TIRM
6d ago
shift hard and fast to the Right and mean it
This is not going to happen. But also I predict almost all American jews will not move to Israel. The author is really setting up a false choice here.
TIRM
2d ago
I blame cell phones. I'd be a better motteposter if I was on my PC.
And as you say: add a distracted teen to the phone problem and quality is horrible compared to an adult looking at a computer screen.
TIRM
2d ago
I keep seeing posts in my neighborhood about coyotes. "A coyote went through my yard", "Watch out at night, my camera saw a bunch of coyotes running around", etc.
Everyone, yes, I know there are coyotes around here. It is filled with coyotes. Please stop saying you saw one. They are all around every night and sometimes at day. This isn't news. And your little dog that's been missing for a few days was eaten by coyotes the first night it was out.
TIRM
1d ago
In some vague sense we'd be on the slope. Vegans aren't shy about describing how horrific any form of raising animals is. There'd be a push to ban the real thing once an alternative existed.
TIRM
1d ago
Or alternatively preemptively use state coercion to force your way before they do. Ban their stuff before they ban ours.
And for the many people who seem to view the state as a club meant to smash the heads of people with different preferences, that's generally their apparent goal.
TIRM
1d ago
There's an obvious point that various contrary factions are pushing and pulling the government. So push to get the laws you want or be stuck with the laws they want. Whoever "they" are in any context.
And laws are very sticky, so there's a huge first mover advantage.
TIRM
15hr ago
Okay. So it is not 100.0% parasitism. But are they economically net positive? The US East coast ultra orthodox communities that I'm vaguely aware of are net negative if I understand correctly. As you say, they subsist on welfare fraud and have large families of severely inbred special needs children.
"Send the police at them"? For what? If you mean enforcing public camping bans, then I'm fine with that. Not clear in what other sense the police would be sent after them.
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