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Supply curve

[[File:Supply-Demand-Graph.png|175px|thumb|The supply curve slopes upwards toward the right.]]
[[File:Aggregate supply.svg|185px|thumb|The vertical aspect of the supply curve is taken as where output gravitates towards in the long run.]]
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The '''supply curve''' is a visual representation of the total amount of some good or service in an economy often used by [[economists]]. The supply curve is a line that slopes upward toward the right.<ref>"[https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/supply-demand-equilibrium/supply-curve-tutorial/a/law-of-supply Law of supply]". ''Khan Academy.'' Retrieved 2020-01-26.</ref> 

==Supply==
Supply is generally meant as the supply curve. The curve represents the relationship between prices and the amount of a good or service producers will offer for said prices.<ref>"[https://www.britannica.com/topic/supply-curve Supply curve | economics]". ''Encyclopedia Britannica.'' Retrieved 2020-01-26.</ref> As prices go up, producers offer more supply to capitalize on the potential revenues. The point where the supply and demand curves intersect(equilibrium) is where the price of something is determined. Some representations show the long run aggregate supply(LRAS) curve as a perfectly vertical curve that slowly shifts rightward, representing economic growth.

===Quantity supplied===
The quantity supplied of something refers to how much of an actual good or service is available at a point on the curve. If demand curve for sugar beets falls, the total supply curve may stay the same but the actual quantity supplied will change.<ref>Kenton, Will. "[https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/supply-curve.asp Tracing the Supply Curve]". ''Investopedia.''</ref>

==See also==
*[[Demand curve]]
*[[Gross domestic product]] 
*[[Supply side economics]]

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Suppressed correlative

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'''Suppressed correlative''' or '''lost contrast''' is a semantic [[logical fallacy]] in which the arguer attempts to redefine two contrasting terms in such a way that one encompasses the other. As such, it is a form of [[straw man]] argument.

==Form==
Opponent: "All things are either X or not X."<br>
Response: "I define X in such a way that all things you say are not X are included in X."

Even if the definition used to redefine X is a ''more technically correct'' definition, it is still this fallacy, because it is still an attempt to avoid the opponent's actual argument which is based around two contrasting possibilities.

==Examples==
*This is commonly used in debates about whether things are "[[art]]"; the question "is it art?" requires some possibility that something might not be art. The common response, that art is defined as an ineffable quality or a method of human expression, removes any possibility that something created by humans could not be classified as art, and therefore cannot possibly be addressing the opponent's actual argument.<ref group="note">If one wants to avoid over-defining "art" (and thus excluding things that may very well be art), but also want to avoid this trap, one could just define art as "anything created with the intention of creating or causing an emotional or other mental response in humans". This definition has the advantage of short-circuiting such things as {{wpl|Fountain (Duchamp)|Duchamp's Urinal||;}} since that was intended to provoke discussion about "what is art", it counts.</ref>
*Often used in attempts to classify [[science]] or [[atheism]] as [[religious]] [[belief]]s; the substitute definition of "religion" will typically be so broad that almost any human association would qualify as a religion.
*"I don't view [[humanity]] as the same [[species]] because we're not all the same" — [[Stefan Molyneux]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiCCaiG8_4o Molyneux: 'I don't view humanity as a single species' [MIRROR], 20 August 2014.</ref>

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Suppressive person

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A '''suppressive person''' (SP), in [[Scientology]]-jargon, is any person (or organization) that campaigns against Scientology, or someone who has been declared "suppressive" by those higher in the Church of Scientology organization. Scientologists believe that any action taken against Suppressives is {{wpl|Fair Game (Scientology)|fair game}} and morally acceptable. People declared suppressive can find that their lives are ruined, with Scientologists going to extreme lengths to ruin a Suppressive's reputation, personal life, and psyche.

In the official Scientology definition, a suppressive person is somebody with an antisocial personality, which (according to [[L. Ron Hubbard]]) covers about 2.5% of the population. In actuality, the Church of Scientology uses the label mainly for critics and for perceived enemies and rivals of Scientology.

