Do Kids Need School? Inside the 'Unschooling' Movement by sawboss in Libertarianism

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Public schooling is unironically one of the biggest sources of human suffering in wealthy countries

The Jewish role in the Russian Communist revolution. by HibikiBlack in conspiracy

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I s2g guys this website will never take off if you keep pushing this stuff to the front page

End Techno-Fascism by [deleted] in Memetics

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The CDC does not lie about vaccines.

Which large English speaking country had a CIA-backed coup in 1975? by Robin in history

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There was no "coup", they fired their PM.

Can you not downvote people here? by OkaySeriouslyBro in OpieAndAnthony

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You can't downvote because this site was designed to be a safe space for kooks with conspiracy theories that no one has time to engage with.

Just upvote the good content more often.

Sunday, May 26, 07:30 UTC: posts from only 5 users make up 71% of /s/all by [deleted] in SaidIt

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The rest of the people of saidit should upvote other stuff besides Assange news and conspiracy theories

Why does anyone still trust polls after they said it was 99% that Hillary would win by [deleted] in conspiracy

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also why do they say Nate Silver was better than most pollsters when he had it at 75% chance Hillary won . . . you're still wrong! That's like if you get 25% on a test, you failed!

That's not how it works. It's a forecast. See: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/when-we-say-70-percent-it-really-means-70-percent/

GENESIS - Land of Confusion (1986) by sawboss in MusicVideos

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Love this song, perfect message of realism and optimism, wacky video still amuses me.

Murica! by Vigte in politics

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PTSD is serious, I don't think this is a good political message

As comedy of course it's kind of amusing

Hoping to help make this site a better place. by ezra in Introductions

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Nope, my sister got one but when I visit the damn thing just hides under the bed.

Hoping to help make this site a better place. by ezra in Introductions

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Cool! I just joined too. I also love cats.

"Capitalism is so good that it has only existed for 0.00000011% of the Earth's life, but during that time it's threatened a mass extinction event." by [deleted] in quotes

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OK, how are you going to protect the environment if you don't have a government?

"Capitalism is so good that it has only existed for 0.00000011% of the Earth's life, but during that time it's threatened a mass extinction event." by [deleted] in quotes

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You could say the same thing about governments. Should we get rid of governments?

Does saidit have no mechanism for changing moderators? by UmamiTofu in SaidIt

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So there is something that moderators are supposed to do, but it's OK if some of them don't do it? Not even because the community wants an inactive moderator, but just because they took the namespace when the website was released, and got a bunch of default subscribers and people who were just looking for a copy of their old subreddit. And there is nothing to stop abusive moderation either.

So you're accepting both extremes because it's easier?

You can make /s/SaiditRequest but base it on user discussions. Then review the arguments and make a change if there is some kind of consensus.

Does saidit have no mechanism for changing moderators? by UmamiTofu in SaidIt

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If you don't want moderators to do anything then just get rid of moderators.

New accountability report finds NASA has been paying Boeing huge bonuses for failing by dcjogger in news

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This is at least halfway the fault of Congress. They are mandating NASA to keep SLS alive as a gigantic jobs program instead of allowing NASA to open up a competitive process for other contractors like SpaceX.

Presidential Contender Andrew Yang: To make my case, I'll have an honest conversation with anyone, anywhere by UmamiTofu in politics

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What the fuck are you talking about? Nothing in the video is about gun rights or communists.

Paul Krugman claims that Andrew Yang is wrong about automation by UmamiTofu in politics

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This reads like someone trained GPT-2 on Saidit comments. What does it have to do with the original post?

It’s Not Your Imagination: The Journalists Writing About Antifa Are Often Their Cheerleaders by UmamiTofu in politics

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Trump has been deregulating, and he signed bipartisan criminal justice reform (First Step Act).

The trade war and deficit are ridiculous, yes.

America's actual military engagements have been good since we stopped backing the FSA, though the Iran warmongering is stupid and the support for the Saudi campaign in Yemen is pretty bad.

What is the most funny movie you seen? by armm in AskSaidIt

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Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

What if we stopped working for a financial system and worked for a living system instead? Imagine the sort of world we would live in then by EndlessSunflowers in WayOfTheBern

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Alright, I'm imagining being an engineer who can't get any loans for his projects, can't get any insurance for his house and can't get any pension for his retirement.

