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Cake day: September 8th, 2023

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  • About defending capitalism (and not billionaires - who more often than not abuse this system). Some of us lived in other systems. And we understand any other system is way way way way worse.

    There are however a lot of problems with capitalism and should be held on a very short leash. Or else monopoly happens. The most effective actions to keep capitalism at bay: strong anti-trust laws, strong worker protection (this includes a lot of stuff), wealth tax.

    And be aware there are many flavours of calitalism. Most commonly people in USA are the most extreme where you have really “long leash”. And people see such capitalism as failing and want to replace whole system.




  • Because less rich and more poor people start donating blood. Due to how much health correlates with social status and money.

    The mere existence of such buying blood organization has such effect on a whole country.

    In my country you can only donate blood for free. But however for your charity government pays you a meal and day of work.

    This “compensation” must be low enough and presented in a way people still consider it a charity. Otherwise it has described effect, and people who actually donate blood feel cheated. Also in my country healthcare is “free” and you can receive blood for “free” which seems “fair” to a person who is donating blood.

    Source: a book “things you cannot buy with money”








  • Maybe he is just feeding your arguments to AI and you argue with AI instead of him. 😁

    But yes. As others have stated, you argue opinions. Not facts. And neither of you is really correct. You value different things. For example he values progress more than authors copyrights. And I find his points you mentioned valid. As are yours.

    I however believe, you can agree on any topic with a “smart/sane enough” person with “enough time/motivation” and “similar enough values” as you if you are also such a person.

    In that case one or the other will change his mind.

    Those conditions are rarely met and the most important part is you also have to be open to changing your mind.