2026-04-27T01:41:50Z https://yabu.me AKingsbury https://yabu.me/npub182ruma6z5ylfumske4kcxlz2v5dzpmgtgstnxkax7485rknu8pdqulpm8s https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgq00vz7r7lnt0rp62wuz2hf6ncdnlpgrl9th7rhprakd0hp6egfczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su9544w0z5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0jfts9g4gthq8yaa25qdm7ymtgg40qhyulhdpc4d3chl2aww6a5sfssqpf'>nevent1q…sqpf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, really, of all the thousands of data centers that have been built, surely none of them have ever had to figure out how to deal with an invasive species. Over decades of environmentally-oriented action, surely all people had to do was come up with the right plant to stop people in their tracks. It&#39;s not as if humanity figured out how to raze hundreds of acres of wildlands at a time over a hundred years ago.<br/><br/>No, sure, &#34;poison oak&#34; is going to stop a developer. 2026-05-03T03:10:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst90tnuvhq3t8w97dpd6g75ahdlzw9kn4enknp0syrd4jn2uamx2czyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su955cswu0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0l6t94glk9ah2y80d0fmn3qezny9kjwcfecca03ss8vmjwe83kc2gc6ty'>nevent1q…c6ty</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Right. You really cannot conceive of any way this might work out poorly, can you? You think newly build, professionally made reinforced concrete slabs will have cracks in them. You&#39;re fine with huge amounts of powerful herbicides getting sprayed.<br/><br/>Well, best of luck. I&#39;d ask you to let me know about any successes, but I doubt you&#39;ll ever have a single one with this plan. 2026-05-03T02:57:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdeltgwuu8wce5mj3yewef0e3yqzpguk7rjwuuq87mdy00gfhgarqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95qz773p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf4cvkpmvvq9aqfkvzka6vgndvqweee0prsf85lvnwu86sdls0qwclw8xvl'>nevent1q…8xvl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Try to put yourself in their shoes. You&#39;ve spent 8 or 9 figures building this place, and there are some invasive species causing problems.<br/><br/>Do you give up and walk away from an investment that&#39;s supposed to pay out for a decade?<br/><br/>Or do you, for example, spend 50 grand on the most powerful herbicides you can buy? 2026-05-03T02:39:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvat2a5ke009kgdtkmrafrp4s00juque52slswzz6fjmg3k7c0q3gzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95dpef3f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz548sfx4fgf22z03zsaaqp5hahj6u3r68pzjyxwv8yr90cl3dgqcl8jjth'>nevent1q…jjth</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They&#39;re going to regrow up through a concrete slab? 2026-05-03T02:12:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszx3hma70txnt3draay2vm73x8y0400l0qyelj46nmdd5r2dw5jlczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95yg9wgk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgjgv25pacvrz7mdzckpgg2r4zql8ehsjymqms36lsawlya346msc5q52ue'>nevent1q…52ue</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How resistant are any of these to bulldozers? Because I&#39;m pretty sure they just use bulldozers. 2026-05-03T01:51:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrh969sn27qyzryhpp5jphl67laq4h6atstsc0j620rhvmd7my9lgzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95eg3pvw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx6k3a9l923e39mu60439l6qgs0esqpkrck3m0ed2dq02zaja59jsezruef'>nevent1q…ruef</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Okay, see, perfect example. Where are you getting that definition from? 2026-05-01T19:48:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqq5dfgqaa9j5nq3t6rjsq9q8el9e2qng5mklffucu40llglel4tczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95qferdt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyrda3x5mraagse40ngn8uc0r02uldcnvl9jda03gzq0lyj6y85sgtd4spj'>nevent1q…4spj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve never seen anyone who shares that quote demonstrate an actual understanding of even basic economics. None of them seem to understand what capitalism even is, much less have an actual articulable objection to it. 2026-05-01T17:45:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxj6tkh8dpgnwzze2lq7nxj0nzf8puwwyz04f2zasfr9nkphmusmczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95fgf4j9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd7cxuv6q4dz3qvy7gz6rp5yy7zejczk7vq9k4puw3alu83uz23scsfcfuj'>nevent1q…cfuj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I often hear people complaining about &#34;unregulated capitalism&#34;. And yet, when asked for examples, they almost always point to things like healthcare, or finance; AKA, some of the most heavily regulated sectors of the economy. 2026-03-21T16:35:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0ges44s38qppsrwhhpwwv5ckreuhpdvrjsu5apcxprrnw6h7dnyqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su950x63kr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9see9vq4p3kgn0uygqupc46782zngy2lw3zh0xagak3nsy95pkks703ppk'>nevent1q…3ppk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But it doesn&#39;t &#34;automatically go everywhere&#34;, does it? Someone needs to tell the system which creators you support. And why should someone whose song you listened to once get the same support as someone whose songs you listen to daily? 2026-02-15T10:05:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2m3hsnj8z269k676vf3qsjs2kthfy6rfy2z39ycn6y4eyxwu3dtczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95h0m7sv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsztg8tkhvmahz2qw5amwx46u0hkthz9cm2dcedgtsqkwdqa92h4pqun8hzy'>nevent1q…8hzy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I doubt it can get much easier. 2026-02-15T00:57:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstctkzsc5v8upeaz3cte448kmgw0xaz0nn9een9e5e7v6w4g6h03gzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95vqvcpm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswa6gsd62ndqtn4cenp90hwe2dnn8jt44gx0a4k7w4rwtzns4uwgg6nr33j'>nevent1q…r33j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>People already can (and, sometimes, do) just put their work on their own websites and have people pay them directly. I&#39;ve bought such media myself. As it turns out, though...platforms provide useful services to creators. That is why many creators choose to go to them. No one is forcing them to; they are doing it voluntarily. Do you think they&#39;re all just too stupid to just know that your way is better? Do they not know they can sell their work direct to consumers? Something else? 2026-02-14T22:34:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0t984a30md729ugqa03u0x7d2rfw2kxkd5snqd7rs3fdutzprfnszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95fayqnt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0c4r9tygzvz4ra745zzahpf27g0v8fyy2rjc3mcpkhvvvxmqcjs0trt5v'>nevent1q…rt5v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;just unnecessary.&#34;<br/><br/>That&#39;s it? So anything that&#39;s &#34;unnecessary&#34; has to go? 2026-02-14T21:10:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp0vt44grqgz9u2jex70xrmsv844mcuk36kel5da733hhhdrv22lczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95dhh3qv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wl0pnzyktazzq8vfgm2lxxmathyfx24amz07f6kjuulzvxla7fgan4vnc'>nevent1q…4vnc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Patreon is the closest to what I&#39;m advocating but they&#39;ve gotta go too.