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Damn, I forgot the Hare Krishnas were still around, much less actively spamming forums.

Hmm... At least regarding art, that doesn't terribly surprise me. I'm nothing like an expert on Spectrum disorders, but from what I do know, that makes a certain kind of sense. From what I understand, there are significant differences in how your brain takes in, filters, and processes sensory inform...

Most federal spending -- functions something like a company or personal budget, in that you have money coming in and money going out, somewhat like paychecks and rent payments, etc. Social Security -- takes money in from person A to pay person B, on the promise that person A will be paid off decade...

*sigh* And I've never disputed any of that. My only dispute was your claim that all potential welfare schemes will inevitably fail. Your statements that specific current systems have failed is a non-sequitur unless you're also claiming that all potential solutions have already been tried.

You made the claim of inevitability. All I'm doing is asking you to back up an extreme claim. The burden's on you.

And yet the oft-touted social-welfware systems in quite a few European countries are also in deep trouble. It has less to do with "efficiency" and far more to do with inevitable unsustainability. I'm curious what assumptions you're making to conclude inevitability. Because frankly, to me,...

You only suffer eternally from an external reference frame. From your point of view, you experience nothing because there is no time in which you may experience it. If you ever get unfrozen you will experience an instantaneous jump from the moment you were frozen to the moment you were unfrozen. If ...

Does this sound familiar? I was reading this article and couldn't stop seeing parallels to President *gag* Trump. Is this how he did it? Did he manage to gaslight half the country? It's a better explanation for the alt-right than I've managed to come up with so far. (Heh, I was about to hit post an...

It turns out they were in Portland THE WHOLE TIME!!

And yet the oft-touted social-welfware systems in quite a few European countries are also in deep trouble. It has less to do with "efficiency" and far more to do with inevitable unsustainability. I'm curious what assumptions you're making to conclude inevitability. Because frankly, to me,...