ClarityJones
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I don't think there's much meaning in saying the Soviets outlawed capitalism. Capital continued to exist and there continued to be people who decided what got built and who received them. To me, that's private…
People talk about capitalism as if there is a choice; as if Gravity might not pull us towards earth.
Raising prices allows Apple to reduce demand, possibly creating some flexibility in the durations of the current contracts.
If they never raise their prices, they can't drop them.
> the town will ... ensure that trees are ... replaced if they must be cut down. I'd hate to speculate about what this means for people that might stand in their way.
I think this is the opposite of missing the forest for the trees. It's not a legal fiction that ~"corporations are people." Corporations are literally individual owners, managers, employees, etc. with various personal…
The scientific method is generally to ask a question, and test it, before randomly collected evidence makes the obvious undeniable.
> ... the US government announced $2 billion in investments in ... a range of startups ... could be make-or-break investments for many companies that are likely years away from a product that could see widespread use.…
If the target were being investigated for terrorism, then the govt could inform the company of that and - if the company tipped the terrorist off - prosecute the company for being an accessory / aid to the terrorist.…
I think that's true regardless of what happened. If Railway did something wrong, then letting that be known may help other customers avoid the same ~mistake.
Arbitration is an inefficient and unproductive process. I suppose that may be what the parties chose, but the public will likely never know what happened and the problem will be allowed to reoccur again and again.…
Particularly when paying for more RAM means buying a completely new computer.
Yeah, it could be formed by one person, or from two parties, or possibly by an even more opaque network of influence backed by god knows who.
The author said he saw Tesla prove that EVs were profitable, but it was profitable when taxpayers gave it $7,500 per vehicle sold... That's the whole profit margin on higher-end cars, and more profit than most…
If I understand correctly, you're saying that in a majority of cases (or something approaching that) the targets of these raids are not subject to lawful deportation? I would be curious to have data / information…
Capital continued to function just fine through the 1930s. Crops still grew on land. Dams produced electricity. Factories produced cars. What exactly failed?
I would disagree about capitalism being on the rise. Marx and his views grew after the 1850s and communist / socialist revolutions spread throughout Europe. There may have been more discussion of "capitalism" and an…
Yeah, that would limit the scale if they were betting against the platforms. However, if you assume they were feeding the information to the platforms...
Okay, a lot of people cheated at a lot of poker games? I feel like we're being redundant here. So, their cheating was organized and systematic? Yeah, you can't really cheat consistently without having a scheme. Did…
The raison d'etre for the offense of fraud is to protect commerce. The state / society needs to enforce a basic level of trust for Business A to buy widgets from Business B, and for Customer C to be employed, etc.…
That's not the part that's bad. I don't care whether they cheat or not. I don't want the government policing what is and isn't fair in a poker / NBA / etc game. I think arresting people for cheating legitimizes backroom…
This is silly. People used to play poker, and cheat, and the whole thing was illegal. Now, people play poker, and cheat, and they want the government to police their poker games and make sure they're fair. Complete…
Except, correct me if this is wrong, but he wasn't even convicted of money laundering, let alone the underlying crimes you suggest he was launder the proceeds of. It was simply for failing to register / setup an…
You're right that there has to be a connection now, and this uncertainty is part of the problem. If the connection is a crime, then what about that connection hurts someone? How can the government maintain the rule of…
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