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This is not new. It's been long held that GENETIC diversity causes social unrest.
Genetic is an objective concept while ethnicity is very loosely defined. The emphasis on genetic highlights many African countries where there is a high genetic diversity and high social unrest.
But this correlation is not linear. Up till a certain point genetic diversity contributes to society. I don't remember the exact number, I think it's around 10%

2025-10-25 05:49:43 UTC

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Immigration is good for a society as long as the migrants are a fraction of society and assimilate into the dominant culture.
Of course this assumes that the dominant culture is a thriving culture.

2025-10-15 07:14:04 UTC

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These days banning someone from saying something is seen as confirmation that he is saying something important. Something that the "elites" are afraid you will know.
Let her rave to her audience. Let her lie. Just make sure that there is enough truth out there so that those who seek it will find it with ease
@npub1egy…8ye0

2025-10-05 10:53:17 UTC

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Throughout history Jews survived by moving to a place which hated them the least 🤷‍♀️

2025-10-04 09:39:12 UTC

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If the Hamas will continue to reign in Gaza or if a"Palestinian" state will be recognized in J&S, then I am not sure Israel will be any better

2025-10-01 04:59:31 UTC

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You can always ask if they are working on a web implementation / see if there is a way to run the flutter app in your browser.

2025-10-01 04:47:49 UTC

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🤷‍♀️
I will support Starbucks right to bust unions.
I will support the workers right to walk.
I will also point out that just because I support someones rights, that doesn't mean I don't think he is a piece of 💩
@npub1egy…8ye0

2025-09-30 12:09:13 UTC

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You can check out White Noise (can be downloaded from the zap store). It's a Nostr based messaging app.
It is still very alpha, but give it a go

2025-09-30 12:06:55 UTC

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Maybe you are right. Still, if they think they are more valuable then what Starbucks thinks, let them walk away.
As long as they are not preventing Starbucks from replaceing them, what do I care?

2025-09-29 18:51:57 UTC

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Actually, good for them. They think they are not being valued, they should walk away.

2025-09-17 04:10:42 UTC

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When someone is violent, he must be stopped. Even when the only way to stop him is with violence.
That includes road blocking.
But retaliating with violence, as in revenge, that is not allowed. That is the road to anarchy

2025-09-10 04:47:36 UTC

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I have been using Lenovo at work for years. I am very happy with them.
Lately I have been eyeing the Framework laptop for home use.

2025-09-08 16:41:59 UTC

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It also depends on the topography of the plot
If part of it is elevated, you can get good winds...

2025-09-08 14:48:47 UTC

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What about a wind turbine? Isn't that good for the winter?

2025-09-07 08:56:28 UTC

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It's a nifty tool! Good to know about it!

2025-08-27 18:56:24 UTC

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i see your point. It's all subjective. The owner will decide.

2025-08-27 14:45:15 UTC

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So roads will be private? Cool!
Now the owners can decide how people will be dressed. By what metric should he choose? If he has a majority of Muslims should he make the Hijab in his road mandatory?

2025-08-27 11:13:44 UTC

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And how do we govern public property? Or property whose purpose is for public use like streets?

2025-08-25 05:06:05 UTC

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That is another issue.
Public nudity is becoming more and more acceptable. From pride parades to wet Tshirt competition. The problem is that modesty is not an objective metric.

2025-08-24 19:00:36 UTC

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There are special shawls which do pretty good job of covering the woman breasts and baby. No need for a tent 😃

2025-08-24 14:41:50 UTC

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Why? I mean, if they cover themselves up properly, why does it bother you?

2025-08-21 04:02:14 UTC

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Classical Alinski. The end goal of every organization is not the principal that the people organized around. The end goal is POWER

2025-08-19 05:39:45 UTC

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If you see an exception it doesn't prove the rule. It makes you question the rule. Maybe there is a different rule which is the true rule which can also explain the exception.
In this case there are many, many exceptions. From each ethnic group you can find a large portions which simply don't fit the group stereotypes. Which makes it clear that genetics has nothing to do with culture or philosophy

2025-08-18 17:32:21 UTC

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I don't see how it strengthens the argument. Can you elaborate?

2025-08-18 07:53:52 UTC

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There are many examples of genetics not aligning with culture.
Isolated ethnic groups did develop their own philosophy, which had a strong impact on their culture.
Culture is a way to spread a philosophy, that is also true.
This leads to a loop which is hard to break where ethnic groups, especially if uneducated, will retain a specific philosophy. This will strengthen the culture. This can cause the illusion that genetics has something to do with this.

