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Doesn't a disagreement with free trade mean that you think products from other countries should be taxed? If thats the case than local goods have a completive advantage in price, thats a good thing for a community isn't it?

Free trade is an advantage to these who have the capital to move around, and to the idea of consumerism because unnecessary goods can be cheaper.

If you care to prove you are 'successful'

Its bazar to me that the ruthless company usually wins, why does this happen so consistently?

I like how this article frames it as an issue about the 'free movement of capital.'

In a lot of instances 'free-trade' agreements exist to help the mega-rich, this seems like a perfect example.

You are certainly right about that, but its not like governments didn't have a choice.... they to choose to listen to the money rather than 'reason'.

Pretty much everyone is to blame, but the people with more power deserve much more blame.

I recently wrote something on a typewriter, got half way though the page and spelt a word incorrectly, tried to fix it and somehow destroyed the whole page...

"and realize that sex is probably not a significant contributor to outcome"

It is sort of a doubled edged sword, if race and gender have no significant effect on outcome, then in a way that could be used as a justification for blocking those people from said positions. On the other hand, if it's the opposite then is purely superficial.

Does this mean aliens are coming?

yeah, seems like dangerous idea.

That must be a joke, like the site looks legit, but it has to be a joke..... right?....

That maybe true, and Gates seems to be doing some good stuff. But these mega-capitalists are generally destroying the world with their right hands and trying to clean it up with the left.

It seems like access to data on US soil is a competitive dis-advantage for American companies.

Are those the same things?

Maybe all these companies breaking the laws, or making it so easy to break the law makes people forget the law exists. Or because the companies are leading the way, they feel alright following their lead.

One of my few childhood memories is of being in a car with a baby sitter, she used to listen to new-wave, it was the 80's. To this day I'm still a fan of that type of music, and even the new music I like tends to have an 80's synth feel to it. I don't really remember my parents listening to much music when I was a kid.

Thanks for giving me something to worry about.... But seriously, I had no idea that was a thing, thanks for bring it up.

I agree, a woman who worked for my mom died of lung cancer, she never smoked once in her life.

They've been making their money this way for decades, it would be difficult for them to turn around their systems. Also, they have a monopoly on the content, thats a barrier to the industries evolution.

I figured it was related to reading, which might also be correlated with intelligence.

It's always a "rogue employee"

Internet filter bubble, there was book released about this problem way back in 2011.

To the best of my knowledge, I've removed all the pictures associated with my name from the internet... with the exception of LinkedIn.

One of my favourite pastimes is walking, I do it daily. I'm also mostly thinking while doing it.

Good idea, bad colour contrast.

I made the mistake of using a GoDaddy VPS costing around 600$ a year, recently found a VPS in my country for 60$ a year.

Doesn't less participate also increase pay rates? Those who do work will end up making more because there are few people to drive down their wages?

Something like skynet?

Isn't that the point, people worked the fields of a feudal system for the food they got. The food they got was significantly less than the food the king got because he owned the land.

Sure people are using Facebook to get some value, but the value they are getting is nothing compared to the land owners value.

Also, the users of Facebook are the 'product' not the customer(advertisers are the customer).

I'm glad I've chosen not to be a part of this game, Facebook has always seemed fishy to me.

I don't see the comparison with the bridge, the bridge doesn't make money by being crossed?

Isn't your second point supporting the claims of the article?