zbyte64

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Our current government is all too happy to build weapons with borrowed money. What taxation does is it causes deflation, and a wealth tax has the benefit of deflating the power of the ultra-wealthy.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

People are right to point out that he should not simply cut a check to the government, instead he should lobby for higher wealth taxes like he lobbies for patents or voucher schools. Anything less is just free PR.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I swear they algorithms are optimizing for eyeball time, but what we get instead is an uncanny valley where your brain lingers to spot the difference from reality.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Exec laughs in accountability and fires people

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

Receipts: https://m.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/netanyahu-money-to-hamas-part-of-strategy-to-keep-palestinians-divided-583082

Netanyahu literally gave Hamas seed money because they don't want a viable two state solution.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

With a bar that low, it would be easy to improve. Would throwing in books by Ayn Rand make the situation better?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I didn't realize we were bombing them into being tolerant, before we used to do it to make them a democracy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Feed it Marx and Vaush clips and have it make 196 memes

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

With all that dysentery, lack of food, shelter, constant threat of getting blown up? Ehh maybe 2 days cuz I'm twice as old as the average person there.

[–] [email protected] 84 points 2 years ago

Proprietary software makers: our software is more secure than open source because the public can't go looking for bugs to exploit.

Proprietary software:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Sounds like the credential life cycle would be equal to (or smaller than) the grace period: 1 month

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago (10 children)

So what happens if you start your airbag in an area without cell reception (so it can't verify your subscription)?

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