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@freepatriot The problem is, how to get out without leaving things in a worse state than they were before Trump began. This is problematic.
Obviously we cannot accept an illegal tax on all boats through the strait. That problem has to be permanently solved before leaving, and since Trump created the mess, he has to fix it.
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@Dan_Ramos Be careful! Virginians are known to be blood thirsty. Be safe!
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At the core of anarcho capitalist thought, is an emphasis on self-ownership and the non-aggression principle. Under the latter, individuals are free to go about their lives provided that they do not violate other people’s rights. That means people’s persons or property would be secured from external aggression.
This logic doesn’t just apply to interactions between individuals but also between society and the state.
@freepatriot This is the truth! Apply the thought experiment of private ownership, to things, and to yourself, and deduce your life and ethics from there, and you will discover the only ethical way to run your own life and society. In fact, one of the few, if perhaps only, way that is not ultimately based on violence and force.
I never managed to appreciate Wagner Operas until AI recommended me not to listen to them, but to experience the whole Opera with the visuals as well. Obvious perhaps, but not to me.
So I did. I downloaded The Ring and boy was it better on video with subtitles. I am surprised at how music which I always thought was bland and boring in isolation, all of a sudden fit perfectly with the scene and the setting.
I'm very happy I gave it a new chance. Currently half way through the rung cycle! =)
@meltedcheese @kibcol1049 @Jonricha The cure is after all very easy. Demand empirical proof, like science has always done. If this test is consistently applied, before "enobling" theories with the stamp of science, then a lot of these problems will vanish.
Today, billions are poured into nonsense since there is no empirical grounding.
@meltedcheese @kibcol1049 @Jonricha Read again my man. Yes, I do not doubt that physicists strive to find analogies and metaphors, but the probem is that many people are starting to believe that the map is the territory, and that is a serious error.
If physicists cannot communicate without making it seem that they have discovered parallel universes ,then perhaps they shouldn't communicate at all until better ways of explaining are found?
Right now, this is basically destroying science.
@kibcol1049 @Jonricha @meltedcheese Add to that the problem that modern science often leaves empirical evidence behind, in favour of "model wanking".
This is especially common in "climate science" and in theoretical physics, giving us such nonsense as multiple worlds and dimensions which some people seem to take a literal truth.
And don't even get me started on the environmentalists, the biggest sinners of them all.
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@meltedcheese @kibcol1049 Honestly though, “follow the science” or “trust the science” are phrases that grate on me a bit, because they imply that the scientific consensus is always clear, unbiased and final, which it isn’t. Certainly, our sensationalist media make everything worse by glomming onto whatever latest (perhaps poorly done) study will get clicks. And some people are blockheads and ignore an overwhelming body of evidence, e.g. for global warming. But even…
@kibcol1049 Brilliant! Farage, like Trump, has gods protection!
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A woman who swore at Nigel Farage as she was driving past, and received a swift dose of cosmic justice. Seeing the Reform UK leader, the unidentified motorist rolled down her window and shouted “w***er”, but was so distracted that she failed to notice the car in front of her stopping at a red light, and crashed into it. As Farage said later on social media: “That’s what you might call instant karma.”
@freepatriot Highly unlikely. Reducing the population with 99% is not possible if they want to live at their current material level. Remove 99% and society collapses back to medieval conditions. No, the rich are not interested in that. They are interested in getting more customers, that means, more people on the planet, not less.
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AI Bubble: Tech giants are hiding $1.65trn in AI debt | Ed Zitron
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bTwnn-5TpmQ
@shortstories This is the truth! I feel lucky that I was able to study philosophy at a time when polarization and woke control of higher education was minimal. We had truly free discussions. There were socialists and capitalists in class, and we learned from each other.
Based on what I read and hear, universities are in a sad, sad state.
For people interested in philosophy and history, I recommend:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_Philosophy_(Copleston)
and
https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/s/short-oxford-history-of-europe-sohe/?lang=en&cc=se
Both are great series!
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Hilarious! It looks as if electric car owners in the UK will have to pay tax based on the distance they are driving.
I've been arguing that this will happen for many, many years.
First people are hounded to buy an expensive electric car to "save the environment" and then, when the tax income from gasoline decreases, the electric car owners are hit with mileage tax.
On this platform, surely no one can be surprised, but I am happy that ignorant climate hysteria fools will
thought is if this might actually lead to a resurgence for classic theater and opera?
Maybe people will become fed up with artificial, screen based entertainment, and in a wish for more "human" entertainment, perhaps they will flock to theaters and operas again?
That would be a fascinating counter trend!
AI-generated micro dramas are getting increasingly popular in china. AI is there becoming a powerful tool for creators. Have a look!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M89fLyidYxQ
Europe just keeps sliding further and further down into oblivion and the only skill is regulations and socialism, which provably will lead to collapse. Just like it did in the soviet union.
I also wonder if this means that Hollywod actors salaries will decrease? If so, and they will be replaced with AI, I would be very happy!
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