&#34;<br/><br/>Why? 2026-02-14T19:29:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9uch0x558zf5m320ssvqjtn9me2r4dcgweglv0mrcdx6hfyylwzszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95u9g29q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw4v0m30j0da47wa508nmsz98xefwhh9cp5u2cc6e59s6l3wq88pgzcvzx2'>nevent1q…vzx2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That doesn&#39;t really seem in accord with your plan; patreon seems rather a &#34;corporate middleman&#34;, which you want there to be none of. Right? 2026-02-14T17:31:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmhe6jjescr5hnw23w823kk0rpxea6d7j6my6n8yezjy708zy9ygzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95zr0m86 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrlrghv3u4uyfvgmhxhm8985dadnmgwwjwp8y6uev0vpfcp30erxs7m67f0'>nevent1q…67f0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure what nuances I&#39;m missing. You want some sort of a deal where you send out money on a monthly basis to various creators, with no &#34;corporate middlemen&#34;. Which sort of begs the question of who is going to handle all the accounting, tracking who you want you money to go to, how much, etc. Most people are going to want a middleman, instead of juggling dozens or hundreds of payments a month, that will frequently change. 2026-02-14T17:24:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9s8hs6wv2e2kwy4t7djguqkshcphz2g68482sjmfzdsa4q4s7rdczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95kkx66l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8s0w85et8ajad2t8fzwrgjrz2txy49ycttj3n0dcdn2grmltnqega25hn5'>nevent1q…5hn5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For the purposes of this discussion, I am entirely indifferent to the politics of who owns which media outlets. People are going to seek out the media which suits them. Extremists will seek and find extremist media, moderates will find moderate media, authoritarians will find authoritarian media, and libertarians will find libertarian media. 2026-02-14T17:18:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq0j9z86sczuqxzyr48sfr3pwgwuv7a2ean9k36cl742zcrvsms0gzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95e80nfa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswu6crcwxew4xhs85ygkwx4rfynyl3qyc8tz309kc0sc4df55t5ns4jgrud'>nevent1q…grud</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We already have plenty of opportunities to fund creators directly. Lots of podcasts, for example, have subscriptions, but I doubt one person in ten thousand pays as much for all the media they consume as they would have to if there were no advertising.<br/><br/>And, in a very real way, advertising benefits some of us. It&#39;s basically a transfer payment from those who buy the things advertised to those who do not. The less you buy, the more it benefits you. 2026-02-14T17:13:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9s4jucfq3ghtgg926sytfulans763cy863wljvt2kcfck3r9nq6qzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95a7j6fa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp20hrkml0sjzxeljy9zggngw2szdg06m0f7wul0jus7awscn4luga49a8a'>nevent1q…9a8a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean...money for things like newspapers and podcasts and whatnot has to come from somewhere if they&#39;re going to exist. May people are reluctant to pay enough to get the service entirely without ads; even those of us who do subscribe to some things rarely pay the full fair price for all the media we consume. How are you planning on getting most people to pay a lot more? 2026-02-14T17:02:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszyj63tsh4xhtve9epu7njnzgyx8e6y3mtvnzu3xlen7jnqn8szpqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95txcl7x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrmmlaqjvt2r6w2jycev9yrdun3tlkfag333dylwtclq7ka78dzzc786lfs'>nevent1q…6lfs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Mostly by making it so that wealth can&#39;t be used to buy attention.&#34;<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure how that would even work. So you could never buy an advertisement? Never pay for a spot in the newspaper? Never use your wealth to produce a book or move or song? 2026-02-14T16:46:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsql5l8mr84sc6sq83tm6v4x9zwsphjtaxhdu34fz03t0h2warlkpszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95g683ll In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyyqsvlfdh3vsdflfjh9lwna7lzmcf3d3nc6k5amcfw6kd6x2k95c87sqdq'>nevent1q…sqdq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree that SOME SECTORS of what we have now are not in accord with a free market. Others are. And even those sectors which are not in accord with free markets are not automatically &#34;oligarchy&#34;.<br/><br/>As to &#34;giving them over to the state and thus removing the profit motive&#34;, that SOUNDS nice, but it&#39;s nonsense. People don&#39;t stop being greedy or power-seeking when they enter public service. You really think that, say, congresspeople never abuse their power to enrich themselves? 2026-02-07T22:57:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsygc79t8y80lkuf86efxf7yxe9gty7qlucu9ax4cz26mudzh7m6xgzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su9534pr8a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgv4g7phv2uen0444c0s7khm0t0tfljhrz5gqd4tqrxvcp6lgq08cw5quq9'>nevent1q…quq9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Again, someone who blames capitalism for what they dislike but is apparently confused about what it even is.<br/><br/>The government paying these companies is clearly NOT in accord with the free markets that capitalism directs. The reason that amazon made those $75M is not because any of us chose to give it to them, voluntarily; it is because the government TOOK it from us, through threat of violence. That is not a free market. 2026-02-07T21:59:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgcdwvv6ls82r878yzdterphjm2744lu98ydqzxstssmzyeve2gwgzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95gawpuq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqtmc9xc7ua0djmeuav43a04mhqxdmxv7acqj527t8cujmyk2ga3s2mnvar'>nevent1q…nvar</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s a very narrow way to define &#34;efficient&#34;. It ignores things like &#34;energy consumption&#34;. 2026-01-28T00:35:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq4k9sekwfuc4lwg7jp3643h956a9lean8dp5sdezwnqwa5686gvszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95sjr4w6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx7lat2cqlh7kfvjqgjw4h0jhp0x4j5rcy6e5mtu9056qksqgg6rca4dpf6'>nevent1q…dpf6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To be 100% clear; both main parties have been terrible on immigration for decades, if not longer. If you support the democratic party or the republican party when it comes to immigration, you support the forcible removal of millions of peaceful, productive people from this nation. 2026-01-17T23:34:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx7lat2cqlh7kfvjqgjw4h0jhp0x4j5rcy6e5mtu9056qksqgg6rczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95h6mj06 It&#39;s a good thing that #immigration and #ICE are receiving a lot of attention; the immigration system in the USA is poorly structured, and it should be overhauled completely.<br/><br/>Remember; both #democrat and #republican congresses and presidents have upheld this system; there&#39;s a reason then-president Obama was called &#34;deporter in chief&#34;, with over 3 MILLION people deported over his tenure.<br/><br/>Is there a group that has long held that the system needs to be overhauled? Yes. The #libertarians. 2026-01-17T23:30:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfydxzss6zl2lvs5ue8qc9eljznxhg6y5wkryvve8cc8j6an4ucsszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95zwwacm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfergu65kapxqs2gll9n58msqhds70zhzxcydlt7qwde4d4xc0ujszut5sr'>nevent1q…t5sr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I brought it up specifically as an example of a trivial monopoly; I wouldn&#39;t expect to see much conversation about it.