so basically random sampling of representatives instead of elected representation, because the electoral process is notoriously corrupt.
I think any kind of 'opaque' system is going to be more open to manipulation than a transparent one, and it's not transparency that is the real problem.
one major problem with modern liberal (capitalist) democracy is that the political and economic power bases are meant to be kept separate but power in one creates an advantage in the other so they inevitably become tangled together. there's no feasible way to prevent economic interests interfering with social/political ones short of folding the two into one heirarchy like socialism or fascism does outside of brutal enforcement strictly to the letter of a constitution without any room for reinterpretation.
"what you can imagine is based on what you know"
another big problem is that in any system where a general population votes, the process can be manipulated by controlling access to information. the traditional method is censorship but it's clumsy and brutal; people in Soviet states for example came to understand that they were being denied access to information and acted accordingly - there was no trust in major media apparatus and 'forbidden' information and viewpoints were distributed covertly.
the more modern and insidious method is 'nudging', originally detailed by Edward Bernays (I think) and others in the field of group psychology. instead of trying to directly control access to information (except in extreme cases such as 'national security' of course), the goal is to control what information and viewpoints are 'acceptable'. it's what the massive push on 'misinformation' and 'disinformation' is about, and before that the label 'conspiracy theory' - certain ideas are marked as outside of polite discourse and effectively excluded from general social consciousness.
tl;dr:
- transparency is good, removing it will not improve things - one major problem is personal economic incentive to vote against one's group interests - another is that media saturation allows voting to be manipulated by controlling access to information - universal suffrage is fake, gay and retarded
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Hey crispy!!!! I hope your thahnksgiving is good, I know it's a little rough but these fond moments you'll look back on later in life and be happy you don't have to do anymore
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Very hard to pick a number one but its going to be a shooter so it could either be doom, unreal tournament, goldeneye but I'll go with half life for number one if we are allowed to include the expansion sequels
1. Half life (opposing force and blueshift) the amount of hours I put it into this a kid is unreal)
2. Goldeneye ( just for the multiplayer really, 4 friends my Canadian friends basement. Being 10 years old and not really understanding what to do but just enjoying having fun with friends)
3. Mortal Kombat (1, 2 or mk 3)
Another one those early gaming memories, spent a whole summer memorising the combos Fatalitites)
4. Carmageddon
Loved just messing around with the psychics and destroying all cars
5. Fallout 3
Loved the story and fucking about with the psychics. Not much for rpgs but it reminded me of playing lands of lore in the 90s when I first played it and travelling back and forth and picking up shit and all the mechanics was just refreshing when I first got to play it on the 360....still holds up today.
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Honourable mentions burnout 3, halo 1 and 2, nba jamal, fifa 94, sunset riders, blood, nhl 99, mario kart, starfox, streets of rage.
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Originally posted by Bradley
sometimes i just feel sad about things and don't really have anyone I feel like I can communicate them to in real life so I go on an internet troll forum and open my soul up and pour my heart out into the keyboard
will anyone help me? Probably not. I don't see there being much anyone can do.
Does it make me feel better to share how I feel? Yeah.
Is that okay, Foxweiner?
Yeah no it's cool. I just can't relate because I have a deep fear of loss and an aversion to vulnerability, so I preemptively sabotage most relationships and friendships and generally avoid attachments. Specifically so I don't have to feel this stuff ur talkm bout
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the people whom would say boxing/MMA is queer are the same types that would say the same about wrestling. Like yeah it's corny and kinda silly but you have to admire the production value at least
HERE COMES THE FLYING ELBOOOOWWW!!!
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Back when NiS opened I was just out of college adjusting to not being dirt broke all the time. Was pretty excited about getting to do programming as a job, writing the forum software at night, generally pretty wide eyed. I was also drunk a lot and would try about any drug someone would offer me, which was something that happened a lot more back then lol.
Now Iām older, fatter, and happier. Significantly more jaded too lol, realized professional software development is more office politics than technical, tried going into research and realized that was the same thing for much much worse pay. Now I mostly punch the time card and do whatever pays without putting too much of myself into work until I amass enough money to build my bunker in the mountains and start my mail bombing campaign.
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