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So half the country, or a quarter of the continent judging by the map. I would guess 90% of people living there were already deeply embedded in local culture before the term climate change was invented.

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.

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

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

“you kids break it up or I’m gonna do it for ya”

• your mom probably, also the justice department

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.

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.

This is the free market don’t you know? You could start your own business and undercut them on price.

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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.