"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
Taken out of context like this, that's pretty dumb. How much in taxes do the hungry and naked pay? Basically the gist here seems to be that the government should be babysitting people who can't take care of themselves rather than providing for the common defense of all.
Of course, in the full context of his speech it makes much more sense. Too bad that's not the way you intended it.
The mistake here is to think that people not working are significantly more expensive to society than people working. For the low-end that is not true.
Nonsense. A maid and a gardener working for a millionaire would be at the low end; they still produce value by freeing up the millionaire to do other things. That same maid and gardener sitting at home collecting UBI no longer provide value; they still collect money from the millionaire via taxes, but now provide absolutely nothing of value.
You went from arguing that taxation is evil because it's theft, to arguing that anyone who makes more than an arbitrary amount of money should be jailed.
This kind of cognitive dissonance is the sign of an unwell mind. You either haven't actually spent much time thinking about the things you're saying, or you are just downright nuts.
Indeed, chances are pretty good that the corporate entity is gaining a whole lot more from the transaction than the consumer is.
Nonsense. If I buy a pair of socks from amazon, I gain a hell of a lot of value; I save the many hours of labour which would be required for me to go out and sheer a sheep, turn the wool into yarn or thread, and then weave the yarn into a pair of socks. Whereas Amazon gains maybe a dollar.
That fact that amazon might sell 10 million pairs of socks and get 10 million dollars of "value" as a result doesn't change the fact that in each individual transaction the consumer benefits far more than the seller. This is the very foundation of trade. The whole point of buying stuff is that you get more value from buying it than from producing it yourself. If the seller ends up richer than you it's not because he's getting more value from your transaction; it's because he's conducting a hell of a lot more transactions.
I can still run every PC game I've ever owned. The ones which are old enough to not be compatible with modern hardware and/or operating systems are also old enough to run just fine on a virtual machine or an emulator.
Nobody; the rich customers are snapping up all of them with extra features, at a premium. The fact that Tesla is unable to make enough vehicles to meet demand is a completely separate thing from how many people can afford the base model.
Corect, the base Model 3 is actually $35,000 but I was trying to be generous to you.
Tell me more about how only 700,000 people "in teh whole wide worlds!" can afford to buy one, oh wise and completely unignorant retard! I'm sure that the 1,200,000 Americans who made over $500,000 last year would get a great laugh out of that one.
Another person out of touch with reality. What Tesla is $40k?
The Model 3. But we've already established that you're a liar, so I don't expect you to acknowledge that fact. No, in your world every Tesla costs 50 bazillion dollars.
You guys need to get out an travel and see the world. The vast majority of the planet lives in poverty.
I'm actually posting from a third world country at the moment.
You guys sit in your office jobs and think everyone can just go out and buy a $65,000+ car
Nah, we just aren't retarded enough to believe that only 700,000 people can afford to do so.
She already explained why; because it uses different tech. She also explained that even including all models they are still far less likely to catch fire than ICE vehicles. Let me ask you a question - why are you such a fucking liar?
Radio "piracy" began with the advent of regulations of the public airwaves in the United States at the dawn of the age of radio. Initially, radio, or wireless as it was more commonly called, was an open field of hobbyists and early inventors and experimenters.... When the "Act to Regulate Radio Communication" was passed on August 13, 1912, amateurs and experimenters were not banned from broadcasting; rather, amateurs were assigned their own frequency spectrum, and licensing and call-signs were introduced. By regulating the public airwaves, President Taft thus created the legal space for illicit broadcasts to take place.
I don't think they would mind as much if the people doing the overrunning came bearing advanced knowledge and technology rather than an old book and ancient superstitions. I for one would gladly accept some expansionist alien overlords looking to enrich themselves while improving us.
No, the problem is the energy cost of getting a car in the air in the first place
People keep saying this, but it's not really true. For example the Cesna 172 gets the equivalent of about 14 miles per gallon. That's not nearly as good as modern cars, but it's not horrible either. It's even better when you consider the fact that you can fly straight lines instead of winding paths, which cuts down on distance as compared to a car. Nor do you have to waste fuel accelerating and decelerating at lights, or in bumper to bumper traffic.