2025-08-17 04:25:33 UTC

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Politics is downstream to culture.
Culture is downstream to philosophy.
Philosophy is what rules politics. We see today that neo marxis ideologies rule politics. That is because we are immersed in post marxis culture (think woke star wars). This happened because all the artists grew up in universities that are controlled by post Marxists.

2025-07-24 03:16:54 UTC

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Any links? I did not find this on her web site...

2025-04-11 07:19:51 UTC

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Haris / the Democratic party was not only degrading American society. They were destroying democracy itself by moving most of the decision making to unelected officials.
Dictators rise with a cheer and fall with a bang. Trump won't be long in the White House and the inheritance war that would follow would leave a more democratic GOP.
I am not sure that there is a cure for a beurocracy rulled system.
Just see what is happening in Israel
@npub10ex…uhzm

2025-04-11 06:53:08 UTC

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So you don't believe in choosing the lesser of two evils?
@npub10ex…uhzm

2025-04-04 18:21:07 UTC

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And Ayn Rand supported Nixon.
It's hard to do philosophy. It's even harder to do philosophical based politics.
@npub1hdl…6str

2025-04-04 13:43:29 UTC

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True. This was an ad hominem slur. Yet a slur never the less.

2025-04-04 13:42:25 UTC

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His intentions are very clear. By trying to cast Ayn Rand and her "heir" in a bad light, s/he was trying to cast the whole Objectivist community in a bad light.

2025-04-03 15:44:36 UTC

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It's obvious that the writer of this piece is trying to show Objectiveism in a negative light.
@npub10ex…uhzm

2025-04-01 15:30:12 UTC

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I think the haters of Objectivism are doing a great service to Objectivists by finding all the flaws in Ayn Rand and her heirs. At the end Objectivism is about ideas not people.

2025-03-08 10:20:47 UTC

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I can, but then it won't be up streamed an I will find myself maintaining my own fork

2025-03-08 09:43:34 UTC

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True. But if I am using an open source library that is hosted on github and push a change to it, I need a githib account

2025-03-07 17:32:07 UTC

Is there shadow banning in github?
I created a new account and from that account opened a ticket on a repo.
For this ticket I have a valid URL. I can see the ticket information when I am logged in the new account. When I use an old account I get a 404 for the tickets URL.
Regardless of which account I use, I don't see the ticket in the repos issues list.
Did anyone else experience something similar?
#askmastodon #github

2025-01-22 08:18:11 UTC

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Until the 40's or even 50's there was discrimination against Jews.
Yale had a quota of Jews it was willing to accept.
Law firms were unwilling to hire Jews.
This was not enacted by law, but a social sentiment. Because this was not law, Jews found ways to circumvent these discriminations.
The sentiment changed when Jews prove how successful they can be.

2024-12-28 05:42:44 UTC

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Right now it's very weak. Mostly surrounding monetary policy.
I hope it would improve as more people join

2024-12-27 14:39:31 UTC

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Compared to mastodon it has a more vibrant development community, but less users.

2024-12-26 16:50:57 UTC

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You can follow me 😉
npub1kasmxhs5mln74klwkuttc3ae5tquwqaja6vz0j4yzkjw8d49pnrqm0ttwe
I usually don't talk about crypto unless it's to pour some cold water on the crypto bro's enthusiasm..

2024-12-13 15:56:23 UTC

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Most of the mixing w. neanderthals happened in Europe. Europeans have the most neanderthal DNA. So you will need to look for another explanation for ugly Jews.

2024-12-13 15:48:34 UTC

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There is just one thing missing from your article, proof that google is a monopoly in search or in its browser.

2024-11-24 04:53:57 UTC

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And hopefully some non Bitcoin bros will join in the process 😂
@npub10fl…p2k3 @npub14q3…ahlr

2024-11-23 16:11:20 UTC

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And there is Nostr for backup
@npub10fl…p2k3 @npub14q3…ahlr

2024-11-19 19:11:15 UTC

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I am not saying secularism is a religion.
It is a philosophy which is incompatible with philosophies that hold that a creator exists (loosely speaking, religion).
Those who accept secularism, abondon religion. Since secularism is becoming more popular, Churches are closing. This has nothing to do with race.
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2024-11-19 18:57:59 UTC

