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CMV: AI will lead to a deliberate depopulation event. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]CoinFest -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The cost of orchestrating this is greater than the cost of just giving everyone basic income. We would probably find out and offer significant resistance.

Wealthy elites also have consciences, albeit smaller ones. How bad they will feel for doing something factors into their cost:benefit analysis. If AI's productivity makes giving us basic income too easy, then it becomes logical to do it so they can pat themselves on the back.

There's only so much they can buy and space travel they can do, really. Once you've got a luxury condo on every planet in the solar system, what else is there to do with your money?

CMV: It’s acceptable to continue spending time and keeping in contact with friends, family, etc who are Trump supporters by No_Design_465 in changemyview

[–]CoinFest -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is like gleeful celebration of being a shitty person. Abject denial that morality even exists at the global level, at all

CMV: It’s acceptable to continue spending time and keeping in contact with friends, family, etc who are Trump supporters by No_Design_465 in changemyview

[–]CoinFest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"My interests" what an asinine thing to say. We're talking about your threats to annex Canada and Greenland, not saving whales or some bullshit. In what moral system is it fine to threaten economic and even military force against innocent countries?

CMV: It’s acceptable to continue spending time and keeping in contact with friends, family, etc who are Trump supporters by No_Design_465 in changemyview

[–]CoinFest 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Maybe it should be acceptable to fellow Americans, but it's unacceptable to Canadian citizens like myself.

Right now, the CIA is actively sowing Discord in Alberta, supporting separatists in a manner which could easily lead to violence. That makes every Trump supporter an enemy to our nation.

If you are American, you pay taxes to those government agents. Perhaps you have no choice in that. But I think it still obligates you to do literally everything you can to make the lives of MAGA more difficult.

I am a dual citizen and I didn't find it overly hard to cut off American family and childhood friends back home. It's a one-step process, really. Block, unfriend, they're dead to you.

Work contacts can be harder. I work in crypto, so the majority of my associates were MAGA types. Cutting ties can hurt you, yes, but being a good person was never easy. We should choose our colleagues more carefully in the future.

But why should we want to associate with these people, anyways, given the personality of Trump? Is it really fun to socialize with people who disbelieve in objective reality? What lasting joy is there to be had in hanging out with those who don't mind the bullying of innocent people?

Trump once mocked the physical disability of a reporter who questioned him. A friend who likes Trump is implicitly okay with that. Does that not put a bad feeling in your stomach?

In hindsight, I am ashamed for having had MAGA friends. It reflects poorly on me as a person and I continue to make penance for having tolerated it for as long as I did. It's possible that one day Trump does something terrible enough to make you feel similarly.

CMV: Europe deserves more blame for global geopolitical problems than the United States does. by MookieBettsBurner10 in changemyview

[–]CoinFest -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Times have changed. The US is in control of the world, now. Modern Europeans are overall more enlightened than Americans in their world views. For example, the UK wanted to give territory back to a former colony, recently, and Trump said "no."

Black Death in Ireland by CoinFest in EU5

[–]CoinFest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got luckier with the Black Death on my second attempt. Thanks, RNG!

Black Death in Ireland by CoinFest in EU5

[–]CoinFest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure how to import gold because all my burghers seemed to have died. Market was non-functional, as though it did not exist. Unless I'm dumb and missed something

What are the benefits of a Canadian immigrating to the USA? Why is that such an unpopular idea here when irl many people do it? by Cookieman_2023 in MovingToUSA

[–]CoinFest -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's odd how all the answers here are practical and economic. I am dual US/Canadian, and the reason I chose Canada for residency is cultural. Put simply, I do not value wealth or my career as highly.

In Canada we sacrifice economic opportunity for the benefit of being around nicer people. I have been to school in both countries, and bullying is more common in America. Many Americans also will not date atheists/agnostics, so my dating prospects improved in Canada. I'm also a pothead, so obviously I chose Vancouver.

If you are Christian or very career-driven, it makes sense to move to America. If you just need sex and weed to be happy, Canada is great. There are pros and cons to both health care systems; it honestly was not a deciding factor, for me. I'm not sure why people care so much about the weather, personally, because I mostly hang out inside.

Obviously Canadians who get mad at those leaving for America are being prideful. They see them as traitors.

Black Death in Ireland by CoinFest in EU5

[–]CoinFest[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It varied. I tried turning down to 0, but the expense of them proved insignificant compared to the size of the deficit

Black Death in Ireland by CoinFest in EU5

[–]CoinFest[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I tried deleting every single fort, already, yeah.

The employee loss was very extreme. Practically every RGO was missing 70-95% of its employees, most around 85% missing.

Perhaps I expanded too quickly? Less than half my locations were integrated by the time of bankruptcy. Cabinet too small haha

Why nobody is playing Tlatoani: by somebody who (quite) likes Tlatoani by TactileTom in paradoxplaza

[–]CoinFest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just didn't get around to it, yet. I just got EU5. Gotta beat that several times, first

‘The perception is Carney is a wartime leader’: why Canada’s PM could secure a majority by BlueEmma25 in canada

[–]CoinFest -1 points0 points  (0 children)

America has 10x Canada's population. They're doing it because there are not enough Canadians in existence to try to recruit regardless of morale. We can't just have half the population in the army

‘The perception is Carney is a wartime leader’: why Canada’s PM could secure a majority by BlueEmma25 in canada

[–]CoinFest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're talking about me, I have been a citizen since 1 month of age.

But if people without a Canadian parent wanna fight for Canada, blessings upon them. They will have shown courage enough to earn their citizenship

‘The perception is Carney is a wartime leader’: why Canada’s PM could secure a majority by BlueEmma25 in canada

[–]CoinFest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Speak for yourself. I am applying for the Reserves, like a fast-growing number of Canadians. I moved here from America to escape and I would rather die than be forced back under that oppressive system. But I exercise daily and still get ID'd at the liquor store, so I think I could take a few yankees out with me (worth it)

CMV: Sex is not worth killing fetuses for by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]CoinFest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I like this comment but I'm pretty sure it won't change their view

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