... and I was making the observation that if a beard is the sign of an adult, then women can't be adults.
Are you sure you feel like an adult, or are you talking about feeling like a man?
This isn't a meaningless distinction, and it also doesn't need to be offensive. Alas, it seems if I want to have public philosophical discussions I should go back to 300 BC.
This is hilarious. But do you realize you're implying that women can't be adults?
The discussion sounds a lot like 'when do you become a man' than it does 'when do you become an adult.'
For instance, most women throughout history were financially dependent on their husband. They would not make independent decisions. They were not solely responsible.
Did that mean they weren't adults?
The 20-30% of women who still become stay at home moms... they can't grow a beard... they are dependent on their husband or parents for money...
You aren't expecting much from the government. Who has more resources and power than the government? If Zuck had that much power I'm sure he would do a lot more than just give free internet.
Make an ally out of gravity and you can use its strength for something half-decent instead of all-bad.
I think this land grab by Facebook is half-decent instead of all-bad. Facebook is treating the poor better than the Indian government has, at least. Neither institution really gives a fuck about them.
Even though it's obviously a land grab... no one other than massive corporations is capable or willing to provide this. I don't like it either, but that's how corporatocracy works. Might as well fight against gravity.
In all of history, the elite have never been more secure. They've never had anything close to the level of surveillance and policing as today. The police today are literally thousands of times more effective at their job than the time of the French Revolution.
No one with a clue is worried about anything "abrupt". Rebellion is literally impossible.
Bill Gates is actually very concerned with reducing population growth.
I think you have an OK point and the more intelligent rich people like Elon Musk are the ones furthering your agenda. Bill and Zuck were always too conventional to think big like this. Their conventionality was part of their success--they are both too uncreative to come up with something new but instead they know how to steal the ideas of others and make a more competitive business out of them.
Are you sure you feel like an adult, or are you talking about feeling like a man?
This isn't a meaningless distinction, and it also doesn't need to be offensive. Alas, it seems if I want to have public philosophical discussions I should go back to 300 BC.