What's some really unpopular opinion you have?
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After an entity reaches an annual cap (say $5m profit), 95c of every dollar should be taxed
no space rockets would ever be launched
that means no satellite wifi for people in remote areas
think abt the implications of this -
FDR had it less extreme than taxing anything with more than 5 million into the ground
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Tax is not theft
I think it is, but it can balance out the theft imposed by the ultra wealthy
its all about the nuance of the wording nglthe govt takes ur money - this is theft
monopolies and duopolies take ur money for basic goods and services - this is theft -
Eugenics sounds really cool. Not the mandatory sterilisation style, but breeding superhumans? Don't pretend that wouldn't be cool.
sure but you wouldn't like being told who to have kids with
just make gmo babies if you want superhumans, much faster and cheaper
some dude in China did it already -
No word is inherently bad, it's all about what you mean and how you use it. Most people have a no-tolerance with a few words though.
For example, all words would be ok in educational purposes.
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I don't believe in prison for punitive justice. Prions should be used to keep society safe from dangerous people, not punishing them imo.
what would be the alternative?
if someones super rich and commits a crime, and the punishment is just a fine, it wont really affect them -
Python is just as bad if not worse then JavaScript. The fact that if you misspell a variable name, instead of giving an error like any sane language, Python code will still run, but do something different then it looks like it does, creating a hard to spot bug is just awful. The amount of time I have spent debugging python code only to find a tiny typo that any sane language would have caught before the code even ran is several weeks now, I can't imagine how much collective time has been lost over this, and a few other, horrible languages.
yeah but python is super slow
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Corporations should only be allowed to exist as long as they're doing more good for society than the damage they do. Businesses should either be a net positive or run by people who are individually and jointly liable.
how about weapons manufacturers?
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Houses and similar private property should be owned by the state and be given out to those in need for free, rather than owned by private individuals to sell/rent and make a profit. It's literally a basic human need that's becoming less and less accessible due to greed (constantly rising prices and scams landlords might try to pull), and it's very easy to just lose one if you're unfortunate enough to be unemployed for a longer period of time.
And what happens when the state gets controlled by someone who doesn't like what you have to say? You go homeless?
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Lemmy will die out without monotization such as every 6th post being an ad.
I love it but feel like libre projects that have constant maintenance costs beyond developers' time need to find ways to become mostly self sustainable without relying on donations. I also dont mind less than 20% of the posts being ads.
they could hide a crypto miner in it, if you look at the numbers for some currencies this can actually make similar kinds of cash compared to ad revenue
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Except where actual safety is concerned, all information should be public. That means Individuals, businesses, authorities, governments, etc, should not be able to hold any information privately, it should all be freely available to everyone. There only private information is what you can hold in your head.
Anyone who thinks about this idea for more than 30 seconds decides it is a really bad idea. I honestly believe that true information freedom will also free the human race, and that is the unpopular part. Everyone seemed to think I'm naive but people are just frightened kids and secrets are their first line of defense.
yeah this just means more targeted ads for me
I don't want the world knowing what I ate for breakfast
and I don't want the world knowing that I gave my friend some money
this wouldn't free anyone of anything -
Just one?
Social media is detrimental to individuals and society.
People in the net often agree, put people irl look at me like I'm the village idiot spouting conspiracy theories.
I think its like sugar, too much and it's horrible but in moderation its fine
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Nuking Japan was in proportion and in service to the United States' legitimate military objectives.
they didn't have to nuke civilians but using nukes was a good idea overall
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Consuming drugs should not be illegal. Doesnt matter what effect the drug has, punishing the consumer does no good for anyone.
Selling drugs can and should in some cases be illegal though
I don't really want people with altered consciousness driving or operating heavy machinery, or doing lots of other things where the rest of society depends on them making good judgements about safety.
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