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Why not have him take the Maiden name so everyone can know the mother who failed him?

Why do you frame it as only fathers can fail children? Or only men can do wrong? Women can pay for studies as well, and have just as much duty to their children.

How? Just let the lender get screwed, don't lenders have some risk after all?

Just wondering, how do we know the hacker was a 'he'?

"A structured civil society is the nearest we've managed to get to being able to live in relative freedom almost all of the time. It's the least violent, least coerced option we've been able to find."

Can you source these claims?

Civil society only seems to be getting LESS free and MORE violent all of the time. And in America, I constantly have to protect myself against enemies be it scammers or the thug who tried to mug me for my wallet.

Because Mexico is such a thriving, noble, high-trust empire right?

I'd say don't throw stones if you live in a glass house, don't think Mexico has much of a high horse to ride on lmao.

I dunno why you are getting downvoted for this. Enthusiasm to take orders is often valued far more then pure intellect. Have other people not made this observation or had this experience? Companies want good soldiers who follow orders not free-spirits.

"When you're on your deathbed work won't sit there with you and hold your hand."

Neither will my co-workers lol, but atleast work will buy me a comfier deathbed. Co-workers prob want me to die sooner so I drain less benefits.

I'm not trying to use logic to rationalize the use of atomic bomb on children and hospitals lmao, that would be you. What are you even talking about?

Hmm, using that logic I wonder how many countless young Russian lives Putin could save by using a nuclear weapon.

People like you will always make excuses for the U.S. crimes against humanity. Sure, your right, it was good think we dropped a nuclear bomb on civilians and hospitals, it was the right thing to do! It had to be done!

That's because there has only been one Empire depraved enough to use nukes against other human beings in war time.

That Empire was so depraved it dropped those nukes on hospitals and civilians not once, but twice.

But yeah, sure, we need to be worried about OTHER nations, who have never used nukes, right...

The real reason they can do it is they (the state) have a monopoly on violence and you don't.

I like the open platform model more myself (steam deck), but to ignore the trade offs both models present is a bit disingenuous.

One of the major reasons they raised the price on the steam deck is because it is an open platform. Since they have no guarantee you will ever buy or run steam software on the machine they need to make a profit on the hardware.

Nintendo is ECSTATIC to sell its console hardware at a loss to gain market share and software lock-in. This makes it much easier for someone trying to enter the hand-held console market to get decent hardware at a good price.

Like I said, I think the Steam model is more consumer friendly at the end of the day, but lets not act like both models don't have ups and downs for both the company and the consumer.

Yeah, I don't know what the other guy is talking about, but when you look at the birth of Truancy laws, it becomes obvious that state schooling was instituted so that you would believe the lies and indoctrination of the state over the wisdom and care of your family and community.

If schooling was about making it so people aren't tricked, why do they have you say an national anthem (that used to be called a prayer) pledging allegiance to the flag of the empire?

Its a very sick view of the world to think that the government is who has your back and cares about you and is the person you can trust, rather then your own flesh and blood family and community.

"for humans we come into this world as basically blank slates."

Can you source this? I thought we were pretty much expressions of our particular genetics and the biological human substrate we all inhabit. This is very much not a 'blank slate'. Every time I've tried to look into or steelman the blank-slate I can never come across hard science that backs up the assertion that we are all 'blank slates'.

Blank-slate seems to be more of a liberal idea then a scientific one.

Of everything he mentioned, your TDS causes you to only care that he voted for the 'other' teams star player? Our country (the U.S.) is doomed and deserves it.

Ohh, your right! I forgot that the torture Obama was overseeing in Guantanamo was allowed by the constitution! He never violated anybody's rights, or broke any national laws!

Like I said, people only cry foul when its not 'their guy' disregarding the law and constitution. America has always been like this, and its only getting worse as both sides become more neurotic.

Its funny how nobody was making this argument when it was Obama ignoring international law to launch drone strikes on weddings and 18 yr old American citizens.

The president has always ignored the law.

Police regularly slaughter those they swore to "protect and serve" and since they have qualified immunity nothing can ever happen to them. The purpose of a system is what it does.

saying "That's an age-old rationalization for everything." is an age-old rationalization AGAINST everything...

I don't really see your point? Maybe you don't have one?

Yeah, if its OK to discriminate on the basis of the immutable characteristics of the Gender class, it should be OK to discriminate based on other characteristics as well.

Its very bigoted and regressive that you can be charged a 'cover' just because you have the wrong genitalia and belong to the wrong gender. I don't see how that's any better then charging a cover because someone has the 'wrong' skin color.

Of course, we have very bigoted courts here in the US that consistently rule to discriminate against men. I promise you if people respond to this comment it will be to argue how discrimination against men is justified and should continue.

Ahh yes, we need more hall monitors and thought police on steam forums! That will surely improve the platform!

Thanks for your reply, I found it to reflect my lived experience far more then the other replies, having moved from very liberal to very conservative places and vice-versa. People are so caught in their little bubbles they don't realize there is an entire world of people out there who think differently then they do.

"All but the most extreme far-right and far-left people in the country really do agree on 95%+ of anything with daily relevance to their lives."

Can I get a source for this? Or is this just something you are pulling out of nowhere to argue against someone else's lived experience because it conflicts with yours?

Suburbs are good for families, it gives the kids plenty of space to play. Though, with people no longer having kids, they are kinda pointlesss.

RIP Google Nest CO2 and Smoke Detectors T.T

I thought the nightlight that goes on when you walked under it was really neat...

Isn't that, potentially, a form of discrimination?

Actually, I always found it so weird how often America is talked about on not only British social media, but on your state propaganda channels such as BBC and Channel 4 as well, who are taxpayer funded.

Almost every British person I've ever known has kept up with and has an opinion on American politics, but when I try to talk to Americans about British politics, they don't even know the names of the parties.

Which is to say, the UK is far more obsessed with America then America is with the UK. This has been true since WW2, where Britain was 'obsessed' with getting America to come save them from losing the war.

Ohh so this is a tax but inflation isn't? I don't ever remember voting for an inflation tax. Our government is so corrupt.

Are you really gatekeeping the word 'Holocaust'? The late Victorian Holocaust fits many definitions of the word that are documented in sources like Merriam-Webster. I find your gatekeeping of the word holocaust offensive to survivors of all other non-WW2 holocausts.

Also, why can't capitalism be capable of genocide?

Yeah, we have never had what the Greeks would consider a true 'demos' in the U.S. (besides maybe at our founding) so democracy might not be a good word for our system. Its more-like enslavement through the tyranny of the majority.