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and yet all those things happened, in many cases without having to extend free speech to insane degrees.

or that consumers shouldn't demand otherwise

as a customer of Apple I'm delighted by this move.

Capitalism is disgusting.

World's richest man is going to rob two cities blind with promises of jobs. Just a massive giveaway to the man who literally has the least need in the world.

Guess they don't want the people actually having any say.

pitched the idea of Amazon University, with a customized curriculum developed in partnership with Amazon and local universities

Just gonna go full company town I guess.

added $38 billion to Seattle’s economy from 2010 to 2016.

and made it impossible to get a modest tax passed.

“They are about ending inequality and creating more inclusive cities,” said Richard Florida, a professor at the School of Cities and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. “Now they’re in a game competing with one another to throw money at one of the most powerful companies in the world run by one of the world’s richest men.”

Yup, because they want to be able to say they brought amazon in. It fucks over the people who already lives there, increases inequality, and ultimately doesn't really help that many people other than Jeff.

And not one person is getting him as a suggested video on YouTube, shared on Facebook, etc...

Deplatforming is effective.

you get bonuses and you get to annoy gamers.

that's 1 good reason to preorder, plus some bonuses that tend to be lame.

More likely it makes him harder to find and limits his reach more.

Kinda an interesting take given how the collapse in 2008 occured.

that sounds like a great way to just force out the people who's kids are benefiting.

How about trying to strongarm the government into actually giving out the damn funding.

I think America over uses the "Just toss money at the problem" approach.

In the case of education I do agree more money is needed.

For something like health care, massive reforms are needed.

Depends on how you define worst of the worst.

There aren't that many billionaires. So are you saying they aren't the worst of the billionaire class? That's really the only way I can see the phrase working.

I mentioned to her that they can’t sell their stock without ceding control

What about changing voting schemes?

Does it say something about someone’s heart if they aren’t building schools and hospitals the moment they obtain enough wealth to do so comfortably?

I think it says something about their heart if they are able to get that wealthy, with rare exceptions.

I wish we would just take away 149 billion or so.

Neither are going to happen. He might toss around a bit of money to try and buy a better reputation, but he's still the worlds richest man by standing on the backs of the very people who's kids need better education.

No, charter schools are a way to fuck over the 99% and ignore it while praising the 1%.

But if they disallow this then their precious charter schools will have lower test scores and be revealed as the horrible practice they are.

The democrats just need to move even further right than their current neoliberal catering exclusively to donors platform.

That would close the gap.

The political chasm is because the democrats keep moving right to try and win over moderate republicans the republicans keep moving into crazy territory.

Moving leftwards is absolutely the best thing the democrats could possibly do. further left policies are popular. Further left policies address the massive amount of voters who don't give a shit because neither party represents anything but corporations.

America could use 50 more senators that were willing to start moving much further left.

Funding schools via property taxes is part of how US schools got into this mess. It's a lousy system.

Society is entirely responsible for that.

Pumping money in doesn't work.

Having a good plan and the resources to execute is what works.

I know it sounds like I'm talking about a minor difference, but I think it's a lot bigger than that. You can add more money to a lot of the broken systems in the US. It helps, but it doesn't fix core problems and the systems are still incredibly inefficient.

I know this is a very unpopular opinion the world over right now, but: This applies loosely to sex as well (Don't have sex if you can't afford to have kids).

because it's a ridiculous opinion that ignores human nature and provides awful advice.

better sex education, better access to contraceptives, better access to abortion.

You don't punish the problem away, you help people avoid it themselves.

Parents don't encourage kids to read, eat better, sleep at reasonable times, etc...

From a linked article > I Promise kids’ school days will start an hour later than their peers.

fantastic.

Having a highly trained, standing army is part of what keeps us out of war

The US is in a state of constant war. Having a large standing army enables US imperialism, it's not for protection.

Do you feel good about having such a cavalier attitude towards human lives?

I have a bunch, I don't play games often enough for the lack to bother me. Plus some really good multiplayer stuff.

"I was poor but then I pulled myself up by the bootstraps by getting access to my trust fund again"

Nah what you do is tell them it's 2 weeks.

Then pull them out after 2-4 years instead.

Summer camp for the poor teaches the glory of revolution against inherited wealth. /s

This headline is a microcosm of what's wrong in America today.

Mars isn’t capable of self sustaining life and we aren’t capable of transforming it.

The idea of a mars colony is far fetched. The idea that it would save humanity is a pipe dream.

SSN application is quick and I just traded in my foreign driver license for a WA one.