Sorry dude, we played this case study out. It was called the industrial revolution. Unfettered capitalism and the “free market” never worked.

This is brilliant. Thanks.

Sounds like the problem isn’t humane treatment afterwards, rather the racing industry whose sole purpose is to output used up, broken animals. If they’re making money, the system should provide for an honorable retirement.

I think you didn’t read the first part of my comment. When it’s investment that propels technological development, efficiency, or infrastructure, government support isn’t only good, it’s necessary. We wouldn’t have a lot of our great corporations without it. It’s pretty rich to say “there are no exceptions”…

You beat me to it. In 2008-2009 the economy went to hell. Interest rates hit rock bottom, and the government stepped up lending in order to drive consumption and ultimately the economy. This works great for investment that makes things more efficient, or takes things to the next level. Like infrastructure -…

Lol. Wait. You just described a niche case - which is the definition of a narrow world view.

I think this can be said for their overall strategy. Their decision to focus on trucks vs. sedans isn’t a good one.

I really want Apple to fail hard here. It used to be a company where you could get quality at a certain price-point. They’ve taken that to its logical conclusion, and it’s time to reel it back in. I’ll buy their “services” when the sun burns out.

Be careful with that kind of talk around here - rumor has it among some commenters that the healthcare solution is actually “complicated” and “very hard”. 

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What strikes me as odd, is that despite it being REALLY hard, we persist on using the single most expensive healthcare system in the developed world to the point where it’s become a massive economic drain - meanwhile complaining about the cost of a national solution because it would be too expensive, while ignoring…

Look, if moving the goalposts and reframing the discussion based on your own personal definitions is your class of rhetoric, I don’t mind at all. 

Phones are going to be a commodity soon enough. Apple had better not be banking on the iPhone driving growth. I think it’s clear their services are where they see revenue. Remains to be seen whether rose services are any good. 

Not an easily solvable problem - but Android is actually part of Samsung’s problem. 

I’m not clear on the point you’re making. I think the healthcare thing is a no brainer. Healthcare in this country doesn’t exist in a real market economy, and we’re already spending more than the rest of the developed world, so the inefficiencies are already there.

Oh please.

Oh and you can fuck right off comparing Mark Twain to GOT. A Connecticut Yankee is a pretty obvious parody and doesn’t let go of the parody over and over through to the ending. THAT could be a deconstruction. Quijote, sure. GOT? The hell out of here.

This was always a discussion about the show - I think had GRM finished the series, we would be seeing better details, but the overarching story line still has Jon as the hero, and the entire trope of killing him and resurrecting him was (yawn) 100% GRM.

Uhh what?

I’m neither a real history scholar or a battle scholar. But right off the top of my head a few things don’t add up.