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So in the end your saying voters are voters are voting against their interests and say about the reasons that "most of it is complete nonsense". Could...
March 01, 2020 at 12:52
Yep. The thing is, it simply is a no-brainer for the governments to treat an epidemic with all-out measures once the media hype has set in. Just why w...
February 29, 2020 at 21:43
Sounded this way to me also. Trump even went on to say that even if we haven't lost anyone to the virus, it doesn't mean the US couldn't lose people t...
February 29, 2020 at 21:25
Somewhat yes. For example I happen to be in a country where the traditional right-wing liberal / libertarian political parties don't exist: all of the...
February 29, 2020 at 21:09
You should simply learn something from Social Democracy. The 'Democratic Socialist' is just a spin to make it new and American. Good way for example w...
February 27, 2020 at 01:55
You know who will definitely want Sanders to become the Democratic candidate? The gun manufacturers. Nothing gets Americans hoarding more guns than a ...
February 27, 2020 at 01:45
Yeah, and ask other countries about France, The UK, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Japan, Russia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ethiopia, South Africa, Saudi Arabi...
February 27, 2020 at 01:41
I think he has a chance to win Trump. I hope that finally the Dems can pick a good candidate, not a bad candidate like Hillary. If Bernie wins Trump, ...
February 24, 2020 at 19:00
Overrated? Yes! I would argue that political leadership overrates it’s power in every system. The most whimsical examples of this are when the politic...
February 24, 2020 at 18:45
There is no repeating pattern, yet we can instantly notice it in it's decimal form 3,14159 26535 89793.... And you have even ways to calculate it. If ...
February 16, 2020 at 00:39
Yes. I've always thought that simulators might not train you to become a professional, but they do enlarge your understanding. Now days for example fl...
February 16, 2020 at 00:22
Usually by Americans who believe it is their duty to do so. That the criticism they make actually makes America what it is. Classic example which make...
February 15, 2020 at 21:57
EXACTLY!!! You see, going through Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems are hard. Turings proof with a Turing Machine isn't also the most easiest thing. Eve...
February 15, 2020 at 13:00
As I earlier said, many don't see the subtle difference between Russell's paradox and Gödels (or Turings) finding. Wittgenstein accused Gödel of findi...
February 15, 2020 at 10:57
Why? Somehow forgetting that the US has really been a beacon of the Free Wold? That your country has had this crazy idea of being for democracy and fr...
February 15, 2020 at 10:27
He isn't Hillary Clinton. Putin didn't like Hillary. Putin thought that when there were demonstrations against him in Russia, they were instigated by ...
February 15, 2020 at 10:22
Yes, the observer plays the dominant role. The observer cannot simply observe without interaction in this case. Hence the inescapable subjectivity. Wh...
February 15, 2020 at 10:07
Or social sciences, like economics. Uh, the math used in the models have to be correct. Yes, math used as a tool (as you point yourself also), but jus...
February 15, 2020 at 09:32
Oh, Just be yourself. And don't get banned.
February 15, 2020 at 00:23
When we don't have the answers, it can be so. Sometimes brilliant minds don't get the point of the other. I don't remember where I read it, but I reme...
February 15, 2020 at 00:20
I bet you want to hear that. Would reinforce your thoughts about those who are critical about Trump or what? People are usually smarter than you think...
February 14, 2020 at 20:37
Honestly, there is something really incredible in the negative self reference, which you find in all incompleteness results. Gödel's incompleteness th...
February 14, 2020 at 20:29
This is the absurd thing with people. Anything that shows a possible limit or is seen as a limit is thought to be wrong, fatal, an end. As an obstacle...
February 14, 2020 at 20:16
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Then the talk ought to be about the issues they face. I'm starting to think that all the wokeness is noise to distract the left. An evil conspiracy to...
February 14, 2020 at 14:26
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Yes, there is the demographic transition. British (as Europeans) aren't having many babies anymore with the fertility rate being 1,8 so only immigrati...
