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[SalmonGod]

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>They had wars in the past
>Therefor it is perfectly justifiable to conquer and destroy them

That's some truly fucked up logic.

Context: People justifying the conquest of native american tribes.

People generally displaying a total ignorance of everything and with a total lack of nuance. Its literally just endless rants about how the natives were so bad and how all their land was taken from someone else in the past and how that made the whole imperialist thing the most moral thing ever. Toss in a good bit of praising the idea of progress and how they were all nomads anyway. God I hate these people.

One of the best counters to anyone promoting Ayn Rand is to remind them of what her stance was on Native Americans, and how that relates to her perspectives on property and ethics.  If they stand by her on that, then there's no more discussion to be had.

[IcyTea31]

Another of the best counters to someone promoting Ayn Rand is to demonstrate just what the philosophy implies is acceptable behaviour: punch them in the gut and take their wallet.

[overseer05-15]

Another of the best counters to someone promoting Ayn Rand is to demonstrate just what the philosophy implies is acceptable behaviour: punch them in the gut and take their wallet.

Disclaimer: don't do this, it's illegal.

[SOLDIER First]

not if you’re a cop

[hector13]

Depends on the context.

[McTraveller]

Giant tech companies are giant.  Amazon apparently spent $23B on R&D in 2017.  That's back-of-the-envelope the same as the per-capita GDP for half a million people. ($23 x 10^9 / $50 x 10^3 ~ 1/2 x 10^6).

Wow.

[Frumple]

It's a bit under the nominal gdp of iceland. More or less a nation of its own in terms of economic weight, albeit a small-ish one money wise.

[Doomblade187]

It's pretty interesting to watch the megacorps define themselves.

[pisskop]

It's a bit under the nominal gdp of iceland. More or less a nation of its own in terms of economic weight, albeit a small-ish one money wise.

Why I still believe that corporations will eventually supplant countries as the primary driver of innovation and thus government.

[TamerVirus]

"So where are you from?"
"Walmart"

[Spehss _]

"So where are you from?"
"Walmart"

"In the grim darkness of the near future, there is Always Low Prices_^tm."

[Doomblade187]

"So where are you from?"
"Walmart"

"In the grim darkness of the near future, there is Always Low Prices_^tm."

"Live Prime or Die."

[WealthyRadish]

Dulce et decorum est, pro Uber® mori

[Dunamisdeos]

Heil EA

[TD1]

Ecce!