I went to a party with so-called "close friends", had an odd night where I felt exposed to dangerous ideals, and observed disturbing things, and now *my life* is upside down and *I'm* betrayed. by Goober_notorious2 in conspiracy

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I've encountered an actual psychopath and I can tell you with a great deal of certainty that these people are incredibly hard to detect, and they will do anything to serve themselves, betray anyone close to them etc. so long as it is the best calculated response to ensure self preservation. The thing is, that person I am referring to has probably not done anywhere near as many "immoral" things as some "normal" people that are merely misguided or impacted negatively by their upbringing. However, given the correct circumstances, that person would commit the most atrocious crimes imaginable to save themselves.

Goober probably just encountered, with a naive outlook, some mean spirited, but otherwise normal people. She should be glad she didn't come face to face with the primordial being slumbering inside us all-the primal directive if you will.

Elon Musk Settles SEC Fraud Charges; Tesla Charged With and Resolves Securities Law Charge; Tesla and Musk Agree to Pay $40 million in Penalties, Musk to Step Down as Tesla’s Chairman by magnora7 in business

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I can understand fining him, it's the excessive and unnecessary terms of his removal as chairman that I see as an attack.

Elon Musk Settles SEC Fraud Charges; Tesla Charged With and Resolves Securities Law Charge; Tesla and Musk Agree to Pay $40 million in Penalties, Musk to Step Down as Tesla’s Chairman by magnora7 in business

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You've got to be fucking kidding me. This is an attack on the man.

Government 'deliberately underfunding NHS to privatise health service faster', senior doctors say by useless_aether in Europe

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I think we can all agree that this is the worst possible scenario. Whether you have public healthcare, or private, the worst bastardization is a public system being undermined to be private or vise versa.

Something interesting is happening by useless_aether in whatever

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but I know working for Uber is actually extremely tough and doesn't pay well at all

It doesn't pay well, but there are incomparably more drivers than there ever were Taxicab drivers. It is supplemental income for most of drivers.

But all that aside, it's interesting that so many large companies now don't actually own the assets they have their employees use for profit-generating. They lease it.

More often they act as intermediaries to facilitate business, handling administration and adherence to the law within the parameters of the industries they are innovating. As far as leasing goes, that's not a widespread development in these industries, although that is the path Uber and Lyft specifically plan on going down.

The instability is probably the most worrying part of leasing everything rather than owning.

A lack of assets isn't stopping these companies from operating for years, losing billions every year. Their investors view these losses as investments in growing market share and innovating cost reducing implements.

If a large number of companies use this "leasing assets" strategy, then the whole economy could fall over the first quarter all these companies have a bad quarter and are forced to fold because they can't make the lease payments and are maxed out on debt.

This is unlikely to happen. Uber for example has raised something like $100BN+. They could continue losing money for another 20 years before burning through that. The investors in these corporations are playing the long game. They expect that Uber will one day be a trillion dollar corporation.

Spanish government rejects Catalan ultimatum on self-determination by magnora7 in WorldPolitics

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Basically. The only constitutional way Catalan can leave Spain is if the rest of Spain agrees. It's bullshit.

Supreme Court just gave cops a license to shoot, then think by voter in news

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What the fuck? I don't understand why they shot, that was ridiculous. That said, don't hold a weapon in your hand around police officers.

Spanish government rejects Catalan ultimatum on self-determination by magnora7 in WorldPolitics

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Now they are leveraging political power to influence support for their independence instead of just stating they have it and expecting Spain to respect that statement.

Something interesting is happening by useless_aether in whatever

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Other than the fact that Bitcoin isn't a bank, Uber is likely to lease automated vehicles once legislation changes. Las Vegas already has experimental automated lyft vehicles you can opt into using. You must consider how these industries have created more jobs and brought more income to more people, more services, and more large scale business in these industries, than ever before seen.

Why do people join the military? by magnora7 in Antiwar

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Jesus fuck. I never thought about this.

Spanish government rejects Catalan ultimatum on self-determination by magnora7 in WorldPolitics

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They learned to employ some strategy since last time.

Reddit pulls a YouTube - /r/911truth quarantined as misinformation, government info added by [deleted] in MeanwhileOnReddit

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/r/911truth can not be found in searches. It can only be found by entering the url directly. For this reason, you can not reach the sub using most reddit apps now. You CAN access it using the website on mobile, since you can enter the url.

Carl Jung and the Shadow Archetype. by HibikiBlack in conspiracy

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Someone has been listening to Jordan Peterson, I see.

Saidit, Is our earth flat? Why do you think it's flat? Why do you think it's round? explain. by [deleted] in conspiracy

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It is not flat. If it were flat, it would be the grandest conspiracy imaginable, with the most moving parts, the most people in on the conspiracy, the least amount of scientific diligence among the scientific community imaginable, it would regularly conflict with science that is used every day by millions of scientists in a really meaningful way. It's so unlikely we may as well say it is impossible.

In 2004 Donald Trump accepted $160 million from George Soros. by HibikiBlack in conspiracy

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It's almost like Trump is as corrupt as the rest of them.

Despite Trump saying that the US should seek to get the troops out of Syria, the US is setting up a new military base over there. by HibikiBlack in conspiracy

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We're going to withdraw from Syria, but first we need to build a military base, for...reasons.

Taxpayers' money at work people!

Israeli-made weapons were found among the arms handed over by the terrorists in Damascus. by HibikiBlack in conspiracy

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Yes and finding these weapons in the hands of Al Nusra (not called Al Nusra anymore anyway, but whatever) would be interesting. Well, actually it wouldn't because anyone paying attention would know that the same people we have supported in fighting against Assad have fought alongside the same people that have fought alongside ISIS and Al Qaeda.

We should all have a healthy amount of skepticism when it comes to analysing the theories and whether we should trust a figure or not. by HibikiBlack in conspiracy

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You just shouldn't trust any person. You should only trust evidence itself.

US imposes new sanctions on Iranian banks and individuals. by HibikiBlack in conspiracy

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Is there any reason why we can't discuss this in /s/politics? Is the intent to discuss the matter with a conspiracy tint? The only thing I can think to add is that the U.S. is sanctioning Iran for supporting terrorists, when the U.S. supports terrorists, but that isn't really a conspiracy, it's a documented fact that the government doesn't deny, they just don't call them terrorists for PR.

Elon Musk: Robots will take your jobs, government will have to pay your wage by Orangutan in BasicIncome

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Everyone, stop making babies, quick. 1 child per family, please. Lol.

Oh man I am not looking forward to this. This is going to be a fucking disaster.

Coral Castle - Ed's magnetic flywheel by [deleted] in conspiracy

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He was really good at moving things and getting them to perfectly balance. In a manner that is almost unreal and inexplicable.

From the wikipedia page on Coral Caste:

"The stones are fastened together without mortar. They are set on top of each other using their weight to keep them together. The craftsmanship detail is so skillful and the stones are connected with such precision that no light passes through the joints. The 8-foot (2.4 m) tall vertical stones that make up the perimeter wall have a uniform height. Even with the passage of decades and a direct hit on August 24, 1992, by the Category 5 Hurricane Andrew, the stones have not shifted."

Evidence -Asimov by SamsaricSwartz in conspiracy

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Good shit.

I’ve been shadowbanned. So much for steemit being about free speech. It’s clearly about controlling people. If you please steemit supposedly there’s money in it for you. Find out how bad I am at thetanster.com by Tanster in conspiracy

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Damn, what's up with Steemit? I've never been, but I thought they were legit? Can anyone weigh in on what that site is all about? I'm curious.