February 14, 2020 at 14:04
I'll add that you had as your commander the most badd-ass American general in US history during 1948-1957. Or at least equivalent to some bad-ass gene...
February 14, 2020 at 13:41
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And do notice how much hatred there is for Blair. Centrism is abhorred, yet centrism has gotten the left to power. From the graph below you can see th...
February 14, 2020 at 12:54
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People are getting smarter about the left? :smirk: The left is in a bad place. It's losing it's traditional supporters in the working class by going w...
February 14, 2020 at 09:13
Many of his voters love that. They don't care so much how otherwise Trump does, as long as the economy is going well, and are happy with the giving th...
February 14, 2020 at 08:33
Showing your unhappiness in the voting booth means that things are OK. That's just how Republics ought to work. Totally another thing is to overthrow ...
February 13, 2020 at 22:28
The movie is one thing (typo 'stare') What you should see is the documentary they based the story on!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAMIvDmWbQs
February 13, 2020 at 22:21
There's one important traditional divide in the working class or with blue-collar workers. And that is if the person an employee or an entrepreneur, a...
February 13, 2020 at 22:10
Once we understand the limitations of structuralism and in the method of "looking at the historical change past individual events", it's a great way t...
February 13, 2020 at 20:09
Just confront the likely truth: both Trump and Clinton enjoyed the sex ring of Epstein. Yes, now two Presidents.
February 13, 2020 at 17:45
No. My argument was that you simply cannot explain all from the stucturalist point of view. You need also the historical narrative, what people did an...
February 13, 2020 at 17:29
Right. New Hampshire is just behind us. The attack from the Republicans has not in earnest yet started (as you could see from Trump's remarks) as ther...
February 13, 2020 at 17:13
Oh, the awesome was for how much people would get angry on the forum for that... Coming from a right leaning member that unAmerican (Un-American?) sou...
February 13, 2020 at 16:53
Maw on the pulse! And again you simply don't get my point, which is totally typical of you. I'm just making the point HOW the GOP will attack Bernie. ...
February 13, 2020 at 16:27
Let's make this a bit more general. Diamond, who isn't a pure historian, but an anthropologist and knows his biology is the perfect example of a struc...
February 13, 2020 at 16:10
Who or what is a true Republican? Or A Democrat? Remember that the two American parties are both a hodgepodge of different groups and wings, which typ...
February 13, 2020 at 15:10
Awesome. We have gotten to "unAmerican ideals"! https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSFH87mXxKOKKiQGMBakUYv8Xr_mv_P7zPBb3hJv-WbIR_A...
February 13, 2020 at 14:43
Simple, because he hasn't been the Democratic presidential candidate. The GOP hasn't really put the crosshairs on him. Last election the mudslinging w...
February 13, 2020 at 10:54
Parliamentary democracy is compromise. Only fools think that people are united...and all think as they themselves do. And what is your problem with co...
February 12, 2020 at 22:04
Except they allow bitcoin to be used. And there's a multitude of laws and regulations on it. For example, The EU and bitcoin: And some countries view ...
February 10, 2020 at 22:04
Those are the things in politics. If the coalition cannot work together, then the administration doesn't work. Usually the government falls on a "no c...
February 10, 2020 at 21:33
What party is most successful depends quite a lot of the actual leaders and the people. And not just on right wing or left wing party gets everybody. ...
February 10, 2020 at 17:38
Actually, the middlemen are there. They aren't just so visibile. For example, you still need: a) secure and reliable internet connections b) a working...
February 10, 2020 at 17:15
And you have a standing army, btw. Not just basically an enlarged National Guard. The point of defense is typically the issue which even the most hard...
February 10, 2020 at 10:26
I think the best would be if the two parties would partition to two parties. the GOP => Libertarian&Conservative Wing GOP / Trumpist-populist GOP the ...
February 09, 2020 at 21:42
Bloomberg obviously thinks that four years from now isn't the best option. Reminds of one former Democrat supporter (below in picture with Bloomberg a...
February 09, 2020 at 19:36