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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by feet on Saturday August 27, 2022 @08:21AM (#32618162)
I would argue that capitalism is exactly what the American system is. These terms are descriptive rather than prescriptive.
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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by catach on Sunday August 28, 2022 @11:06PM (#32634384)
That's certainly a model one could use, but it strikes me as not particularly useful.
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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by feet on Monday August 29, 2022 @06:49AM (#32636616)
Claiming lofty ideology is not useful because those policies never exist in real life
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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by catach on Monday August 29, 2022 @01:31PM (#32640981)
Increased precision in base concepts makes it easier to measure and reason about the real-world drift from those bases.
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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by feet on Monday August 29, 2022 @04:45PM (#32643335)
That's assuming that those bases are even the goal for the people implementing the policies, which I am not convinced is the case in the US.

If that is not the assumption then we can just make arbitrary claims about anything and calculate "drift"

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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by catach on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @03:42AM (#32647694)
I'm looking at this from an economics study view, not a public policy view.

Definitions have an inherently arbitrary component, sure. But stable, precise definitions are far easier to reason with than a shifting definition like "whatever the US is doing right now".

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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by feet on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @04:00AM (#32647826)
The study of economics is not exactly known for its rigor, I'm not sure how much value that has
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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by catach on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @04:41AM (#32648041)
Gotta start somewhere.
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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by feet on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @06:20AM (#32648632)
Do you think capitalism can exist without policy and regulation?
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