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Another way to say the same thing: it's confirmation bias.

Other forms have been imagined and in many cases tried but representative democracy (even when it's really just an illusion) is the only way to organise large populations of people.

I'm not in the market for a BYD but I'm stoked to see Telsa taking a beating.

Oh man. Do you really want to have a debate about the meaning of the word synonym?

Please, by all means, continue believing you're right about everything.

Pretty sure everyone else will continue finding you insufferable.

He probably means vandalising Teslas

Partly correct.

It's true that anyone with nefarious intent would still be able to encrypt things.

However, it means law enforcement doesn't need to bother decrypting things to make arrests.

thesauris.com, merriam-webster, and collins all disagree with you.

They aren't synonymous if they describe different things

This is clearly false. Obviously the degree of difference determines whether terms are synonymous. You're correct that not all taxes are tariffs. Apparently however that doesn't mean they're not synonyms.

Additionally one term being a subset of the other evidently does not preclude being a synonym.

If you have a bet, and every dictionary says that you're wrong, then you should just graciously pay up.

I'm not really thinking of Nazi Germany at all.

When things go bad Trump will blame them on someone.

That's the whole debate though. What is your responsibility as a citizen?

I'm so weary of talking about it ad-nauseam.

Ultimately these questions about jury nullification are irrelevant because you'll never have 12 jurors who think subverting the court process can achieve justice.

I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.

In what way?

I'm not disputing that he's a nice guy, but "modern social is fucked" doesn't exactly require genius level thinking.

His contribution was notable in the 80s or whatever but IDK how relevant he is in 2025.

Corporate documents show Thomas and Sally Fanous have now moved into a new industry: NDIS.

Just in case anyone was wondering, there are great, passionate, dedicated carers in the NDIS, but it's just the next unregulated industry awash with money.

Edit: also, there's plenty of great day cares in our area. Ours doesn't have restrictive chairs or anything like that. You just roll in whenever to pick them up, they're always doing cool activities.

That's not what a synonym is.