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mircea_popescu: corruption is something of the people by the people, it's not fallen from the sky.
mircea_popescu: <dub> all this free market ideology is complete bullshit when the actions of a few prevent the many from even participating << srsly, it's the stupidity of the many that prevents them from participating.
mircea_popescu: would you have preferred i said "buy nefario flowers" ?
mircea_popescu: no. idiots who invest in pirate and masquerade as "smart" "know" these "things"
mircea_popescu: smickles i think he just wants to unwind from the brainless zombie regurgitated crap he's bombarded with non stop in the "civilised" world.
mircea_popescu: some kids die in the snow in front of my house. not all kids get xmas.
mircea_popescu: what doesn't scale is your expectation that every kid gets xmas
mircea_popescu: which brings us round circle : this is the fucking point of life. either get the bigger gun or get good at sucking cock.
mircea_popescu: in fact, as recent as 100 years ago london was so covered in coal dust they had coal storms
mircea_popescu: this is sounding like the rape trial. "well... i didn't REALLY want it"
mircea_popescu: dub that's ridiculous. i have caustic stuff in my house, i don't pour it in my eyes
mircea_popescu: next im going to hear an argument that slavery reparations should be enacted, to repay the young africans disposed of by the older africans.
mircea_popescu: let's give them some wells for the purpose of jumping in ?
mircea_popescu: for there are dumbass africans who burn their plastics!!!
mircea_popescu: this is what you get for sucking '; you store everyone's garbage. fuck you.
mircea_popescu: and i seriously see no problem even if all the garbage was dumped on some failed country.
mircea_popescu: this is like saying the market provides me an incentive to chat with you. doth not, considering what i make it'd be hard pressed to.
mircea_popescu: dub glass to the glass factory. metal to the metal sorting/refurbishing centers. paper to teh paper factory. etc.
mircea_popescu: and in any event garbage costs are dismal, i pay 2.8 euros per month
mircea_popescu: this is like, the 60s. way before the west found out about recycling.
mircea_popescu: ever since the commie times they had an efficient recycling system in place.
mircea_popescu: romania is a world apart. recycling was always high here
mircea_popescu: i buy glass bottles. my total plastic consumption is something like a few kgs a year.
mircea_popescu: i recycle because, guess what, i use recyclabe materials.
mircea_popescu: and i suppose it's your fault they're being stupid dub ?
mircea_popescu: and some will be just repopulated with ex-hut dwellers beaten into submission to new hut environment.
mircea_popescu: get out. when "there's" no more inhabitable huts some will be buldozed, asphalted over and re-hutted
mircea_popescu: smickles it's not even the case, most plastic gets buried.
mircea_popescu: and it's just "bad luck". or even they;'re owed something.
mircea_popescu: the poor/stupid/failed get the idea that they're doing pretty ok
mircea_popescu: the problem really is these days, the rich/successful/smart don't flaunt it nearly enough
mircea_popescu: if you imagine that the entire population of africa croaking tomorrow would make any difference you're dreaming.
mircea_popescu: not everyone belongs in a palace. most people belong in the huts, so as to have palaces. for just a few.
mircea_popescu: if he doesn't want the risk of breaking a nail she can do w/o the crumb.
mircea_popescu: dick is giving her a crumb in exchange for her scratching his back.
mircea_popescu: this is false. dick is a pretty cool guy. jane is a worthless pos.
mircea_popescu: the assumption underlying your evaluation is that dick = jane
mircea_popescu: should give the people who didn't learn math in school a chance too