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  1. TheLeviathan
    Whew....good thing you crushed that strawman!
  2. TheLeviathan
    Many owners threaten politicians into tax levies. The building they are overcharging you to enter was also paid by taxpayers. And they are lowering player salaries while upping your costs as a consumer. Why you fall on the sword for them is beyond me, but I know the thanks you'll get for your loyalty. They'll raise your prices, blame the players, and laugh to the bank about suckers.
  3. TheLeviathan
    I've already demonstrated two better ways of saying it. And I still don't see the point of it.
  4. TheLeviathan
    That is an excellent example. I make no claim to some marvelous answer to automation. I'm just begging us not to make assumptions that we can just "fill our time" or other such notions so easily. Work/Occupation is a critical component of our social contract because it forms bonds of trust, expectation, reliance, interconnected goals, etc. Filling it with hobbies is not the same thing and it would be dangerous to think so.
  5. TheLeviathan
    The philosopher in me does not accept this idea that "welp, no more work....we'll just paint and wait for government rations!" as much of a thoughtful argument. Work has been a core part of the social fabrics we have built. I question how much people have considered the layers of consequences to a world in which a society is built where robots do all the cooperative, societal enduring work and we.....what? Lay around and reap our rewards? Call me a cynic, but a world like that isn't one where my first concern is how will the government keep all of us happy and fed. It's more like....in this new anarchy is it the robots that do away with most of us or each other? Who gets the job done first?
  6. TheLeviathan
    I think you could've chosen a better term given the context you were using. The phrase "anti-Trump bias" is unclear because it can be used to mean very different things. Using a word like "bias" evokes many other meanings. A better, clearer use of it previously might have saved you the several layers of explanation that were asked of you. Yes, the posters in this forum are not a perfect statistical replica of America. We lean more against Trump pretty heavily. I doubt anyone would dispute that.....so why post it? (And i ask because I think you were asked about "bias" because people assumed you were making a larger point of contention. Perhaps not)
  7. TheLeviathan
    If you truly believe this paragraph then I stand by my earlier statement: You are out of touch with the dynamics of this business. You're also, apparently, immune to facts. Most of this paragraph is simply untrue and the rest of it misses the point.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Who is setting the ticket prices? Owners keep charging all of us more in our taxes and at the gate. And every year they keep more and more of it for themselves. Never, in anything I've read about capitalism, was the idea to extort the public through the government, to build private business and then horde the profits. That ain't capitalism. The players get a slice of the pie that the owners keep the bulk of. And the owners keep growing the pie at our expense. You're getting suckered.
  9. TheLeviathan
    I don't think bias is the word you mean, it implies something else. I think what you mean is "sentiment" and the answer to that is probably "yes". You might get snarky responses from others about wanting agreement, but those same posters should hold up a mirror. I appreciate here that most people embrace the disagreement. Some of the best policies are born out of wedding two different approaches together. However, I don't think people here would be shy to say that they don't like Trump. And putting aside disagreements on what "should" happen due to our politics, there are objective reasons to feel he's a liar and unfit for the job. It's just how you weigh things. For the 40% you refer to they look past the true, and truly, awful things about this man because they care more about having a Republican in office. For another 40% he could probably achieve world peace and he'd still be awful. For another 20% of us we try to be a bit more careful in why we think things. Those here seem to be mostly of the 20% persuasion. But you're welcome to join in even if you support Trump. I just hope it's with good arguments, as with any stance someone takes.
  10. TheLeviathan
    I sincerely hope a post was not deleted and a warning point handed out for that example above. I thought there has been a stated position of less ardent moderation in that part of the forum and I've seen many of us, myself included, say worse about politicians we disagree with. I hope that situation is corrected if it's true as presented.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Well, by that logic there are probably far, far worse things we all give our money to at a point it becomes absurd. So, it's probably not a well reasoned argument.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Why are pampered billionaires extorting me for my taxes? For all this capitalism we sure seem to be using socialism when it comes to building the infrastructure these billionaires use to make enormous profits. Everyone comparing MLB to Microsoft or some other company is trying to compare apples to whales and call it legit. That's....ridiculous. There are no good guys here and most of you lambasting the players are really, really out of touch with the dynamics of this. I'm not putting the players on some pedestal either, just making the most of bad choices. And choosing, personally, not to give either of them a dime of my money again.
