We used 'it's ok' before and it worked fine. So, I don't see a problem. And I don't see it as being an obscure, confusing, or particularly ambiguous p...
Yes, there's nothing wrong with the subject, but your "OP" was just a short question. Something like, "What do you think of Chat GPT?". If that's all ...
Kind of, but I think ideological control is more complicated and deeper than you paint it, which seems to be progressive/PC = bad vs libertarian (or w...
We're probably drifting off topic, so I won't say much more on this except to advise if you set your sights a little lower, you might hit something. T...
Another way to put this is you are not arguing against totalitarianism at all, you are arguing against other stuff and using the concept of totalitari...
Censorship etc is not uniquely totalitarian. Therefore, e.g., having a little bit of censorship in a state does not equate to having a little bit of t...
As I said, according to your own analogy you are eating little bits of shit then. 'Cos that's all there is to eat and it beats total shit. Else, move ...
When a food contains vitamin C, we are well within the realm of an orange. But the food might also be a kiwi or even a potato. Yes, there are some neg...
Not really. There's no regime that ever existed that hasn't censored something or withheld some information or lied sometimes or produced some sort of...
I've made some short fiction of 50-70 words. E.g. "The money is in the bookcase. Hiding in plain site. Between the leaves of a Chomsky tome. I thought...
I note on Twitter the term "Jewlon Musk" now being applied because Elon banned Ye. Most likely from the same crowd that cheered Trump's return. Maybe ...
I suppose this will be like a staring contest with @"El Jamal" to see who will change back first, guaranteeing it will never happen and we will both b...
Yep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC "The ruling represented a turning point on campaign finance, allowing unlimited election spe...
I suppose I disagree on the interpretation here by taking the free market speaking freely to be a form of free speech. But, yes, Musk is a hypocrite a...
Yes, but the doctrine "more free speech!" is itself an ideological injunction that is bound to be challenged under its own terms. The market can exerc...
Just someone else to volunteer. Though @"Caldwell" is not doing a full short story competition but a similar activity that will hopefully give those w...
As long as you have political careers relying on political donations from corporations, you'll have said 'unholy alliance'. Ironically, such corrupt m...
Sorry, I edited a bit out because I thought Caldwell had edited her comment. But she moved it to the short story thread. Anyway in response to the edi...
I didn't exactly cancel it. I offered the opportunity in the mod forum for anyone else to take over and no one was interested, so it was cancelled by ...
It's rescheduled until next summer. We're going to try to do it once a year now. We talked about it a few pages back in the shoutbox. Feel free to tak...
Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. :wink: But, yes, if anyone's ever going to buy, it should be in a deep bear market or the start of a bull. B...
There are several technical measurements that say now is a relatively good time to buy. But generally it's a matter of common sense. If you believe in...
It's complicated. But almost everyone has a line. It might be Qatar. It might be Russia. It might be N. Korea. The more honest debate imo is where we ...
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