history. You close by lumping your poorly articulated condemnation of our sitting president-- which you are free to speak by the way, with a likening to a totalitarian regime. Unconstitutional our government may be, but totatlitarian it is not (yet).
Though I may be guilty of overgeneralization here, I would guess from your comments that you lie somewhat to the left on the modern political spectrum. If that is so, it continually amazes me that (here's the generalization) such as you would so hate a man for advancing more of your idealogical goals than any other president. Makes no sense to me. I guess that makes me "unthinking", eh?
Rate me as offtopic, but no less than the '2' (at the time of this posting) granted to this Troll.
DC
All legitimate complaints of imperial capitalism and mocking "intellectual property" rights aside, the idea of *individual* property rights is one that is most deeply rooted in western culture, and is something that has allowed individual freedom, etc to prosper. I'm not sure exactly what you meant by "non-Western", but wouldn't moving away from a "Western" mindset of ownership negate the need for a license in the first place?
(Who was the guy at Duke that wrote about the need for property rights in a stable society? 2 points for finding it without Google)