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rhcom2
·2 maanden geleden·discuss
I'm not sure that's true. Surely doormen, janitors, and security guards are not "irreplaceable" and can't "halt critical operations beyond their industry".
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·3 maanden geleden·discuss
I don't think I follow why your examples contradict the argument. A draft will always be unpopular.
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·3 maanden geleden·discuss
I think you could argue the draft forced the war to be real for more families (and the expansion of TV), intensifying the resistance to it. Quick googling says almost 10% of the population served in Vietnam in some capacity. Less than 1% served in the War on Terror.

This was part of Charles Rangel's (D) reasoning to propose bringing back the draft. [1]

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_National_Service_Act
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·3 maanden geleden·discuss
Republicans in Utah are also trying to remove the power from ballot initiatives because they're upset the Utahans passed an anti-gerrymandering initiative.
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·3 maanden geleden·discuss
He is also Catholic himself.
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·3 maanden geleden·discuss
NHL is similarly frustrating. I pay for ESPN but some games are on TNT, NHL Network, or a broadcast channel. I'm not paying for two different $60 a month services so now they just don't get any of my money.
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·3 maanden geleden·discuss
One crew member rescued, other is still MIA and being actively searched for https://www.axios.com/2026/04/03/iran-us-fighter-shot-down
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·3 maanden geleden·discuss
Of course it isn't the same, but it does show it is just a matter of you not agreeing with the rational
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·3 maanden geleden·discuss
Is jumping on a grenade to save another person suicidal? Or is it just a matter of you not agreeing with the rational?
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·4 maanden geleden·discuss
DNC emails weren't fake either but dumping them all right before the election was certainly intended to be election interference.
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·4 maanden geleden·discuss
It's a crazy airspace. Add to that Teterboro, 12 miles from NYC and Republic ~20 miles from NYC, along with all the heliports on the Hudson.
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·4 maanden geleden·discuss
Past performance is not indicative of future results
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·4 maanden geleden·discuss
The most obvious and expected outcome to everyone except Zuck.
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·4 maanden geleden·discuss
> voting requiring proof of citizenship

Isn't this just a solution in search of a problem though? Multiple investigations have discovered absolutely minuscule amount of non-citizen voting in US elections. It's something that seems reasonable on its face but lacks any purpose and comes with an ulterior motive that it is part of the made up GOP talking points of a "stolen election" and "illegals voting".
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·4 maanden geleden·discuss
> last I heard they give themselves the permission to parse your emails and serve you targeted ads based on contents of emails you receive.

Stopped doing it in 2017 (according to them). https://fox59.com/news/google-will-no-longer-read-your-email...
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·5 maanden geleden·discuss
The targets for the AI are still set by humans, the data the AI was trained on is still created by humans. Involving a computer in the system doesn't magically make it less biased.
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·5 maanden geleden·discuss
While I accept that this is how it is done in practice, I think the unintended consequence is it raises the partisan temperature and further ruins the already abysmal trust of Congress.
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·5 maanden geleden·discuss
Unfortunately, I think it's hardwired in our brain to anthropomorphize something with this level of NLP. We have to constantly remind ourselves, this is a machine.
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·5 maanden geleden·discuss
I always felt like Congressional debates should begin with each side trying to explain the opposing position, with debate only beginning when each side agrees with the opposition's framing of their PoV. I also recognize how naive and idealistic this sounds.
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·5 maanden geleden·discuss
Orwell said something similar.

George Orwell - What is Fascism? https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/e...