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Roffen on October 05 2010 10:36:41
Uhm... I'm speechless... one of the few articles I read in full, twice. Capitalism taken one step too far?
Grizlas on October 05 2010 12:39:14
This is the sort of theoretical example I thought you might be presented with at a lecture on the woes of pure capitalism or on moral philosophy, not something I expected could really happen in a modern society.
Vuzman on October 05 2010 17:04:38
Not so theoretical, more like a step back: clip from The Corporation.
I recommend watching the whole of that movie; it explains some fundamental problems with corporations.
Laluu on October 07 2010 12:19:37
LOL - reminds me of how Terry Pratchett explains why Ankh Morpork had abandoned insurance (in-sewer-ants) and fire brigades.

The thing is... what would have happened if they had put the fire out. It would have sent a clear signal, that it's ok not to pay for the services you need. They would thereby give others an incentive not to pay for the protection they need.

That is what I find fundamentally wrong with the way many such things are handled in the US. Until Obama-care came along, pretty much the same principles applied for health-care.

Since the local government of Obion county doesn't have a fire brigade, why don't they just pay for that service as part of the local tax? But paying your local government for services that you need to pay for anyway would mean higher taxes (and taxes are bad). It's much better to pay less tax and lots of other smaller bills for what in many cases amounts inferior service and larger expenditure.
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Grizlas
04/07/2025 09:01
RIP Mr. Blonde

Grizlas
03/07/2025 14:36
Could it be they lack those things because you know they are AI generated? smiley

Vuzman
03/07/2025 11:44
They all look... off. Incongruous, lacking personality and identity... Know what I mean?

Norlander
02/07/2025 22:27
WooHoo a new news item!

Grizlas
02/07/2025 20:29
None of them huh, Vuz? smiley

Grizlas
10/05/2025 11:14
changed thread_views from smallint to int. so now some threads which were stuck at 65535 views should work again smiley

Grizlas
01/01/2025 00:37
Takk, somuleiðis!

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31/12/2024 23:30
Gott nýggjár!

Grizlas
06/11/2024 20:17
Finally.

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05/11/2024 13:14
tta finally works again