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> This shouldn't be down-voted. Just because you don't like something Lenin did doesn't mean all his observations are wrong.

He is probably being downvoted for saying that consolidation will lead to feudalism. That is a ridiculous idea that deserves a downvote!

Large companies have easier access to debt. And in a low rate environment, solid returns from debt are pretty much guaranteed.

> is airborne stable in aerosol form

AKA, it's not airborne. If it requires water particles to host the virus, its not airborne.

> Aerosol transmission is the main vector.

Yeah. And that's not 'airborne'.

Facebook is banned in China...

> The US has permanently lost China's technologists and entrepreneurs at this point.

What? We never had them. China's economy is closed and state-controlled.

They aren't forcing it to sell or close. If the US bans TikTok, TikTok will still exist in other countries.

Tax law is complex and change frequently, it would have to track 50 states + federal tax law.

> making it less likely that we'll notice new astronomic phenomena or inbound city-killer near earth asteroids.

That is such a ridiculous claim.

California state tax is very high, and it doesn't go towards aircraft carriers.

And Cook is being honest: everyone can negotiate with Apple about their fees.

Don't be shocked if Apple doesn't budge, because you actually have to offer something to make it worthwhile.

> lying about it to Congress

When did Cook lie about it to Congress?

But they didn't say that. I don't understand why you are making up fantasies.

But you can buy food with the extra money from your tax deduction last year.

Meaning, your problem is only a one-time, short-term problem. You aren't arguing in good faith if you try to use that to discredit his proposed solution.

Everyone has a name, but not every name is recognizable to the average person.

The US-led coalition won the Gulf War. In fact, it was a very decisive victory.

> fifty years ago if you were a US citizen in a foreign nation you were nigh untouchable. Even the countries of most ill repute wouldnt dare to upset you. Arresting, imprisoning, or torturing an american meant incurring the wrath of a nation...

This is a incredible exaggeration and it's shame it has been upvoted.

What do you mean, "how so"? Federal unemployment is $2400/mo.

The federal government is already sending out $2400 per month to people who are unemployed.

> They have the funds to bail people out just like they did in the last recession.

Uh, what? The US is $26 trillion in debt.

We also are bailing people out anyway- the extra federal unemployment made unemployment benefits worth more than workers' average pay.

> Two months the Senate has been sitting on the next corona bill

Because the first bill doesn't expire until the end of this month.

> They also didn't do shit to fight the virus itself and instead actively sought to spread it as much as possible.

It's the people that chose to not wear masks. It's the people that chose to go to events and go on vacation.

> Or do you think there's some option that is still support but not specifically enterprise and doesn't cost anything?

Yes, Amazon backports security updates to Amazon Corretto (fork of OpenJDK 8 and 11)

> while we're pretty sure intelligence is genetic to a super high degree.

No? There are tons of studies about childhood development that focus on intelligence being affected by their environment / upbringing.

> now it's completely gone.

...From newer versions. Old JDK versions have been kept the same, and Java 7 & 8 are still in heavy use.

> you can now only get support for JWS if you pay or if you go through a third-party.

Not everyone needs enterprise support.

You're missing the fact that Russia has been militarizing space longer than the US has... Russia is not responding to the US, the US is responding to Russia.

Why would anyone with a brain hand over proprietary information?

Because Sweden's economy relies on exports. They have economic damage when their neighbors lock down, independent of their own lockdown status.

> The fact that Sweden’s death rate “far outstripped that of other nordic” countries (all else being equal) would tend to indicate the Swedish strategy failed, no?

Why are we only comparing Sweden to other nordic countries?

> Why does the postal service need to turn a profit?

It doesn't have to turn a 'profit' in the literal sense, but it needs to make more money than their current spending because they have to pay future pensions.

> Is Amazon going to run ships around the Great Lakes to deliver mail to vessels moving between ports?

No, because using planes to deliver to regional distribution centers is much more efficient.

> Is FedEx going to send a truck an a four-hour round-trip to deliver a single letter to someone on an indian reservation for 50¢?

The USPS does not deliver mail directly to the majority of reservation residents. Most have to fetch their mail at the closest office, which could be upwards of 1 hr away from them. This is because most reservation residences don't actually have an address (which also prevents them from registering to vote, which is another related issue).

> Is UPS going to charter bush planes to deliver mail to remote outposts in Alaska, Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands?

The USPS doesn't either. The USPS's Alaska Bypass has a minimum order weight of 1000 lbs, it's designed for retailers. The USPS does not serve normal consumers in very rural areas with standard mail features.

> specifically cites a role for the federal government in operating a postal service.

It specifically grants Congress the power to operate a postal service. Just because they have the power doesn't mean they have to do it.

Disagree. You can't just tell your customers "my product doesn't work because of Microsoft, go complain to them; even though it's possible for me to work around it, I'm choosing not to".