Comments by "" (@TheHuxleyAgnostic) on "Sam Harris on Fox News" video.

Because he's a bigot, promotes other bigots, constantly trashes liberals, is terrible at philosophy, is totally clueless on a number of topics he still gives ignorant opinions about, talks out both sides of his ass, sides with right wing nutters on a number of topics, etc.
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Yang will make corporations like Amazon even richer. His plan doesn't actually make them "pay their fair share".
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... in New Hampshire only. Americans should learn that a VAT doesn't make corporations, like Amazon, "pay their fair share", as Yang claims. His plan will make Amazon and Bezos even richer.
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@michaelburkey1968 Both Islamophobes.
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@michaelburkey1968 Ah yes, every Harris quote is taken out of context.
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@michaelburkey1968 So, when it comes to Muslims, he doesn't think the Christian religious right, like Ted Cruz, or Ben Carson, or fascists, are the most sensible? Do let me know how this is out of context. "The dogma of multiculturalism has left a secular Europe very slow to address the looming problem of religious extremism among its immigrants. The people who speak most sensibly about the threat that Islam poses to Europe are actually fascists. To say that this does not bode well for liberalism is an understatement: It does not bode well for the future of civilization."
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@michaelburkey1968 The "nuance" is bullshit, because there's no such thing as Islam, without Muslims. Religions don't exist on their own. A "Muslim" is someone who practices some form of Islam. "Islam" is a religion practiced by Muslims. So, when he makes out like Islam is a singular horrible thing, he's making out like that's what all Muslims practice. If you say Islam is dangerous, and all Muslims practice Islam, how haven't you said something about all Muslims? You have. You've portrayed them all as possible ticking time bombs. Yes , he promotes former Muslims, like Hirsi Ali, who says we're at war with Islam, that Islam needs to be defeated, even militarily, that there's no moderate Islam, etc. If every Muslim on the planet practices a form of Islam, what is that saying about all Muslims? He was for Ted Cruz's picking Christian refugees over Muslim ones. He thinks Ben Carson ... who also was against the Muslim ban, but has said a bunch of other shit things about Muslims, and is an utter moron ... knows more about what's going on with Muslims in the world than Chomsky. If you've got a reformed liberal Muslim, who still practices their form of Islam, and an ultra-conservative Wahhabi Muslim, who practices their form of Islam, and you say "Islam is the motherload of bad ideas", as if it's a singular unified thing, how does that not apply to both Muslims?
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@michaelburkey1968 Scripture =\= religion. We seem to grasp that with other religions. Religious people interpret things differently, give weight to things differently, cherrypick differently, include extra writings differently ... and it is the final product that is their religion. To say there's only one true way to follow a religious book to the letter, a) goes against over two centuries of non-theists arguing religious books are contradictory; and b) sides with the extremists making out like other Muslims aren't true Muslims. It's, literally, helping the extremists make their Not a True Scotsman argument. If you're going to help promote a single interpretation, why not pick the one you like best, rather than the one you like least? It hasn't seemed to spook him about US foreign policy. Why, when Hezbollah or Bin Laden, list the US committing or complicity in ME atrocities, as reasons for their actions, doesn't Sam give a crap? He went on with Chomsky, defending US intent, and not seeming to grasp that the other side considers their intentions to be good, as well.
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@jring383 How is arguing there's going to be mass unemployment, due to coming automation, so here's $12000 to try and live on, progressive? Why wouldn't a job, with a living wage, be better?
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@SteveV1960 If everything is going to be automated, then it would simply increase the need for more robots, unless the automation scare is complete nonsense.
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@SteveV1960 Oh, well just as long as you come out alright ...
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@jring383 How would demand create anything but a demand for more robots, if he's projection mass automation and depression levels of unemployment? A FJG would avoid that problem. How can you both save your $12k for unemployment time and spend it to fuel the economy? Once you're unemployed, what new job are you talking about? His whole schtick is that there won't be jobs, due to automation. You're going to have to live off your $12k a year. A FJG would avoid that problem. Yang is dishonest. A VAT taxes consumers, not corporations. People will spend their UBI on Amazon, making them richer. That will make Bezos richer. And, the more he has, the more he'll hoard, and hoarded money isn't affected by a VAT. His plan benefits giant corporations and the super rich.
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@jring383 I said he's dishonest about who pays the VAT. He is absolutely lying that a VAT is a way to make giant corporations and the super rich "pay their fair share". It isn't. I also didn't deny automation. Do you have reading comprehension problems? You're the one arguing out of both sides of your ass. You've argued to save your $12k, but also argued to spend it to fuel the economy, to create new jobs. If simply stimulating the economy will create new jobs for people, then that contradicts that there is necessarily going to be depression level unemployment. If there is definitely going to be depression level unemployment, then that's 25% of the population expected to live on $12000 a year, and there will be no new job for you to find.
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@jring383 I'm Canadian. I've been paying a VAT for almost 30 years. I've run a business with a VAT. It is absolute bullshit, that a VAT is a way to tax corporations like Amazon. They will simply collect the tax and pass it along to the government. Mixed with the UBI, more people will spend money on Amazon, making them even richer. That'll make Bezos richer.
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@jring383 It will be the upper middle class and lower end rich ... people who already spend that much a month, but aren't hoarding massive amounts ... who will pay the highest percentage of their wealth into the VAT. The richer you go, the higher the percentage they'll be hoarding, and hoarded money isn't affected by a VAT. The super rich will be less affected, and will become richer.
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