"Suppressive persons" are a subset of "wogs", a term used to refer to any non-Scientologist,<ref>(February 1, 1998). [https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/02/01/speaking-the-language/ "Speaking the language"]. ''The Tampa Bay Times'' (at time of print, called the ''St. Petersburg Times'').</ref> which also happens to be a [[racial slur]] in some other contexts.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wog "wog / noun"]. ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary''.</ref>

==Examples==
*[[Keith Henson]]
*[[Werner Erhard]]

==See also==
*[[Free Zone]] — Scientologists who don't like the official Church of Scientology
*[[Sin]] — the general term for behavior that a religion disapproves of
*[[Heresy]] — the general term for differences of religious opinion
*[[Infidel]] — the general term for people who don't believe in a religion
*[[Apostasy]] — the general term for leaving a religion
*[[Blasphemy]] — the general term for [[Hate speech|viciously talking shit]] about a religion
*[[False consciousness]] — the [[Communism|communist]] version of "suppressive person"

==External links==
*[http://www.clambake.org/archive/books/tsos/sos-10.html The Scandal of Scientology: The Suppressives]
*[http://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/sp.html Scientology's 'Suppressive Person' (SP) doctrine]
*[http://www.xenu.net/archive/enemy_names/enemy_list.html The Scientology Enemies List] &mdash; list of Suppressives as of 25 July 1992

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Susan B. Anthony List

{{abortion}}'''Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America''' (formerly the '''Susan B. Anthony List''') (not to be confused in any way with Susan B. herself, or the Susan B. Anthony [[United States dollar|dollar]] coin) is a anti-[[abortion]] group formed as a political action committee in response to the pro-choice PAC, ''EMILY's List''. After four years of displaying political incompetence, they reorganized as a 501(c)(4) in 1997, and have been fighting the good fight since. 

The Susan B. Anthony List claims that Susan B. Anthony, a 19th century women's rights activist, was anti-abortion. Never mind that it's fairly indisputable she did not voice any passionate views on the subject, but the SBAL has gone to great lengths to [[Quote mining|quote mine]] her writings. Scholars point out that abortion was not an issue of the day, that people knew abortions were being done, but it was something you ignored, knowing women have always sought abortion to end unwanted pregnancies.<ref>http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/05/sarah_palin_is_no_susan_b_anthony.html</ref>  Since Susan herself is dead, she is unable to sue for libel or slander.

During the 2010 election, the Susan B. Anthony List attempted to put up billboards containing bald-faced lies about a political opponent, Steve Driehaus of [[Ohio]], claiming that by voting for [[Obamacare]] he had voted for taxpayer-funded abortion. Ohio has a law that specifically restricts campaigns from knowingly stating untruths about a candidate or an issue, so the group was restricted from putting up the billboards since Obamacare does no such thing, and there are already federal laws that specifically prohibit the government from using tax money for abortion.

But, rather than go slinking into a dark corner, as some might do if caught out in a lie, the Susan B. Anthony List sued the state of Ohio, claiming a [[First Amendment]] right to lie in campaign ads. The federal district court and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals both ruled against them, but, unruffled by such minor setbacks, they are, in the true fighting spirit of Susan herself, marching on to take their case to the US Supreme Court.<ref>http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/08/09/susan-b-anthony-list-petitions-supreme-court-for-right-to-lie-in-political-ads/</ref> They ultimately won their case and were allowed to put up their misleading billboards on the assumption that government shouldn't determine what political speech is considered true.<ref>{{wpa|Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus}}</ref>

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Susan Blackmore

[[File:Susan Blackmore (2014).jpg|thumb|165px|Susan Blackmore in 2014.]]{{skepnav|1}}
Prof. '''Susan Jane Blackmore''' {{lived|29 July 1951|}} is an [[England|English]] [[Author|writer]], lecturer, and broadcaster on [[psychology]], [[parapsychology]] and the [[paranormal]].  She was once a "believer" in [[psi]] but is now a [[skeptic]].<ref>[http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/Articles/si87.html The Elusive Open Mind: Ten Years of Negative Research in Parapsychology by Susan Blackmore]</ref>

Blackmore is an advocate of secular spirituality, an atheist, a humanist, and a practitioner of Zen, although she identifies herself as "not a Buddhist"
<ref>https://in-sightpublishing.com/2014/04/22/dr-susan-blackmore-visiting-professor-university-of-plymouth/</ref> Blackmore is also patron of Humanists UK and is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society..

