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So there was no scarcity before the invention of capitalism? Not of any single thing?

Had capitalism never been instituted broadly, no person would want anything they didn’t have?

uh huh.

the only difference to indicate that that country is Canada

Is there a district of Ontario, California called “London” or what?

The reason people hate America… well. One reason people hate the United States of America is that (some) Americans don’t know that Canada is a different country.

Cataracts maybe?

NOT spelled the same dammit, NOT the same!

Similarly this seems like it would explain literally any bad judgement ever. In that sense it’s a non-answer, similar to the non-answer of the religious - “god did it.” An answer that explains everything explains nothing.

In this particular case, a judge with fascist tendencies would, surely, be minded to hoard the power they do have, rather than abdicate it, even to a body that, for the time being, agrees with them. Right? That was exactly the thing which I said was bizarre. So in order for your elaboration to elaborate, you need to be able to say why it’s the bigoted tendency which wins over the fascist tendency.

Seems like a lazy answer. We don’t have actual evidence of bribery, and communist societies have also tended to be corrupt. The “price” might not be in non-existent money, but until we live in a post-scarcity society, there will always be stuff someone wants and doesn’t have.

Bizarre that US judges are so eager to cede their power to the white house.

Isn’t the whole point of an independent judiciary that they prevent dictatorial fascist turd children from declaring that they’re using a lawful power when it’s clear they’re not using the power within its lawful constraints?

What’s the point of writing restrictions into laws that grant executive power if the only check on the use of that power is the electorate who will assess every use of power in individual circumstances no matter the letter of the law?

There’s an obvious missing datapoint here - what about 0?

Which is more than half of what you deserve!

Facebook’s original feed was chronological, and unproblematic, too

The clear belief behind your post is that people suggest going to therapy because they think it will relieve you of your negative emotions. This is not what therapy does though, so maybe it would be helpful to start there. Is that what you think therapy does?

Therapy generally takes work or it isn’t effective.

My partner is licensed to deliver some kinds of talking therapy for our public health system. They often talk with some concern about patients who have interactions with private therapists who keep patients on, continuously, for years, and points out that there is no evidence base for that kind of delivery. Evidence-based therapies are typically several weeks, though it does vary.

Life-long therapy is something I’m aware of from American TV shows, and those conversations.

that would probably return many times the value of its cost

This seems like a testable hypothesis.

Personally, I’m skeptical that it would offer significant benefits over much cheaper interventions.

Or they live somewhere with affordable mental health care.

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Yeah I realised that might have been the case as I was hitting “comment” and was like “oh well” - just my first impression was that you meant to imply that it was recent :)

I like your style