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  1. Alan C.
    SSDs are a must-have. One SSD will outperform two HDDs in RAID 0.
  2. Alan C.
    The word you're looking for is 'analogy.'
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    Succinctly put, socialism fails because of the economic calculation problem. Without signaling from market prices (arrived at through exchange), coordination of production and division of labor breaks down. Free markets don't fail or produce less freedom over time. Ignorant, superstitous, envious, self-indugent, hedonistic, narcissistic, mentally-unbalanced people do. Free markets impose onerous costs on irrationality, imprudence, short-sightedness, recklessness, and irresponsibility.
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    Bush Nepotism
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    We haven't seen massive price inflation is for a couple of reasons. 1. It can take years for new money to bid up prices as it circulates. 2. Trillions of dollars are currently 'frozen' in bonds and cannot be used to bid up prices (like writing somebody a check and telling them not to cash it for years).
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfDRy5LakQI
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    Report: 1 In 4 US Homes Worth Less Than A Year Ago Homeownership rate drops to 63.4%, lowest since 1967 I think the bubble is deflating.
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    Yes, that happened. However, unions have a long and sordid history of using violence against business owners and non-union workers (scabs), including vandalism, sabotage, arson, assault, and murder.
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    Social and economic ostracism doesn't involve force. It simply means dissociation.
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    People who ascribe to leftist worldviews (left-liberalism, progressivism, Marxism, socialism, communism) are as much of a threat to civilization as an asteroid impact or pandemic. If these people are not separated via social and economic ostracism, they will wreak economic devastation that will set back humanity by a century or more.
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    Black student admits hanging ‘White Only,’ ‘Black Only’ signs near school bathrooms, water fountains
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    Hungary's minister for foreign affairs and trade claims 35M migrants heading for Europe
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    87 Deceased NFL Players Test Positive for Brain Disease
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    He might be defining 'capitalism' differently than you and I might define it. He might also be projecting as many free-market haters do.
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    Article from 2005: Can Fiorina trump competition for 'worst tech CEO' title?
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    How do you make a ham sandwich? Ask somebody on the street and they'll probably tell you that you need two slices of bread, a slice of ham, maybe a slice of cheese, and some mayo. The capitalistic order of production (aka the 'invisible hand') is far more complicated, but it brings all of the ingredients together, and makes them available on the grocery store shelves at a low price without central planners. Rothbard explains: Somebody did an experiment to see how much it would cost, and how much work it would entail, to make a sandwich from scratch. It takes $1500, 6 months, and a lot of farming to truly make a sandwich at home from scratch Of course, it actually takes far more work and expense, but you get the idea.
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    Even in the fictional future with a seemingly super-abundance of just about everything, they still need engineers, doctors, and scientists. However, there is still an incentive problem. Why spend years studying and working instead of going on vacation? In the beginning of Star Trek 2, there is a guy sweeping the floor as Kirk and Spock walk by.
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    Pumping up government: Washington DC may regulate personal trainers
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    Immigrants tend to flock to where the free stuff is.
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    Australia faces nationwide taxi driver strikes in protest against Uber
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    Ellen Pao drops lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins, agrees to pay legal fees In a free society, the freedom to associate with whom one wishes doesn't end at the door of your home. Any business should be able to hire/fire anyone for any reason, and these discrimination lawsuits are nothing but legalized shakedowns.
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    Auto loan debt exceeds $1 trillion To go along with the $1 trillion in student loan debt.
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    Barbershop Fined For Refusing To Cut Woman’s Hair So, she didn't have time to find another shop to cut her hair, but she had time to file a complaint with the government.
  24. Alan C.
    21,995,000 to 12,329,000: Government Employees Outnumber Manufacturing Employees 1.8 to 1
  25. Alan C.
    Germany to Spend $6.6 Billion on 800,000 Refugees and Migrants
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