==Publications==
*''Parapsychology and out-of-the-body experiences''. Hove, England: Transpersonal Books. 1978. ISBN 9780906326015.
*''Beyond the Body: An Investigation of Out-of-the-Body Experiences'' (1st ed.). London: Heinemann. 1982. ISBN 9780434074709. (2nd ed.). ISBN 978089733-3443.
*''The Adventures of a Parapsychologist'' (1st ed.). Buffalo, NY: Prometheus. 1986. ISBN 9780879753603. (2nd ed. revised). ISBN 9781573920612.
*''Dying to Live: Science and the Near-death Experience''. London: Grafton. 1993. ISBN 9780586092125. (US ed.). ISBN 0879758708.
* " The Meme Machine " 1999 ISBN019286212X

==See also==
*[[Chris French]] – a British skeptic and pioneer of anomalistic psychology who was inspired by Blackmore

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Sustainability

{{cquote|The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.|||[[Theodore Roosevelt]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-20 |title=Theodore Roosevelt |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/american-presidency/foundations/presidents-job/national-leader/theodore-roosevelt |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=National Museum of American History |language=en}}</ref>}}
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'''Sustainability''' means different things in different contexts, but always incorporates the tenet that we should concern ourselves with future needs.

Emerging from the environmental movement, the concept of sustainable development was made prominent by the Brundtland Report (1987) as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". Later on it gained a stable foothold as a topic of interest in politics through international summits like the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro (1992) and the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg (2002). Policies upholding this central idea encompass many social, economic and environmental aspects of topics like water, energy, [[poverty]], [[Global warming|climate change]] and [[biodiversity]].

Sustainability in ecology may refer to the "state wherein anthropogenic use of natural resources is kept to a limit or made adequate for human needs thus avoiding to inflict harm to other life forms and future generations, preserving biodiversity, and promoting a period of natural restoration".<ref>[http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Sustainability Definition from Biology Online]</ref> In economics, sustainability may concern "the specification of a set of actions to be taken by present persons that will not diminish the prospects of future persons to enjoy levels of consumption, wealth, utility, or welfare comparable to those enjoyed by present persons".<ref>[http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_S000482&edition=current&q=sustainability&topicid=&result_number=1 D. W. Bromley ''The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition'', 2008]</ref> These understandings of sustainability are considered to be closely inter-related, but not identical.

Key tools to determine how sustainable a specific product or process is are [[life cycle assessment]] and the [[waste hierarchy]].

==As a buzzword==
"Sustainability" has become a new buzzword in the [[advertising]] world as a means of [[greenwashing]], ''viz.'' "Product X has been approved as a sustainable product by our Department of Sustainable Sustainability and is manufactured in a sustainable environment in a sustainably sustainable manner for all your sustainable needs."<ref>[http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=6979 One example from Southern Fried Science]</ref>

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Suzanne Venker

{{pundits}}'''Suzanne Venker''' is an [[Antifeminism|anti-feminist]] 
journalist
 blogger and [[pundit]] who writes 
articles
 [[propaganda]] for [[Fox News]].

She is also the niece of [[Phyllis Schlafly]] and has co-written books with her, published by [[WND]] Books.  Her writing is very much like what you would expect from a [[conservative]] member of the [[Schlafly]] family.

