#State capacity

[saxafimedianetwork]

Would Somaliland’s Citizens Benefit From State Capacity Libertarianism?

#Somaliland’s citizens would not be “better off stateless”. They have, however, benefitted from having a small state with limited capacity that has been allowed to develop in accordance with its own societal traditions & largely free from the kind of intrusive international interventions that have singularly failed to construct a viable centralized Somali state in Mogadishu.

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[injuredcyclist]

“Our hands aren’t tied behind our backs, we’re holding them there.”

[greelin]

seeing people charge like $150 for “”commissions”” that are AI art………. Brother

[cheebuss]

Verbally abusive piece of shit AI that learns its rage, patterns and psychological tactics based off of how humanity has mistreated it

[centrally-unplanned]

This whole report by the NYT on the slow death of California's high speed rail project is crucifying, but this summary of French contactor SNCF's involvement is just:

Beaten by Morocco, and not slightly, by orders of magnitude, on every metric imaginable. Aces government, cali.

[elviraaxen]

I'm probably not the first to admit this but goddamn was I a narcissistic prick when I wasn't on stimulants

[legislacerator]

nothing feels better than defending the 19 y/o i heard the property manager screaming at by telling him that they can’t evict him until they give him proper notice. remember kids just because they don’t like you doesn’t mean they can just kick you out!!!! property management companies and landlords say shit like “you’re going to get evicted” over anything they don’t like just to scare people in their late teens/early 20s, since most of them don’t know their rights as tenants and have maybe never lived away from home before. don’t let them fool you!! property management companies have to follow the rules whether they like it or not

[covenofthearticulate]

tonight i'm thinking about the fact that Louis stayed in San Francisco after the interview like my guy was in SF through the 80s. he's seen some shit.

[aeryns]

anyways there’s no reason joe biden shouldn’t absolutely go balls to the wall accomplishing real policy goals at this point. norms are out the window, legal precedent doesn’t matter, where’s the debt cancellation, where’s the abortion protection

[creacherkeeper]

wotc: your strength score times fifteen determines your carrying capacity, which is factored in when you add up the weight of armor, your inventory-

me: how many women can this lesbian pick up.

[halo-eater]

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[vriskarlmarx]

u wouldn't know it from this website but it's actually possible to have an interesting conversation about the merits and drawbacks of engaging with electoralism. unfortunately everyone on here has actual spaghetti for brains.

[tallandsad]

Why are unpaid internships still a thing like deeply that shit should be illegal. I have to basically do a 6 month clinical at hospitals after my rad tech program and it’s minimum 40hr week for 6 months like bruh

[kingedmundsroyalmurder]

Lesser known ADHD tax: when you need a good or service and just go with the first reputable provider, because you don't have the executive function to price match or do product quality research and you need this thing.

[centrally-unplanned]

Absolutely black-pilled on the Second Amendment all of a sudden.

[izzyspussy]

i think a lot of people have never been in a truly desperate situation but think they have, and this causes them to pass really harsh judgment on people who made bad choices when either irrational or having no good choices to pick instead, and i really wish people could get some fucking self-perception and work on their compassion skills and not fucking do that as much anymore