<br/><br/>I also support non-formal education; and, indeed, formal education. Getting rid of government-run schools would not be the end of formal education in any way. 2025-12-05T22:07:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs92uv6kwn4zpp4xvuqrnme8zhluu39asugk9fajsnnnrj5gcqk6fqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95vp4vr8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszylct8333mydejac0a0nwlw666afllu5tzgnsu0p0djycclaqxuqzd4tq7'>nevent1q…4tq7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think what counts as &#34;meaningful&#34; is a conversation. I have yet to meet anyone willing to seriously claim that, for example, a monopoly in baseball trading cards is a serious issue for society. I pay attention to plenty of economists, and yes, I do have some formal education in it. Not a degree, but some education. No, I do not think state-run universities should exist. 2025-12-05T20:20:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf78au8mva96fwqgfjzp4lmndapu69t0pdu5tm3clgdkr8ua0zpmczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su950pgrn3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsty26cyzne08jdp5elql5zegy6zc732jmgr07ue6327ty4ec6n8hgcx8rwu'>nevent1q…8rwu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>None that I&#39;m aware of, but I am not an economic historian. My confidence that no such thing exists in the developed world now comes from A. several economists making that claim and B. the absence of a single counterexample despite years of looking for one. 2025-12-05T20:10:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs857vnujzmjk4n6ujhw68fqqrxutphlfstcsaeu4htjaqdvcq0csgzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95z3mayq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd4z09y975h8lveesajrhdhny26p5qkvnufnfl4a4t7scqz6ddc6s6qq5vm'>nevent1q…q5vm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;No examples&#34; of what? 2025-12-05T19:59:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0pwvvce22qzpzdv8wfrh8jwchlh5j3aer3fq25uwpg7hmkw7vxwszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su9590v09z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsww89j83vrfd6quvtpedjs96erg7pxn8ukzpaj47hfthetzpx7t8gd82an5'>nevent1q…2an5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, I&#39;m sure there have been meaningful monopolies in the past without government assistance. There may even be a few now, in countries with more poorly developed economies. But I&#39;ve looked and asked for years for an example of one NOW, and people have so far been unable to point to even a single one. And no, I don&#39;t &#34;control the definition&#34;; I didn&#39;t make up what monopoly means, or what a free market is. These are well-understood and developed economic concepts. 2025-12-05T19:50:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqwnakp5k77lrdv4wtmyk08elmv9yr36gtutkp79fu7wqndq30jygzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95xqu5ge In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2y2jg5vkqqmcknplmd873ujt33pgyc0m6cqw9m77thpkjfcrhltgah4598'>nevent1q…4598</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not asking for perfect monopolies; I&#39;m asking for something that is even meaningfully a monopoly. We do have plenty of meaningfully free markets, and many have existed throughout history.<br/><br/>I&#39;m perfectly willing to accept how the real world works. I am also willing to talk about how it could work better. For example, I&#39;m an advocate for abolishing certificate of need laws. 2025-12-05T18:13:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8tye3wqza8curkgddhj5937p8p24z4sh8w3wxkg5zavvrmyvp5kgzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95p7j24v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspqgl47k8nfxu7mawwv6telw5nyd6ur3m96ku8l05khs0rzj384zq9v403a'>nevent1q…403a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree; there are many ways to make things worse without being a monopoly. But I also believe that it&#39;s worthwhile to be accurate; if we want to make good policy to avoid monopolies, that begins by being accurate about what a monopoly even is. It&#39;s not enough for a business to simply be big. As to gains for one beings losses to another, that is extremely uncommon in a free market, and when it does occur it&#39;s almost always due to fraud. 2025-12-05T17:57:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8uvn0v586h6rsvu4ry08ut5yc8zrjnuvmtnjdwcjg38tt33epyfgzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95nxf8s4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0wg303z35tnv8grecxytzwjnfqjgtrf7x5x03d2pskzvk2s3q0ssvqmuz7'>nevent1q…muz7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That would be far closer, because the price of installing solar on one&#39;s home is prohibitive for many, many cannot do so at any practical price , many are legally barred from doing so, etc. But Amazon? There&#39;s nothing they come even close to having a monopoly in, except arguably some of their media. And I shed exactly zero tears for someone who&#39;s problem is &#34;I want to watch a show made by amazon&#34;. 2025-12-05T17:29:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0td34ghqaxmdr2mwagzr6466ltrlhs895drv8yjje85zfmqa6awszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95thym5w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszmqku7kk5ww3vn5cw8tgzn8sc3x4lsusxgd6d99z4xsg5l5kjr4qvkw2c8'>nevent1q…w2c8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, they are not a monopoly, and they get a huge amount of government assistance. So they do not fit my criteria. Never changed any of those criteria. But again, please, tell me what they have a monopoly in; something only they sell that I cannot get the same thing or a perfectly adequate substitute elsewhere easily. Anything. 2025-12-05T16:47:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs85wz9hjlyxzjyxgk5yx9yjx8acfyx38l52nkglayhrxvcqug72gszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95k33dhm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdqayh5f4pcn9ezx6wjdaj55geh3x5g4c78fq5m9ph778l5w72xgsj9uem2'>nevent1q…uem2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The internet? As an example of what? 2025-12-05T16:36:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswlp9877zj5ft8mpk2pux0rzydheym7mdv27stfnl9vjt0k3tez8czyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95yvx62z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfzml3lrpw2eaj7fhmd9g0krlgu4weq23zug938gn0zq2p8fxc0fc9sjmdw'>nevent1q…jmdw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure, Amazon is dominant. But in what do they have a monopoly? What can I buy ONLY from them that I cannot get the same thing or a perfectly adequate substitute easily from elsewhere (e.g., sure, they have a monopoly in their branded goods, but other perfectly suitable substitutes are available)? <br/><br/>As to the amount they get from the government, they get BILLIONS a year, but also a lot of other government assistance. 2025-12-05T16:35:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0ppenr98228jfk678cfrwsnv9wr4tl6d8548h6fmfhjdgu5ejm8szyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95ex5kva In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9p2358lcv8neps8vhnmhr0man2vwrcwnzqfkrcxnq08l77k5sjwq0k2kvj'>nevent1q…2kvj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Two things. One, they&#39;re not a monopoly, and two, they get a HUGE amount of government money and other assistance. So they&#39;re really the opposite of the government-independent monopoly I&#39;ve asked people to point to. 2025-12-05T16:19:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstx5fmkrx0p36evfn7lgphgvzfa7x9e0ery7xazkyr7t5xr76wpngzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su959pgm26 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9yug7xqpy06f0d8u0ackq2ny9sdjxtz5py2ss6z7tpy7na60v93slcmyez'>nevent1q…myez</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, over 20% of homes in the US use septic; so that&#39;s a hefty chunk that are not getting sewer from the government right there.