==Examples of WTFery==
In November 2012, Venker chimed in on Fox News' "War on Men", their attempt to rebrand the [[War on Women]] using an [[MRA]] tilt.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/11/24/war-on-men Fox News: ''The War on Men'' 26 November 2012]</ref>  One is quick to note from the article that, unlike her [[Andrew Schlafly|cousin]], she does not [[homeschool]] her children.

In February 2013, Venker asserted that in order to be happy in [[marriage]], one must admit that [[men]] and [[women]] are not [[equality|equal]], spouting typical [[patriarch]]al [[heteronormativity|heteronormative]] [[bullshit]].  The original article on FoxNews.com<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/02/05/to-be-happy-must-admit-women-and-men-arent-equal Fox News: ''To be happy, we must admit women and men aren't 'equal' '' 5 February 2013]</ref> gained a lot of recognition because a [[Twitter]] user pointed out that the wedding picture was of [[lesbian|two women]] getting [[same sex marriage|married]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/300008724838371328 Tweet from Jessica Valenti, 8 February 2013]</ref><ref>[http://www.mediaite.com/online/oops-dont-tell-fox-news-theyve-got-pic-of-lesbian-couple-for-column-on-traditional-marriage-gender-roles MediaITE: ''Oops! Don’t Tell Fox News They’ve Got Pic Of Lesbian Couple For Column On Traditional Marriage Gender Roles'' by Andrew Kirell, 8 February 2013]</ref>

In February 2017, Venker wrote a piece claiming that society has bred "alpha women incapable of love". In her words: "women have become too much like men. They’re too competitive. Too masculine. Too ''alpha''."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/02/08/society-is-creating-new-crop-alpha-women-who-are-unable-to-love.html</ref> All of this before going on to talk about even more patriarchal/heteronormative bullshit.
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Svali

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'''Svali''' is a person who claims to be a whistleblower for the [[Illuminati]]. She's pretty popular among conspiracy nutters.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20081206092543/http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread405453/pg1</ref><ref>http://www.answers.com/Q/Was_Svali_interview_with_Greg_Szymaniski_a_Hoax</ref> She is claimed to be an ex-Illuminati programmer (whatever that means) who escaped and turned to [[Christianity]]. She self-published a book on how to break free of a cult, "which several experts in the field have said has 'invaluable information' for the survivor of ritual abuse."<ref>http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/illuminati/svali.htm</ref> Her story is unusually elaborate compared to the likes of [[John Todd]].<ref>http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/illuminati/svali.htm</ref> She is claimed to have gone missing, probably to fuel the claim that she's a whistleblower.<ref>http://www.rense.com/general75/svali.htm</ref>

Her writing is happy to identify industries as being run for the benefit of the Illuminati, citing incredible detail on standard operating procedures, alleging huge numbers of agents, facilities, and possessed business but not putting forth a single example of any such agent, business, or facility. The contradiction of perfect, in-depth understanding of all operations against total ignorance of any verifiable specifics continues throughout her writing.

Her writing on "cult programming" descends into constant and nonsensical [[Brainwave woo|brainwave woo]], alleging that EEG machines can be used to "induce a delta state" and other such claims.

==External links==
*[http://svalispeaks.wordpress.com/ Her site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120331164508/http://svalispeaks.com/ Another site of hers]
*[http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/illuminati/svali.htm The loooong interview]

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Swedish Model Report

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{{hatnote|If you're looking for the [[Nordic Model|economic model]]...}}
The '''Swedish Model Report''' was a report on the "Sex Purchase Act" introduced in 1999 in [[Sweden]], commonly called the "Swedish Model"<ref>https://www.swarmcollective.org/blog/the-swedish-model</ref> or "Nordic Model" by both anti-[[prostitution]] and sex workers' rights activists.

