lieuwestra

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Sure, but they are different just like France and Poland were different in WWII. Very much on the same side in a fight against expansionism.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

You're a VP candidate. Normal things get handled by the city. Does he think CEOs worry about printer paper too?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Google might not, but it's shareholders want to minimise losses. A voluntary breakup will be better for them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"you kids break it up or I'm gonna do it for ya"

  • your mom probably, also the justice department
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The problem lies in the fact that we need to categorise these subjects to write more effective policy. And it doesn't matter what words you use, they always get these connotations as familiarity grows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Technically skilled as in requiring education (financed by the state), unskilled can learn on the job within days.

But politics has a way with twisting those words into a us/them dichotomy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Skilled labor is economists jargon, so the meaning of it does not match the dictionary definition.

No one is saying there is literally no skill involved in unskilled labor.