  13. TheLeviathan
    I think players are less worried about the AAV as they are with the shortening of contract offers. I think Harper was planting his flag for future players with this contract. Sure, he could've probably gotten a few years at 40M or something, but what players want is security not short payouts. Plus, as mentioned earlier, I wouldn't underestimate the importance of what the next CBA might mean for a short term deal.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Didn't Buxton credit Rowson for that one great surge we got from him?
  15. TheLeviathan
    I'm not sure LoMo's past is all the different than Cron's. They are pretty similar to my glance. My concern is that his prior production that Nick is citing as consistent, might have been so because he was being played selectively to protect him from being over-exposed. He had pretty consistent production throughout last year, so if there is an adjustment to be made it doesn't seem like it was discovered last year. Nevertheless, baseball is a game of adjustments and what happened to LoMo was an inability to adjust to what was being done to limit him. I anticipate much the same with Cron. And, for the record, I don't have much confidence in Cave either. It's part of why I'm happy to have Marwin Gonzalez.
  16. TheLeviathan
    If his bitterness leads him to make the changes necessary and have a breakout? I'll take it. People worry about keeping him long-term, but there was also something else that needed to happen first: He had to start playing well enough for that to be a problem. I hope for his sake, and ours as Twins fans, that this offseason was the fuel that starts the fire.
  17. TheLeviathan
    But you don't really get to decide what is done with your money and everyone gets taxed....so I'm not sure how that first paragraph can hold up?
  18. TheLeviathan
    If all we wanted was a placeholder we already had Austin. I imagine, after this year, we'll look at LoMo and Cron much the same way - we bought high (not in terms of cost, in terms or production expectations) and we received low. As a general rule I prefer to buy high on what is likely to stay high or buy low on upside. Cron offers the worst of both worlds. I hope I'm wrong though.
  19. TheLeviathan
    I'm not disagreeing with the last point, but part of makes society work is collective buy-in. Work is considered valuable, in part, because it does help the collective good. Now, if suddenly no one had to work (a claim I also find dubious) what keep society together if we aren't finding ways to contribute to the lives of others? And that's where my question comes in - what are 7 billion people going to do with their time? And, if you have an answer for that, is it a sustainable foundation for society? Or do we go WALL-E? Or worse?
  20. TheLeviathan
    Is there? Now, whether it pays them enough to live or something is a layered question, I'm singling out the assumption you seem to be making. I don't buy that statement. Not even for a second. And without that, I'm not sure the other questions matter.
  21. TheLeviathan
    Work is more than output. If you reduce it to that I think it complicates the discussion. One of the reasons we call work an "occupation" I think is pretty telling.
  22. TheLeviathan
    I'm not one to agree with caps, I think that's not in line with our ideals either. However, the government absolutely does care for it's citizens. We do so with the military as an easy example. We also know that if you allow desperation and need to fester, it endangers the society as a whole. I think AOC is largely grandstanding (or, if not, she's a bit naive) but the idea that we need to look at how we care for people and provide for a society of opportunity is much needed. We've spent about 25 years catering to those already comfortably pursuing their happiness. And doing so at the expense of so many other people. Economics is about balance, we need to start correcting some of the overshift towards the wealthy and entitled. They can't be allowed to buy their immediate happiness through politicians at the expense of the happiness of others.
  23. TheLeviathan
    I think Cron ends up looking like another Morrison move.
  24. TheLeviathan
    There does need to be a replacement but the entire system needs to be smashed. You're right that the colleges have feasted on the program and preyed on 18 year olds to fill their coffers. I'm game for free tech schools and community colleges, but the major universities need to radically adjust their tuition rates or they shouldn't get another dime of funding.
  25. TheLeviathan
    There are so many positive angles the Dems can take when they aren't afraid to say "Yeah, taxes are going up....and here's how it will effect you' I've said before, the Dems have an opportunity to make the case that universal health care can be a break even, or cost cut for many Americans. In rural america it's almost certainly a cost cut. Or knock off the nonsense about free college and do this: remove the Trump tax cuts, close loopholes, install a tax break on small businesses, and then something much better than free college - remove all existing federal student loans. The money that would be available to flood the economy would be enormous. I don't like free college, that's one of those liberal ideas where we'll rue the unintended consequences for decades. Like, you know, right now. But a policy based on tax increases and targeted, specific benefits to those that need it? Hell yeah. People will eat it up, it will actually work, and it gives you a better basis to rethink the entire loan/college system. Now...can you sell platforms like that? I don't know. Takes courage and persistance, but I think it can be done.
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