The "EU needs to be dismantled", is a pretty bold claim to just throw out there with no justification.
I do disagree by the way. Each country's representatives are chosen by their elected government. A bit indirect but certainly not completely undemocratic.
"If there was any semblance that there was democracy in the UK, it has pretty much has been laid to rest."
I was following you until this last part. Brexit was literally directly voted on by the people of the UK. I think it was a dumb idea to leave but that's very clearly democracy in action
"I mean, no one would dream of spreading misinformation on the Remain side - they're all saints devoted to the purity of Truth."
Why would Russian advocate for Remain? Leave weakens the European Union and the UK, both of which are certainly to Russia's benefit. What does Remain get them?
I don't agree with the parents black and white views on the military but he is definitely using the correct term for the events he lists. Here's the definition of imperialism.
imperialism/impirlizm/Submit noun a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. "the struggle against imperialism"
Everything he lists there easily fits that definition. So maybe "retards" are people who criticize something they don't understand and engage in name calling while they're at it?
You don't have to have an emperor, directly conquer territory, or engage in colony making to act in an imperialist manner.
I'm no militarist or hawk and I certainly don't think for a moment that America's military record is all things pristine and pure but it's incredibly foolish to have such a narrow view of the US military or its needs for modernization as the parent you responded to made.
I remember when my Mom found out I didn't have a printer a decade or so ago and she treated it like I was going through some sort of financial hardship like when my parents found out around the same period that I didnt have cable TV anymore. Sure enough I got a printer for that years Christmas that still sits in a closet in its original packaging.
Fortunatly people are coming around on how worthless printers are now and what a price gouge they have always been. These companies are just hastening their own demise with this crooked shit
Alright, I have no concept of your personal graph of political ideology so I'm ignoring that part because I really have no idea what you're trying to say. Besides, you describe it as irrelevant in your next sentence.
"But none of that is particularly important, as parents argument is on the allocation of funds from tax collection"
No, the parent, who I even quoted, was clearly suggesting all taxation is evil. You can't say that and then turn around and say its fine in these certain contexts I approve of without being the exact same kind of "evil" you've described or a complete hypocrite. Either taxes are evil or they aren't. Everything else is simply discussing the proper role of government which is a different topic.
Maybe this post could have listed some of his accomplishments in more detail.
I've been playing table top RPGs since the late 80's and proper strategy board games since the early 90's and I have no concept of who he is or what "The Chaosium" is. Sure, I might know him if some of his works were mentioned but as of right now I have no clue who this guy is.
If he's so influential this slashdot article is a terrible way to remember him.
No, you're either a hypocrite or are "evil". If it is "evil to take someones money if the government does it" (your words here) then as a centrist you are evil or a hypocrite because you pretty much have to believe in government taxation to be a centrist. Your only way to justify your dumb questioning of taxation in such an absolutist manner is to be an anarchist and good luck with that.
"They have insurance for that, no one is a victim right?"
What a dumb analogy. If everyone robs from banks then insurance companies can't afford to insure them and the banks fail.
No one likes taxation, it's just most people have the common sense to know that government is better than anarchy where anyone who can pull enough people together can do whatever the hell they want to you. On top of that, people generally like the services they get in return. Roads, schools, protection, etc.
You on the other hand just seem to want to roll over and be a victim.
Good for that lone individual. My comment about anecdotal data seems to have flown directly over your head.
"I'm sorry if you're struggling to pay your student loan debt or whatever"
Yet again with putting bullshit motives on me. You're unbelievable. If this information is so fucking crucial for you I have zero student debt and never had to accrue any meaningful amounts while getting my degree. I've literally showed you a way to get a degree in a much cheaper fashion than what you're going on about and still you persist with this shit.
And who the fuck is "Robert"? Your naming of names in a first name context makes you sound much more like a lame hipster than an intellectual. It literally diminishes whatever you're trying to accomplish by naming names. If you have to tell some one about your accomplishments they probably aren't as important as you want them to be.
And they certainly aren't so when you're make such absurd and uneducated claims.
And yet you seem to think base and massively incomplete anecdotal evidence is meaningful in a scientific context. Oh wait, a complete education would have taught you how to properly process data. Score one for a proper college education.
I'm sure you got a good education in regards to core skills but your lack of understanding in the processing of societal data is showing.
"Just curious why you're so intent on insisting that my life doesn't exist. It *seems* kinda like for whatever reason you have some vested interest in insisting that one can't learn this stuff without incurring massive debt."