Getting into the air doesn't have to use huge amounts of energy; it just depends on how you're generating lift.
Who know what the side effects of eliminating these cells are going to be.
Long life.
They may not appear for generations. We thought that aggressive use of antibiotics and routine use of antibacterials would be a good idea
They are. We live longer, healthier lives than ever in human history. All thanks to those good ideas.
until we bred the superbugs that one day could eliminate us.
We didn't breed "superbugs". Life evolved, as it always does. The phrase "superbug" is fearmongering nonsense meant to attract attiontion. Every disease which we couldn't fight in the past was a "superbug". Measles. Polio. Smallpox. The plague. They killed and maimed incredible numbers of people and we had no defense against them. Today Ebola is one of the most potentially harmful diseases on the planet, and it has absolutely nothing to do with antibiotics or antibacterials.
I've never understood the mindset of the horribly confused people who seem to believe that we shouldn't bother fighting diseases or pests because new ones will evolve. That's like suggesting that we shouldn't eat today because we'll just be hungry again tomorrow.
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
Taken out of context like this, that's pretty dumb. How much in taxes do the hungry and naked pay? Basically the gist here seems to be that the government should be babysitting people who can't take care of themselves rather than providing for the common defense of all.
Of course, in the full context of his speech it makes much more sense. Too bad that's not the way you intended it.
The mistake here is to think that people not working are significantly more expensive to society than people working. For the low-end that is not true.
Nonsense. A maid and a gardener working for a millionaire would be at the low end; they still produce value by freeing up the millionaire to do other things. That same maid and gardener sitting at home collecting UBI no longer provide value; they still collect money from the millionaire via taxes, but now provide absolutely nothing of value.
That's not how it worked out though, is it?
Of course it is.
Somehow, in our late-stage capitalism, the "agreement" part has become less and less apparent.
I don't know what shithole you live in but if someone is forcing you to buy their stuff at gunpoint you definitely don't have a capitalist economy.
The problem with capitalism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
I'm sure you think this is clever, but to anyone who isn't functionally retarded it's a total non-sequitur.
You went from arguing that taxation is evil because it's theft, to arguing that anyone who makes more than an arbitrary amount of money should be jailed.
This kind of cognitive dissonance is the sign of an unwell mind. You either haven't actually spent much time thinking about the things you're saying, or you are just downright nuts.
Indeed, chances are pretty good that the corporate entity is gaining a whole lot more from the transaction than the consumer is.
Nonsense. If I buy a pair of socks from amazon, I gain a hell of a lot of value; I save the many hours of labour which would be required for me to go out and sheer a sheep, turn the wool into yarn or thread, and then weave the yarn into a pair of socks. Whereas Amazon gains maybe a dollar.
That fact that amazon might sell 10 million pairs of socks and get 10 million dollars of "value" as a result doesn't change the fact that in each individual transaction the consumer benefits far more than the seller. This is the very foundation of trade. The whole point of buying stuff is that you get more value from buying it than from producing it yourself. If the seller ends up richer than you it's not because he's getting more value from your transaction; it's because he's conducting a hell of a lot more transactions.
You need to search for them on YouTube. Instead of facepalming you'll be laughing your ass off.
Talk about putting all your eggs in one basket ...
I can still run every PC game I've ever owned. The ones which are old enough to not be compatible with modern hardware and/or operating systems are also old enough to run just fine on a virtual machine or an emulator.
And that's very sad for them, but it still has nothing to do with whether or not they can afford it.
Correct. Too many zeroes make math hard.
Funny enough when I did the math in my head I got 70,000. Then I checked it with a calculator and got 700,000. Guess I dropped a zero while typing.
Nobody; the rich customers are snapping up all of them with extra features, at a premium. The fact that Tesla is unable to make enough vehicles to meet demand is a completely separate thing from how many people can afford the base model.
