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Comment · 13 years ago
Tried this with both "immediately" and 15 min on iPad Mini. Reproduced it every time.

As a side note, one can use this bug to access contacts list and send email on behalf of the owner (via share menu in photo stream).

Edit:

Just found out that I can tweet, post to facebook and send email just by using Siri (if that setting is enabled). Although, this might be the correct behavior.

Comment · 13 years ago
Note 'anarcho-communism', not -capitalism. In fairness, I am opposed to anarcho-capitalism for the reason you outlined above:

> namely that money tends to lead to more money

In general, yes - there is no such thing as "panaceatic system", instead I was suggesting to trying to find different methods, organization structures to lower the possibility of (or in ideal world eliminating) power accumulation.

Comment · 13 years ago
> Idealism? Surely. But many anarchists would tell you that anarchism is an ideal, a goal, more than it is a destination to be arrived at in short order.

It always struck me, that so many people discard the idea of anarchism either as "a teenage rebel idealism", terrorism, or simply "not going to work". Hence they go back to capitalism or however things work today.

But in the end, what anarcho-communism is trying to achieve is what most of us would agree with: eliminate poverty and exploitation (via equal rights to access means of production), let people have control over their own lives, direct democracy and self-organization. And when people say it's not going to work, it saddens me that we are not even trying to move in that direction. Of course, it may not ever happen, but innovating in this direction surely could lead us to a better world.

Of course, don't take my word for it, as I'm obviously biased. Instead research the topic if you're interested.

Comment · 13 years ago
> Is a somewhat brief existence worse than no existence at all?

This would apply to local farms perhaps, but from what I read industrial livestock production is causing suffering to many animals to lower the costs.

Disclaimer: I am not a vegan.

Comment · 13 years ago

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