Please show me where I have suggested that at all. You're fucking making shit up and I have zero patience for people who put words in my mouth.
"One reason a person might take that position would be if they were SELLING $60,000 degrees."
So the person who literally said "Those costs are symptomatic of a fucked up system and not just the way things have to be." is the person selling degrees. Right, you're a fucking genius.
My local JC which is one of the best in the country and is a feeder school to many nearby top universities. It charges next to nothing per unit ( https://accounting.santarosa.e... ) while maintaining an amazing campus with great facilities. Sure, a school that teaches 4 year degrees will need to charge a bit more to pay for upper division level educators but there's no excuse for the truly massive difference in costs between these two layers of education.
"Because being different from the centuries-old educational model is pretty much what the program is all about. They started with a blank slate and asked "what's the best and most efficient way for people to learn this material, given current technology and the current world?". Most programs start with the traditional university model which was created at the University of Paris and Oxford in the 12th century, then make small adjustments."
Right. So basically you're telling me internet classes are better because you say so?
"Yep. Same kind of people, cheered by the same kind of journalists, making the same kind of apocalyptic predictions. More likely to be bullshit than not."
Oh thank god we have the authority here to tell us well accepted science is bullshit.
"if population growth increases the demand for meat, the prices will rise and consumption will drop."
Let's ignore your first glaring error and assume that supply doesnt increase to meet demand which is economics 101. If supply stayed the same consumption per person would certainly drop but overall consumption would stay the same, otherwise prices would drop due to lower consumption. Your statement here is basically suggesting that prices would go up in the face of lower consumption.
Either way you're not really understanding how economics work here.
No, they're suggesting people eat less meat. They are not suggesting a globally binding panel. There is a world of difference between suggesting people should eat less meat and making them. Keep up the good work!
Slashdot Mirror
There you go.
The "EU needs to be dismantled", is a pretty bold claim to just throw out there with no justification.
I do disagree by the way. Each country's representatives are chosen by their elected government. A bit indirect but certainly not completely undemocratic.
Right, the EU needs to be dismantled because you say so? Good for you, that's super.
You highlight dominion and ignore "power". Nice...
Taking yourself out of a free trade block with your most significant trading partners is bad is lying?
The UK in the EU is a major player, on its own it is just a small country is lying?
"If there was any semblance that there was democracy in the UK, it has pretty much has been laid to rest."
I was following you until this last part. Brexit was literally directly voted on by the people of the UK. I think it was a dumb idea to leave but that's very clearly democracy in action
"I mean, no one would dream of spreading misinformation on the Remain side - they're all saints devoted to the purity of Truth."
Why would Russian advocate for Remain? Leave weakens the European Union and the UK, both of which are certainly to Russia's benefit. What does Remain get them?
I don't agree with the parents black and white views on the military but he is definitely using the correct term for the events he lists. Here's the definition of imperialism.
imperialism /impirlizm/Submit
noun
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
"the struggle against imperialism"
Everything he lists there easily fits that definition. So maybe "retards" are people who criticize something they don't understand and engage in name calling while they're at it?
You don't have to have an emperor, directly conquer territory, or engage in colony making to act in an imperialist manner.
Well said.
I'm no militarist or hawk and I certainly don't think for a moment that America's military record is all things pristine and pure but it's incredibly foolish to have such a narrow view of the US military or its needs for modernization as the parent you responded to made.
Maybe try reading the whole post and not just the first paragraph
"That's why like every other western country, we need some sort of public option for everyone."
I remember when my Mom found out I didn't have a printer a decade or so ago and she treated it like I was going through some sort of financial hardship like when my parents found out around the same period that I didnt have cable TV anymore. Sure enough I got a printer for that years Christmas that still sits in a closet in its original packaging.
Fortunatly people are coming around on how worthless printers are now and what a price gouge they have always been. These companies are just hastening their own demise with this crooked shit
Hahahahaha
You need to go back and reread this thread because I think you're responding to the wrong person, otherwise the bulk of your post makes no sense.
I am in no way questioning the need for taxes. What I am doing is being critical of some one who was and then calling themselves a centrist
Alright, I have no concept of your personal graph of political ideology so I'm ignoring that part because I really have no idea what you're trying to say. Besides, you describe it as irrelevant in your next sentence.
"But none of that is particularly important, as parents argument is on the allocation of funds from tax collection"
No, the parent, who I even quoted, was clearly suggesting all taxation is evil. You can't say that and then turn around and say its fine in these certain contexts I approve of without being the exact same kind of "evil" you've described or a complete hypocrite. Either taxes are evil or they aren't. Everything else is simply discussing the proper role of government which is a different topic.
