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@GossiTheDog Please... it is a "Special Military Operation".
I think he learned the trick from Putin! 😎
@ChrisMayLA6 Well, I have to agree. I'd rather not lend out money to socialists and communists because there would be a high risk of never seeing the money again.
Lending out money to capitalists and people on the financial right is associated with less risk, because they depend on their financial reputation for their credibility.
Communists just shrug and blame the "capitalist pigs" when not returning borrowed money.
@ChrisMayLA6 Regulation? If anything, the politicians globally, are racing to regulate obligatory surveillance into being, everywhere and at all times. They are actually helping Palantir and american IT giants to earn more money off the european tax payer.
@lain Either you are a powerful man, or that was a small company.
@skdh This is the authoritarian future of complete surveillance that we are moving towards. Cash is king! Tried to pay a consultant in the US, after 2 weeks the bank lost the payment.
Used crypto, is took less than a minute and all was good.
I'm actually not a fan of crypto, but for long distance payments it is the Trump of payments!
@ChrisMayLA6 I see. Well, maybe the time for them is past. In sweden, they have been abused recently by crime gangs and extremist moslems to extract money from the government under hte disguise of learning.
@ChrisMayLA6 Do you have the concept of study circles in the UK to increase the general level of education among the population?
@ChrisMayLA6 Ah, thank you very much.
@emmiewelch Thank you very much for sharing. Very striking story!
@ChrisMayLA6 What is Gramsci?
@ChrisMayLA6 It is very interesting to ponder why we threw the humanistic and enlightenment ideals away. Would it be too powerful an ideal that would seriously threaten the balance of power? Do the political leaders, regardless of color, want to keep the masses ignorant?
I try to sneak philosophy in by the back door when I teach technology. Ethical issues around surveillance and control easily are weaved into the course material!
@jajo Hahaha... din värsta mardröm! 
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I'm at a at a similar spot. Vocation & role of father involves protecting the family in a defensive manner that may involve force.
But that is a far cry from the justifications for war we hear today on national level that are built on future theoretical possibilities.
"Because of their rhetoric, We have to destroy them before they might be able to destroy us."
Bombings & killing of innocents NOW based on some perceived future possibie action by them against us.
Israel/USA do this.
@jajo och mindre övervakning.
Vi måste komma ihåg, att en svag stat är en bra stat och en död stat, är den bästa staten.
Socialismen har fallerat en gång för mycket och nu står vi inför libertarianismens århundrade där alla får det bättre. Inte bara våra miljonavlönade, privatjetsåkande politiker.
@jajo Nonsens. Ukraina är ett av världens mest korrupta länder, och skulle bli ytterligare ett bidragsok i årtionden. EU, som det socialistiska och auktoritära samarbete det är, håller iofs redan på att kollapsa, så med tanke på att EU:s kollaps skulle innebära frihet för miljoner, så kanske du har rätt. Ukraina, och alla små korrupta östländer vi kan hitta borde egentligen få gå med nu. Då surnar de som betalar för kalaset och vi får fler exits i väst och det ger oss mer frihet, lägre skatter
@ChrisMayLA6 But is that something we should be teaching our young in schools? Positive psychology and how to lie a balanced and fulfilling life?
Or would that be detrimental to todays ruling class who is dependent on being financed by workers working until they are 59-72 (depending on where in europe you live)?
It seems to me that the government benefits from indoctrinating the population in the wonders of working hard for life, only to then die.
@ChrisMayLA6 re for life, since no one wants their services at the price point they are offered.
@ChrisMayLA6 Interesting. But if that is true, then surely we'd see a rapid growth of the left, just like socialism sprang out of industrialization of the 18th and 19th century?
If that does not happen, then perhaps, the gig economy actually brings more benfits to people than we think?
After all, it's an excellent way for people to make extra money, and a great entry point for the least educated on the job market. Remove those possibilities, and the lowest educated will be sentenced to welfa
@troed @Retreival9096 Amen!
I wonder if vibe coding by juniors programmers will give us a lot of security holes in the year to come?
I've seen some of my students vibe code assignments, and they have no clue what the code does. The code also tends to be convoluted at times.
@elston_ I would like to be a total pacifist, I think it is an enormously courageous position to take (if you live it, that is, and not just as a marketing label).
But being a libertarian, I do accept defensive violence at the personal level, and I would never engage in defensive violence for a nation. Only to directly protect family.
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