u/RagnarBateman

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I'd like all hardware auctioned off but each person is only allowed to buy one item. For example, you can buy an aircraft carrier and nothing else assuming you're the highest bidder.

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There's more mortgage holders and small business borrowers than there are people relying entirely on interest earned on savings (which is always below inflation, anyway).

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A NOTA option needs to be added. If it gets more than 10% all ballots are set aside and new candidates must be called with another election for that electorate.

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Panasonic is just the name on the outside. Inside its just Chinese garbage. Same as Sharp and quite a few other brands.

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A Kubrick LOTR would have been very interesting. 45 seconds focusing on Bilbo walk into his pantry and get some tea. In complete silence.

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The bonds banks are forced to buy because if capital adequacy requirements...

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And then next year is take $10 billion and then the next year... And year after etc until he has nothing left. Taxation is theft.

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Socialists whine about everything because they're parasites who think the world owes them a living. They have no valid criticisms of capitalism.

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She's 8 years past her use-by date and 20 years past her prime. What is Tom thinking?

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There's no mayors or voting in anarcho-capitalism...

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Nothing works when it's polluted by the state.

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At a time and place convenient to me. I don't like leaving the house and already have to do it 5 days per week for work.

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Is it touring Palestine?

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That and Grattan

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Those that own capital

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And cold. Paris is also on the list. Even before the recent riots (and the riots before that) I wouldn't have included it.

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You know you're in a shithole when everyone wears their backpacks as frontpacks.

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You shall not pass!

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Bury it.

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The Sydney area is 17,500 square kilometres vs London's 3,500 square kilometres. Sydney is very spread out and if your commute us less than 30 minutes consider yourself very fortunate.

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Billionaires aren't the problem. Government is the problem.

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Because they don't know what capitalism is. So the fact that politicians have been claiming America is capitalist for decades means they mistake it for capitalism.

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There's no reason to hate billionaires. If you don't like them don't buy any of their products.

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Yes. A person can now access these skills to generate an income.