So now, my act of giving gifts to other people in different settings, can be owned by someone OTHER than me... or, i have to oblige by a certain private party's demands, when i want to do that in a different setting.
explain me how this shit has not gone over the roof.
What difference does this have from a robber baron waiting atop a bridge and asking tolls from passers ? no difference.
baron may have a right to that bridge someone else has built, or, it may not even have the right to it, but it may be claiming it. the deal is, as long as you have less standing and resources than baron in the socio-economic ladder, you cant do anything about it, but pay. Only another baron equal or greater than his socioeconomic status can challenge him.
ultimate end of capitalism, is feudalism. even if you have brief political freedom until it happens, it eventually happens - just like how it happened from roman republic to roman empire. mechanics are the same, end result is the same, just the names are different.
you know, their ecommerce service which they suddenly announced to shut down, in the face of their clients who were using it for selling thousands of products big inventories for years ? suddenly and out of the blue, and gave them 1 month to migrate away from their proprietary, incompatible store format to anything else ? leaving aside what the domain/address situation would end up ?
why would any moron trust them with their sensitive, irreplaceable data ?
And enjoy getting 3-striked out of the internet, going nuclear while the world abandons, and a whole other bunch of shit WITHOUT anything being done in the lines of what you voted for : immigration problems ? nothing. cultural fragmentation ? nothing. tougher international policies ? nothing.
it is appalling that, despite the right wing parties promise about tough right wing stuff, they never fulfill their promise, instead concentrate all their effort to fucking the citizens for the profit of the already wealthy and corporations,
but,
people STILL vote for them for the things they promised, but NEVER have done, over and over again.
please, someone, explain that. what is it ? short-term memory ? forgetfulness ? identification ? what mechanic causes that ?
Small operators should switch to doing other businesses.
not everything can be justified because people make money off of it. this is what has brought our civilization to this upside down state, on the brink of collapse.
But I think your premise is wrong. For example, in Germany, students who learn a lot and excel in school are called "Strebers" (from the verb streben, english: aspire) and they are ridiculed just like nerds are in the US.
such kind of thing exists everywhere - but, it doesnt generally go the way of outcasting an discrimination of those who do. they are called 'nerds' and just that. unless they are especially antisocial or hostile to human contact, they are not outcast.
there is no such thing as geeks liking things off the societal beaten path - geeks like whatever they like. that false assumption you propose is production of the hipster crowd. thats in itself, something not geeky.
no overclocking geek is going to drop overclocking if it becomes mainstream, for example. or, r/c geek will drop r/cing.
BR.
You are the ones exaggerating - no - actually over-exaggerating such things. nerd, geek, this, that - they dont have much importance or significance in other cultures of the world. however they seem to be something common and discriminating in usa, peculiarly. in most countries of the world, a kid who is good at his/her lessons will be not only appreciated, but envied by its peers. everyone knows s/he will have a good future in front.
however, this, suddenly turns into a liability in usa. why ? angst/jealousy towards someone whom you are subconsciously aware that going to have a successful life ?
really, whats the reason for this suppression/debasement intelligent/different individuals in american culture ? can anyone give me a good explanation ?
excuse me, what the fuck are you trying to say ? that 1/4 of the planet becoming UNLIVABLE and creatures getting radiation poisoning and genetically mutated for eternity is something that can be put in the same basket with 'coal mines kill people yearly' ? do you even know what radiation is ?
the plant was not hit by a quake of 9. quake happened in the open sea, out in the ocean. its effects were felt. had the quake been near, it would be a whole different story.
