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  • Maybe not, but we would each get about 700k in assets if we taxes the billionaires out of existence.

    This would crash the economy though, as normies sell. I prefer the way China does it, where the government just puts party members on the company board to make the company align with country interests

  • I have my phone permanently on Do Not Disturb, and anytime I have a notification I don't like, I block the app from sending notifications.

    I basically have email, Signal, and missed phone calls left over (but voice messages are blocked).

  • In purely fiscal terms, study after study shows that a dollar invested in child care yields a greater financial return over a lifetime than any other expenditure of public funds.

    Much of the world (notably South Korea, Japan, et al) need to take a close look at this

  • As someone who has taken a polygraph, there's nuance.

    First, they're unreliable because they can be beat- but neither you or I are beating them, you have to be trained to beat it.

    Second, the reason they don't work is because you can just not talk. But if you're forced to talk to keep your job, you're gonna show lots of lying indicators.

    Third, it's not a binary "did you lie". They're watching your blood pressure, heart rate, detecting any fidgets; things you subconsciously do when you lie. The person administrating the polygraph will then press you into a confession.

    Polygraph is the biggest snake oil in contemporary crime “science” and frankly its infuriating that it still exists and everyone who defends it should be bullied into returning back to sanity.

    Edit: Not going to bother responding to the silly replies from armchair psychologists who feel smart "knowing" polygraphs are unreliable. For the vast majority of the population, when answering binary questions, you will answer them differently depending on whether or not you lie. Regardless of whether or not "this is admissible in court", it's more than enough to deny someone a clearance renewal. Rub your brain cells together and extrapolate.

  • "that asshole" has been working below minimum wage, one unexpected financial burden away from homelessness, for the last four years to bring you Lemmy for free

    What I'm saying is even if you disagree with his views, on the things that actually impact you, he's been a great positive in your life