Any sustainable overarching philosophy requires balancing many opposing but necessary factors. Fairness is opposed to merit because merit isn't fair but both are practically speaking mandatory. Individualism and collectivism. Law and Liberty. Teleological and deontological ethics. Flexibility and toughness. Purity and diversity.
Paradoxically, while fairness and merit are in opposition, they (like some of the things I listed above) aren't necessarily entirely opposite. Merit is often considered more fair a measure than something more arbitrary like purity or authority not derived from merit.
The interesting thing is that the fact that any of these factors being absolute would result in atrocity is an easy path to discredit any of them, but that's a mistake. The fact that a value being held absolutely would lead to atrocity doesn't mean that it is a discredited value. It only means that it can't stand alone.
Paradoxically, while fairness and merit are in opposition, they (like some of the things I listed above) aren't necessarily entirely opposite. Merit is often considered more fair a measure than something more arbitrary like purity or authority not derived from merit.
The interesting thing is that the fact that any of these factors being absolute would result in atrocity is an easy path to discredit any of them, but that's a mistake. The fact that a value being held absolutely would lead to atrocity doesn't mean that it is a discredited value. It only means that it can't stand alone.
I disabled new logins for a while on fbxl video because peertube has incompatibilities with openssl3, but before I did I noticed that tons of accounts were obviously fake and going to become a spam problem. I turned on email verification and it seemed to help a lot since they use fake email addresses most of the time.
It still does bug me the idea that because you're worried about one vaccine you're against all vaccines that these people push.
https://rmx.news/germany/german-domestic-intelligence-agents-are-running-hundreds-of-fake-right-wing-extremist-social-media-accounts/
If you guys were feds you'd tell me.....right?
If you guys were feds you'd tell me.....right?
I've said it for a while, that for most people, "work from home" doesn't involve working. It takes a special sort of person to actually be productive.
Judging his administration by actions rather than words, he had a very light touch. I suspect he was worried about breaking anything important by fiddling with stuff he had no real clue about.
I think in 15 minutes we could both come up with dozens of ideas of people to pardon who would have an outsized effect on his public perception, and that's just one power.
I think in 15 minutes we could both come up with dozens of ideas of people to pardon who would have an outsized effect on his public perception, and that's just one power.
There's been a lot of conspiracy theories.
It's just one thing after another. The election wasn't even over when the now proven fraudulent Russiagate started. The Hillary Clinton campaign was fined by the election commission for their role in that hoax. It's just been one thing after another since. Accusation after accusation after accusation, and accusing the people around him, and accusing the people associated with him, it just never ended, and very little of it ended up bearing any fruit. It was just conspiracy theories.
I don't particularly care about Trump per se. It was pretty funny that he won the election in 2016, but he's an idiot who failed on a lot of fronts when he could have succeeded. Snowden and Assange both being good examples. The guy ran on balanced budgets and spent more in 4 years than Obama spent in 8. There's lots to criticize him for, he's all talk no action.
I do particularly care about abuses of power by the state. I was against it in 2001 when George W. Bush was president, and I'm against it today with Joe Biden as president. If a former president of the United States is vulnerable to having law enforcement weaponised against them like it has been, then it can happen to literally anyone, and it will.
It's just one thing after another. The election wasn't even over when the now proven fraudulent Russiagate started. The Hillary Clinton campaign was fined by the election commission for their role in that hoax. It's just been one thing after another since. Accusation after accusation after accusation, and accusing the people around him, and accusing the people associated with him, it just never ended, and very little of it ended up bearing any fruit. It was just conspiracy theories.
I don't particularly care about Trump per se. It was pretty funny that he won the election in 2016, but he's an idiot who failed on a lot of fronts when he could have succeeded. Snowden and Assange both being good examples. The guy ran on balanced budgets and spent more in 4 years than Obama spent in 8. There's lots to criticize him for, he's all talk no action.
I do particularly care about abuses of power by the state. I was against it in 2001 when George W. Bush was president, and I'm against it today with Joe Biden as president. If a former president of the United States is vulnerable to having law enforcement weaponised against them like it has been, then it can happen to literally anyone, and it will.
