I agree that would be more environmentally friendly, but now you also need to train and employ how many nuclear experts to keep thousands of ships running safely? And this tech has existed for a while. If this was cheaper to do, I expect they would have already done it.
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For the record, the current technology we have to capture renewable energy is not capable of supporting the civilization we have built compared to how efficient oil and natural gas are as energy-dense molecules. Only very recently has battery technology come far enough to make it worth it to move a semi-truck any reasonable distance, but cargo ships are still going to be difficult to replace and account for a huge amount of pollution, as well as commerce we depend on. So it's not a "slightly better profit margin", as it would range from a literal decimation of society to straight up impossible to cut out all fossil fuels today.
But we should have started a global, methodical transition over 40 years ago, and the free market control over government and media has systematically prevented that. And THAT is unacceptable.
Yeah, clearly, no difference.
I feel like DVDs/Blurays already disappeared 10 years ago and are now making a comeback. Same for CDs. Streaming services don't let you own anything, and if they pull something down, you're SOL. Self hosting Plex and ripping my own disks has given me a level of freedom not possible with netflix et. al. Especially since DVDs are considered garbage to most people now, you can set up your own streaming service for you and your friends and family for cheap. No piracy necessary.
In particular, fear, or "terror". You can use violence without anyone knowing, and you can create fear without violence. The fear is the key factor.
Ok THIS is the most idiocracy thing so far.
Given recent performances I think most boxing fans won't mind seeing him being escorted back across the border
Am I the only one who thinks this is unsportsmanlike to say? If someone is worth fighting against inside the ring, then they're worth fighting with outside the ring.
Isn't it amazing how it's impossible to make a bad move in 4D chess?
Paramount being capitalist is a red herring. That would have been the case regardless of trump being corrupt. Settling the extortion payment had to happen for them to stop being harassed. The fact that they want to stop being harassed....so that they can continue doing the same capitalist bullshit they would have done regardless is irrelevant. It's not the flip side of an extortion coin, it's a completely separate unethical practice to try to confuse and divide criticism. This is step one in fostering a "both sides" argument.
They already were. The right has been sneaking bans on ranked choice voting into many red state legislations for many years now.
You may be thinking "how could they convince people to vote against ranked choice voting?!" By piggybacking on xenophobia of course!
I feel like this thread is somehow interpreting the "bribery" payment as malicious on Paramount's part. If a corrupt cop is going to arrest you for made up charges unless you grease his palms, you're not being malicious or unethical, you're not somehow getting something out of the exchange that you otherwise wouldn't have, you're just being extorted by a corrupt cop.
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It said it was going to explain why enshittification wouldn't happen to them, but didn't.