where is all the hate for rich people coming from?
sorry, the truth is that not everyone has a right to own a home. life choices, man, they make a difference. edit: who is downvoting this? does someone out there actually believe everyone has a right to own a home? like…
please feel free to start up a coop then. nothing is stopping you and your friends from doing that. have at it, and good luck. edit: apparently some people don't like this comment because it means you have to help…
only fair if you reduce the tax burden dramatically as well. this would not just impact "evil landlords" but most of middle class as well. and who is "we" exactly?
I love how some folks complain about paying rent as if they have no choices, as if they're somehow indentured servants or serfs beholden to the landed gentry or something. The truth is you do have choices, even in tough…
common sense requires no supporting evidence.
inherited wealth often disappears by the third generation
> Did that money come into their hands completely voluntarily? Yes, if it's in the form of an investment. An investment is a risk, and like it or not, investments are a vital part of any economy. In may cases…
who lives on $500 a month? and the economy will simply adjust to absorb this increase anyway, so hence my comment about zero benefits. also, for young people at least, "shitty" jobs build character, which seems ever…
net result being an increase in taxes on many (or at least mid-to-high earners) with zero benefits to society, only a built-in voting block for those who enable this edit: if I wanted upvotes I'd jump on the…
but the entire society DOES reap rewards, in the form of taxes on profit and contribution to the progress of mankind.
totally agree. also not sure people should be going to jail for it (live and let live) but increasing availability by putting into every corner 7/11 is ridiculous. sometimes I think all this is happening to keep the…
omg tobacco is totally different from psychedelics, come on. and glue? seriously? glue has a practical purpose other than getting high. what are mushrooms good for outside of getting stoned?
who gets to decide what's censored? you?
I have to say, this article comes off as pretty biased. Gauging the future of VR by comparing it to social / mobile gaming adoption is a false comparison and just makes the author look dumb. First of all, the author…
the general public are sheep
what something is seen as is largely shaped by politicians jockeying for power and muckraking journalists whoring their principals for clicks. edit: again with the downvotes? is this not largely true? I think you give…
Yep. Stuff like this gets twisted and distorted and then whipped up by politicians, pundits and "journalists" in order to get votes, viewers and clicks. It's disgusting. edit: downvote? what's to downvote? seriously?…
cloudfare CEO refuses to remove ISIS sites: "CEO of CloudFlare, Matthew Prince, said that his company would not be blocking its service to websites listed, as it would mean submitting to "mob rule"." [1] double standard…
are there any antifa sites being blocked or denied service? don't they incite violence in the name of ideology?
yes, he's actively trying to change the country
because... they can't handle being offended? are people really that delicate?
um, why is this being downvoted? does anyone seriously want to live in a censored world? seriously? man, we're more doomed than I thought :(
because it takes balls to stick up for freedom these days and let's be honest, most people just don't have the balls these days. fear is winning.
the difficulty with shades of gray wrt to free speech is that what is intolerable is a matter of opinion and I don't trust ANYONE to make that decision for me. free speech must be absolute, so yes, in this case it is…
where is all the hate for rich people coming from?
sorry, the truth is that not everyone has a right to own a home. life choices, man, they make a difference. edit: who is downvoting this? does someone out there actually believe everyone has a right to own a home? like…
please feel free to start up a coop then. nothing is stopping you and your friends from doing that. have at it, and good luck. edit: apparently some people don't like this comment because it means you have to help…
only fair if you reduce the tax burden dramatically as well. this would not just impact "evil landlords" but most of middle class as well. and who is "we" exactly?
I love how some folks complain about paying rent as if they have no choices, as if they're somehow indentured servants or serfs beholden to the landed gentry or something. The truth is you do have choices, even in tough…
common sense requires no supporting evidence.
inherited wealth often disappears by the third generation
> Did that money come into their hands completely voluntarily? Yes, if it's in the form of an investment. An investment is a risk, and like it or not, investments are a vital part of any economy. In may cases…
who lives on $500 a month? and the economy will simply adjust to absorb this increase anyway, so hence my comment about zero benefits. also, for young people at least, "shitty" jobs build character, which seems ever…
net result being an increase in taxes on many (or at least mid-to-high earners) with zero benefits to society, only a built-in voting block for those who enable this edit: if I wanted upvotes I'd jump on the…
but the entire society DOES reap rewards, in the form of taxes on profit and contribution to the progress of mankind.
totally agree. also not sure people should be going to jail for it (live and let live) but increasing availability by putting into every corner 7/11 is ridiculous. sometimes I think all this is happening to keep the…
omg tobacco is totally different from psychedelics, come on. and glue? seriously? glue has a practical purpose other than getting high. what are mushrooms good for outside of getting stoned?
who gets to decide what's censored? you?
I have to say, this article comes off as pretty biased. Gauging the future of VR by comparing it to social / mobile gaming adoption is a false comparison and just makes the author look dumb. First of all, the author…
the general public are sheep
what something is seen as is largely shaped by politicians jockeying for power and muckraking journalists whoring their principals for clicks. edit: again with the downvotes? is this not largely true? I think you give…
Yep. Stuff like this gets twisted and distorted and then whipped up by politicians, pundits and "journalists" in order to get votes, viewers and clicks. It's disgusting. edit: downvote? what's to downvote? seriously?…
cloudfare CEO refuses to remove ISIS sites: "CEO of CloudFlare, Matthew Prince, said that his company would not be blocking its service to websites listed, as it would mean submitting to "mob rule"." [1] double standard…
are there any antifa sites being blocked or denied service? don't they incite violence in the name of ideology?
yes, he's actively trying to change the country
because... they can't handle being offended? are people really that delicate?
um, why is this being downvoted? does anyone seriously want to live in a censored world? seriously? man, we're more doomed than I thought :(
because it takes balls to stick up for freedom these days and let's be honest, most people just don't have the balls these days. fear is winning.
the difficulty with shades of gray wrt to free speech is that what is intolerable is a matter of opinion and I don't trust ANYONE to make that decision for me. free speech must be absolute, so yes, in this case it is…