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    I like multiculturalism, I believe it makes for a stronger society and a society where we can be different races, religions, cultures but we share common values.....we have to accept the values of the country we want to live in and if you cant accept those values then you need to immigrate somewhere else . And that does not mean we now have no immigration control or force countries to accept all refugees , like the EU and the refugee crisis But end of the day multiculturalism is a good thing that will make us better people overall http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/05/the_downside_of_diversity/
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    It advocates for bloody revolution to steal the property of others to enforce poverty.What do you think is the link between equity and poverty? People respond to incentives. If you penalize hard work, ambition, and innovation by redistributing the wealth generated by such, and incentivize those who aren't hard working, ambitious, or innovative by giving him the fruits of the others work, you eventually get people who see no point in working. If the society isn't productive and the wealth at the top redistributed to the bottom, you get poverty across the board. So the only options are to enforce work through force, or allow free capitalism.
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    It advocates for bloody revolution to steal the property of others to enforce poverty.
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    Makes me wonder if the Internet was worth it. The ability to order food without talking to people and have access to free porn is definitely worth it. I see Cultural-Marxism not as a plot to destroy Capitalism, but rather to destroy culture, directly and indirectly as it forces unity from the top through inclusivety. The Alt-Right is just another lazy attempt to categorize anyone outside the mainstream rightwing as i see very little in common between catholic monarchists and american neo-nazis. One point Stefan Molyneux made that I liked was how when he was younger he believed culture was bad, and by removing culture as a barrier, it would lead people to philosophy and reason, but as he gets older he sees the far left trying to wipe out culture and instead of leading people to reason and philosophy it instead leads to groupthink and hostility. His best stuff comes out of his discussions with guests and his call in show. He's at his best when he is speaking from the heart and being a philosopher rather than doing his presentations.
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    An extremely successful term followed by his death?
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    Must be targeted ads, its literally the only ad I am seeing anywhere, I doubt Paradox has that kind of budget.
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    If all the safe states go as predicted and the swing states stay with the leads they have, trump wins 278 to 259
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    New York Times giving Trump a 58% chance of winning at last count.
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    Had to deliver the frozen baked goods stuff the wife sold. The local PAC loves her because she sells more than all the other parents combined. 15 cases worth of frozen cookie dough and pies. Cold sweat the whole time. At least this should be my major illness for the year.
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    Its incredibly offensive. Also, my understanding was the original dutch settlers largely purchased the land from the original inhabitants. It wasn't until the British administration and the migration of Bantu people to South Africa where it really got nasty.
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    Thanks. She hasn't been well for a while so I don't think it was a huge surprise for anyone, and we went over for Canadian Thanksgiving™ so we got to see her while she was still lucid. And yeah, one sick day per year, we used to get 3 but management felt it was being abused.
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    Finished The Crown. Supposedly its pretty accurate, which gives me a newfound respect for the Queen and those who hold the office.
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    Been sick in bed since thursday, got a phonecall at 2 am last night that my grandmother died. Since I already used my one annual sick day, the bereavement time will allow me to stay in bed instead of working a 10 hour workday.
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    I don't think there is a consensus on whether TNG or DS9 was the better series. I know I preferred DS9. The movies were largely pretty good in my opinion, though the Motion Picture and Final Frontier were pretty terrible.
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    Started on The Crown. Am really enjoying it. Superbcasting, though not huge on John Lithgow as Churchill
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    Really enjoyed Star Trek Beyond. They could bring in the alien girl to replace Chekov in a sequel.
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    Yup, though thats the only bad thing I've heard about him.
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    The Warhammer license must be pretty cheap, everyone has it.
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    RIPD. Fun movie, definitely reminiscent of Men in Black, but I liked Jeff Bridges' Roy better than Tommy Lee Jones' K. Very predictable but some fun action and Kevin Bacon does some great scenery chewing.
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    Its the crowd sourcing platform that a bunch of the successful kickstarter devs helped get off the ground, that combines crowdsourcing and investing. So you can do standard crowd sourcing with soliciting donations in exchange for rewards, or you can invest and get a share of the profits. I think at first there was a sizeable minimum investment if you wanted shares, but they are trying to set it up so smaller investors can buy shares as well. The projects are curated by Fig, with advisors from the various kickstarter successes, in order to minimize the likelyhood of projects not delivering the product. So far it looks like its been quite successful, raising some decent sized sums. Thanks! And I assume one of the "successful kickstarter devs" is Tim Shafer, then. Who is successful in the "getting large sums of money from crowdsourcing" way rather than the actually delivering on it. Having Tim Shafer in any way in control of those (or any) finances is a red flag for me. As far as I know the Fig people don't have a lot of control over the money. They take a cut of crowd funding and a share of the profits, but otherwise the devs control the budget and keep the IP. Feargus, Tim, Brian, and such are there for advice and such on how to run the campaign, and deliver on the product. I'm sure the people involved can choose who they can get advice from.
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    Yeah, fix the combat (either go with RTwP or Turn Based, not both), and update the visuals and we're good. Ditch the tiles and go with either a Divinity: Original Sin/Wasteland 2 style 3d world, or go with the Pillars of Eternity/Tides of Numenera pre-rendered. Steampunk is an aesthetic that needs decent visuals.
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    Its the crowd sourcing platform that a bunch of the successful kickstarter devs helped get off the ground, that combines crowdsourcing and investing. So you can do standard crowd sourcing with soliciting donations in exchange for rewards, or you can invest and get a share of the profits. I think at first there was a sizeable minimum investment if you wanted shares, but they are trying to set it up so smaller investors can buy shares as well. The projects are curated by Fig, with advisors from the various kickstarter successes, in order to minimize the likelyhood of projects not delivering the product. So far it looks like its been quite successful, raising some decent sized sums.
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    Supposedly the mid credits scene teases the next villain.
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