Maybe now I can finally manage to play an F chord.

This is why I chose "mostly idiots yelling". Too bad I don't win anything.

Link to irrefutable data and data collection details please

Whether it's religion or nationalism, they have one thing in common: loyalty. Loyalty is a very convenient excuse, and I hate that it is considered a virtue. When controlling people with greed is not an option, controlling them with sermons about loyalty is just as effective.

You seem to be thinking that Trey Parker and Matt Stone had a cause. Or maybe that selling SP to HULU just to piss you off is somehow out of character for them. Haha. If a hooker offered them blowjobs for the rights to SP I wouldn't be surprised if they took the deal laughing.

Charging someone with being a criminal makes almost as much sense as charging someone with being a terrorist.

You can't sell creativity and a good sense of humor.

In the war between the reality of the universe and your feelings, the universe will win. Keep ignoring reason because it is emotionally unpleasant and you'll just be joining the losing side.

So instead of 1 person working 40 hrs a week, you have 5 people working 8 hrs a week either and everything costs 1/5 as much because it is made by robots.

The real danger is the government creating a privileged class of those who are allowed to use robots for production. It will start as a "protect the worker" campaign but it will end up like all the other privilege legislation. Another serious danger is increase in taxes and inflation (the money supply) occurring simultaneously with the automation progress and cancelling all the progress.

When people don't have enough water, giving them water is only a temporary solution. If they won't create the policies necessary to have a sustainable clean water supply, then it is pointless to give them anything.

I think it depends on why you are persisting. I think the best results in science, music, etc come from those who persist because they love what they are doing, as oppose to those who persist because of a perception of talent or prestige or obligation.

So very true. So often those with natural talent give up when they first encounter difficulty, where the slow learners just keep going.

Or we can accept that not everyone values health and freedom the same amount. Some people valued freedom enough to die for it.

If federal law enforcement upset the judiciary, who would they go to for warrants? It not like federal law enforcement can just write their own warrants, that would be preposterous.

(PS also posting to undo accidental down-mod, apologies)

Let's see if you are allowed to own and use a stingray (which is basically a cell phone tower mimic). I wonder how innocuous the police will think they are then.