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The Catholic Church basic tennets are quite uniform. They have conventions where they decide these issues. And people from all races believe in them
Religion all over the world is in decline (maybe with Islam as an exception). There are many reasons for that, mostly because of secularism (a competing ideology). It's a big leap to claim that it has anything to do with people trying to keep "their" version of catholicism.
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2024-11-19 08:21:05 UTC

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There are different forms of Christianity, but they don't split between racees. Each forms have the same races believing in them.
So again, a proof that ideas are not adopted by race
@npub13qw…ssh6

2024-11-18 12:03:02 UTC

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No one is claiming that Christianity is good. It's evil and that is why it's followers did evil deeds.
The claim is that Christianity prooves your claim that philosophy is chosen by race etc are false.
@npub13qw…ssh6

2024-11-17 10:54:39 UTC

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Christianity prooves you wrong.
People from all races (if that thing even exists), class, ethnicity cast and regions adopted the philosophy of Christianity.
@npub13qw…ssh6

2024-11-16 07:37:41 UTC

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You can have both. You just need an objective philosophy.
#objectivism
@npub13qw…ssh6

2024-10-15 19:45:52 UTC

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I have a feeling that feminists will blame this on the patriarchy...

2024-10-13 15:32:22 UTC

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Link please 😀

2024-10-09 15:21:30 UTC

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Not that the UK is much better...
@npub1pkr…6763

2024-10-07 15:49:17 UTC

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Since no one is pushing an alternative, evil wins

2024-09-29 06:11:45 UTC

A very Hizballah sympathetic article. Zero hedge should be ashamed of itself...
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/bombed-dust-look-beiruts-night-hell

2024-09-28 08:21:22 UTC

Since I was put on some block list as a climate dernier I feel compelled to put this here:
https://youtu.be/mJGWowZSS1I

2024-09-21 19:39:58 UTC

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npub10ex2sn0a7ld9u79rt9xt2asjvgpwd63auufjt7k6czr3wn0g6ngsl3uhzm

2024-09-21 19:39:32 UTC

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There is also this profile which seems to also be you...

2024-09-21 18:21:47 UTC

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The third isn't much better than the second. I continue watching it because I like finishing shows...

2024-09-21 13:06:18 UTC

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I think of the prvate key as a password. On systems like Mastodon you trust the server admin to store your password.
In Nostr you don't need to trust the admin. You can to a separation of powers. A plugin holds the password and the admin never knows it.
Is it worth using? I like the fact that there is no central admin dictating how an instance is run. There is also a lot of potential for it to become a blogging platform and Telegram alternative.

2024-09-21 06:46:01 UTC

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I am using it. What do you mean by 3rd party software?

2024-09-16 16:42:37 UTC

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The amount of people who have a right to vote and won't be able to vote is limited and will go down every year. NGO's can help reduce that number to 0.
The amount of people who have no right to vote may (and arguably does) increase every year.

2024-09-14 11:31:35 UTC

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But everyone has these ID's. It's not like there are thousands of people who can't drive just because the procedure if getting an ID is to hard. The same thing can apply for citizenship.
The gov knows who is a citizen. And even in the odd cases in which it is not known, it's relatively easy to prove.
This system is working in 99% of current democracies. There is no reason it shouldn't work in the USA
@npub1lm6…mwhr

2024-09-13 13:32:32 UTC

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Every citizen has proof of citizenship. It is either a birth certificate or some sort of gov. id.
Right after passing ID laws for voting there might be a short period of adjusting where a small minority of people who have the right to vote, will not be able to vote. This will quickly be sorted out by people who want to vote.
The integrity of the voting system is more important than the small minority who for a short period of time won't be able to vote

2024-09-13 12:47:38 UTC

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Most countries in the world require a proof of citizenship and it doesn't stop anyone from voting (except those who don't have a right to vote).
What is different in the USA that would make such a requirement harmful?

2024-09-06 13:20:13 UTC

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I think that as it becomes easier to use and as it adds more functions (DM's, private group chat) more non crypto dudes will join.

2024-09-06 12:55:51 UTC

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That can happen in any type of government.

2024-09-06 12:53:46 UTC

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I am keeping an eye out on Nostr. Right now they don't have DM's or private groups, but they are working on it.

