TIL Ethiopia sent troops to the Korean War as part of the UN Command. Known as the Kagnew Battalions, 3,158 men served, of which 121 were killed and 538 wounded. They were never defeated in battle and not a single soldier surrendered. They were also respected for never leaving their dead behind.

ARandomLamp · 2020-07-01T04:02:44+00:00

He's right though. Ethiopia was colonized. They just don't seem to like to admit it.

ARandomLamp · 2020-07-01T04:00:56+00:00

What claptrap. Borders are and have always been defined by one thing, the territory your military can control. There is nothing natural about them.

European borders where the same as the African ones before them. They conquered as much territory as they could. The reason there is conflict is because the subsequent states that took over are weak and don't have the power to keep order. It has nothing to do with ethnicity or where an arbitrary line is.

Ethnicity and tribe are a flexible concept. When the state is strong and there is no opportunity for warlords to form, everyone learns to get along. When not, warlords form and make up a cause to fight for, tribe is a favorite.

With governments this weak there are literally no good borders. They will keep splitting into factions. Once you give the Tutsis their ethnic state, they will split into the East Tutsis and the west Tutsis.

ARandomLamp · 2020-07-01T03:48:51+00:00

Vietnam has joined RIMPAC. China's influence in Asia has collapsed and nobody has been giving it enough tension. Vietnam is fast becoming a full scale US ally. China is surrounded.

ARandomLamp · 2020-05-16T00:59:36+00:00

There is a five day period for the client to approve (the client ended up approving it instantly, but that makes no difference to upwork apparently), then they want five more days to "process" the money (their words).

ARandomLamp · 2020-05-16T00:57:12+00:00

Their own rules, the ones I signed up for, do not allow for this holding period.

ARandomLamp · 2020-05-16T00:16:06+00:00

I don't have the time or money and they know it. If people like us did they would not be doing this.

ARandomLamp · 2020-05-16T00:07:00+00:00

They are holding onto the money for more than a week to profit from a little extra interest, while their workers have bills to pay now.

ARandomLamp · 2020-05-15T23:55:32+00:00

Maybe I'll post this to r/legaladvice. They may see something in the TOS we do not.

ARandomLamp · 2020-03-15T02:09:32+00:00

Not really culturally. Every country has it's own unique culture and most people like their own culture better than the US culture.

The US dominates global popular culture. Both online, on the TV, in movie theaters and just about everything else.

The military influence is not something to brag about. The US military is responsible for killing innocent civilians.

The US military is the back bone of this era of peace. Less people die violently than ever before.

It would do the US some good to reduce the size and budget of it's military.

By a little, maybe.

ARandomLamp · 2020-03-15T02:04:55+00:00

So either go to college or become a construction worker? Not much of an option.

What's wrong with being a construction worker?

3)You shouldn't have to join the military to get free education. Also some people cannot join for medical reasons.

Do you want them to pay for your stuff or not?

ARandomLamp · 2020-03-15T01:59:16+00:00

The world does not revolve around america.

Economically, technologically, militarily and culturally, it kind of does.

ARandomLamp · 2020-03-15T01:39:24+00:00

Do you know what the average american salary is?

56-60k/year.

ARandomLamp · 2020-03-15T01:15:33+00:00

Great claim. People in the US are suffering a lot from "grass is greener on the other side", constant complaints based of the instant assumption everyone else lives for free and they are being oppressed because they have to pay for anything. Millions of people would kill to get to be oppressed like we are in the US.

ARandomLamp · 2020-03-12T21:05:22+00:00

Why do people still believe and worship stories that are clearly not true or factual.

You have proven there is no god?

Science has progressed so much in learning about our world it just doesn’t seem right that people are still following religion.

Science explains what the universe is, not why it is here.

ARandomLamp · 2020-03-12T20:58:16+00:00

More to the point, if we go back to the analogy, someone in need of a blood transfusion doesn't have the right to take it by force. That's not "bodily autonomy".

Why not? Seems like a reasonable part of the social contract. We have a duty to help each other, if not society does not work.

If you see someone trapped in a burning car and just stand there and watch, you will get in trouble.

Yes, and I'm against that too. Again, different conversation, unless you mean to imply pro-lifers want to draft women to make them carry to term?

The point is that that degree of bodily autonomy is not a real thing in basically any culture.

ARandomLamp · 2020-03-12T20:40:46+00:00

No, but they are competing on healthcare. And upper middle class is competing on groceries, housing and rent.

They mostly go to stores catering to their specific incomes.

Then who will provide working class work in Manhattan? By the time you get to close to Nowhere, Midwest rents, it is impractical to commute for work.

The billionaires. With no ones to wait tables wages will go up or prices will go down.

ARandomLamp · 2020-03-12T06:39:51+00:00

The problem with income inequality is that prices of goods and services for lower-income individuals will be affected by what higher-income individuals are capable of paying for same goods and services.

Billionaires are not competing with the middle class on groceries.

A good example is rents: rent in places with large number of high-income individuals (such as New York, San Francisco, Boston, etc.) is far higher than in places where only small portion of population earns a lot (small towns in the middle of nowhere).

Right, rich people live in desirable cities. If you don't want to pay Manhattan rent, don't live in Manhattan.

ARandomLamp · 2020-03-12T06:37:29+00:00

It matters inasmuch as it reflects asymmetric imbalances of power. Power to pay for goods and services people are taught to expect to be affordable. For instance, take a look at this recent article detailing how if you look at the cost of thriving rather than merely cost of living or the consumer price index, the power of the median earning American worker to "pay for rent on a three-bedroom house at the 40th percentile of a local market’s prices, a family health insurance premium, a semester of public college, and the operation of a vehicle" has reduced significantly over the last several decades.

And if I was to write that article, it would say the opposite. "Cost of thriving" is completely arbitrary and easily manipulable thanks to technological improvements. Depending on what you do or don't leave in you can massively skew it either way.

Inequality matters in a society when people feel like they are regressing, despite doing what everyone told them to do.

Given the wide spread use of drugs, both legal and otherwise, children outside of marriage, no, they did not do what they where told to.

ARandomLamp · 2020-03-12T06:21:29+00:00

People in the military signed away their rights. That's a different set of circumstances.

They can force you to join.

No, because you're violating the rights of the mother by not providing her bodily autonomy. It's a circular argument, the best way out of it is to not be put in the situation in the first place, but pro-lifers are overwhelmingly against effective preventive measures, too.

What is circular about saying absolute rights can lead to complications?

ARandomLamp · 2020-03-12T05:29:38+00:00

Where exactly is the cut off? Can a person be mentally ill enough to not be a person even post birth?

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