Personally, the fears around privacy are about harm being done to myself or others with my data. Google would be fine, except that big tech companies like Google sell your data to advertisers, who then use that data to…
No, I'm pretty sure the cops are murdering black people. Your analysis is sorely lacking in context for <i>why</i> black communities have higher rates of crime (hint: it's systemic racism, namely poverty and…
By induction - repeated exposure to ideas increases their staying power in the mind - see advertising. If one accepts the premise that fascist ideas spread by exposure, then one way to limit their spread is to limit…
Honestly I think this just doesn't work out this way in reality. First of all, we know that deplatforming racists/fascists does actually help to stop the spread of racist/fascist ideas. Secondly, and I think this is the…
Okay, but just so we're clear, what is concerning here isn't the system, it's the morality of what happened and how/why it happened. Wait, no - it is about the system. There is obviously a problem if this is one of the…
Come on now. You're being deliberately obtuse.
Do you have any sources for people who are interested in reading more on that?
> There is a big difference between "possible for a few months" and "possible indefinitely". A lot of what we did during the lockdowns was never going to be sustainable. I would be interested to see an argument for this…
Right, but how great are those packages gonna be when Amazon (renowned for their stunning committment to worker's rights and freedoms, /s) knows that anyone who doesn't take their offer will join the ranks of the…
Maybe this speaks to a need to tie taxes to income AND revenue. Not that I think the tax code should get any more complicated (quite the opposite), but if Amazon is selling at a loss to decrease the amount of tax they…
Personally, the fears around privacy are about harm being done to myself or others with my data. Google would be fine, except that big tech companies like Google sell your data to advertisers, who then use that data to…
No, I'm pretty sure the cops are murdering black people. Your analysis is sorely lacking in context for <i>why</i> black communities have higher rates of crime (hint: it's systemic racism, namely poverty and…
By induction - repeated exposure to ideas increases their staying power in the mind - see advertising. If one accepts the premise that fascist ideas spread by exposure, then one way to limit their spread is to limit…
Honestly I think this just doesn't work out this way in reality. First of all, we know that deplatforming racists/fascists does actually help to stop the spread of racist/fascist ideas. Secondly, and I think this is the…
Okay, but just so we're clear, what is concerning here isn't the system, it's the morality of what happened and how/why it happened. Wait, no - it is about the system. There is obviously a problem if this is one of the…
Come on now. You're being deliberately obtuse.
Do you have any sources for people who are interested in reading more on that?
> There is a big difference between "possible for a few months" and "possible indefinitely". A lot of what we did during the lockdowns was never going to be sustainable. I would be interested to see an argument for this…
Right, but how great are those packages gonna be when Amazon (renowned for their stunning committment to worker's rights and freedoms, /s) knows that anyone who doesn't take their offer will join the ranks of the…
Maybe this speaks to a need to tie taxes to income AND revenue. Not that I think the tax code should get any more complicated (quite the opposite), but if Amazon is selling at a loss to decrease the amount of tax they…