that's asinine

silatar

January 05, 2016 08:47AM

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The attempts of certain media groups to explain macro economics through kindergarten analogies are why people have no fucking clue what's going on in the world.

You want a slightly better analogy?

Man sells millions of light bulbs, gets rich.
Man uses money to bankrupt other, smaller lightbulb companies.
Man raises prices on lightbulbs to $1 because there is no competition left.
Man gets even richer.
Man lobbies government to pass laws helpful to himself.
Man gets even richer.
Man shifts his income to offshore holding companies so he pays no taxes.
Man gets even richer.

The whole time, the other guy is now paying extra for light bulbs because the rich guy has all of the power in the system.

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Vote up CF #39 - wtf?	Nurok	December 29, 2015 03:56AM
I vote, but the number of votes CF has does not increase. It IS useless. (n/t)	Murphy	December 29, 2015 04:27AM
Do you use the QHCF link or the main site link? (n/t)	Nurok	December 29, 2015 04:34AM
Qhcf link. (n/t)	Murphy	December 29, 2015 04:51AM
Mobile devices? (n/t)	demos	December 31, 2015 06:40AM
Forget it, officially recognized as useless (n/t)	Kstatida	December 29, 2015 03:57AM
What do you mean? Link? (n/t)	Nurok	December 29, 2015 04:16AM
Well I asked the IMMs about the ad campaign and they said that rating bring very few players and the ads in MUD clients are much better (n/t)	Mazura	December 29, 2015 06:23AM
It was on the Gameplay forums (n/t)	Mazura	December 29, 2015 06:23AM
There HAVE been lots of new players. Where the heck are they coming from? (n/t)	dubs	December 29, 2015 06:36AM
That IMM (I dont remember who was that) said mostly they come from ads in some MUD client (n/t)	Mazura	December 29, 2015 10:52AM
He's Russian. Are you surprised he thinks voting is pointless? (n/t)	Rhyaldrin	December 29, 2015 04:22AM
Voting being pointless is not a russia only thing. Winning the popular vote but losing the electoral college..LOL (n/t)	Nurok	December 29, 2015 04:37AM
electoral college explained	Dragonsbane	December 30, 2015 04:09AM
If you have to explain it - it's broken. (n/t)	Kstatida	December 31, 2015 03:06AM
Seriously...Look at calculus. The stuff just doesn't work and we should get rid of it. (n/t)	orbain	December 31, 2015 03:14AM
From my (somewhat biased) point of view	Kstatida	December 31, 2015 06:00AM
Don't get me wrong	orbain	December 31, 2015 06:12AM
I was not referring to complexity in itself	Kstatida	December 31, 2015 08:19AM
Re: I was not referring to complexity in itself	Dragonsbane	January 05, 2016 08:30AM
that's asinine	silatar	January 05, 2016 08:47AM
This is also a misleading concept from a number of angles	orbain	December 29, 2015 06:17AM
Electoral college has value in an ideal world. The idea was based on the understanding that most people aren't competent enough to be voting. (n/t)	Artificial	December 29, 2015 06:38AM
It's value has changed with time	Quas	December 31, 2015 06:27AM
Who decides who's competent?	Kstatida	December 29, 2015 10:30AM
The system was implemented by the founders when most people could not read and were generally ignorant and thus should not be voting. (n/t)	Artificial	December 31, 2015 04:07AM
Void argument	Kstatida	December 31, 2015 05:33AM
Most people are ignorant and should not be voting. (n/t)	Artificial	December 31, 2015 05:36AM
Void argument. Voting is not about getting the best option	Kstatida	December 31, 2015 05:49AM
They still get to vote. It just doesn't mean as much. (n/t)	Artificial	December 31, 2015 05:55AM
Absolutely, hence the effect is reduced, hence current discussion. (n/t)	Kstatida	December 31, 2015 08:22AM
I'm on the fence about the EC. I don't claim its completely pointless, just pointing out that while it exists there is no point in even referencing popular vote. (n/t)	orbain	December 29, 2015 07:26AM

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