Remembering the USS Liberty by dcjogger in news

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Very tragic accident. RIP.

Trump knew the dangers of vaccinations by Orangutan in politics

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Yes because he's a moron

Tell every crackhead you see. by VantaFount in funny

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I mean for red lights, not jaywalking.

Tell every crackhead you see. by VantaFount in funny

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Source?

Tell every crackhead you see. by VantaFount in funny

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Source?

Tell every crackhead you see. by VantaFount in funny

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The government made the law not to run red lights, not corporations. Are cops a corporate takeover too, because their cars were made by Chrysler?

Tell every crackhead you see. by VantaFount in funny

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Theft is wrong

Charles Lindbergh warns of US entry into World War II by 34679 in conspiracy

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He's blaming (((the Jews))) for something that we all know was the fault of German and Japanese fascists.

YouTube moves to ban neo-Nazi, Holocaust-denying videos by Optimus85 in conspiracy

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If only. Instead they're banning anything they deem "offensive".

Charles Lindbergh warns of US entry into World War II by 34679 in conspiracy

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What unadulterated antisemitic idiocy.

Monthly observations June 2019: what signs of collapse do you see in your region? by happysmash27 in collapse

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I haven't seen any this week.

<uni> A Waste of 1,000 Research Papers in Genetics. How bad are other areas? by zyxzevn in AskScience

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<EX5> Why doesn't the moon fall down? Why doesn't it fall apart like meteors? by wizzwizz4 in AskScience

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The Moon is moving at a very high speed. It tries to keep going forward past the Earth, but the Earth's gravity pulls it downwards. These balance out to keep it falling in a circle around the Earth.

Saidit is worse than reddit with censorship. by Troll in SaidIt

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helped anger people and divided the left and right more

That's making the world worse not better

Saidit is worse than reddit with censorship. by Troll in SaidIt

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You want to tell me who you voted for in 2016?

Ad hominem is pretty low on the pyramid my friend

Dr. Ray Blanchard suspended from Twitter for stating his research views by UmamiTofu in censorship

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What's so bad about autogynephilia? You're disparaging autogynephiles than most people do transgender people.

Dr. Ray Blanchard suspended from Twitter for stating his research views by UmamiTofu in censorship

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PSA: We all fell for an obvious lie. by wizzwizz4 in SaidIt

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Tbh all meme political images and posters and "political humor" like that should just be ignored, as a rule.

More and more data shows that minimum wage hikes kill jobs by dcjogger in news

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There is always a point where it goes too far. $15 is too much. But smaller hikes could have very little effect on jobs. Raising the minimum wage to $10 or $12 seems like a good idea.

Trump proposes record spending, trillion-dollar deficit by dcjogger in politics

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Classic demagoguery, grow the deficit to win reelection.

We need a carbon tax, more taxes on millionaires and billionaires, and remove most exemptions and deductions. That would stabilize the debt as a proportion of GDP.

Why does anyone still trust polls after they said it was 99% that Hillary would win by [deleted] in conspiracy

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what... why?

If I say there is an 83% chance of a die rolling 1-5. And it rolls a 6. Are you gonna call me wrong?

Increasing political polarisation in America shown in one beautiful gif. This can't be allowed to continue. by Moxie in politics

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People say they agree with this but when you give them an example of a relatively moderate candidate to support they come up with a bunch of excuses dismissing them for not being ideologically pure enough.

A new sub appears! by o3c in dankmemes

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Nice

Cory Booker 2020 kicks off in Newark, NJ with Justice for All campaign by UmamiTofu in politics

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off topic

PSA: Julian Assange's cat appears to be safe by UmamiTofu in news

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Um that's kind of off topic...

I wish the Sanctuary Cities good luck! by useless_aether in politics

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I'm just gonna say for the record that I'm liberal on immigration and I'm fine with putting illegals in my city. Dunno why the Democrats are freaking out about this, I'm not.

A new sub appears! by o3c in dankmemes

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Can we make this non-political memes only? s/memes is kinda taken over.

Moderating a sub? by UmamiTofu in SaidIt

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I'm well aware, the point is to get rid of censorship. My question is, how far does that go and how strongly does it apply to moderation (as opposed to administration)? What does a moderator remove - nothing at all?