SentinelSlain
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Some USSR supporting red wanker got elected in my university town by supporting the Islamists.
Fucking asshole.
Fucking asshole.
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Yeah I was reading the other day that the USSR had an great Constitution. It just wasn't followed. This cycles the discussion back into that quote from Foucault.
Pieces of paper do not actually protect you from the actions of men. But people like to "fix it and forget it", and that is the approach that is taken by the semi-politically-involved populace.
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I need to learn more about the 3d printing technology.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2012/02/19/standing-on-the-sun-explains-new-rules-of-capitalism/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2012/02/19/standing-on-the-sun-explains-new-rules-of-capitalism/
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More on corporate socialism:
http://blogs.reuters.com/david-cay-johnston/2012/04/12/taxed-by-the-boss/
http://blogs.reuters.com/david-cay-johnston/2012/04/12/taxed-by-the-boss/
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Saw this on reddit: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/anonymous-wants-to-take-down-the-great-firewall-of-china/11495
Maybe I'm underestimating them here, but I think this time maybe they've bitten off a little more than they can chew.
Maybe I'm underestimating them here, but I think this time maybe they've bitten off a little more than they can chew.
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One clause in the USSR constitution was that any of the constituent republics were free to leave the union. Notice there is no clause in our constitution for the states. In fact, the Soviet constitution had many protections of "states rights".
True. In America we arrest hackers, but in China they will probably just kill them.
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Not only that, but China's not exactly inept when it comes to things like stopping hackers. They have a population of over one billion, and there is plenty of anti-government sentiment. More and more people are getting internet connection and they keep having to step up their game to keep everything in check.
If a population of one billion couldn't find some way to get past it like this, I don't know if Anon can, but who knows?
I could see this blowing up. A lot of Anon is based in the US, and so China's bound to come knocking on the USA's door if Anon becomes enough of a nuisance. Anon could cause a bit of a problem in US-China relations. Since the US (for now) is basically allowing the free use of the internet that lets Anon attack the laws of a countries they don't live in. Sure, it's fine if they attack little theocracies, because the USA doesn't care as much about that.
China is the world's manufacturing giant, and if this gets bad enough, they may try to withhold products from us until our country stops Anon. I don't know if it will ever get to that, though. Ultimately, if it does, it will be China's industry vs. China's government.
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zabu of nΩd;10251741 said:
BTW, due to some of the money behind it, and the former NSA offical involved, etc, I am shy of unbridled enthusiasm. On the surface it certainly sounds good though.
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http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/tgif/stigmatizing-resistance-to-authority/
An excellent article touching on one of the reasons I am currently planning on a degree in psychiatry. It's probably 95% quackery at this point, there is an overwhelming need for legitimate work.
An excellent article touching on one of the reasons I am currently planning on a degree in psychiatry. It's probably 95% quackery at this point, there is an overwhelming need for legitimate work.
V.V.V.V.V.
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And you think you're going to be a savior in a sea of poor psychiatric practices? ...good luck, dude.
SentinelSlain
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What do you actually do for a living Dakyrn? I know your ex military and support a family (if you're on welfare then hypocrite just got a new definition).
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Not a system savior. Just finding a market niche.
Student now. I was working for the MIC last year lol. That's pretty close to hypocritical if I hadn't quit.
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V.V.V.V.V.
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The people occupying that niche tend to leave it or stop it and find what they deem to (probably) be less restrictive niches because modern psychiatric practice is almost entirely pill-pushing after a certain amount of visits/etc. due to insurance companies being dumb. Not saying don't try to, just saying it'll be less than optimal for you, I imagine.
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I agree in a rear facing view of the future economy it would be completely sub-optimal. However, mental health issues are skyrocketing, and I expect the trend to continue/grow. When cultural foundations get shaken, it affects even the best of us. Not only that, but insurance companies are becoming as insolvent as all other financial institutions due to mismanagement and excessive risk taking to insure increasing profits, so insurance coverage is less of a concern in the future than it might be now.
People won't be able to afford the insurance, prescriptions, or the copayments even if they wanted to, and many reject the pills already (as you personally know).
The current western popular lifestyle feeds mental instability, both through action and diet. It is systemic. It is not something that pills can fix, only potentially, temporarily mask.
Edit: I'm also not expecting the economic landscape in general to look anything like it does now, in 8-10 years (at the latest), so doing a small practice without insurance payments wouldn't be an issue, relatively speaking.
