We live in a money-based economy. Money comes from other people, who don't give it away unless you satisfy them somehow. Those people that want work from you, will take all the work you can perform (up to the limit of labor laws). That's why.
Of course you can inherit money, find it on the street, have a rich friend who just gives you money. But unless you have a well and a farm, or rely on handouts, you need money to get water and food. And energy. The power company cuts you off if you don't pay the bill.
You say you work. Do you not get paid? The mechanism by which you get paid is all by people, and someone definitely authorizes your being paid (and ceasing the payment when they are not satisfied with your work).
Feel free to describe how you conjure up money without people being involved. (Forgery is valid as a workaround).
Every economy is "money-based" in some way, money is just an abstract representation of value. You can try to get rid of it, but it will come back in another form because "value" is still useful to quantify and resources are finite.
money comes from other people... and the money printer -- if you have access to it.
money =\= purchasing power. if they print enough (and spend it themselves first into the economy), then the purchasing power is being siphoned away towards the source of the new money.
The robber barons at the turn of last century were able to build their empires under conditions of gold-backed currency. This is not a soft-money story, and hard-money will not fix it.
Digging through the stated price, seat price, etc fee junk to present me with the best option, that'd be great. It's a question of whose. If you use Expedia, Kayak, or some other aggregator, they should apply the AI. United would give you a peephole into United only, with incentives to enshittify.
What is the likelihood that Flock is collecting data for other parties than just the police forces that sign up for it? Our federal surveillance state would have an interest in their cameras being everywhere regardless of local interest.
I expect them to pivot to selling tips for civil enforcement as the police stuff dries up due to public outcry. There's already companies in this space doing Flockish stuff but they're not as prolific. It's way less regulated than the law enforcement stuff Flock is currently selling to. The accused's rights are basically nil. Unlike policing (in the typical case, yes speed trap towns exist) it's potentially also a huge money maker for municipalities so if the customer gets hooked on the revenue public outcry is less likely to uproot it. Another "pro" (if you call it that) to civil enforcement is that way more useful idiots will go to bat for it.
And, with monitoring companies like Flock doing so well, and a thirst for intel within every US administration, why wouldn't this have backdoors for Anduril built right in?
These are decades old, known vulnerabilities. So you can extrapolate the more clever, hidden exploits.
It first takes getting our colleauges/people to care about not buying backdoored products - knowledge of these is pretty low and people don't flock to alternatives yet.
How does the 2nd amendment protect you? Are you allowed automatic weapons, grenades? You're not even allowed swords. And if you call for violence, which is what the 2nd amendment might enable, you won't find protection via the 1st amendment.
Many jurisdictions have laws against carrying blades longer than X (it varies) and any reasonable definition of a sword would fall under that category.
In the US at least automatic weapons are nominally legal at the federal level after hefty tax stamps and background checks but states / local jurisdictions can and do regulate more / outright ban them.
That's just moving the goalposts. Nothing in there says it's illegal to own any of those things. You just might not be able to carry a sword (there are carve outs for reenactments in most places btw) and you might have to move or pay more for automatic weapons.
Carrying arms is another word for bearing then. According to the constitution, this right shall not be infringed. If it's illegal to carry an arm then the constitution is being infringed.
The 2nd amendment was designed to protect the 1st amendment. As for how, it was supposed to give citizens teeth against their government if it ever turned tyrannical one day. Armed citizens were one of the factors that made the American Revolution successful, which probably why so many Americans hold onto the idea.
There's this thing called guerilla warfare that the poorly equipped Vietnamese and Afghans have used successfully against a modern US military at the full height of power. It's not a new concept.
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