Maybe this post could have listed some of his accomplishments in more detail.
I've been playing table top RPGs since the late 80's and proper strategy board games since the early 90's and I have no concept of who he is or what "The Chaosium" is. Sure, I might know him if some of his works were mentioned but as of right now I have no clue who this guy is.
If he's so influential this slashdot article is a terrible way to remember him.
"Not a republican.
I am more of a centrist"
No, you're either a hypocrite or are "evil". If it is "evil to take someones money if the government does it" (your words here) then as a centrist you are evil or a hypocrite because you pretty much have to believe in government taxation to be a centrist. Your only way to justify your dumb questioning of taxation in such an absolutist manner is to be an anarchist and good luck with that.
"They have insurance for that, no one is a victim right?"
What a dumb analogy. If everyone robs from banks then insurance companies can't afford to insure them and the banks fail.
No one likes taxation, it's just most people have the common sense to know that government is better than anarchy where anyone who can pull enough people together can do whatever the hell they want to you. On top of that, people generally like the services they get in return. Roads, schools, protection, etc.
You on the other hand just seem to want to roll over and be a victim.
Good for that lone individual. My comment about anecdotal data seems to have flown directly over your head.
"I'm sorry if you're struggling to pay your student loan debt or whatever"
Yet again with putting bullshit motives on me. You're unbelievable. If this information is so fucking crucial for you I have zero student debt and never had to accrue any meaningful amounts while getting my degree. I've literally showed you a way to get a degree in a much cheaper fashion than what you're going on about and still you persist with this shit.
And who the fuck is "Robert"? Your naming of names in a first name context makes you sound much more like a lame hipster than an intellectual. It literally diminishes whatever you're trying to accomplish by naming names. If you have to tell some one about your accomplishments they probably aren't as important as you want them to be.
And they certainly aren't so when you're make such absurd and uneducated claims.
And yet you seem to think base and massively incomplete anecdotal evidence is meaningful in a scientific context. Oh wait, a complete education would have taught you how to properly process data. Score one for a proper college education.
I'm sure you got a good education in regards to core skills but your lack of understanding in the processing of societal data is showing.
"Just curious why you're so intent on insisting that my life doesn't exist. It *seems* kinda like for whatever reason you have some vested interest in insisting that one can't learn this stuff without incurring massive debt."
Please show me where I have suggested that at all. You're fucking making shit up and I have zero patience for people who put words in my mouth.
"One reason a person might take that position would be if they were SELLING $60,000 degrees."
So the person who literally said "Those costs are symptomatic of a fucked up system and not just the way things have to be." is the person selling degrees. Right, you're a fucking genius.
My local JC which is one of the best in the country and is a feeder school to many nearby top universities. It charges next to nothing per unit ( https://accounting.santarosa.e... ) while maintaining an amazing campus with great facilities. Sure, a school that teaches 4 year degrees will need to charge a bit more to pay for upper division level educators but there's no excuse for the truly massive difference in costs between these two layers of education.
"Because being different from the centuries-old educational model is pretty much what the program is all about. They started with a blank slate and asked "what's the best and most efficient way for people to learn this material, given current technology and the current world?". Most programs start with the traditional university model which was created at the University of Paris and Oxford in the 12th century, then make small adjustments."
Right. So basically you're telling me internet classes are better because you say so?
"Yep. Same kind of people, cheered by the same kind of journalists, making the same kind of apocalyptic predictions. More likely to be bullshit than not."
Oh thank god we have the authority here to tell us well accepted science is bullshit.
"if population growth increases the demand for meat, the prices will rise and consumption will drop."
Let's ignore your first glaring error and assume that supply doesnt increase to meet demand which is economics 101. If supply stayed the same consumption per person would certainly drop but overall consumption would stay the same, otherwise prices would drop due to lower consumption. Your statement here is basically suggesting that prices would go up in the face of lower consumption.
Either way you're not really understanding how economics work here.
No idea! Maybe try researching things yourself!
If your question is meant to undermine cutting back though, they are certainly dumb questions
No, they're suggesting people eat less meat. They are not suggesting a globally binding panel. There is a world of difference between suggesting people should eat less meat and making them. Keep up the good work!
Of course there's abolutly no drive for creating a binding global government body to dictate what people can or cant eat. You're just making shit up.
Right, bullshit 19th century horse manure panic = bullshit modern global warming theories.
That's just an amazing conclusion you've come to there.