No one expects you to explain basic economics. You're too ignorant for that. Even looking at the Wikipedia page, you would have found several conflicting definitions, none of which is adequate (for example, capitalism originated with capitalists making loans to sponsor voyages. But they didn't own the ship, or the sailors, which are the means of production. So the definition at the top of the page falls flat at the original encounter in history). Without empathy we aren't evil, we are blind. It's not the same. Maybe you meant sympathy.

If you weren't an idiot, you could have just given a definition of capitalism (although different people have different definitions, so that doesn't work). Instead you decided to rant about America. Is America in the room with you?

It's kind of funny that Trump was bragging about how great the vaccine was and his role in it.

ok grandpa lol

That website is cool but it's not really convincing, since the presentation gives a much higher precision and confidence than their data actually allows.

Other estimates say more oil is flowing through the strait now than before the war. Of course, that isn't the same as the strait being open, but for most of us, it's what we care about. Ships filled with iPhone shipments to Kuwait don't affect us much.

"Real Capitalism" isn't a real thing. It's a strawman used as a rhetorical device to make communism look good.

IF you want to talk about capitalism from a scientific/academic standpoint, you should use well-defined terms, like "Free markets" or "private investment."

I am usually able to find a place faster on agoda.com than on airbnb fwiw.

It makes sense, hotels are almost always a better experience than an AirBnB, unless you have a special location like this one or an area without enough hotels.

Why stay at a sketchy house that makes you clean, when you can stay at a hotel that cleans for you?

This.

They aren't going to use the beam on illegal immigrants, they are talking about making a plan to potentially use it. Enough to get headlines, not enough to do anything.

Here is some footage of the device in action. It was originally thought to be lethal because of the water, but that was mistaken understanding.

It's not always harmless.

The thing that worries me isn't "new" weapons, those are a perpetual problem of humanity.

The thing that worries me is that now people/countries have an understandable incentive to intentionally induce Kessler syndrome.

For young men in San Francisco, there's 10% more men than women. Where is the fascism? China has 7% more men than women, a 30 million surplus - if you're talking about urban areas with jobs, the numbers are far higher - and are people getting violent frustrations out in the street? India has 46 million more men than women - where's their WW2?

The theory may just be shit. Stop writing essays about it.

Instead of willful ignorance, it could just be that not having video games will bring back conditions leading to WW1 and WW2 was just a incredibly bad, bizarre take.

Anyway, even the women thing wasn't true for WW2. If you were a man who survived WW1 surely you were drowning in pussy.

Point taken, but it only takes one good ICBM to ruin your day. Russia doesn't like Golden Dome, but China is the one on the warpath towards America (in both the Philippines and Taiwan).

But why AAA video games? Why not phone games? Indie games? Older games? Movies? Drugs? Something else?

It's not like there's no other entertainment options out there.