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We haven't seen any evidence at any point for a famine in Gaza. It seems just to be something Hamas propaganda has been saying People were concerned we might get a famine. But it doesn't seem to have materialised. Israel was too good at flooding Gaza with food

There's also the political situation. When Jordan took the West Bank they ethnically cleansed it from Jews. Since Israel is the only country in the Middle-East with a history of not ethnically cleansing anything, or arguing for ethnic cleansing, I think it's a good idea to keep them in charge of...

It was part of Israel when it was founded in 1948. Jordan just took it. They took advantage of that there was absolute chaos around the world at the time. And Judah amd Samaria were part of the Palestinian province during the Ottoman empire. Continued in the British Mandate. The Jordan river...

Jordan had said they were going to attack and massing troops on the border. Basically, Jordan, Syria and Egypt were waiting for the others to attack first. Striking before Jordan had a chance to was just militarily smart Israel won't be able to accept a two state solution as long as the...

Israelis are pragmatic. That's been their guiding principle right from the start. Jews in their situation don't have the luxury of following any high ideals. They need to be realistic and accept what they need to accept, and fight back when they need to. They have a situation where all their...

That's not why Israel grabbed the west bank. The west bank is a dry height of little agricultural value. But it is a height. If you look at the rest of Israel its shaped like a banana around the West Bank. All Jordan needed to do was to park artillery there and bomb Israel into submission. Its...

Here's a good movie scene showing Mussolini addressing the Italian parliament. This really happened. Trump has not done anything like this Here's another one, Saddam purging the parliament of anyone who ever criticised him. Not even close to anything Trump has done.

Any American who disagrees with Trump can publicly voice that opinion and won't get arrested. Or risk any social repurcussian really. There's even a tolerated opposing political party, that conceivably can win next election. So I am not sure what you think you have proven by posting that...

The human connection. We like to think we're rational beings. But we're not. We're emotionally driven beings who occasionally can park some of our emotions in some ways sometimes, to think somewhat rationally. We're still mostly a bunch of monkeys who need to feel emotional connection with...

Its just nonsense. He doesn't understand what AI is or what it does. AI is not that smart. Its just scare mongering. Its click bait. Yes, lots of people will lose their jobs. But its the simple rote skill jobs that are disappearing. Any job that requires thinking is safe. Junior employees...

I, agree, don't think we have a disagreement on this.

I still don't see what the problem is. The AI is just following the rules its given. They fucked up when promoting it and where lazy when validating the results. Something they would have needed to do anyway without AI. The biggest problem with AI is that some people think its magical. When...

That's not guaranteed. This peace will make Ukraine a vassal of Russia again. As long as Ukraine plays ball and obeys Russia from now on they won't get invaded again. But it's extremely bad news for the Baltic states. I think they're next

We've been flooded with misinformation the second Internet was connected. Same thing happened the moment the printing press was invented. That's not a new thing. There's no way it can get worse than it is already. We're already saturated with bullshit. There's no way AI can make the problem...

I think Trump just wants peace at any cost. From his perspective war anywhere in the world is bad for business. I think he sees it as, from USA's perspective who rules Ukraine is irrelevant. It's not his problem. I don't think Trump cares about morality or justice. That's how I read it...

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c33mv4y2187t My reading of this peace proposal is Ukraine admitting defeat. Does anyone disagree?

Now we're changing the topic somewhat, but I just don't think that's how it's going to work out. But it does comply to the homo economicus rule. Scandinavia has had such flat income level for so long its impacted the culture. Only a barbarian here doesn't clean their own toilet. It's become a...

The state today all over the west is perfectly comfortable regulating companies down to the smallest detail. That's a massive ideological shift. We don't see CEO's as sovereign entities anymore. We increasingly see them as public servants. We see them as owned by the state. That's why bail outs...

I was answering a hypothetical example if everyone maximised getting rich. Ie everyone is homo economicus. You are, of course, correct in the real world. But not in this hypoethetical scenario.

Here's a good video on AI