<br/><br/>As to the market working well, competition is part of that. For years, I have challenged people to point out any significant monopoly that does not rely on government protection or assistance to survive. Not a single person has been able to do so. 2025-12-05T16:10:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv375c907ys545hxz36nhqrjh0pd36g0jgeeh8nd0yu49qpxkcgsszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su956nf8n6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp292f98zewefjgzaekvda7my8py8hzmp3hygtrrmfuzq4lrh7dpgc9ef2n'>nevent1q…ef2n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, a few things. One, no, sewer is not &#34;much more fully controlled&#34; by the government than healthcare, nor is water; there is VASTLY more regulation around banking, healthcare, etc., than there is around serer systems. But also, where they are controlled, they mostly are controlled by much lower (and therefore more accountable) levels of government. Finally, they are much less ripe for abuse. 2025-12-05T15:48:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrah7kznynh3zrhqglsk709gq86nl2c6laq66qngg3tj30echnhyszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95j6trzd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspka8tnn36rrpulrrm7gpa9hmwjz5cqdrctstxt2weqv62r7xet4s6mctvc'>nevent1q…ctvc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have yet to see anyone point to a major problem in the market that does not have a significant government component. Which sectors do people complain about most? Healthcare, housing, banking...oddly, some of the most highly regulated sectors out there. 2025-12-05T15:32:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8m3lhc8vv2wh8wrrql6lzlulpp0mv0v56ayayx5feg38qvt4gzuszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su956jxc6a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9sjqhfcc7kg9pghww7cfa7nhs3kpmml8npg453trn3c3xly27szck7pj9p'>nevent1q…pj9p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Food can be 3d printed. It&#39;s trivial at this point. <a href="https://www.3dsourced.com/rankings/food-3d-printer/">https://www.3dsourced.com/rankings/food-3d-printer/</a><br/><br/>There is a difference between creating a material and fabricating it. I might just as well say that a lathe doesn&#39;t make metal. True, but...did anyone say it did? Is anyone claiming that 3d printing is a substitute for agriculture? 2025-11-29T11:45:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2p33s9p2mcmjhzy6cfayk03clf63dqqwvqypg7jkmna05742499gzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95sw58gw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvj46thv30u43cnce78rqn8gfwy6tyswntwrl6tnwjlz2weptmjgwgea79'>nevent1q…ea79</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You apparently think of it immediately when you see stories about people getting fired. 2025-11-21T15:20:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs09vu9aq3l82jpcva0at6q5has58plflng4x0kefwcnxg96mnegugzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95fcfzma In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxzsg0ckfuk96f0vumsvf3eydfjn4zyjlqay4fexnnjgx7hr7l26g4k9kpl'>nevent1q…9kpl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You know, I never see anyone saying &#34;Such-and-such many people got hired; capitalism at work!!!&#34;. It&#39;s almost as if emotionally motivated, biased commentary is popular. 2025-11-21T00:28:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz0083qfew0cr07hvg0jh2e7xnsw5kqhph5qzfyh6h3ycn66mvfyczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su953230g5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszlcdmlzfdnuj73gsh0rm23xfvn5rwtmpc5kve4cuwjl8ff55h04qf5sktg'>nevent1q…sktg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;I&#39;m excluded from #crowdfund platforms like #kickstarter&#34; <br/><br/>Why? 2025-11-04T08:46:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs296m74k7qmvl42k7cewxv9jfjk8s273dmqvvdysx52wfd9m2anqszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95eu4mgk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgng3zewe4ggjx3uv9n3kw44avxhyf8lvccq2nlhfw300a9z029gqc5nsrg'>nevent1q…nsrg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I want an example of them ACTIVELY HARMING you, not of them exerting perfectly reasonable control over their own property. I might as well whine that you won&#39;t let me store my stuff in your home for free without asking. If I thought you were infringing on my IP, I&#39;d respond too.<br/><br/>&#34;Probably maybe&#34;? No, you definitely could, unless it&#39;s filled with smut or classified information or something. 2025-11-03T01:30:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgplda54wjuhsvv3k4ggx4hg8r4uecm9n69wgv4pzq892fdpztumqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su956axmle In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr2948n6pxv3d6jue094w4ylu7m0fy4k4dxdnnqqrfxdfkrs3wngcwdh6x3'>nevent1q…h6x3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Okay, so no examples. Got it. You have no examples, not even one, not even that you would present from behind a veil of anonymity. Not really surprising. 2025-11-03T00:36:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2eglcps05fvaavv05v8ddqpy8s9nf80e8wqtvjxjt0f9spgg6s9gzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su953lcl2d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfejq7ftjwhs84ru050s9eajtwfkut5yevhxcgdnlakjne5eppdag2hejrd'>nevent1q…ejrd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You&#39;re really doing yourself a solid by whining instead of taking any of the dozens of opportunities available to you.<br/><br/>What has any publisher, anywhere, ever done to actively harm you? Just one thing. Because a beating is active harm. 2025-11-03T00:08:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0ahul000lsx0nmv6mzmfshpysqt9yf7x6njwsu9ckf2ctfyvp84gzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95pt64cl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszewzx3ha8974yk77hea84d0ep4pyqq3s9xh9trynqr3frmz8q9rswns23e'>nevent1q…s23e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure, &#34;everywhere else&#34; besides literally dozens of channels. Lots of industries are over-regulated and/or captured. But publishing? Please. Stop playing the victim. For heaven&#39;s sake, zine culture is over a century old. And those folks didn&#39;t have easy access to cheap, high-quality printers they could keep and use in their own homes. You can literally advertise via dozens of venues, you could quite feasibly print the book YOURSELF. 2025-11-03T00:04:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfean9zyeanslu08pghdv7k5ffyeucz2cu66gtlzw0tx9yn5kee8gzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95vjdctq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqek9jwxp74v7p4tvwqfjswm24c07yhqjdk8pv2w2kp6kpsk75j7qxp0qep'>nevent1q…0qep</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You could literally tell me about it right here, right now, and no publishing company on earth can stop you or punish you (unless you already have some kind of contract with them with clauses about permitted advertising). You could tell anyone on here who hasn&#39;t blocked you. You could get on reddit and tell people there. Or facebook. Or tiktok. Or bluesky. PLENTY of options out there to promote your work in ways publishers cannot prevent. 