Uh, more like “Escape from New York”

This is a child’s thinking. A child wants the bully to get punched in the nose. An adult knows that this comes from insecurity. Bullies do not fear violence, they fear ridicule.

Good. You probably don’t want a hatchet to be that sharp. You’re not going to be doing anything delicate with it. Sharp blades have the edge bend or break easily.

That’s not necessarily true in all countries. If anything, a trained fighter needs to be able to control their reflexes. It’s like a soldier walking around drunk pointing a loaded gun everywhere.

I’m not sure I buy the pricing-people-out angle either tbh, we have a pretty rich market of MVNOs who act as an anchor on the MNO pricing, and it would look like anti-competitive market collision if suddenly the operating costs for these companies went up after a merger.

Do you think that would change anything? After the merger it’s hard to walk it back. People would scream about “losing jobs” or something.

The point of a merger is to make more money, both through improved pricing power and through lower costs.

I think in one sense it can be good. Sometimes it is counterproductive to downvote someone from 1 to 0. I think this would prevent that, as the first downvote is probably the most important one.

But I agree that making any data public will allow everyone to be categorized easily. “This person dislikes this content and likes other content.”

Remember, you are giving this info to everyone. Mark Zuckerberg will be able to see what you like and dislike in all public votes.

Good trouble.

Yes. They should do it like NYC, where it’s basically illegal to live on the street. The city is required by law to offer free housing at a certain quality level for anyone who needs it. It’s not amazing but you get a door that locks and a security team, plus a bathroom.

If you don’t want to sleep inside, you literally have to leave the city. It’s not cheap but it works much better than letting people live in tents.

Lol!

Yeah, just like how black people were bad and the “children of Ham” or whatever. After the Civil Rights Movement, Morman God mysteriously changed his mind and said “black people are ok now”.

I mean, the look is actually good. Like the Nazis with their Hugo Boss uniforms. Criticize them for their actual problem: elitist animal cruelty. Boots and a little hat aren’t really a problem. Let them show off the outfit and parade around.

You can do anything at… Zombo com.

Ehh, maybe. Many people are trying as hard as they can, sometimes with undiagnosed mental issues. “Act like an adult” is only good advice if you are just lazy.

Maybe “move to a cheaper area so you can afford a house” is better advice.

The first surgeons worked on cadavers like Dr. Frankenstein. They were equally as reviled.

Ok man, whatever. Conveniently everyone in your story agrees with you. I’m sure they all clapped as you escaped dramatically.

You were talking about “no go zones” where women are supposedly attacked for not covering their heads in Paris. Now you’re describing some random attempted robbery in Marseille. Those are 100% not the same, unless the carjackers had an ISIS flag or something.

I think you need therapy for PTSD or something. Your experience might be affecting your judgement.

Lol. Yeah man. No one ever goes to Paris.

It’s not. Investors literally only care about money.

Rich people don’t have “class consciousness” because they all want to be better and richer than other rich people. That’s what “keeping up with the Joneses” (or Kardashians) is. You don’t want the Joneses to improve, because that hurts you.

It’s a zero-sum game at the top. If your neighbor buys a Mercedes, you need to buy a Maserati. Like I said, neo-marxism fundamentally misunderstands rich people.

This is not about running the best company or running the best economy. It is about maintaining class power and privilege.

I understand your point, but neo-marxist perspectives like this fundamentally misunderstand what companies care about (for obvious reasons). No company cares about “class power” or “privilege” because shareholders only care about their own money.

Their “class” is not important when it comes to investing. If they could fire all the nepo babies and use AI instead, they would do it in 1 second.

“Definitely”? Lol. You are just repeating 10 year old “Fox and Friends” nonsense. The 19th in Paris is just a working class neighborhood.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/01/paris-no-go-zones-what-life-in-pont-de-flandre-in-the-19th-arrondissement-is-really-like.html