Yes. I almost want to say: you want to blow up the global financial system? Go for it. Call their bluff. If they’re not bluffing, then they really are...
True, societal collapse is bad enough. Whether climate change “alone” could cause extinction, I’m not sure what that means. Nuclear war “alone” may no...
There’s very good reason to believe this could cause human extinction, not just social breakdown. Tipping points could be breached, leading to hothous...
Thanks for all the tips guys lol. Clearly I'm on my own with this one. None of my neighbors have a clue about what to do or how much a good price is. ...
There's only the US...and barbarians. They probably eat bats for all I know. But seriously, I should I have said New England. Costs greatly vary from ...
For those in the US: anyone ever have problems with bats in their attics? How much to hire someone to remove them? I’ve been quoted $1,800— which seem...
Somewhere in between discussing individuals and groups — both of which exist just as much as the other — stop and ask yourself about the downstream po...
Summary: a two-bit criminal and lifetime con man rightfully getting some consequences. So funny to watch his cult followers (naturally) throwing a tan...
Whether it’s more one than the other has been an interesting debate. I think it’s mostly material conditions. That makes people much more vulnerable t...
A molecule isn’t simply a symbol holding meaning. A molecule is a molecule. It’s true that nucleotides get assigned a name (“nucleotide”) and a letter...
E. Jean Carroll May Sue Trump a Third Time After ‘Vile’ Comments on CNN https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/nyregion/e-jean-carroll-trump-defamation.ht...
This makes you sound irrational, in my view. I read something like this and it becomes that much easier to ignore it altogether. Some friendly critici...
Yes. The common view is mostly bogus, although I’m sympathetic to the backlash to modern “philosophy” in the same way as that of some modern art. Ques...
How? I wish the verdict were today. I'd be very happy to see it. I just have a feeling it'll be protracted, as these things always are. Again, I hope ...
You’ve laid out a good case. I think some of it is wishful thinking (like how soon there will be a verdict in the NY civil case, and the extent to whi...
It’s all a massive left wing conspiracy. A guy who brags about walking in on teenager girls’ dressing rooms and grabbing women’s genitalia because, as...
Well, as we’ve now learned a million times, we live in bizarro world. Given this, I predict Trump’s chances of becoming president will only increase a...
I wouldn’t describe myself that way really. Unless we’re talking about transcending biology, which it seems at least many trans people aren’t claiming...
Yes. It’s ridiculous, and it’s detrimental to the trans movement/community. Makes me feel like I’m living in the Twilight Zone when otherwise rational...
It doesn’t have to be. Also, there are many forms of what we call capitalism. I’m not arguing about that. The answer to my question isn’t simply caked...
Fair enough. I guess I’m just pissed off that bigoted assholes like Matt Walsh get to appear “sane” to the general public because of (what I see as) m...
No one has claimed that. I’m trying to figure out what else it means. Why choose male-to-female when one could simply using “man-to-woman.” Again, I t...
Posting this here. Helps shed light on the real answer to where the profits go: right back into the pockets of the shareholders via stock buybacks. ht...
“We” do? So male and female have also been redefined in some way? That’s fine— but wasn’t at all mentioned in the above conversation. What was mention...
Fair enough. I almost always consider “female” to refer to sex, and hence biology— but I suppose that’s not always the case for others. Also fair, but...
“Mtf” wasn’t used above. But you can’t go from male to female, or vice versa, unless we radically redefine “male” and “female”. I think there’s a lot ...
I know it's just an example, and I don't want to go off about transgenderism, but just so I'm clear: The more correct statement would be that "trans w...
To the posters that are saying it's similar, I'm not seeing where the strawman fallacy comes into play here. What would be considered the strawman in ...
The republicans are no longer a political party. Here I agree with Chomsky. But what they’ve left behind is hardly admirable— the “intellectual” repub...
Yes, because black markets and Bronze Age trade really factors into the modern world. You should apologize for having assumed you were dealing with ad...
Exactly. When I talk of neoliberalism, I’m referring to the policies enacted since the late 70s. It’s a label for those policy changes, hence the neol...
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