It would be very short sighted too only look at the USA when it comes to history, even a relatively recent one.

We had this "better world" 130ish years ago. It was not better, addicts were becoming a huge problem for the society - the actual reason drugs became illegal. And yes, there still was a war in Afghanistan.

I can understand where you are coming from when you talk about Assange, but Kim Schmitz? That fraudster? Seriously? That guy started as a script kiddie taking the credit for work of real hackers and later stock fraud and other investment scams. And all the time he's been an attention whore of the worst kind.

Mod parent +1 "Manly".

Yes, and it is basically one of the very few examples where prices actually went down over time. The other example would be air fares but I can't really think of anything else that actually became cheaper.

Because it works fine and is a comfortable operating system. Because a huge amount of applications and games are written for Windows. Because some people genuinely feel the same about alternative operating systems.

Apparently you are the one who doesn't understand economics. Prices are whatever the market can bear. If the costs can be lowered, it does not mean that the prices go down because they are already at whatever the market can bear. Prices will stay the same, corporate profits will raise.

Life prison sentences work very well. They keep a person too dangerous to be released from harming society any further without resorting to what amounts to an institutionalised murder.

Not quite. Progress has a different upper stage and that is what failed.

What part of "The shelf has existed for roughly 10,000 years" is so difficult to understand?

Not killing people is the default state of a civilised country. Thus your question is kind of stupid.

You know it's bad when Bitcoin looks like a better alternative! O_O

Fellow citizens! Do your part, and make waste. Life is easier when you lighten the load.

Division Bell is a hit and miss for me personally. Half of it is awesome, the other half boring. On DSOTM every song is excellent.