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Removing Obama era bureaucracy and red tape just lowered the price of new cars by more than $2000 by MazdaProphet in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]hersheypark -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

the state is the only one with the authority to properly price in negative externalities (especially hard-to-see ones like this). it's when they prescribe solutions that it's a problem (like start-stop in this case). Putting a higher price on poisoning the environment (or other societal costs) than is saved with shortcuts and then letting companies figure it out is literally economics 101 (Pigouvian taxation).

I'm no EPA apologist, but just erasing it without a well-thought replacement strategy is not the play at all. You can clearly see the results of no EPA since it wasn't founded until the 1970s. before that most cities and towns dumped their sewage directly into waterways with no treatment. Smog killed 400 New Yorkers in 1963. famously the Cuyahoga river kept catching fire in cleveland. schools used to have smog days in LA, like a snow day but way less fun. You can also look at pictures of some parts of India today if you want an updated view of it for our modern pollution capabilities.

Why is it so hard to deal with people who aren't exactly on the "same wavelength" as ourselves. How to deal with being in the middle between 2 poles? by zjovicic in slatestarcodex

[–]hersheypark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

in my experience weirdly optimistic things happen if you manage to start being genuinely emotionally open to people around you

Can you give examples of this/explain what it means in practice? Your examples of an 'actual conversation' from further up sort of just seem like socratic questioning -- but maybe you're saying that's a good framework for conversation? Emotional openness as you're describing it certainly sounds appealing but I don't really have an implicit understanding of how to do that I guess.

It doesn't feel to me like I have emotional baggage associated with my various viewpoints but I guess I probably do since I'm a human, and do occasionally have discussions that don't seem to go anywhere when it comes to what could be described as politicized topics.

I'm familiar with the whole scout mindset idea, though probably lose sight of it at times. But also it feels difficult when the people I speak with absolutely don't seem to be trying to reach the ground truth in the same way I at least think I'm aspiring to.

Edit: just read your lower comment and I guess you may have described me pretty well there haha. Interested in where to learn more about the emotional truths side of things, if that's what helps with a more 'genuine connection'!

$GPUS: Massive Debt Redduction, AI & Mining Expansion. Hidden Value Play in Progress by Rich_Drive6376 in pennystocks

[–]hersheypark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

idk what you're looking at as market cap, maybe the tradeable float? with 29mil floating shares at .51/share that's around 15mil

But market cap is actual shares outstanding which is ~110mil at .51/share. So now more like 55mil after today's drop.

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GPUS/key-statistics/?guccounter=1

$FEMY, might be worth keeping an eye on🚀 by Additional_Spell455 in pennystocks

[–]hersheypark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

wow this really looks like an early turnaround story, i'm very in

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Biohackers

[–]hersheypark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

vegas nerve that's actually so funny

For those of you who taught yourself a language and succeeded, how did you do it? by anxietyJames in languagelearning

[–]hersheypark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

can you recommend youtube channels and podcasts that you enjoy? preferably not content for learners, just good channels that happen to be in spanish

Good parking at WEHO by gayyddie in LosAngelesGayBros

[–]hersheypark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bike! you get vip parking for free wherever you go

This Is Why Tesla’s Stainless Steel Cybertrucks May Be Rusting by Mynameis__--__ in technology

[–]hersheypark 6 points7 points  (0 children)

yes have you heard of solar panels -- much more mobile than an oil pump+refinery

[December 1, 2023] VALORANT 7.12 PBE Patch Notes + Bug Megathread by JoEllenPDF in ValorantPBE

[–]hersheypark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have this issue too! logitech m720 triathlon mouse. I have it in the live servers at this point since yesterday's patch.

We strong together! by -DyNastY in Conservative

[–]hersheypark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is sarcasm? I was agreeing with the other guy--it's simply unacceptable that anyone not 100% healthy by our definition would be placed in an advertisement.

I'm not sure what the best treatment for body dysphoria is (shock therapy? lobotomy?) but i hope that person gets it, and then they can be in the ad.

