They tie into each other because of the seeds of doubt that it sows.

Supermemo 18 and the 20 rules of knowledge formulation.

I will look it up for sure! It would be cool to elaborate a little directly here if you could, or at least a few links please.

Maybe this: https://www.supermemo.com/en/blog/twenty-rules-of-formulatin...

they aren't very intelligent and have the inability to read news sources produced outside of the US.

why waste your time

So we’re sol? Government’s aren’t going to start properly taxing the wealthy.

I just wish to remind everyone that there is a lot more of us than there is of them.

But who's "us", and who is "them"? Could it be a matter of perspective? Would it surprise you to discover that you're someone else's "them"?

"Them" are the rich and we are the rest.

Where do we draw the line? How about those of use who work to earn a living versus those who make money because they own a lot rather than because they work for it.

Of course, this does not include those who have worked all their life and have retired to live off their accumulated funds.

Exactly. People usually think of “them” as the very wealthy, but they don’t even realize that earning just a little bit over $40.000/year makes you belong to the top 10% of the world measured by wealth. Earning $60.000/year takes you to the top 5%. Chances are that “you” (average reader of HN) belong to the “them” you critique so much.

https://wid.world/income-comparator/

I'd bet the majority people reading Hacker News are the "them" by most measures.

sorry for late comment, but the problem is clearer to me when considering it as resource control, rather than 'wealth'. Earning $60k gives you control of barely nothing. It would take 10's of millions of dollars just to have any effect on a small US city. It's a football field with 9995 people stuffed in an endzone and 5 people controlling the rest of the field.

Taxing the rich 1.wont happen and 2. wont solve it.

Taxes are for the middle class to keep them working. They are not there to pay for stuff that we all use and share.

If they were there to pay for stuff that we share they would be voluntary to pay based on wether or not you want to participate in the shared thing.

Taxes are not optional, for the middle class, not even in the "I'm going to live by myself in the woods kind of way".

Taxes don't exist for the wealthy.

This is by design, it will not change, do not believe politicians who say that they will.

(For the US, Idk about other countries)

Claiming that increased taxation leads to increased work directly contradicts several findings in the field of economics.

Care for a link? I don't see how taking money from people could possibly make them work less.

I thought this was a pretty good discussion about this: https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/38132/why-is-it...

Yeah I get what they are saying, but if anything that supports my argument. Wealthy people might work less when taxes go up, but middle class people have to work more. Poor people might work less because of benefits, but overall the people who are working are working harder to support the shenanigans of everyone else.

>So we’re sol?

According to the estimates, it's only a risk within the next 10 years.

Apparently more data needs to come in before there's no longer any risk, but a certainty within a reasonably understandable timeframe instead.

Right people are woefully ignorant of the repercussions of isolationism. CCP investments in these countries is winning them over.

CCP is winning over these countries because of their investment in them. The more we isolate the stronger CCP grip is.

You are so right!!!! Everyone is like Elon is the richest man! Bezos is the richest! The richest government scares the NSA, not these poor rich people.

why is this

Random people knocking on your door is in-person spam that is much more expensive for you to receive

He says "In doing so, we should not demonize Trump voters" because we will need them to fight Trump's ideologies.

I've tried that, not demonizing trump voters. They won't be on your side because you were kind to them. They will demonize you and join the side that they consider the strongest position.

In my experience you have it backwards. Democrats demonize Trump supporters (“basket of deplorables”, “garbage”).

Yeah, they sure forget their faults fast.

The amount of hatred Dems showed openly during 2016 election run was truely something special.

Does it ever worry you or make you feel powerless? What can I do, I'm a middle age man with health problems that make things very difficult. I have kids and a family and friends with their own problems. I'm strapped for time and resources. What can I do? I worry for my kids future and the future of the world.

It definitely worries me.

We're firmly at post-truth, and very much also at post-shame, particularly for the billionaires, which is a concerning place to be.

All I can do is try to be thoughtful with my words and actions and live according to my values.

At some point there may be a decision to be made, the kind of which was too common in the 1930s, and I hope I'll be one of those whose actions are looked upon fondly by good men in the future.