The report claimed great success on the part of the Swedish Model, which criminalized buying, but not selling, sex (in short: you can legally prostitute yourself, but if caught, your customers would be arrested). This initially led to great rejoicing among anti-prostitution activists, until further analysis revealed the report to be one of the most [[Ideology|ideologically]]-driven studies to ever claim scholarly merit.<ref>Susanne Dodillet and Petra Östergren. "[http://www.petraostergren.com/upl/files/54259.pdf The Swedish Sex Purchase Act: Claimed Success and Documented Effects]." Decriminalizing Prostitution and Beyond: Practical Experiences and Challenges (conference). 3 March 2011.</ref>

Amongst other things, the study assumed [[Correlation does not equal causation|correlation equaled causation]] (there was an international trend of decreasing street sex workers, which could just as easily explain the decrease in the number of street walkers), assumed the highest possible number of sex workers from before the act was passed (despite their estimate having a margin of error of 50%), ignored the possibility that sex workers might simply have become more difficult to document now that they had to protect their clients (prostitution had previously been legal in Sweden), and generally fell victim to mountains of [[confirmation bias]].

According to a study examining Sweden's prostitution laws that was conducted in 2014, "the law has failed in its abolitionist ambition to decrease levels of prostitution, since there [is] no reliable data demonstrating any overall decline in people selling sex."<ref>Jay Levy & Pye Jakobsonn, [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1748895814528926 "Sweden’s abolitionist discourse and law: Effects on the dynamics of Swedish sex work and on the lives of Sweden’s sex workers"], '' Criminology and Criminal Justice'', 31 March 2014</ref>

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Swiss People's Party

[[File:SVP_UDC.svg|thumb|right|180px|Official bilingual logo of this hateful party. The green doesn't symbolize [[ecofascism]] but 
the color of the money from corporate interests
 ruralist politics.]]
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The '''Swiss People's Party''' (German: ''Schweizerische Volkspartei'', '''SVP'''; French: ''Union démocratique du centre'', '''UDC''') is a [[nationalist]] political party in [[Switzerland]] disguised as a "[[conservative]]" [[populist]] party. Their party logo is a cutesy smiley sun but there's nothing sunny about this party. They won popularity in the 2003 election, and since then, have come under fire for their [[Xenophobia|anti-immigration stances]] and [[racism]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6980766.stm BBC: Swiss row over black sheep poster] by Imogen Foulkes</ref> They are largely responsible for numerous referenda that were blatantly xenophobic and racist, and they have worked to curtail immigration in Switzerland. Most notable of these referenda are a ban on minarets on mosques and an implementation of strict immigration quotas.<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26108597 BBC: Swiss immigration: 50.3% back quotas, final results show]</ref>

While they insist that they are merely "anti-[[mass immigration]]", their posts are [[Racism|explicitly racist]],<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/world/europe/08swiss.html?pagewanted=all New York Times: Immigration, Black Sheep and Swiss Rage] by Elaine Sciolino</ref> employing racist caricatures of [[Undocumented immigration|immigrants]].<ref>Leudi, J. (March 20, 2016). "[https://globalriskinsights.com/2016/03/19402/ Switzerland’s Trump and the rise of the right]". ''Global Risk Insights''. Retrieved July 4, 2020.</ref> These posters, often strongly resembling [[Nazi]] [[propaganda]], also insinuate a [[Jewish conspiracy]] and depict people who need government assistance as worms crawling over an apple or rats tearing open a wallet.

==Gallery of hate==
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|[[File:SVP Racist Flyer.jpeg|thumb|They're not even trying to hide their racism. <br><br>Translation: <br><center>"Referendum of June 14<sup>th</sup> 2015<br>No special rights for foreigners! <br>Participation rules for Foreigners NO"</center>]]
|[[File:Svp5.jpg|thumb|right|325px|Hateful poster published on Young SVP's [[Facebook]] page, which got them in legal trouble for inciting hatred and prejudice against [[Romani]]s.<ref>https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/gesellschaft%20&%20politik/101758822-zwei-mitglieder-der-jungen-svp-fuer-zigeuner-plakat-verurteilt-die-reaktionen-im-video</ref> The full title of the poster is "We say NO to transit spaces for foreign gypsies!".]]
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