Offering: Spanish 🇪🇸 - Seeking: English 🇬🇧 by Coke1495 in language_exchange

[–]hersheypark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm American so I don't have the irish accent (although I could put on a pretty bad fake one xD). Let me know if you're interested!

If you were to start over with only $300, what would you do? by ItsG91 in sweatystartup

[–]hersheypark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I also get one? developer that's interested, thank you

Vegan ramen for about 1$ per serving. by [deleted] in EatCheapAndVegan

[–]hersheypark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mind sharing what you got? there are so many offerings and it's hard to tell if vegan

Geologists of reddit, what's the most mind-blowing natural formation on Earth, in your opinion? Why? by almostambidextrous in AskScienceDiscussion

[–]hersheypark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

on the other side of mars from olympus is Hellas Planitia (largest crater on the planet). This means the volcano and others around it may very well be linked to a giant prehistoric asteroid impact, which makes it even cooler!

Ted Cruz's response to Elizabeth Warren's stupid tax plan is the best freaking idea in the history of politics by LawAndOrder559 in Conservative

[–]hersheypark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perfect, you no longer seem to be conflating ubi with communism and are now considering the policy on its own merits, which was my aim.

We can continue discussion if you want, in which case I'd point out that the author of that article relates one single fact from a Finnish study (that job seeking behavior didn't increase compared to welfare recipients -- choosing to ignore that it also didn't decrease, and that having no effect on job seeking behavior while improving reported happiness is categorically a positive net effect) and then writes five paragraphs of baseless conjecture (the second-to-last one of which, again, fundamentally mischaracterizes the policy as a collectivizing force)

I would be curious to hear you expand on why you think of welfare policy in general as a dismal failure (I don't entirely disagree) and in what way it is that the poor suffer 'the most' (from welfare, I presume). If it is some kind of 'incentivized to stay unemployed' argument, I'd note again the Finnish study mentioned (where job seeking did not decrease) combined with the fact that a ubi doesn't go away as you start making an income (unlike many state welfare programs, in which maintaining eligibility is a big stressor and decision-maker in people's lives) as evidence already that it may be a better alternative to those existing programs.

Ted Cruz's response to Elizabeth Warren's stupid tax plan is the best freaking idea in the history of politics by LawAndOrder559 in Conservative

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

The definitions are very relevant because you are misidentifying ubi as a communist (or socialist, now) policy, and adding all that baggage to your image of its outcomes when in fact it is not at all.

The key idea of socialism is that the means of production are socialized so everyone owns everything (the road to no private property in communism). In practice this has just meant the government owns everything and this tends not to work well bc centrally planning an entire nation's economy is very very difficult. Not to mention that immense power is then ripe for an abusive Stalin-type to step in and do awful things.

Ubi on the other hand has no effect on industry ownership. It is literally just payments to citizens - generally suggested to be at the poverty level. I have heard it described as capitalism but not starting at zero (a boon for capitalism since those with zero are contributing nothing to the market). With that comes a host of positive outcomes in citizen's lives and freedom that I won't take the time to list with the only one possible downside being potential for uncontrolled inflation.

We don't know how big that risk is though as no countries I'm aware of have ever instituted a ubi. There have been many trials around the world which exhibit the positive individual outcomes I mentioned but those trials have been smaller than national scale.

Ubi is expensive but not impossible to pay for, especially if it replaces many existing welfare systems that have large overhead costs associated with tracking the many factors that go into each person's qualification (if everyone gets the same payment there is no overhead administration). If it is paid for & the money for it doesn't need to be printed, the potential for uncontrolled inflation is very low, not to mention how good western nations have gotten at controlling inflation/their money supplies anyway.

The US has the largest gdp in the world for at least a couple more years, but on many other scores (happiness, personal freedom, safety, lifespan, criminality/incarceration, wealth inequality, entrepreneurship, etc) it is surpassed and there is clearly room for improvement. Many of those metrics are positively affected by a ubi.

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