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GeoffreyDoorknob 1 point ago +1 / -0

I think they’re mocking

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GeoffreyDoorknob 1 point ago +1 / -0

Do we know roughly the number of regular users/posters/commenters on this site. ie.what sort of reach we have?

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GeoffreyDoorknob 30 points ago +33 / -3

Don’t trust anything, the first step to wisdom.

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GeoffreyDoorknob 1 point ago +2 / -1

This socialized medicine sounds awful.

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GeoffreyDoorknob 2 points ago +2 / -0

hmm that’s what I thought. I guess $20 for the insulin ~$300 for the bureaucracy? Wow

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GeoffreyDoorknob 1 point ago +1 / -0

This is what I think. This is why the anti-corruption propaganda of CCP's leader has been such an important tool in keeping the enemies of Xi at bay and ensuring safekeeping of the Chinese economy. All the same, Xi will never lose his political supremacy in the near future. This is probably what it will take for him to get promoted. All the same, all the good things he will do could be limited. But it is better than death. For that, CCP is going to be in trouble. They need to keep him from losing power. This could be quite a big problem for China's economy. So the enemy of China's economy could be the anti-corruption campaign of Xi.

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GeoffreyDoorknob 5 points ago +5 / -0

Everyone pays some price

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GeoffreyDoorknob 1 point ago +1 / -0

What’s reported about this around the rest of the world?

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GeoffreyDoorknob 0 points ago +2 / -2

It’s Boom-time

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GeoffreyDoorknob 3 points ago +3 / -0

That's right, we are going to have election month with a huge Democratic voter suppression initiative, which by the way, the only party that actually does it is the Democrats. You might have noticed, because they were the only party to pass it in state legislatures earlier this year. The Republicans will be on the same page. They will pass it in statehouses and on ballots. And it will be enforced.

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GeoffreyDoorknob 4 points ago +4 / -0

Anyone know how much it costs in Europe?

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GeoffreyDoorknob 1 point ago +1 / -0

Knew too much. Smells fishy to me..

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GeoffreyDoorknob 2 points ago +2 / -0

I wonder if a similar argument, put in front of the public, can lead to increased understanding of the importance of paying attention to the personal and political views of the employee population. It's not a great plan on paper at least. But that does not mean it will work on any individual employee. The fact that someone will lose their job does not automatically mean that the entire system is broken. And at least on the outside it's still possible to find people who do not support the new administration. Many employees will still be with their old employer for the next 20 or 30 years. But they may be able to find their own group who share the same views as they do, though by what parameters it is hard to predict. I can see a scenario where the public is sufficiently motivated to get interested in politics to make it relevant to the entire sector and eventually produce change

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GeoffreyDoorknob 3 points ago +3 / -0

No one will be surprised, anyhow. And then, in case of a political coup with disastrous consequences, or a nuclear war, we will know when to brace for the worst, and how to prepare. We will not lose faith in each other, because nobody trusts anybody in Washington in such a crisis.

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