MxM111

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MxM111 ,

Almost everyone on the left in the US regards CNN as corporate garbage.

I think far left, not left. But even if this were true, it is far from being called "Russian troll". What do you think in the article that makes it or him "Russian troll", or even "corporate garbage"?

MxM111 ,

It's the biggest lie that there is "server upgrade and service will be recovered in couple of days" or something like that. Unless it is constant server upgrade.

MxM111 ,

Don’t judge other people by yourself.

MxM111 ,

Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts including campaign-finance violations, tax fraud, and bank fraud. It were more serious allegations.

MxM111 ,

That was never stated as official policy. Nor the actions aligned with it. You confuse Israel with Hamas, who both stated and acted upon it.

MxM111 ,

There is no chance for him to go to jail. Such sentencing will be appealed to Supreme Court and you know what will happen next.

People Don't Seem To Understand

The guy has got **all **the signs of someone in major mental decline — and it seems to be accelerating. He was half-cracked while he was in office and it's only gotten worse. Like… don't just take my word for it obviously, but if you have bothered to pay attention the signs are there....

MxM111 ,

Don’t worry, despite negative signs, it is all just covfefe.

MxM111 ,

The outside is a space too.

MxM111 ,

It is not all that bad. Wealth creation needs peace, rule of law and happy to spend consumers. I would be more afraid some ideological guy leading country towards what his ideology says it must be.

MxM111 ,

Sure, but nothing compares with WW2 and many wars triggered by the Cold War.

Netanyahu says deadly Israeli strike in Rafah was the result of a 'tragic mistake' ( apnews.com )

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mistake” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, killed at least 45 people....

MxM111 ,

Honestly, shit happens during the war. Yes, the mistakes should be investigated, guilty punished etc., but it is a big picture which is important, not a few incidents that are easy to use for propaganda and internet points.

In my mind there are 3 questions that needs to be answered

  1. is war justified?
  2. what is civilian to military kill ratio (basically to see if civilians are killed without care)
  3. what are the goals of the war, what are post war plans

For the first question, I do not know how anyone with straight face can say that the war is not justified when a neighbor attacks you and purposely and barbarously kills 1300 people and takes about 200 hostages.

For the second quested, it is urban warfare, and if anyone cares to check, the ratio of 10 to 1 (civilian to military) is quite typical. In this war, Israel achieves ratio of better than 2 to 1, which says to me that IDF is really careful not to kill civilians unnecessarily.

It is the question (3) where I have problem with right now. Mostly because it is right wing government in Israel and there is no clear out of war path suggested after Hamas is destroyed. But here we can wait and see. Israel is a democracy and I hope her people will make right decision.

MxM111 ,

But not vote! One vote down.

MxM111 ,

What charges you are talking about? There is nothing unlawful in flying whatever flags at your home, including swastika. The only thing I am not sure about is the upside down flag.

MxM111 ,

The question was asked about what can you possibly charge.

MxM111 ,

Why would you ban that???

MxM111 ,

I propose to create a league of bot defenders (LoBD) to fight for the bot’s right not to be called names.

MxM111 ,

One category is missing - useful idiots.

MxM111 ,

Nah, those are fine. You including :)

MxM111 ,

It is a war and an urban warfare with civilian to combatant death ratio less than 2:1, while according to civiliansinconflict.org, typical ratio is more like 10:1.

You might want to argue it is an unjustified war, but genocide it is not.

MxM111 ,

Wow, your intelligence is blinding. You should be careful with that.

MxM111 ,

It is called ethnic cleansing in this case, not genocide.

MxM111 ,

Actually, Putin does want to destroy the concept of Ukraine and he said it is not a real country.

MxM111 ,

Yes the intent matters. Israel intent is to destroy Hamas. That’s not genocide.

MxM111 ,

These are act of genocide. True, but the intent matters too (and I am sure it is described in the document you are linking to). And destruction of Hamas is not the intent compatible with genocide. If Israel wants to destroy citizens of Gaza as a group, then it is doing really shitty job, since somehow the civilian to military ratio is well below expectations for urban warfare.

