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If this thing actually has a 50% mortality rate…

Yeah I’d take a traditional vaccine, not a rammed through mRNA one

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Dude don’t give me the covid excuse come on. shite was spreading globally at the very start of 2020 and our entire country was shut down for months starting in March, why didn’t the increases happen then or in the summer?

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First, he referenced COVID for a timeframe not a reason. Second, you’re asking why didn’t gasoline and crude oil prices increase during a historic shutdown of travel domestically and globally? Really? You’re surprised prices didn’t increase during a historically low demand in fuel?

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They increased the prices right after Biden was elected bc that a-hole campaigned on making their lives harder, so in order to get ahead and make up for losses they increased prices right after he was elected.

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That’s certainly A way to look at it, or, and follow me, the entire fricking world opened back up. Remember when people were constantly predicting that if Trump lost the election the media, Democrat elected officials, and the American left would start calling for opening up of everything and that actually happened? I remember.

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Not sure LA crawfish farmers would agree with you.

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They 100% would not. It’s the same thing with American crude oil and refined products.

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Its just like McDonalds knows that most people won't get a refill if they have to ask.

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I’m ok with McDonald’s doing this. They aren’t saying no refills, they are saying no more abuse of it.

Did McDonalds say the number of refills is now limited?

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Was coming here to say the same thing. If US can support itself with crude and refining, why the heck is gas at $4/gallon when a month ago it was $2.50/gallon?

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Because Europe and SE Asia cannot so they pay higher prices. Because oil, gasoline, kerosene, and diesel are global commodities the entire world feels price increases when a large population cannot sustain itself.

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Gas prices are up because not enough

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Countries or states have sufficient refining capacity to meet their domestic needs.

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I don’t understand how it took as long as it did for this stuff to come out.

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Nobody wanted to be the first, but everyone couldn’t wait to be the second to pile onto this.

Additionally, I wonder who Russini pissed off

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But, on the other end, if there was no CBA salary structure, the guarantees would disappear along with the guarantee of rev share overall.

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Does the CBA stipulate guaranteed contractor has that just become the norm?

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This might be the dumbest statement ever made by anyone That said, if the revenue received by players and stars is not commensurate and proportionate to overall league revenue per the CBA compared to other sports and their respective CBAs, then they will definitely need to address that the next time the CBA expires

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You’re retarded. Nobody is saying the % revenue split is disproportionate. Posters are saying the top 2-5 players in the NBA bring more value to their franchises than the current CBA contract structure allows, and it’s true.

But I also think everyone agrees that the current contract structure is overpaying way more players than players that are underpaid.

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how do we know, without an arse load of money and resources spent by market economies, that communism is doomed to fail due to inefficiencies?

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Communism does not work at scale for a multitude of reasons, but the main one being what one person wants and needs is different from what the person Nextdoor to them, much less across the city, state, or country wants and needs. Centrally planing for that is impossible.

Additionally, by centrally consolidating all decision making, you remove and destroy any and all initiative from people. People are not mindless, thoughtless robots nor are we give insects, born with this internal instinct and drive to fulfill our singular or minor numbering roles all day until we die.

Why do free market economies actively work to “destroy” communist markets? Because in a capitalist society, free markets means more people to exchange with.

From a humanitarian standpoint, the quicker the collapse of a communist society, the faster individuals lives can improve.

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Nations with controlled economies are no more prone to commit human rights violations than those in nations with market economies

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We also know that communist nations are no more brutal

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Are you serious? Every single communist revolution has put the brutality of any capitalist country to shame. The only countries that even rival the brutality of communist countries are authoritarian dictatorships.