It's actually worse than that. For decades the media, politicians, and the Israeli government have deliberately conflated Israel, the country, with the Israeli government/leadership, the Israeli population, Judaism, the religion, and the Jewish community more broadly (including the diaspora).
So now any criticism of the Israeli government is a criticism of the country, the people, and the religion simultaneously, depending on what's most convenient.
And there's a few rather alarming types of political movements that deliberately blur the lines between the people, the state, and the leadership (and in this case the dominant religion) in order to minimize criticism and maximize loyalty...
This is what happens when you think you're smarter than decades of lessons in vehicle safety design. Elon Musk is truly a dumb person's idea of a smart person.
I'm convinced it's worse than that. I think he originally drew this thing when he was six years old and is so impressed with himself that he thought it was pure genius then and now.
It was also at that time that he became obsessed with the letter X because he loved pirates and treasure maps.
If you can find an old Kindle Paperwhite that can be jailbroken, you can run KOReader on it and leave the Amazon ecosystem behind while still using the hardware.
Well yeah. The cost of damage resulting from rising sea levels are one of the negative externalities that result from burning fossil fuels. Insurance premiums are effectively passing that cost on to future flood victims.
That means the right market-based solution, which both parties claim to love, is to apply an appropriately sized carbon tax, thereby internalizing those costs in the price of fuel, and using the funds to pay for flood mitigation and future damage, but that looks too much like socialism...
Beat me to it. It's astounding that the BDC doesn't note the most obvious reason folks won't start a business: if you're already in a financially precarious position--as are many particulaly among younger cohorts--then starting a business looks like madness.
Rarely have I struggled more with art vs artist. On the one hand, The IT Crowd is hilarious (if a bit... problematic at times). On the other hand, Linehan is a truly horrible human being...
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It's actually worse than that. For decades the media, politicians, and the Israeli government have deliberately conflated Israel, the country, with the Israeli government/leadership, the Israeli population, Judaism, the religion, and the Jewish community more broadly (including the diaspora).
So now any criticism of the Israeli government is a criticism of the country, the people, and the religion simultaneously, depending on what's most convenient.
And there's a few rather alarming types of political movements that deliberately blur the lines between the people, the state, and the leadership (and in this case the dominant religion) in order to minimize criticism and maximize loyalty...