Yeah, just like all the other conspiracy theories from the past 5 years. I'm sure this one is totally real and true, unlike all the other ones.
this'll be the one for sure.
this'll be the one for sure.
"the executioner and her way of life" looks like an interesting amplification of the isekai concept.
A world where Japanese people are constantly isekai'd in with cheat abilities, and the world takes active measures that aren't just being grateful for these superpowered teenagers.
A world where Japanese people are constantly isekai'd in with cheat abilities, and the world takes active measures that aren't just being grateful for these superpowered teenagers.
I've followed enough of the shit show to know exactly what this is.
It's abuse of power and political weaponization of systems that aren't supposed to be used this way. Been happening non-stop. Pandora's box after Pandora's box being opened by short-sighted idiots who erased history so they don't have to be inconvenienced by it.
These abuses of power are widespread, and everyone can see what's happening. The absolute destruction of the whole political ideology has already started. Liberalism and progressivism did some really good things in the past few decades, I can only hope that this doesn't result in too many innocent people getting torn apart by the implosion.
It's abuse of power and political weaponization of systems that aren't supposed to be used this way. Been happening non-stop. Pandora's box after Pandora's box being opened by short-sighted idiots who erased history so they don't have to be inconvenienced by it.
These abuses of power are widespread, and everyone can see what's happening. The absolute destruction of the whole political ideology has already started. Liberalism and progressivism did some really good things in the past few decades, I can only hope that this doesn't result in too many innocent people getting torn apart by the implosion.
Criminalising being a former president is a good idea that won't have any negative ramifications.
Toronto gets too many Americans from New York.
It has a lot of uncanadian problems including gangs that it imports from the US then exports to small towns across the country.
It has a lot of uncanadian problems including gangs that it imports from the US then exports to small towns across the country.
The only downside of all these amazing games ending up on steam is unless they find the immortality Gene I won't be able to play them all.
Fiverr is a good option for that stuff. I've used them to in the past to design logos, cheap and fast turnaround.
You can say they're a #deathcult for not pursuing green energy enough right right now, but the reality is that people -- especially poor people -- need cheap energy to live. Imminently.
You can't heat your home with good intentions, and you can't eat good intentions, and winter is coming fast. If nothing practical is done to ensure cheaper energy in the next few months, mass death will result. Not 20 years from now or 150 years from now -- Right now. They will be freezing, and they will be starving, and there will be nothing anyone can do about it except to hunker down and wait out the inevitable violent conflict because people really don't want to die and will become incredibly violent if they think it'll give them a chance to live.
Reality is that either extreme viewpoint is a death cult. Ignoring the requirements of the short term or the long term will result in genocide. Wise leadership needs to take both into account and carefully navigate the present such that both sets of needs are taken care of, and importantly, do so without handing undue powers to the worst dicatators on the planet by giving them monopolies on essential goods.
You can't heat your home with good intentions, and you can't eat good intentions, and winter is coming fast. If nothing practical is done to ensure cheaper energy in the next few months, mass death will result. Not 20 years from now or 150 years from now -- Right now. They will be freezing, and they will be starving, and there will be nothing anyone can do about it except to hunker down and wait out the inevitable violent conflict because people really don't want to die and will become incredibly violent if they think it'll give them a chance to live.
Reality is that either extreme viewpoint is a death cult. Ignoring the requirements of the short term or the long term will result in genocide. Wise leadership needs to take both into account and carefully navigate the present such that both sets of needs are taken care of, and importantly, do so without handing undue powers to the worst dicatators on the planet by giving them monopolies on essential goods.
A lot of beers aren't very good, but a lot of them are great. I'd drink innis and gun every day if not for the obvious negative effects.
Best alcoholic drink I ever had was some mead I brewed with local honey. Tasted like flowers. Amazing.
Best alcoholic drink I ever had was some mead I brewed with local honey. Tasted like flowers. Amazing.