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Comment · 6 years ago
Except that slavery is not historically tied to one race only and frankly, it's a bit racist to imply that it is.
Comment · 6 years ago
So he moved from Google to Apple and Facebook.
Comment · 6 years ago
Do you have any source or proof that the wealthy pay a disproportionate amount of taxes compared to the rest of us?
Comment · 6 years ago
Whether that value is real or whether that value was created just by the founders is something that needs to be discussed.
Comment · 6 years ago
I'd agree with you, but the killer feature digital notes have, for me, is the quick and effortless searching.
Comment · 6 years ago
Both London and Zurich are extremely expensive.
Comment · 6 years ago
The explanation is wrong though. The employer pays you a fraction of the value your labor produces for them. Being enjoyable or not has nothing to do with it. You'd get paid for doing a valuable thing you could enjoy doing the same way nobody is going to pay you for doing something you don't enjoy that has no value for anyone.
Comment · 6 years ago
Serious question: why not use github pages to run your static website?
Comment · 7 years ago
If the work is being done, why does the employer need to know more than what is absolutely necessary?
Comment · 7 years ago
Because most first-world ubermensch spend filling and productive days doing menial tasks for a living wage. I'm surprised how prejudicial and borderline racist comments like this are upvoted here.
Comment · 7 years ago
Vegans and vegetarians live without consuming meat. There's plenty of plant substitutes for the nutrients we get from meat (nuts, mushrooms, soy and so on).
Comment · 7 years ago
> simply take out loans

So not only are they not getting paid now, but they should also pay loan interests once their pay goes in.

Comment · 7 years ago
> In fact, "Balkans" in particular is an extremely ambiguous linguistic term and can mean so many different things to so many people.

Not really, Balkan countries are well-defined and have been so for over a century now. It's basically European countries that were under the Ottoman Empire:

Greece, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia. One could also throw Slovenia in there but historically speaking, they have always been pretty different from other Balkan-folk.

Comment · 7 years ago
The right to free speech protects you from being persecuted by the government. Patreon and any other private company reserve the right to choose their customers (and workers) based on what they say. This has always been the case. There are countless examples, even in the past, where companies have fired employees for saying things they shouldn't have.

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