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Well when one side decides trump is a good idea...

I don't think the liberal echo chamber is anywhere near as bad.

Except even if you accept his claims it was still a terrible memo and he deserved to get fired.

It's just whataboutism and false equivalencies. Standard tactics.

> Why does it matter it is "biased"?

because "Biased" isn't really the term that Breitbart deserves. "liars", "frauds", "propaganda" are closer.

Nah, you just clean the coal and it's fine.

It's not that a VC company failed, it's that the entire idea looks completely ridiculous from the start.

It's entirely possible this person just felt like they have other, better, options. Maybe they don't want to be a web dev, maybe they want regular work vs the uncertainty of consulting, maybe they felt like they weren't up to the job.

> I think part of the problem is that you can have a lot of "fun" these days for very cheap (video games, YouTube, etc).

Not even really sure what that means? Isn't this like talking about pro athletes or rock stars?

I'm okay with CEOs making more money, but what I can't stand is the golden parachutes and lack of responsibility.

Yeah well, that's what happens when you base your interview around algorithm trivia.

THat's not as true when we are talking about stock from Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, etc... The risk is dramatically lower.

But they are totally taking on all the risk and hard work. YOu just have to work insane hours for half of your worth with the risk of getting fired. That's no risk at all compared to being a founder, you should be grateful they gave you that (pre-dilution) 0.015% as employee number 1. After all you get ot build something great!

When you are north of 150k in base that's already considered pretty high for a lot of these other companies.

Then you add in stock, bonus, etc... Adds up to a huge package.

I think they are too big, have too much information, have too many near-monopoly positions they abuse, and far too much control over the internet.

Same thing applies to facebook, and to a lesser extent Amazon.

break them up.

It also leaves those manufacturers without anything to put on their hardware.

I would think they would start to take things more seriously at that point.

> It's a shame everything has gotten so overly politicized nowadays, this is the adult-equivalent of "I'm picking up my toys and going home." The obstructionism and whining has got to come to an end, the election is over and Trump won. Deal with it.

No. Trump needs to be fought every single day. Democrats won on healthcare because the republicans screwed up, not everything will be that easy.

It's also really fun to hear people whining about obstruction when the republicans control the house, senate, and presidency.

It's also worth noting that the people quitting here wanted to work with Trump and are giving up because they've decided it's not going to work out.

> First of all, "Nationalizing" corporations is not something that free societies do.

Sure it is.

America does not hold a monopoly on freedom.

Nah.

Just rip them apart and start going after them for anti-trust reasons. Instead of going after Apple for harming consumers with their ebook BS (actually, in addition to) go after Amazons monopoly on the space.

They are american companies first and you should trust them even less because they are open to corruption by the US government.

Yup.

A few people get rich, the rest of us get screwed because the rent-seekers are eating up supply.

The opioid epidemic was a direct result of giving out opioids as painkillers.

A better example is smoking. You allow it, you tax it, you educate people about the dangers. Some people still smoke, but the numbers are way down.

I dunno, people/society have a tendency to ignore problems and then freak out when they cause issues.

Maybe if we keep hammering on about how people predicted this stuff the next prediction will get listened to a bit mroe.

It's not even about lending. It's about consumer rights being eroded all over the place and losing any real concept of ownership.

You buy a tesla, but oh it's not really yours to do with as you please. You agreed to terms on the software.

Get fucked by a company. Can't sue anymore, mandatory arbitration clauses.

Farmers can't fix their tractor anymore.

> Canada's general witchcraft^whacking statues should be more than enough to put someone at the dealership away for life

uh what.

The Church of scientology is a shitty cult that rips off it's members.

Come at me scientologists.

If it is autonomous (which I still think is years and years away) then you just swap trucks.

> The majority of Canadian judges are quite left-liberals.

Good.

> charge them more.

You are free to do so.

That you aren't is a conservative myth to discredit net neutrality.

> In Canada it's a hate crime to refuse to use on of a dozen gender pronouns for "non-binary" people

No it's not. Listen to a lawyer or actual expert instead of a psych professor with a chip on his shoulder.

> Antifa, BLM, KKK, Neo-Nazi

2 of these things are not like the others. 2 of these things just don't belong.

edit: yay downvotes from people who can't mention nazis without whataboutism.