Considering that magnitude 9 quakes are pretty rare, I'd say that you're either ignorant or misinformed on the subject.
im at a loss at perceiving your difficulty with understanding that 'rare' does not mean 'will not happen'. playing russian roulette with a 1000 shooter revolver instead of a 6 shooter, is still a lethal gamble.
you are not yet aware what 'doomsday' means. coal mines burned for decades, yet, 1/4 of the planet has not become unlivable. when a nuclear installation gets stricken with a 9 quake, it will.
it is possible to make up for soot, co2 and a whole host of other unfriendly substances. its all about filtering it, or countering it with technologies. actually it is doable even now, but the 'profitability problem' is preventing that, and governments are not taking actions to enforce it.
however, no coal plant will make half a hemisphere unlivable for thousands of years, when a disaster hits one of these. there is no turning back from radiation.
'nuclear power is not perfect' is a foolish sentence to utter. the 'actual risk' you speak of, is something that, when happens, will eradicate life in a wast swath of the planet.
its a russian roulette with a 1000 shooter revolver instead of 6 shooter revolver - but, when it happens everything will end and there will be no return.
just because an accident did happen DOES make it unsafe.
this is not something random - its something that when happens, may eradicate/distort life in a good swath of the planet. just because such a thing had not happened up to date, does not mean it wont happen. there are quakes hitting here and there, and we dont even know when one will hit. there are nuclear installations that can be hit any time with one of these.
a magnitude 9 quake under tokyo would cause a bigger mess, but does not have the possibility of making 1/4 of the world unlivable, and rest genetically mutated, poisoned, twisted.
it is basically a stupid gamble, a russian roulette - everything is ok until it hits.
fukushima evacuation zone, is the zone the government decided to evacuate. the story government is telling and the story citizens are telling, are different. governments have a tendency to play down any crises. if there was no problems, imperial family wouldnt relocate to out of tokyo.
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So now, my act of giving gifts to other people in different settings, can be owned by someone OTHER than me ... or, i have to oblige by a certain private party's demands, when i want to do that in a different setting.
explain me how this shit has not gone over the roof.
What difference does this have from a robber baron waiting atop a bridge and asking tolls from passers ? no difference.
baron may have a right to that bridge someone else has built, or, it may not even have the right to it, but it may be claiming it. the deal is, as long as you have less standing and resources than baron in the socio-economic ladder, you cant do anything about it, but pay. Only another baron equal or greater than his socioeconomic status can challenge him.
ultimate end of capitalism, is feudalism. even if you have brief political freedom until it happens, it eventually happens - just like how it happened from roman republic to roman empire. mechanics are the same, end result is the same, just the names are different.
It was past due, i might add.
you know, their ecommerce service which they suddenly announced to shut down, in the face of their clients who were using it for selling thousands of products big inventories for years ? suddenly and out of the blue, and gave them 1 month to migrate away from their proprietary, incompatible store format to anything else ? leaving aside what the domain/address situation would end up ?
why would any moron trust them with their sensitive, irreplaceable data ?
And enjoy getting 3-striked out of the internet, going nuclear while the world abandons, and a whole other bunch of shit WITHOUT anything being done in the lines of what you voted for : immigration problems ? nothing. cultural fragmentation ? nothing. tougher international policies ? nothing.
it is appalling that, despite the right wing parties promise about tough right wing stuff, they never fulfill their promise, instead concentrate all their effort to fucking the citizens for the profit of the already wealthy and corporations,
but,
people STILL vote for them for the things they promised, but NEVER have done, over and over again.
please, someone, explain that. what is it ? short-term memory ? forgetfulness ? identification ? what mechanic causes that ?
Small operators should switch to doing other businesses.
not everything can be justified because people make money off of it. this is what has brought our civilization to this upside down state, on the brink of collapse.
ANOTHER potential disaster threatening a facility with major nuclear equipment ? oh my.
But I think your premise is wrong. For example, in Germany, students who learn a lot and excel in school are called "Strebers" (from the verb streben, english: aspire) and they are ridiculed just like nerds are in the US.
such kind of thing exists everywhere - but, it doesnt generally go the way of outcasting an discrimination of those who do. they are called 'nerds' and just that. unless they are especially antisocial or hostile to human contact, they are not outcast.
a kind of discrimination then.
and what can you provide as summary of that book here ?
that is a rather deep analysis, but, i think it would need to be supported with examples, more observation and some research.