I can tell. Which is why you keep lying about Rei, and about Tesla.
The Model 3 is not $40k. You are simply ignorant.
Corect, the base Model 3 is actually $35,000 but I was trying to be generous to you.
Tell me more about how only 700,000 people "in teh whole wide worlds!" can afford to buy one, oh wise and completely unignorant retard! I'm sure that the 1,200,000 Americans who made over $500,000 last year would get a great laugh out of that one.
Another person out of touch with reality. What Tesla is $40k?
The Model 3. But we've already established that you're a liar, so I don't expect you to acknowledge that fact. No, in your world every Tesla costs 50 bazillion dollars.
You guys need to get out an travel and see the world. The vast majority of the planet lives in poverty.
I'm actually posting from a third world country at the moment.
You guys sit in your office jobs and think everyone can just go out and buy a $65,000+ car
Nah, we just aren't retarded enough to believe that only 700,000 people can afford to do so.
That's exactly what I would expect a liar to say.
She already explained why; because it uses different tech. She also explained that even including all models they are still far less likely to catch fire than ICE vehicles. Let me ask you a question - why are you such a fucking liar?
You think only 700,000 people can afford a $40,000 vehicle?
Well you're obviously retarded.
I guess you didn't spend enough time reading.
Radio "piracy" began with the advent of regulations of the public airwaves in the United States at the dawn of the age of radio. Initially, radio, or wireless as it was more commonly called, was an open field of hobbyists and early inventors and experimenters. ...
When the "Act to Regulate Radio Communication" was passed on August 13, 1912, amateurs and experimenters were not banned from broadcasting; rather, amateurs were assigned their own frequency spectrum, and licensing and call-signs were introduced. By regulating the public airwaves, President Taft thus created the legal space for illicit broadcasts to take place.
Lots more on Wikipedia
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I don't think they would mind as much if the people doing the overrunning came bearing advanced knowledge and technology rather than an old book and ancient superstitions. I for one would gladly accept some expansionist alien overlords looking to enrich themselves while improving us.
The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a radio transmitter is a good guy with a stronger radio transmitter?
That's great; I fully support the efforts of anyone who decides to take themselves out of the gene pool. More room for my offspring.
No, the problem is the energy cost of getting a car in the air in the first place
People keep saying this, but it's not really true. For example the Cesna 172 gets the equivalent of about 14 miles per gallon. That's not nearly as good as modern cars, but it's not horrible either. It's even better when you consider the fact that you can fly straight lines instead of winding paths, which cuts down on distance as compared to a car. Nor do you have to waste fuel accelerating and decelerating at lights, or in bumper to bumper traffic.
Getting into the air doesn't have to use huge amounts of energy; it just depends on how you're generating lift.
Who know what the side effects of eliminating these cells are going to be.
Long life.
They may not appear for generations. We thought that aggressive use of antibiotics and routine use of antibacterials would be a good idea
They are. We live longer, healthier lives than ever in human history. All thanks to those good ideas.
until we bred the superbugs that one day could eliminate us.
We didn't breed "superbugs". Life evolved, as it always does. The phrase "superbug" is fearmongering nonsense meant to attract attiontion. Every disease which we couldn't fight in the past was a "superbug". Measles. Polio. Smallpox. The plague. They killed and maimed incredible numbers of people and we had no defense against them. Today Ebola is one of the most potentially harmful diseases on the planet, and it has absolutely nothing to do with antibiotics or antibacterials.
I've never understood the mindset of the horribly confused people who seem to believe that we shouldn't bother fighting diseases or pests because new ones will evolve. That's like suggesting that we shouldn't eat today because we'll just be hungry again tomorrow.
Yep. And with this new levy I guess it'll be a license for me to torrent every song and movie ever made, since that's also noncommercial.
Sounds like a pretty good deal. They've got my vote!
Completely irrelevant. If I pretend to be you, that's impersonation. If I assume a completely fake identity, that is not impersonation.
Do you really think that when Patrick Stewart plays Jean Luc Picard, he's breaking the law?