2025-11-02T23:49:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs02y6c23zcwseclvxmy87l6ufwp6yfgp5z75pt5cvjz2vwttcsqwczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su954gay7p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgek6c32tjx33kxdapwwg9v8gszh8u82cfhs67df405mvjr4s2vnc5tc74x'>nevent1q…c74x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You could....and this is just brainstorming, here....you could tell people about it. 2025-11-02T22:38:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswntu2fp3yd26yfstv5sn7ecs37p7a3ezymj7e63yk5z7ckr65gpqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95qadnwk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpx8j8cc9kr67p6pxzqk5ewaclf6kpah9mfttmuy0qjwwge3mfms2hh2wp'>nevent1q…h2wp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You do know you can publish your stories for all of about fifty bucks on your own website, right? And that there are plenty of websites where they will post them for free? 2025-11-02T20:18:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs98cxqlh3tjmuyqgv2v0zj4k4550a79338ltpeeaqzrzdy4turv0qzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95uwvv3q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs82h6nq5dz3cd7qgjdm69qekegmngvqfndqhkcwj3pkkp096drpxqsry2am'>nevent1q…y2am</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Meh. For years, when I saw people making these sorts of claims, I&#39;d read the article. Every single time, without any exception whatsoever, their analysis was so deeply flawed as to be laughable.<br/><br/>At some point, it became clear that such claims are fallacious, and that those making them are, at best, fools. 2025-10-24T11:53:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxlq4u3902h0k2v8qewugn3ngyzr8a4amwzmzdwv3qys73zpy996szyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95ujs0jc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdus8wqtdx7vn6t3u4s5aj6hvssak6y2udkwnfj5kk5zppfjkcehcx2sayf'>nevent1q…sayf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Eh. You can re-learn all those skills, if you want. Many people do. But most people have decided that their time is better spent in other ways. 2025-10-18T13:36:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9fv5t5fflf2chk3mgzzv0w6uagk7z42ucddyad93vy33wk0m7q9qzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95de4jjp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspchvzh87f0alvny8x7xckuqjchjr69n6meppr4x85ezpraxwg9mgq9qau4'>nevent1q…qau4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I adhere to the server character limit, so just to take your second point; functionally mandatory union memberships are ABSOLUTELY still a thing in many places in the US; namely, everywhere that isn&#39;t a &#34;right to work&#34; state. You might say &#34;Oh, you&#39;re only required to pay dues, you don&#39;t HAVE to be a member!&#34; So, you&#39;re required by law to take the bad part of the deal and not the &#34;good&#34; part of the deal? Hmmm. 2025-09-28T00:01:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvw90pakvd0eg836r05srz87xvu7wekq3y59nfy7ud540mqndpzjgzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su959mn3hd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgyfw9lfhhcj5yl6yj79edzjn4hd4f5pj07sfhfatxrceww7knahs5t0wa9'>nevent1q…0wa9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The odd thing about unions is that they&#39;re supposedly such a great idea, and yet many of them happily use force of law to make people either join them, or deny them their right to work in the field.<br/><br/>Which means either A. unions aren&#39;t actually that good for their members or B. their members are too stupid to understand that they&#39;re a good deal, and have to be coerced at gunpoint.<br/><br/>VOLUNTARY #unions? Go for it, all day long. FORCED unions? Pure authoritarianism. 2025-09-27T16:49:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2zqhxukvq9wepjemanqq8he95v6snnvkgtln3yrhlmaka5hg7t9szyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95gmrk73 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8kdc9hwhct0k5kg00rpderhl7638y807gl7u50999vx3t5yyxzwc93w27y'>nevent1q…w27y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is it disturbing to you that someone would offer such work arrangements, or that people would take them? Or both? 2025-09-06T19:06:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswngdfq3pnepksq2pyrcl47x23s6367rk6aqjqtm4fr9jv00jegnqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95uuyp95 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrum3na9xh6cl2lrswlfv37edewdz0rxhe6cdcu9u63u7npysukls4l4l34'>nevent1q…4l34</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;The 996 work model is modern slavery, nothing less.&#34;<br/><br/>Any time someone compares something to #slavery, the first question that comes to my mind is &#34;Can the people in question quit?&#34;<br/><br/>Oh, they can? And they won&#39;t be imprisoned or beaten? No one else owns them, and they do indeed own themselves? Then it&#39;s #notslavery. 2025-09-06T18:40:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszwrnlljzqaruywp6atdjp4jfnyq9mrcxunpq6egp88sjqkq8kfuczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95n0gk7f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxtfs3f8mtasn2yvh9n9skmewumjf5340rn4qkhraufrtp9pgrrkqzmltdz'>nevent1q…ltdz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;As long as capitalism governs through war &amp; crisis, true socialism cannot emerge.&#34;&#39;<br/><br/>Great news! Capitalism does not govern us. It is an economic system, not a political one. Does it exert influence? Of course, just as any economic system must in order to be relevant to anything but mere discussion. 2025-09-04T10:53:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0r7rfxa2zqwvt69dpu8hztuekfp5ad4scrjqec9ecnj74k8hxlzqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su955ut7cw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqyurwjgq2ddgmj3ld6vy0rxupq2gsqckclradzvxtp8zjr4mmsccxaplhg'>nevent1q…plhg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, I am talking about you. That&#39;s an entirely inaccurate characterization of capitalism. &#34;We do the work, they get the money.&#34;?<br/><br/>Uh, no. For one thing, workers are paid or otherwise compensated (e.g., with health benefits, 401(k) matching, etc), so it&#39;s dishonest to say &#34;Oh, THEY get the money!&#34; 2025-08-31T18:33:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspfy77dmxp5p64c7kurlu6j5srcfehmk2pdrp0hn0dl6j4y24d27czyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95ke5x04 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgwp3j7gvslfxg8jcxp7a8hzdup7vfenqztfcx52m6ee5yrt43yaqu0e4nz'>nevent1q…e4nz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;#Capitalism: We do the work, they get the money. How fair is that?&#34;<br/><br/>Well, it&#39;s never really &#34;fair&#34; when people completely misrepresent an idea just because they hate it, but that&#39;s life. 2025-08-31T18:27:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9uxtl7flpcvxxvergez8hc9w92m8fwysdxkh0hdp6pgexqw8n0jszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95y9sx0e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqmvh54rmrjdwz22xn46rum4z5fvva29huzh3urccrzq23eevyplqscdm2t'>nevent1q…dm2t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Actually, again, I can and will comment as I please. 2025-08-29T12:54:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszlrgz4gvusgngzhm2znhz72gl9q3kaqlnfhr8xwl9hutsrvtk5dszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95aaj4jy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstdd6gvw8maeuas3s7zepy9rpat0wdt0hrl6rckusz4sun87w0hfg7tgrrq'>nevent1q…grrq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Actually, I can comment. And I&#39;ve heard plenty of people try to come up with reasons they are &#34;slaves&#34; because they (gasp!) have a job; it has been nonsense, each and every time, with no exceptions.