carlossilva33

The slipery slope starts with starving websites of ad income[1], goes through arresting people for trolling[2] and God knows where it ends. Now in US they are trying to make companies like Facebook responsible for the content of the users[3], nevermind the new crazy EU law[4].

[1]https://www.recode.net/2017/1/25/14375750/google-adsense-adv...

[2]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/116271...

[3]https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180226/07321339304/secti...

[4]http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/remove-terror-conte...

The only direction for a repressive, authoritarian regime is a completely homogenous society. Such a society, in turn, will be filled with its own brand of supremacists.

Case in point: Germany, 1933.

"First they came for the crypto-currencies and I said nothing..."

For those with their eyes open, this is just another example of the current authoritarian trend sweeping the globe.

Yes, google is a private company but so are bakers. Unless you subscribe to "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others".

By the way, there is no distinction here between public and private powers. The State needs these big corporations to extend itself and they in turn need the State to regulate competition out of the markets.

Widen your horizons. It's tabu for some to mention but perhaps your lack of fulfillment is of a spiritual kind. I don't mean to become a born-again christian or a hippie, but if that's your thing that's fine too. I'm just saying there's more to life than making money in a pleasant and safe environment.

I love cash. By far the most convenient payment method for face to face transactions.

Wouldn't be surprised if this is to distract people from bad publicity such as production delays and handmaking of parts https://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-teslas-production-delays...

As a European I am jealous of your Bill of Rights (specially the 2nd). If only it wasn't being trampled on and used as toilet paper...

Addendum: Regarding the inevitable issue of gun violence, it has actually decreased since the early 90's https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/03/weve-...

A very good point. Following that train of thought I would usually look at 'who benefits' and be content with thinking some Western country would have been responsable but the assassination method was just very atypical.

I am sorry that Ukrainian people have been suffering war on account of geopolitics.

Even if we are to believe North Korea makes its own choices, surely it must still follow that if China puts a slow but continuously growing food/energy/cash squeeze on North Korea, that will get them almost anything.

I believe North Korea's dependence on China is a well known fact and the more important aspect. If I posit that influence is much larger than widely accepted, that's actually not important. What is easily provable is whether this 'explosive situation' will fizzle or not - time will tell.

Edit: wording

This is going to fizzle just like all the previous scary saber-rattling (Iran, Ukraine, etc etc), though I must admit the production on this one is 'top notch', what with missiles allegedly flying over Japan (anyone have a satellite image of those things actually going over Japan?).

You realize North Korea can't take a dump without China saying so, right? I'm not sure what is China's angle on this but for starters I'm guessing to make the US look like the aggressive buffoon (again) and 'at the last moment' Russia and/or China will solve things diplomatically. It's possible China got tired of having a PR nightmare on their backyard and want that cleaned up.

Edit: Worldwide condemnation and sanctions could be the first steps to a Chinese-controlled change in management over at Pyongyang, hopefully one with a more open model.

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