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conquer69 t1_jcwoizl wrote
Reply to comment by 32ChiangMai in India cuts internet for 27 million people amid search for fugitive by marketrent
Sounds like people in this region are treated like second class citizens. No wonder they want independence.
conquer69 t1_jcd6qwp wrote
Reply to comment by Slavocracy in TIL: Black Herons turn their wings into an umbrella to “canopy feed”. The umbrella provides shade, which draws fish to the surface where they can be seen and caught more easily. by Geek_Nan
What you are describing is learned behavior which is different from instincts. Similar to beavers building dams despite never seeing a body of water in their life.
conquer69 t1_ixfwn69 wrote
Reply to comment by MarkHirsbrunner in Sheep flocks operate as a type of ‘collective intelligence’ and elect temporary leaders to guide them while moving. The fluidity of this process is extremely surprising. by nimobo
> Are street gangs governments?
Yes. They have hierarchies, coups, police, resources, rules and laws, etc. The Russian regime is more gang than government.
conquer69 t1_ixfv6d0 wrote
Reply to comment by NotThatMadisonPaige in Sheep flocks operate as a type of ‘collective intelligence’ and elect temporary leaders to guide them while moving. The fluidity of this process is extremely surprising. by nimobo
What about anarchocapitalists? Isn't that contradictory? Or are those not anarchists?
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Reply to comment by Guac_in_my_rarri in Online age-verification system could create ‘honeypot’ of personal data and pornography-viewing habits, privacy groups warn by Lakerlion
> I don't get
They are religious nutjobs. There is nothing to get because they don't use reason and logic for their motives. They are cultists, not intellectuals.
conquer69 t1_iugmegx wrote
Reply to comment by Poltras in Online age-verification system could create ‘honeypot’ of personal data and pornography-viewing habits, privacy groups warn by Lakerlion
What difference does it make? We already have 30yo with the mental and emotional intelligence of a 13yo.
conquer69 t1_iugm6l1 wrote
Reply to comment by DimitriV in Online age-verification system could create ‘honeypot’ of personal data and pornography-viewing habits, privacy groups warn by Lakerlion
Can an unemployed person really afford to sue like that?
conquer69 t1_iqy6bkw wrote
Reply to comment by dj_spanmaster in TIL Queen Sophie of the Netherlands’ marriage with King William was so turbulent that when she died, she was buried in her wedding dress because she viewed her life ended on the day she got married. by AsianInvasian93
That has nothing to do with capitalism. Mercantilism also wanted that.
conquer69 t1_je1nxhq wrote
Reply to comment by Kitselena in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
It's also likely it is fanfiction that was later added to the canon. Back then even the concept of fiction wasn't fully understood.