2024-09-06 05:10:48 UTC

It seems as if government censorship is coming to Telegram.
https://cdn.masto.host/liberdon/media_attachments/files/113/088/885/112/221/135/original/cb19baf7237a6bad.jpeg
https://cdn.masto.host/liberdon/media_attachments/files/113/088/885/262/986/442/original/84682f0165b4c19a.jpeg
https://cdn.masto.host/liberdon/media_attachments/files/113/088/885/389/084/528/original/7da01d196d6a6ea5.jpeg

2024-09-01 11:55:59 UTC

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To sell the bread you need a market. For a market you need rational human beings + property rights.
For property rights you need a good philosophy.
People with similar heritage (genetic / culture) will normally share a common philosophy. If it is a good one it would help the market. If it is a bad one it would harm the market.
Nationalism is not a factor in all this. It's just one element in a philosophy.
@npub1gqp…fmr5 @npub1p38…jwc8

2024-09-01 11:11:20 UTC

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Maybe that is why Ayn Rand defined Independence as independence of the mind.
https://courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/independence/
When it comes to physical independence the question is, can a person produce enough value so he can support himself. It doesn't matter if he creates it only in bread and needs to sell the bread to but meat. Since he created enough value to support himself, as long as the market functions, he is independent
@npub1vlu…xzzu @npub1gqp…fmr5

2024-09-01 06:43:47 UTC

We read what is happening in Brazil with the banning of VPNS and think "That is a 3rd world country, that would never happen to us".
We completely forget that 1 year ago we would have said the same if anyone would suggest that the gov. would freeze bank accounts of people who contributes to a political protest.
It can and it will if we don't stop it.

2024-09-01 06:30:34 UTC

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Independence and reliance on other people are contradiction.
Some people might not understand that, but they are wrong. We are not defining terms according to people who don't understand them.
@npub1gqp…fmr5 @npub1p38…jwc8

2024-08-31 18:16:52 UTC

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Isms are an ideology/ philosophy. I won't call them a tribe. Some of them call for a formation of a tribe or claim that tiebes have primacy over individuals
@npub1vlu…xzzu @npub1gqp…fmr5

2024-08-31 10:46:21 UTC

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Individualism - Belief in the primary importance of the individual and in the virtues of self-reliance and personal independence
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language)
There is nothing there about taking from others. Quite the opposite.
AN individualistic society the individual strives to reach hid ideals. Since people are different their goals and success will differ. Which will result in inequality.
Individualism = unequal society
@npub1gqp…fmr5 @npub1p38…jwc8

2024-08-31 10:35:53 UTC

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I didn't read it fully, but it seams as if you mixed up a lot concepts.
For instance it seems as if you describe individuals working together (corporation) as a form of collectivism.
You declare individualism to be egalitarian and a drive towards equality. I think it's quite the opposite.
@npub1gqp…fmr5 @npub1p38…jwc8

2024-08-31 10:26:41 UTC

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We are getting to a true Scotsman point. They try to be tribal, from my point of view they are tribal.
Why do you think the collectivist/individualist dichotomy is fake?
@npub1gqp…fmr5 @npub1p38…jwc8

2024-08-31 10:23:57 UTC

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I don't disagree. Many managers are not good at their job.
@npub1hyn…0x9k

2024-08-31 10:23:00 UTC

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Socialists will argue that it's an evolution. A better version with better traits.
Either way, be it an evolution or an imitation, socialism is still tribalism. A collectivist way of thinking. Not individualism.
That is my point.
@npub1gqp…fmr5 @npub1p38…jwc8

2024-08-31 10:20:32 UTC

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Sounds like a representative democracy
@npub1gqp…fmr5 @npub1p38…jwc8

2024-08-31 10:19:18 UTC

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It might be an inferior form of tribalism (that depends on your criterion) but it's still a form of tribalism.
@npub1gqp…fmr5 @npub1p38…jwc8

2024-08-31 10:15:46 UTC

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Do you know of any federated self hosted blogging platform?

