It does everything in the simplest, most obvious way.

So.......bubble sort.

That humans don't always do it better doesn't mean that humans can''t do it better.

the worst fucks you can imagine end up rich and funding "science" for their own benefit.

There are three available possibilities. People can fund science the harms them - why would they do that? People can fund science that has no effect on them - why would they do that? People can fund science that benefits them - a rational activity. People claiming that there's something wrong with the third alternative either aren't deep thinkers or they've got a hidden and vicious agenda.

congressperson votes for the bill, then they will be immediately under investigation as 'an enemy of the state' and attempts by the executive in response to undermine that person's support.

There is no person is either house of Congress, nor the Supreme Court, nor department heads, who is not continuously under investigation by the Obama administration. The result is extortion ( Justice Robert's vote on Obamacare ) or publicity (refer to the Petraeus case.).

The Taliban and similar others claim the right to kill others, and do so. That is an action, and an aggressive one, a clear violation of the actual rights of the victim.

Refusing to do business with someone is refusing to act. Rights are not being violated, even if the law is, even if morality is.

The difference is fundamental and essential. Attempting to equate the two situations is dishonest.

Many years ago, Eric Frank Russell introduced the acronym FI:IW. which stands for "Freedom is: I won't." Freedom is the ability to say "I won't" and make it stick.