Still, its good that it is here at last.
The actual answer is, you are an American who has lived in America your entire life and does not understand any culture other than that of America
and your rationalization for the above false assumption, is ?
there is no such thing as geeks liking things off the societal beaten path - geeks like whatever they like. that false assumption you propose is production of the hipster crowd. thats in itself, something not geeky.
no overclocking geek is going to drop overclocking if it becomes mainstream, for example. or, r/c geek will drop r/cing.
BR.
You are the ones exaggerating - no - actually over-exaggerating such things. nerd, geek, this, that - they dont have much importance or significance in other cultures of the world. however they seem to be something common and discriminating in usa, peculiarly. in most countries of the world, a kid who is good at his/her lessons will be not only appreciated, but envied by its peers. everyone knows s/he will have a good future in front.
however, this, suddenly turns into a liability in usa. why ? angst/jealousy towards someone whom you are subconsciously aware that going to have a successful life ?
really, whats the reason for this suppression/debasement intelligent/different individuals in american culture ? can anyone give me a good explanation ?
excuse me, what the fuck are you trying to say ? that 1/4 of the planet becoming UNLIVABLE and creatures getting radiation poisoning and genetically mutated for eternity is something that can be put in the same basket with 'coal mines kill people yearly' ? do you even know what radiation is ?
Considering that magnitude 9 quakes are pretty rare, I'd say that you're either ignorant or misinformed on the subject.
im at a loss at perceiving your difficulty with understanding that 'rare' does not mean 'will not happen'. playing russian roulette with a 1000 shooter revolver instead of a 6 shooter, is still a lethal gamble.
a moron has just justified and rationalized this crap by fitting elderly people with diapers into the terrorist profile !!
with your moronic logic, it would be easy to justify slavery, as long as two parties consented to it.
perceiving what risk is.
"coal mines kill more per year" vs "a nuclear disaster will make at least 1/4 of the world unlivable"
to put these two in the same basket, one has to be either a fool, or a moron.
you are not yet aware what 'doomsday' means. coal mines burned for decades, yet, 1/4 of the planet has not become unlivable. when a nuclear installation gets stricken with a 9 quake, it will.
It takes an extremely powerful disaster to actually create a dangerous situation.
yes it does.
and apparently, you are willing to take a gamble by living until one of them hits.
it is possible to make up for soot, co2 and a whole host of other unfriendly substances. its all about filtering it, or countering it with technologies. actually it is doable even now, but the 'profitability problem' is preventing that, and governments are not taking actions to enforce it.
however, no coal plant will make half a hemisphere unlivable for thousands of years, when a disaster hits one of these. there is no turning back from radiation.
'nuclear power is not perfect' is a foolish sentence to utter. the 'actual risk' you speak of, is something that, when happens, will eradicate life in a wast swath of the planet.
its a russian roulette with a 1000 shooter revolver instead of 6 shooter revolver - but, when it happens everything will end and there will be no return.
just because an accident did happen DOES make it unsafe.
this is not something random - its something that when happens, may eradicate/distort life in a good swath of the planet. just because such a thing had not happened up to date, does not mean it wont happen. there are quakes hitting here and there, and we dont even know when one will hit. there are nuclear installations that can be hit any time with one of these.
a magnitude 9 quake under tokyo would cause a bigger mess, but does not have the possibility of making 1/4 of the world unlivable, and rest genetically mutated, poisoned, twisted.
it is basically a stupid gamble, a russian roulette - everything is ok until it hits.
fukushima evacuation zone, is the zone the government decided to evacuate. the story government is telling and the story citizens are telling, are different. governments have a tendency to play down any crises. if there was no problems, imperial family wouldnt relocate to out of tokyo.