<br/><br/>Again, your life is nowhere near that bad. Not even close. Get over yourself. 2025-08-29T11:54:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg72gjhayfxjq08f82scwpknp9l239ydq9lqt79ur6fqs8qmz9wwczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95vc82nd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstccm5k39qztlff7e8pm322qstexwamerrctkmwdhwvegzjyf2wmg5hvzl7'>nevent1q…vzl7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;My favourite quote: &#34;Capitalism is wage slavery&#34;<br/>Yes, I&#39;m a slave&#34;<br/><br/>Please.<br/><br/>This man was a slave: <img src="https://www.abhmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Scouraged-Back-Private-Gordon-1863-M.Brady_.jpg"> <br/><br/>You are not.<br/><br/>Get over yourself. 2025-08-29T00:14:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz3jjjna3psg88l2a520f8ltfk9qjr6c9pqnugm0qvezfeye63dmszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95x7n8nu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxvr6a39ezvch8mh35yhrjtra0u0kch388uy6wdtzqr8e6q4pdxlcsm3nps'>nevent1q…3nps</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, about the level of commentary I&#39;ve come to expect from you. I wish it was a disappointment, but nothing you&#39;ve said ever led me to expect you to say anything worthwhile.<br/><br/>Well, toss out some more cheap, baseless insults, if you like; I certainly don&#39;t expect anything honest, insightful, or otherwise worth reading. You seem the sort who needs the last word to make yourself feel good, so it&#39;s all yours. 2025-07-14T08:32:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8m6fvd6mev8q3u8h8t5xyxdyq3hmz78uvv7eqa80jc6tknau5jtszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95l0rq3c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvnse0acuuwvkx554ww4wltg3632npau6z3yfwhmqgwx26k2xxeqg48djnf'>nevent1q…djnf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hey, assume based on whatever makes you feel good; I never imagined you had any real honesty about facts or reality.<br/><br/>Well, have a nice life, thief; the world is a poorer, worse place because of you. 2025-07-14T01:27:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2kljlxe89rvvvdgvepvd3p34hsl0e89lzslyhmnfzcae2mrl2gaczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95p6lmxk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy22zecsn26x2458h7r4tt6746zfkkyh8wqkwp3agv5j00q0ygs6sgtzyl8'>nevent1q…zyl8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, I never imagined you could do better than assume you were right, based on nothing. 2025-07-14T01:24:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqkunancxk4kahrd64m3epm4w2uqtlkj7gfd5r357rj2sccetw94qzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su9579tspg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxxp67glgynm4ct5jjptet57jnht7sxgxd9ynff529cwe3vm734pqfpn0ec'>nevent1q…n0ec</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t care about them any more of less. than I care about you. What I care about are principles.<br/><br/>You&#39;re a common, cheap thief. Plain and simple. And you steal, not because you have need, but because you have desire. You don&#39;t steal bread to feed your hungry family, you steal games to feed your cheap, base desires.<br/><br/>Pathetic. I feel bad for you. You don&#39;t even have a real struggle to feel good about. 2025-07-14T01:18:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxw7sq6zy08effyhm6g6p6aujatzdycmt2a9kctwgdd49eafyhd7qzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su953cqnyl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdt64q5gmwjhssxzsmkzztm6s9p2j6u792j6620el0pawnydtq84sewcf53'>nevent1q…cf53</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, yes. Crude sexual accusations; sure evidence of a strong, principled position. 2025-07-13T23:47:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvfsrdxk0elecyfnclwr5y5duw590zy25m9hw2qn7nljppms9aqwczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su957ajhu4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstygzglmst0uxqy4dlhpx8slwwvmr97cvzl4yrznupnjjc0yrdmyqramc68'>nevent1q…mc68</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, you&#39;re a &#34;victim&#34; now.<br/><br/>Please. 2025-07-13T23:15:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstm3jlzrm2gqjzz58qkmnu252a4dnpk2cpzpwkw57wvgrr0j9u84szyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su955qxtuz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvspk8n9p8ggzw03us5flravspyfuudx5cjjztdjj3tuknyc8yttc3dtth0'>nevent1q…tth0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Meh. More of what I expected, never what I hoped for. 2025-07-13T23:09:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf50hxphzcakqajsjmh0ztmqmjwz4w34z9p25leath3xcmfymg4qqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95q72euy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9x3g8gh5m9q5st40txjja2r3vkxdgfh02e0pq5lthcavpwdaxmzqt76w0u'>nevent1q…6w0u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>By all means. If you ever develop a desire to grasp trivially basic economic concepts, I&#39;m here. 2025-07-13T23:05:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs07glaz4wmd88hw7wq9zt4xjwm7l4ych26xzfcpguuy7d8rdpzg3szyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95zkg6d5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqkqwpx80wlddv9unjfzysvwyljl2kxnz0jm56f9elq9nndpge4qs3rh3le'>nevent1q…h3le</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not at all. I don&#39;t feel &#34;superior&#34; to anyone because I understand that 2 and 2 makes 4. I want everyone to grasp basic ideas. 2025-07-13T23:03:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd9vsmmu8yc7dnmdnxjvnf53whr8yzdddk5285t0nvr7zk9xkyfwqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95an6e0u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqtd4x49kaph2f44c7dtm08l06yw0p0gxy9jll0snzey3uur9vn4qgqenmq'>nevent1q…enmq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, no! Where will I get my nonsense from? 2025-07-13T22:59:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvh7zq00wp64grk6h5weqqp02xhsyhnlhxup43ungkvgsvrwmzlngzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95l0cyy2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqnjpyqjgejwa06qy3s736gvkfq9t5v4rmp2r72xv7kmu8hfmk3xs8rxy5j'>nevent1q…xy5j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If I &#34;ignored&#34; everyone who had hairbrained ideas they refused to actually test or who made baseless accusations or who had no real value to contribute to any meaningful conversation...well, actually, things would probably improve.<br/><br/>Definitely a plan to consider. 2025-07-13T22:57:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfv3l0dkdwhrfzcjjr4u3cxl6vpmh2wk07r7aqs2nsvlgpeun5umqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95d0p5ng In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxr5eev5mzz25x40gcql46ny3cvz9wn9j7g0lhpq3755uz23jvv2c3c65qs'>nevent1q…65qs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Meh. Make whatever baseless accusations and excuses you like. I never expected better. 2025-07-13T22:53:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfs4mqzy2kfnjvs7tywc0zxf70xfp5306kxpdjwmvzcep9wnyv53gzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95ptgyph In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspwhkfg05ruln9ghp8a90msuzsuzy3z5c5p4hgez0eywjma99m52qzjvlfn'>nevent1q…vlfn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I never said that moving to Venezuela was THE solution. I&#39;m pointing out that there are MANY possible ways of proving that socialism, communsim, etc. are just..just SO much better, and yet somehow, there&#39;s a pile of whining and precious few attempts at actually proving the point.