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Comment Re:why Israel always gets a pass (Score 1) 156

Anyone who persecuted, or persecutes, Jews, is not a follower of Marx, but an enemy of Marxism, the goal of which is to unite the working class and all oppressed in order to overthrow capitalism, which *does* persecute Jews. And Palestinians, and Kurds, and on and on. https://www.theatlantic.com/in...

Comment Common in US (Score 4, Informative) 109

This traditionally was pretty common in the US--the "no-show" government job. A favor from a politico, in return for electoral support or something else. The supervisors would know about it and so would everyone else, and it was understood that it was something you didn't talk about--if you wanted to keep your job. There was a guy in my office who showed up once every two weeks, for an hour, to collect his paycheck. Nowadays with direct deposit you don't even have to put in that much effort.

Comment Copy and paste (Score 0, Troll) 156

China just copying and pasting from the US liberal script. I can't believe how shortsighted some people are--to believe you can call for censorship (or "de-platforming or whatever word you choose) in one place and not understand you're just strengthening the case for it somewhere else.

Comment Re:The converse must also be true (Score 1) 290

Come on, "uneducated" does not equal "stupid." This poll asked about educational levels, not IQ (or however intelligence/stupidity might be measured). My theory is that the less education you have, the less likely you are to trust anything or anybody. So the less educated don't trust QAnon any more than they trust the government, doctors, churches, or any other institution. "It's all bs."

Comment Re:Fucked up laws (Score 5, Insightful) 95

Rich people and educated people go to church. In fact most church goers in the US today are middle-class by any definition. BTW voting for the Republicans is not "voting against themselves' unless you think that Democrats represent the interests of the "poor uneducated masses." If the masses are poor and uneducated it's at least as much due to the Democrats as the Republicans. The poor uneducated masses obviously understand this better than the (presumably) highly-educated you.

Comment Re:Same (Score 1) 76

I've seen a lot of lies about Cuba, but this is the first time I've seen them charged with a lack of earthquake safety regulations. Could you give us some examples, including the number of people who have been killed in earthquakes in Cuba? Also, "starving"? Cubans have life expectancies more or less equivalent to "advanced democracies" like the US. And lower infant mortality rates than African Americans. And BTW the fact that the US invaded Cuba and then threatened to blow up the world is not the Cubans' fault.

Comment Re:Devil's advocate (Score 0) 204

But they could trade stocks. Millions of them. How about this: "I got this app because it was supposed to give me access to a million restaurants. But I can't access Joe's Pizzeria, which is the only one I care about. But it works fine for the other 999,999." Is that a genuine 1-star review? Would you give this app a 1-star rating?

Comment Re:Relevant xkcd (Score 1) 204

If your concern is that you may not be able at some point to continue to trade in a certain stock, then you should not get involved in that stock. Trading in a stock can be halted for any number of reasons by the markets themselves. Without commenting on what Robinhood did, it's not the first time trading in a particular company was halted. BTW it wasn't only Robinhood that halted trading in Game Stop. And traders are free to use other brokerages (I know, I know, blah blah blah why that's not a good option, but it is an option.) The people who are complaining about Robinhood don't really understand how the market works--there's much more to it than just buying and selling. It's not a crafts fair.

Comment Re:Yeah, they could have allocated the money (Score 2) 81

If you eat, are you responsible for farm workers being underpaid and exposed to dangerous chemicals? If you wear clothes, are you responsible for conditions of third world garment workers? Just asking, so if the answer is yes, I can stop eating, go around naked, and feel good about myself.

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