Except that riches come by taking from everyone else, including the poor. Rich is only relative and it is only when the disparity between the rich and poor is so absurdly large that it can only harm society in general. That is where we are now. The rich would need to donate 90% of their opulence to the public good in order to get the US back on its feet, and that ain't happening any time soon. Think of a spider sucking its prey dry.

Maybe you understand now that this is NOT a tech site.

Arrogant American's seem to think they are immune to this, because it's what happens to OTHER countries. The Mexican Peso was devalued directly into the pockets of Wall Street traders a few decades back. And the same way, as soon as the US Dollar is vulnerable, it is going to be a feeding frenzy, and Americans will end up lining up for toilet paper. "Told you so" feels kind of hollow in a situation like that.

If they are lucky. We need to get over the myth of the "blood relative."

Damn, everyone and his brother should accuse their worse enemy. $10,000 is $10,000. Oh wait, no one is actually going to prosecuted and this is all just a mind fuck? Say it isn't so.

Until two days later when they went back to hating each other again but twice as bad. MDMA can give you some short term breakthroughs in communication, but the side effects are counter productive. The experiments were far from "highly effective." Now if we can just get a drug that ratchets up serotonin production without the re-uptake "hacks" like Prozac or short term "dumps" like MDMA we would have something.

Do you see the problem then? Your perception is WRONG. That is the problem. I'm not saying to are a bad person, or even ignorant. It's just that the geek work view is hard to see outside of. Perception is reality. If you do not want to come across as a misogynist bastard, then you have to change. If you don't care how you come across, because that's "not how you meant it," then you are one of the problems.

So 18 perl scripts to run the entire site. Sounds about right. What's the rest of that code for?

The spying has nothing to do with keep US citizens safe. That's an absurd idea.

All fascinating since I've been selling small lots since forever, and those problems are not common at all. I guess you must just be completely cursed.

And smoke a pack of cigarettes at your desk. And only hire people of the correct religion or race. And fire the secretary for not putting out.

Only in the US, where we try to extend "innocence" as long as possible. In a lot of cultures 16 year old are working and starting families. I'm not saying that's the preferred path, just that a 16 year old SHOULD be able to make adult decisions. The fact that they can't means that society is not raising them correctly.

Because they don't operate like that. Their goal is not to inconvenience Americans, it's to get international attention and power over their own people. The US is just a convenient punching bag. Or do you really think that they are "jealous of our freedoms."

Huh? The goal of every politician is to spend the MOST money. Money is power.

They serve different corporations, and that is why they fight against each other. Republicans are oil and military. Democrats are internet and entertainment. Of course there is overlap, but if I had to choose, Republican would lose every time.