Unfortunately, in a two party system, you are bound to pick the lesser of two evils, and a vote for a third party is a vote for the incumbent. In b4 shitstorm of people who don't know how the system is deliberately broken.
The only way to fix a deliberately broken system is from the outside. Since a violent revolution is not feasible in the American political climate, your only choice is a massive vote for "third parties" in all levels of government.
Just remember that if you're not a part of the solution, you're a part of the problem.
Read back several messages in this thread, Beardo. My point is that the the pool of available jobs is shrinking. All those companies that you mention will be hiring more people, but those people will not necessarily be from your country. Yes, some things cannot be farmed out, and you may be lucky enough to have a secure position, but what about the rest of the work force? There are just so many jobs in the military.
It looks to me that the US is heading toward an economy where "intellectual property" and advertisement play an ever increasing part so, eventually, people will have to work in those fields.
When all manufacturing is outsourced to China, IT to India, services to (illegal?) foreign workers barely making subsistence wage, etc., exactly what job options do you think will be available?
There's an easy solution (actually two) to stop this BS.
There are many solutions to fix broken things. None of them has a chance of being implemented.
Consider: Do the people in government (including both the elected "representatives" and the non-elected "public workers"), their friends, "campaign contributors", etc. benefit (directly or indirectly) from the current state of affairs? If the answer is yes, nothing will be fixed, no matter how broken.
The short version: if it's good for the rich, it will continue; if it's bad for the rich, it will get "reformed".
While I agree with what you said, you did choose to answer a different question than the one I asked.
My point was that Russia is not the only country that tries to criminalize everybody and practice selective enforcement. And it was meant to serve as a warning.
This is typical Russian mentality, there are thousands of laws such as this already on the books. The aim is to make every citizen a prosecutable criminal at the governments whim by crafting laws that are impossible to reasonably follow. This allows the government to crack down on criminals they don't like, and leaves the rest of the criminals terrified and compliant. Saying that Russia is a nation populated entirely by criminals is a sadly true statement.
And exactly how does is differ from, say, the US of A?
I've seen successful attacks on protocols that support multiple versions or algorithms, made possible by devices that support them all for various compatibility reasons.
And I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion and watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. So there!
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Obama swore (pre-election) that he would veto any bill that gave retroactive immunity to telcoms. The fact that he lied was a big disappointment.
In a system that has no negative consequences for a politician lying, did you really expect presidential candidates to keep their promises?
Unfortunately, in a two party system, you are bound to pick the lesser of two evils, and a vote for a third party is a vote for the incumbent.
In b4 shitstorm of people who don't know how the system is deliberately broken.
The only way to fix a deliberately broken system is from the outside.
Since a violent revolution is not feasible in the American political climate, your only choice is a massive vote for "third parties" in all levels of government.
Just remember that if you're not a part of the solution, you're a part of the problem.
The "basics of human nature" that you claim is the antithesis of communism also invalidate the thesis of capitalism, fascism, et. al.
Which leaves us with what, feudalism?
Hmmm... This actually explains a lot.
You never have the right to someone else's property or labor. Goods and services are not something you can have a "right" to.
Ergo, medicine and medical care are not "rights" either.
There's still Africa.
Read back several messages in this thread, Beardo.
My point is that the the pool of available jobs is shrinking. All those companies that you mention will be hiring more people, but those people will not necessarily be from your country. Yes, some things cannot be farmed out, and you may be lucky enough to have a secure position, but what about the rest of the work force? There are just so many jobs in the military.
It looks to me that the US is heading toward an economy where "intellectual property" and advertisement play an ever increasing part so, eventually, people will have to work in those fields.
Did you mean "thought control" or was that just some dark sarcasm?
Hey, leave the kid alone!
By definition, 4.7% (in 2011). A GDP graph indicates that's out of $15 trillion.
I think that's expenditure, not contribution.
What is the military's contribution to the GDP?
I will not work in advertising.
When all manufacturing is outsourced to China, IT to India, services to (illegal?) foreign workers barely making subsistence wage, etc., exactly what job options do you think will be available?
There's an easy solution (actually two) to stop this BS.
There are many solutions to fix broken things. None of them has a chance of being implemented.
Consider: Do the people in government (including both the elected "representatives" and the non-elected "public workers"), their friends, "campaign contributors", etc. benefit (directly or indirectly) from the current state of affairs?
If the answer is yes, nothing will be fixed, no matter how broken.
The short version: if it's good for the rich, it will continue; if it's bad for the rich, it will get "reformed".
While I agree with what you said, you did choose to answer a different question than the one I asked.
My point was that Russia is not the only country that tries to criminalize everybody and practice selective enforcement.
And it was meant to serve as a warning.
The actual votes do not matter when you can just declare you've won by any margin you feel like at the time.
This is typical Russian mentality, there are thousands of laws such as this already on the books. The aim is to make every citizen a prosecutable criminal at the governments whim by crafting laws that are impossible to reasonably follow. This allows the government to crack down on criminals they don't like, and leaves the rest of the criminals terrified and compliant. Saying that Russia is a nation populated entirely by criminals is a sadly true statement.
And exactly how does is differ from, say, the US of A?
I have a much better idea, tax gasoline at $5/gallon.
Just what we need, another regressive tax.
They'll find nothing.
I'd rather not be exterminated just yet.
the power of prayer?
What "power of prayer"?
The energy of the prayer divided by its duration, obviously.
Has a false DMCA takedown notice ever resulted in legal liability?
Not that I know of.
we always hear about bogus takedown notices that don't result in anything bad happening to the evildoers.
This is by design.
I've seen successful attacks on protocols that support multiple versions or algorithms, made possible by devices that support them all for various compatibility reasons.
And I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion and watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
So there!
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Fortunately, for the most part, I don't mind living like this
How about your wife/girlfriend? Does she mind?
“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”
-- Warren Buffett.
How about we don't wreck anyone's lives?
Nobody is getting their lives wrecked.
Nobody that matters, that is.
The Atlantic Ocean Crustacean Society has issued another call for the abolition of the food chain.
The next time I'm in a mood for some alcohol, Gary, I will drink to your health.