<br/><br/>Let me know if you ever decide to have the conversation without changing what you&#39;ve said along the way. 2025-07-13T22:42:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrkzsft5grtw68f6vtvvf6vc3hw74z4z32uxy9nlfnnearfp6pwrczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95qqpjac In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsytjmma2hsm585865g6vamc0yl97p6md3up8s7d33ywge3vd88udcmhefe9'>nevent1q…efe9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nothing much. Just seems like there is a huge amount of whining and complaining, and precious little action on, you know....proving that something, anything else is better by actual experiment. 2025-07-13T22:35:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdk8k25546qeq2hee7t66wvtuq0jmtnm8vywsj6padrgmf5ujqfnqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95h6l3z3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg7e9zfdnjf5pfzpfjmynlfup2dvp4fs72pu7ejc830xxucmk32kqu9s2vn'>nevent1q…s2vn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Meh. More lies, but at least they&#39;re low quality and low effort. 2025-07-13T21:56:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrk4t48x2n9x65zulrtddw02r72qszk3atvty6d26vw95qy30kjuszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95rw8xm9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdhw2z7a9j7jnz8394f6mu7ufs2hqexynlaz9dkxr2yjxnzferyjqua3g5t'>nevent1q…3g5t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I strongly encourage all the folks who hate capitalism so, so much to get together and do better.<br/><br/>Seriously.<br/><br/>Start a commune, an intentional community, whatever. Or move to Venezuela, or start a special economic zone. Go right ahead, and prove your ideas are so great. 2025-07-13T21:54:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqshwjrc7maak0ax2j33x7wzm0cclnjajl9mjc2pyfxae5x6arlmczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95rkqx6g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdhqel2f32gdr8eq5tne74hyv7l3tpmt8dw33fcxq3lfzk6zh43ngcvvw5x'>nevent1q…vw5x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s hardly &#34;unempathetic&#34;, and it&#39;s perfectly realistic. I understand the urge to steal; it&#39;s just that, like most functional adults, I also have a sense of right and wrong. 2025-07-13T21:33:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz42me5jx7z8fg830ew5emtgsf0wysunanll9j7d7v8gew98n496qzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95sx7d7r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswlh9knyuzmvzq97e39d3rqn94w26d87d5g0dlgc5u4e02z858xcq5jal47'>nevent1q…al47</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s not. People just like stealing stuff because it&#39;s cheaper than paying, and they want to feel better about being thieves. 2025-07-13T13:10:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0gy8p87qu870kktmctj8jr7xk63t5gg60uk5qlr3ssksshsf9sagzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95m8972m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszwxaccf026pde0ajfvqpy3nacfgqgrf3xmk3gaq6x8amhu4hvghs5m7ulg'>nevent1q…7ulg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure, as long as you ignore things like my point that there are other long-lived fission products than uranium and plutonium. 2025-07-13T12:41:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst8arv0d25m6hycdsl97hkf9ttkflnzu2khv57c9a9j2nyn0tva6szyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su952za0wd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqpcpjyjhlnvsnuz0mrs9jvnzlnaqeegay8qqzk9gf28pqvp785ycen4yvf'>nevent1q…4yvf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There is a GIGANTIC difference between &#34;the idea that spent nuclear fuel is an unmitigated risk is wrong&#34; and &#34;it only needing safe storage for 300 years before it becomes radiologically harmless&#34;.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve seen plenty of goalpost shifts around here, but MAN that&#39;s a big one. 2025-07-13T12:34:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgy92nmqw9gnq3ufj2tkl09uta6297ycd9vewgsflkjujjpqlxkjqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su953k7q93 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2k350z9vrdqa3ys4kp24hvstjqtnzycwt3x02quh2phnmk8a6ypsafvlsf'>nevent1q…vlsf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Accusing people of pedantry is a very common response to people pointing out technical errors. But, for better or worse, nuclear power is a technical field, and attention to detail is important.<br/><br/>Whether people support or oppose nuclear power, the VAST majority of them go around making inaccurate claims. That is not the way to have a rational discussion. For example, ignoring all long-lived fission products except uranium and plutonium? That&#39;s, at BEST, ignorant. 2025-07-13T12:16:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd29xt9cy4j3fg9etf852kqcl3nx60n4jwyg39zslcnwcs5mn43nczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95jetuww In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0tvw200rqstz77sl4gn66vl436zmls9edmtnqpdlazgfxp4wqdwgnmcldw'>nevent1q…cldw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The problem (well, one of them) is that you jump from &#34;The long lived isotopes are broadly uranium and plutonium&#34; to &#34;uranium and plutonium are fuel, and anyway it&#39;s just alpha radiation&#34;. That COMPLETELY ignores other long-lived fission products; Zr-93, Tc-99, Pd-107, etc.<br/><br/>There are a variety of other errors in your claims. For example, oxygen does not have an infinite half-life; SOME isotopes of it do, but others do no. 2025-07-13T11:29:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf6t2wmmgq67aqrxpckv92rd9pq8cm8xdcy2kcz6k6w8tags9cvagzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95yrhfen In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdqgyhgyqhtrmpzzjq46esgtpj0j5vsxfgg6we5akdv0336dvgmkqran89h'>nevent1q…n89h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;it only needing safe storage for 300 years before it becomes radiologically harmless&#34;<br/><br/>What? According to whom? 2025-07-12T23:03:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvxekh6ecm6uwh7a3rtvm72w8nk0jva8k63z6yhe37qh4dytq5l5gzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su9588gamw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd2mup3u30236wfmdhmy8nzl56e7wd96vd24fupkqwx6hefrk0azsaq7hp6'>nevent1q…7hp6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;showing why definitions matter&#34;<br/><br/>This will be a particularly novel concept for many who purport to hate capitalism. 2025-02-12T09:25:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqux9twyngq4c9d7fguxewfqpw5n4e3alhzdylanvwqht532tscnszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95az97vn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvwnml6huxfk6n6ys84m0v2z89jnuezndcqwn0j7pnw5kkkwzv57skm22pl'>nevent1q…22pl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Socialism is collective (read; governmental) ownership and control of the means of production. It says to people &#34;Oh, you&#39;re unfit to have this control, to make these decisions; we&#39;ll do it for you. You simply cannot be trusted to make your own decisions in a free market; you might hurt yourself!&#34; 2025-02-03T11:09:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs05g8996c0a70qr8ccjxxlf26sc5cuyn9a95fv5lx0cq525jnv08gzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95mmehek In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs28zkytf0tlkxsu4cpv0w00vypwz8az507sfdhmx6cf0d9nyw2sagtw8yln'>nevent1q…8yln</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As opposed to the overarching paternalistic attitude of socialism? &#34;Oh, of course you can&#39;t handle these sorts of things yourself; the government will run all this hard economic stuff for you, you poor, simple thing.