Why don't we use robots for phones? We already use them for cars (mostly, some processes still require humans). Wouldn't that be far cheaper and faster to produce and Apple could do it in the US without relying on another country?

But the fear tenderises the meat and adds flavor.

The people who built it, yes. The people who paid to currently own it? No.

That's a portion of their life being smashed.

It's because a lot of the West still have a colonial attitude and it often comes out whenever a country gets too 'uppity' and no longer 'knows their place' - which according to a LOT of people on this sub is serving US geopolitical interests.

The hate always comes out whenever India does something in its own interest or according to its own ideals.

trying to out-American us.

>I mean, you talked about MY house, so yeah I felt personnally attacked.

It was an example to show you being a hypocrite by supporting destruction of property while these protests don't affect you. If you felt "personally attacked" then you need to grow up and grow some thicker skin.

Since you can't have a discussion without feeling 'personally attacked' when there was CLEARLY no intention of that, then this thread is not worth continuing. I don't want you in tears because you decided to hop onto discussing a subject that triggers PTSD.

That sounds like a you-problem that you should deal with in your own time with a therapist, instead of taking it out on people on the internet.

I'll never understand this kind of thinking. I don't know why appeal to nature is actually a convincing argument for some. Oh well.

Don't forget Ireland. They're in on it as well lol

As well as Portugal.

And Canada.

You’re talking about that time they sent a fleet halfway across the world, fraught with shenanigans including almost starting a war with Britain, only for the fleet to be promptly sunk once they got to Japan? Right?

Time is priceless. If it were me, I'd rather have my taxes go up than have 5 years of my retirement taken away from me. And I'd definitely rather see the taxes of people who are clutching their pearls over affording a 4th house go up.

If the rich can evade taxes so easily, that's the problem the government should be trying to solve. How is it fair to just throw up your hands and say "sorry everyone but we've tried nothing to tax corporations and we're all out of ideas, so you'll be retiring 5 years later than you thought."

But we all know why they're putting the burden on the middle and lower classes, and they know too. Which is why they're rightfully protesting.

To be fair, ergonomics also encompass ease* of understanding and use, so it might apply!

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If so many people are saying the same thing you should open to the possibility that the idea has merit. The CCP clearly fears mass media and while you might find that absurd, it's a fear based in history. History is full of examples of powerful people manipulating the masses with simple messages to a devastating result. This happens not only against communism (which had been under attack by powerful people for decades before the creation of the CCP btw) but against whatever person, race, or idea that diminishes their power or capital. In North America today you can see that people are divided and often extremely emotional when it comes to politics, sometimes displaying insane levels of hatred. These emotions are often instigated and continued by the consumption of media which tells them exactly who to hate. This is not limited to only foreign powers but any power with an agenda. Given this, the Chinese government has made a decision to hold a monopoly on mass media rather than let private forces do what they'd like to influence people. With the government in charge they can allow media that unifies the country and reject anything that could be divisive. You can consider this brainwashing if you want but I personally do not.

I'm not sure why it's so hard to accept I don't have one prefered source of media, I mostly read whatever I see on Reddit and then google anything I'm curious or doubtful about. Some things that turn me off of or make me distrustful of a particular media source are lying by omission, emotionally charged headlines, and untruthful insinuations. I see this lots in the many western and Russian media sources, including the greyzone. I don't subscribe to, consistently read, or trust any one media source and I try to be critical of whatever I'm reading. Even if I did have a tendency to one or another source of media, I'm not sure how that would invalidate what I'm saying, given the evidence supported me as well.

I don't think your distrust of independent journalists is warranted. There are thousands upon thousands of people reporting on the positive and negative aspects of everyday life in China. Just go on YouTube and search around for videos of life in China, it's clear that there is no cohesive narrative being driven. Dismissing every independent journalists as "paid by the government" disallows the most honest and direct source of evidence you could hope for, which is the place and the people themselves.

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>And if it was your house that got set on fire?

I mean, you talked about MY house, so yeah I felt personnally attacked.

In my original answer I just pointed out that in our economies the compensation for your time spent is monetary, and in general once that has been paid you have no ties to the produtcs of your work anymore. You are the ones who right away jumped the ship and talked about something totally different, i.e. my house, that I paid with my money and that is then tied to me. And this is totally different from talking about objects that people spent time working on but then sold and where properly compensated for it.

For the town hall if you are talking about bordeux, it was only the door that leads to a courtyard in a building with multiple exits designed to safely get crowds of people out in case of an emergency. No one was at risk of death or serious injury, and people where more sad for the historical value of the gate than anything.

edit: rereading your original comment, I might even have misunderstood it, but you could have kept the discussion civilised and discuss that, instead of right away going the emotion way.

Also up till a couple of years ago, strategic arms treaties meant that US inspectors were looking at all those warheads and missiles regularly. I am prepared to accept they might notice a fault that would turn a 1Mt warhead into a 50kt warhead and 'forget' to tell the Russians but if there was the slightest chance they were in dangerous shape, you bet they'd flag that up the chain.

Betting the Russian arsenal is in as poor shape as the rest of the military is a dumb idea.

Jetpooling. It's like carpooling, but for the global elites.

Exactly. Even gas company plants (e.g. Exxon) in areas like Africa are well built and don't pollute into the surrounding environments. Their facilities are insanely expensive and efficient. People just hate global corporations and will always say "they are ruining the environment!" Always.

I said something, and you tried to make it sound like I personally attacked you - like I know anything about your life...

Grow up. When you try to make it sound like you're being victimised because someone wrote a counter argument to your post, then you've already lost the argument.

And you're wrong. People's property are being destroyed.

Christ, they even set a town hall on fire, while there were people STILL INSIDE.

If you can't handle a discussion about these protests because it's triggering some form of PTSD, then perhaps you shouldn't be getting involved in the discussion.

I'm pretty sure they're comparing it to the partition

The US still thinks this is the 90s where their only geopolitical rival fell and countries have no other choice but join them or go alone. Many on the US government and their citizens (as shown on this sub) absolutely refuse to see the changing geopolitical landscape and the rising power giving the world an alternate to US hegemony.

Rather than trying to bring countries into the fold by offering better partnerships, the US is doing what the US has done for decades, trying to strong arm them and lecture them, while it's citizens disregard and make fun of the rising powers that are taking more and more of the US' geopolitical pie, believing the US is somehow uniquely powerful and can never fade.

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Yeah, he means meat straight off the bone, raw and bloody. Seafood straight off the spear/hook. Milk straight from the nipple. And people should only forage for their fruits and vegetables. All modern advancements must be stopped. We must protect Italy at all costs.

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