MxM111 ,

And her we come back to civilian vs militants kill ratio, which is much lower than average numbers for urban warfare. You statement is just not supported by statistics.

MxM111 ,

What Hamas did, was terror act, not genocide. What Israel does is war with Hamas in Urban territory where civilian to militant ratio 2:1 is considered to be much better than average urban warfare.

MxM111 ,

There are Hamas estimates of total death (~35,000). UN estimates are just Hamas estimates. There are Israel estimates ~30,000. Hamas estimates are for all deaths (including from natural causes and including due to Hamas rockets falling in Palestine). So the numbers are quite similar. I have seen different estimates how many Hamas militants were killed. The smallest is ~13K. If we take the largest number for total population killed (35K) then it is 22K civilians and 13K militants, with the ratio less than 2:1.

MxM111 ,

In what sense? I am stating that less than two civilians are killed for every militant.

MxM111 ,

... preemptively.

MxM111 ,

So “an RTS”?

MxM111 ,

... and of trees in general.

MxM111 ,

/s

MxM111 ,

Jesus does.

MxM111 ,

The anarchists will argue against wealth redistribution because it takes (forcefully via taxes) money from the richer, thus committing a larger sin of anti-freedom than giving this economic freedom for the poorer. You can not make forcefully responsible one person for another person freedoms in anarchism.

MxM111 ,

Sure, anarcho-communists and syndicalists would like just essentially abolish private ownership of means of manufacturing, but not anarcho-individualists. I guess I should have been more clear that I meant my answer from anarcho-individualist point of view.

MxM111 ,

Free Markets: Anarcho-individualists support free markets as a means to distribute resources efficiently. They argue that without state interference, markets would naturally adjust to ensure fair competition and opportunity for all.

Elimination of Monopolies: They believe that many forms of economic inequality stem from monopolies and privileges granted by the state. By eliminating these, they argue that individuals would have equal opportunities to succeed based on their talents and efforts​.

Voluntary Mutual Aid: While they reject compulsory welfare systems, anarcho-individualists support voluntary mutual aid societies, where individuals can freely join and contribute to support each other in times of need​.

Education and Empowerment: Anarcho-individualists stress the importance of education and self-improvement as means for individuals to improve their circumstances. They argue that an educated and informed populace is better equipped to challenge and overcome social inequalities.

Personal Responsibility: They emphasize personal responsibility and self-reliance. Each individual is seen as responsible for their own well-being and should not depend on coercive institutions for support.

Non-Aggression Principle: This principle states that individuals should not initiate force or coercion against others. By adhering to this principle, anarcho-individualists believe that a just and equitable society can be achieved where individuals respect each other's rights and freedoms

Please note, I personally am not an anarchist, even though I find many principles attractive. I just don't think that they will work because of the voluntary aspects and internal contradictions (e.g. no state, but elimination of the monopolies. How?)

MxM111 ,

How is that different from anarcho-syndicalism?

MxM111 ,

Alan Turing. Yes. That Alan Turing.

MxM111 ,

It’s the power of belief. When you train your brain to take things on faith despite of evidence, that’s what you get.

MxM111 ,

I would say unrelated, but very interesting.

MxM111 ,

If ridership is low, you can’t run train often. And if you can’t run it often, people will not use it. It just does not work. This one has chance to work, since essentially you can run it on demand, like Uber.

MxM111 ,

Cut top 15-20% of picture - it will be better.

MxM111 ,

About the same amount of calories as in gun powder. Should work just fine.

MxM111 ,

I still use Winamp 5.5 or something, before it became bloated. Still kicks the same ass. Llama’s

MxM111 ,

Bingo!

MxM111 ,

W40K

MxM111 ,

Why did you react like that?

MxM111 ,

“Drive up the wall”. That’s an expression of quite strong emotion.

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