&#34; 2025-02-03T09:51:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9qvn6qe4j0ver4evakt90r8d94za0pcne2n9h07e3z4fjaxqqx8szyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95dhe2zl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdcxejk9rpz9zz0g6ksjtlx0gx67hv3pcmq32wvn5ez7h8fadu2ccztev29'>nevent1q…ev29</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, my support for open source standards? My boosting of the fairphone? Clear proof that I am making assumptions about your position.<br/><br/>Obvious nonsense. Please drop me a line if you even develop the capacity to have an actual conversation, rather than make baseless claims and accusations that you can&#39;t even attempt to support. Have a nice day. 2025-01-17T14:01:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy9qkhvhaquqrjzgrkuutxrzfcf0ljpy3x3kelps62jf3uctwxatszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su959rzrhd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszrg3qmlv9rafzwp5gt8phz36ghnzx9gx0y37y79gpy5gun3zc22shk8kwx'>nevent1q…8kwx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So, no basis for your accusations. Wish I was surprised. 2025-01-17T13:58:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxlgkm5gtcmd3z6jfgja66w6n5cmwarla3cydwm6wgvfm5uzkav8szyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95z67hmc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp6lmsqq9ekqxtgqyaznm0usudc30rmwncyrx87tt8hs38rn28yycku0qyx'>nevent1q…0qyx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Please. What have I &#34;assumed&#34; about your positions, or anything else? 2025-01-17T13:56:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9lh9g7hreddaejqg8hkt9ctakgdqjl8d6gxz759uq0ercwwaa0qgzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95luurk6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs96h6fgmcvh0l6jt34lvwxdus99tupvfk969tgtf62cenxweq4j6cfxu6l4'>nevent1q…u6l4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You can make all the assumptions you want; thinking I regard it as necessary, thinking I&#39;m arguing in bad faith, assuming my position on costs versus benefits. Assuming that other people think things you disagree with is a much more efficient way of dismissing them than, you know...asking what they think. As long as your priority is &#34;dismiss anyone who even might disagree with you&#34; instead of &#34;have actual conversations&#34;, you&#39;re being very efficient. 2025-01-17T13:52:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszlfvjtzpyrugtpdas82slglqzk5mz7g8dr64x27pqp6kz2qgnyrczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95sl6fv2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqste6q46ltd5etyv4fsdeca9x5uegujm64whvfnkmkynvpj2x3kf5c5gqvax'>nevent1q…qvax</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am pointing out that it can and does have utility. That&#39;s not even remotely the same as claiming that it&#39;s &#34;necessary&#34; in any way. &#34;I like eating chocolate&#34; is not the same as saying &#34;I will die if I don&#39;t get chocolate&#34;. 2025-01-17T13:42:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspx8puwcfcvf6fs6c7sw0apxkauthkyq0mc0re0yzph9nn2reyd9szyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95jcl5n0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2w8yxpp9fsvu28jmuxjc7yp24q9vvyft4k9x2xghyarq2qsjmdsgfqjjg0'>nevent1q…jjg0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not. I never said anything even remotely approaching the claim that AI is necessary or anything of the sort. Why would you imagine that I am &#34;married to the idea of AI&#39;s necessity&#34;? 2025-01-17T13:37:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgkaqk3xhdfl29prv6pd2pqpp9edd9pfh035nj6f6ttwhpvzfhxtczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su9508puxm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsghtqgdzkur2j43p0nysel34uj07tjq4s5pzf98tqppaad4fv59fquaevrj'>nevent1q…evrj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It may be hard to accept, but for the vast majority of people, we simply do not have the time it takes to cultivate most creative skills to the point of being able to make what we can imagine. Just think about it, maybe for a &#34;non-artistic&#34; pursuit; suppose you wanted just a simple piece of software to do something you could understand, but not program. Do you think that AI could be a useful tool in getting that software made? Maybe in making it affordable or even possible for you? 2025-01-17T13:31:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0fvcs5hwuw67gf0h7lquw3aflz52s7hj3xe59g98n7tpa8f7rekszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su956spaht In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvhnergwwk8e6wa7l27l7pge82te93qtwx6wsx2uhus2a57ewx5dgacltlx'>nevent1q…ltlx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A couple things.<br/><br/>First, capitalism doesn&#39;t tell anyone what to value, aside from free exchange and private ownership (that&#39;s a very common misconception).<br/><br/>Second, no one under any economic system has all the access they may want to various creative skills. Even putting aside the sheer impossibility of cultivating them al within oneself, it can be very difficult (especially if you&#39;re poor) to find someone else with those skills to help you create what you want. 2025-01-17T13:16:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxwmv2xa57aj77d8mwuc0kynhm7m6cmry9aph5esgujh23tvmtwuqzyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95lgre6y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswn288qn7k2xammzpp6j6aqnmwtl8s5za7r0tg2uljy2kq9upqkyqmf6m86'>nevent1q…6m86</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Meh. I&#39;d rather have the problem of food waste than the problem of too little food (AKA, starvation). Anyone who thinks food waste is bad should take a look at the Great Leap Forward under communism.<br/><br/>Is food waste bad? Yes; it&#39;s way, WAY better than widespread starvation. 2025-01-10T18:31:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8ke0axsw6ztdedpjjmltm75paeqwhmf8dg3n6xvwn2d754upx6fszyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95ddark2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv9t0tjv62cer9ylfqyg33e6rgws6xsdxxzl9kkcxe6n037xfz78suwudlx'>nevent1q…udlx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Another day, another attack on a strawman from people who cannot even manage to define capitalism accurately. 2024-12-01T14:03:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvk759hqy3q7f2ujlzrh4mjnzctalcn7aul2yffk6kl9vlvkm7q2szyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95sdmdn2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvu2xa90nd8xv5sk3v50pe2nmu2g7tzj6rvxls0tdt2xr5nd4hvpg36ws6g'>nevent1q…ws6g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Diablo Canyon Unit 1 was supposed to shut down today.&#39;<br/><br/>Why? 2024-11-03T14:03:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvg7w5jwz3yaucl0mcx7x4eatpjvl0pa0hm6z5jtvu0qjk0qu93eczyqag0n0hg2sna8nwzmxkmqmuffj35g8dpdzpwv6m5m657sw60su95dpkza4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrlvzrjs6kl7dr690uhgxduuke24ehch85cwqqpe4e09ee8fgpv2qk8juyr'>nevent1q…juyr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To your first paragraph, not only SHOULD it, it DOES.<br/><br/>And yes, plenty of people would invest in that. And do.<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure why you&#39;re taking the approach of &#34;all else being equal&#34; or &#34;nothing else special&#34;. Such economic situations simply don&#39;t occur on any meaningful scale in the real world. They are useful constructs to understand principles in economics, but trying to apply them to reality in isolation is not likely to result in better understanding. 2024-10-06T22:58:43Z