This only works up to a point. Many loving parents will say their kids need to make their own experiences, but they will still keep them from sticking their hand into a power outlet. I wouldn’t say the kid’s choices have no meaning because of this.

Also, if this is true, God also gave us our murderous instincts that make us use our “free will” in this way.

I prefer to take the risk of a compromised vendor over all the things google will 100% do with my payment data.

My bank uses an app as 2FA for online credit card payments. Without this app I couldn’t use my cc for online shopping.

Erm … no. Microslop is not responsble for viruses on your PC.

How do you know that your OS installation doesn’t include malware?

How do I know that when I do online banking through a browser on a Linux or Winslop PC? Yet somehow I can just log in on those with my credentials and be done with it. (And please dom’t give them ideas.)

Does one exist?

Few acts say “crimes against humanity” better than bombing a country’s water supply.

Make Donald Drumpf again!

Jesus explicitly did away with the whole “eye for an eye” thing…

She was aware it happened to others and despite evidence to the contrary just bought the US government’s narrative that those all were illegals and criminals.

I thought that too when I got my mechanical keyboard. Now I’m an old fart, ergonomics start to matter and I constantly curse myself because the distance between the wasd keys and my mouse is too wide to game comfortably for prolonged periods because of the numpad.

There’s no link?

They looked more competent when they did it.

In what way is the working class being choked in EU?

The same neoliberals are in power in Europe, and the same redistribution of wealth from below to the top happens in Europe. All over Europe they tell us we have to work more, earn less, our social services are too expensive, and “what are you talking about, rich people should pay taxes, are you insane?”

If you truly believe the working class is not being choked in Europe you’ve got to open your eyes. They are just a bit more subtle about it over here.

over half of Americans say the shooting was unjustified.

That’s a low bar to pass if I’ve ever seen one.

Well yes, more revenue means more taxes, more taxes mean more (absolute) profit from any given tax break. That doesn’t mean small restaurants don’t benefit from it. It’s also true for any cost reduction. If electricity costs went down, McDonald’s would also profit more (in absolute numbers) than mom and pop restaurants.

The lowered tax is for all restaurants, they just don’t pass it on to customers.

He will also just claim he is now the Nobel laureate, no matter what the committee says, and some time next year he will make it a huge diplomatic incident when he is not added to some official list of laureates.

it means that those with the most money in the world will effectively be in power of the world, which is exactly what we see.

Wealth is power, which is why wealth, like power, must be limited.

Everybody who works in advertisement should be reeducated to do some productive work for society instead. Like caring for old people, cleaning parks, repairing roads …