Oh, right, so it's all just one copy that we're all sharing, then? Here's an idea in that case: let's cut out the middleman, and I'll share my copy of it with all of you for an agreed price.
Free is my first, best and final offer.
Utopian sci-fi: the humans have cracked the problem of society, somehow. Then, external nasties try to ruin it. Drama is created, no totalitarianism required.
Maybe you've heard of Alastair Reynolds' Prefect series, which is set just after a future society has crashed out of just such a golden age due to an alien plague. It goes into detail about how they achieved democratic perfection, and how it all fell apart under (very substantial) external pressure.
Are you doing a bit? Using words correctly isn't a "clever little semantics game".
Here's another one for you. The French who "literally" came to this land are all dead. Every single one of them. Dead and gone. Long dead.
Exactly this. If the infrastructure is good, you get a well educated, productive, reliable workforce. The rich need to be taxed, for their own good. Many of them realise this and welcome it, because they can't do it for themselves. The government has a duty to do it.
Personally I'm for the transfer of ownership of the means of production to the working class, or workplace democratisation at the very least, but even neoliberals should be on board with a wealth tax, regardless of the fact that a side effect is a more enjoyable life for the riffraff.
Copilot is useless. I've yet to take less time explaining what I want from it than it would take to do it myself. Very big, one off repetitive tasks -you know, the exact type you want to quickly automate- are never properly understood or executed, and smaller ones need so much refinement that it's not worth the time. Productivity gain < 0
"The Epstein Class" intentionally incorporates those that were Epstein's clients and those who are merely wealthy enough to be, but may not have been. This is good for several reasons, including the tying of the moral to the structural (as symptom, not cause) and creating pressure and division within that class. It does not suggest a lack of structural failure.
It is correct to call them the Epstein class.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It's the best book I've ever read. I'm not counting, but I've read a lot of books. Douglas Adams' style is just 😙🤌
Ok. That's fair. But Vindman is obviously to the right of the Democratic voter base, so he would've dragged the party further to the right than the people the Democrats are supposed to represent. That is a problem. And for the past few decades, we've seen western democracies drift to the right as a result of this mechanic. Now, we have proto-fascists in high office. That needs to stop.
Elections need to be fair.
It's democracy, not football. Representation matters more than the colour of the shirt on the winner.
If the entire Democrat party shifts to the right, who represents the left? What's even the point of the Dems winning if they're just a bunch of MAGAts in blue ties?
I think you have your answer. The bias towards Israel, and the transphobia are writ large in this thread.
These have been well documented, and on their own render opposition to BBC news reporting a perfectly reasonable position to hold.
Oh, right, so it's all just one copy that we're all sharing, then? Here's an idea in that case: let's cut out the middleman, and I'll share my copy of it with all of you for an agreed price.
Free is my first, best and final offer.
Utopian sci-fi: the humans have cracked the problem of society, somehow. Then, external nasties try to ruin it. Drama is created, no totalitarianism required.
Maybe you've heard of Alastair Reynolds' Prefect series, which is set just after a future society has crashed out of just such a golden age due to an alien plague. It goes into detail about how they achieved democratic perfection, and how it all fell apart under (very substantial) external pressure.
That's good. The way you call me ignorant while failing to notice I'm not the same commenter. Quite tasty, that.
Weirdly, the fact that you've written this down makes it more likely to happen
Are you doing a bit? Using words correctly isn't a "clever little semantics game".
Here's another one for you. The French who "literally" came to this land are all dead. Every single one of them. Dead and gone. Long dead.
Aye. Course, we had it rough. We used to have to buy a bike for 75 euro from a scrap yard.
Exactly this. If the infrastructure is good, you get a well educated, productive, reliable workforce. The rich need to be taxed, for their own good. Many of them realise this and welcome it, because they can't do it for themselves. The government has a duty to do it.
Personally I'm for the transfer of ownership of the means of production to the working class, or workplace democratisation at the very least, but even neoliberals should be on board with a wealth tax, regardless of the fact that a side effect is a more enjoyable life for the riffraff.
Been here ever since.
Copilot is useless. I've yet to take less time explaining what I want from it than it would take to do it myself. Very big, one off repetitive tasks -you know, the exact type you want to quickly automate- are never properly understood or executed, and smaller ones need so much refinement that it's not worth the time. Productivity gain < 0
All corporate corruption is related to abusing children.
"The Epstein Class" intentionally incorporates those that were Epstein's clients and those who are merely wealthy enough to be, but may not have been. This is good for several reasons, including the tying of the moral to the structural (as symptom, not cause) and creating pressure and division within that class. It does not suggest a lack of structural failure.
It is correct to call them the Epstein class.
Big if true. Make him watch Disney and Star Trek if true.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It's the best book I've ever read. I'm not counting, but I've read a lot of books. Douglas Adams' style is just 😙🤌
Who's the coolest guy in the hospital?
The ultra sound guy.
But who's the coolest guy in the hospital when the ultra sound guy is off?
The hip replacement guy.
Ah. An Arthur C. Clarke man of wit and discretion, I see.
Ok. That's fair. But Vindman is obviously to the right of the Democratic voter base, so he would've dragged the party further to the right than the people the Democrats are supposed to represent. That is a problem. And for the past few decades, we've seen western democracies drift to the right as a result of this mechanic. Now, we have proto-fascists in high office. That needs to stop.
Elections need to be fair.
It's democracy, not football. Representation matters more than the colour of the shirt on the winner.
If the entire Democrat party shifts to the right, who represents the left? What's even the point of the Dems winning if they're just a bunch of MAGAts in blue ties?
I think you have your answer. The bias towards Israel, and the transphobia are writ large in this thread.
These have been well documented, and on their own render opposition to BBC news reporting a perfectly reasonable position to hold.