2024-08-31 10:14:06 UTC

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b. Socialist is a type of tribalism. Except instead of an organic / ethnic tribe they are talking about economic and social classes. It's a tribe nonetheless.
@npub1gqp…fmr5 @npub1p38…jwc8

2024-08-31 10:11:42 UTC

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I disagree on two points.
a. Historically tribes decide by reaching a consensus amongst individual prominent members (chieftains, warriors, priests etc.). Each individual weighed the pros and cons and came to a decision. When some sort of consensus (I am not claiming that they were democratic or anything like that) was reached, the tribe went forward.
@npub1gqp…fmr5 @npub1p38…jwc8

2024-08-31 09:24:03 UTC

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Like I sometimes like to say to annoy socialists: We need to get rid of all the warning labels and let evolution take care of the rest 😂
(I might have borrowed this from George Carlin)

2024-08-31 09:02:36 UTC

Brazil Supreme Court Orders Shutdown of Elon Musk’s X
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/brazil-supreme-court-orders-shutdown-of-elon-musks-x-5715946
The court has fully suspended the platform in Brazil for noncompliance in appointing a local legal representative.
This is in addition to blocking Telegram.
More and more socialist leaning countries are blocking free speech. Which platform is best to overcome this?
X, Mastodon, Nostr? Something else?
https://cdn.masto.host/liberdon/media_attachments/files/113/055/822/982/206/420/original/4b30df21e9d07373.jpg

2024-08-31 07:12:45 UTC

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I agree that Libertarians are incomplete thinkers. But what I think they lack is a philosophical foundation, not politics.
Their economics outline a political system where there is no not only no need for decision by race and groups, but it's proven to harm the economic system.
@npub1gqp…fmr5 @npub1p38…jwc8

2024-08-31 07:05:03 UTC

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I like the term #datahoarding !
With today censorship and history revisionists I too am beginning to hoard information
@npub1p38…jwc8

2024-08-31 06:58:01 UTC

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There are few managers who are capable of creating rapport face to face. There will be no Managers left.
Some think it's a good idea. And that companies can succeed without managers. Well, we will soon see. The free market will give us the answer.
If I was a betting man I would bet on "in office" and "with managers"

2024-08-30 16:07:12 UTC

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Are they as complex as with a subordinate? Most probably not. As a manger you need your subordinate to do what you want him to do, but you also want him to want to do it, to understand why it's important. Sometimes the task is hard ans silly but still needs to be done. A certain type of rapport needs to be established to insure a good relationship.
This is toaly a managerial issue. Sadly the easiest solution is to return to the office.

2024-08-30 15:58:45 UTC

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The foundation of Austrian economics is that all economic actions originate from an individuals need to alleviate his pain. That all value is an individuals subjective value.
If you accept that Austrian economics explain economics you are accepting that the primary unit of society is the individual.

2024-08-30 06:55:46 UTC

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I think you got it exactly right! Those were good beers 😂
In the end we have one and only one right. The right to live. All other rights are corollary to the right to live.
The right for economic freedom is a primary right since it's impossible to do anything without economic freedom.
How you do something is the other side of the coin of what you do. When people want to do something the how is part of it.
@npub1vlu…xzzu @npub1gqp…fmr5

2024-08-30 06:26:39 UTC

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It's much harder with remote workers.
Your ability to create a connection is reduced. You find yourself talking to a name on the screen, not knowing how they are reacting to what you are saying.
A big part of a managers job is establishing a relationship.

2024-08-29 20:21:35 UTC

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If some one can publish it that person needs to have financial freedom.
If there are a small group of people who get to choose what is published, they get to choose whose expression is more expressive. They choose the manner in which someone expresses himself, which is also part of the self expression.
You can't get out of the contradiction. To have freedom of expression you must have financial freedom. Without financial freedom there is no freedom of expression
@npub1gqp…fmr5 @npub1p38…jwc8

2024-08-29 15:14:36 UTC

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How can you have freedom of expression without having freedom of finance?
Publishing a news paper or podcast are forms of expression. If a person has the right to express himself he has the right to use his mind and time (= money) the way he sees best (self expression).
With financial freedom comes economic freedom. With that comes all other freedoms.
Without financial freedom you have no freedom of expression.
So your policies are self contradicting
@npub1gqp…fmr5 @npub1p38…jwc8

2024-08-20 14:44:03 UTC

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Abolish? I don't think that's a good idea.
Sec 1 - change so that every person born to leagle resident of the US is a citizen.
Sec 2 - change so that every person who pays net taxes (tax - welfare), is counted.
Sec 3 - abolish
Sec 4 - don't change
@npub1ulh…4fm8 @npub1ent…95d6 @npub1nja…z558 @npub12cs…p3fq

2024-08-20 14:32:44 UTC

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A convention is a convention of governors, so it's also a semi oligarchy.
My point is that the US is a mixture of democracy and oligarchy, just like Aristotle advised. I am trying to understand, if you think democracy is bad, how will the federal government look like?
@npub1vlu…xzzu @npub1nja…z558 @npub12cs…p3fq