KurtVonnegut

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My favorite part of the song is when they insult Peter Theil for... being an immigrant. Yeah, apparently he was born in Germany and moved to Ohio when he was 1 year old. the-more-you-know

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think you just discovered the plot for The Fast and the Furious 10.

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago (7 children)

BRB, hiring a coyote to smuggle a cool Chinese EV over the border to avoid tariffs.

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 10 points 10 months ago

Here's a list of all 20 people previously expelled from the House and Senate, and their reasons for being expelled (mostly during the Civil War).

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

quantum mechanics literally revealed that the world is not loaded when you are not looking

I don't know where you got that info, but that is not at all what quantum mechanics says. If you want a deep dive into what quantum mechanics actually says, here's a good video series from PBS by a real physics professor that explains it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wxG5KMAFik&list=PLsPUh22kYmNCGaVGuGfKfJl-6RdHiCjo1&index=1

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

... Do you think workers in a car factory don't get paid until someone actually buys the car they helped build? All the devs have already been paid!

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

I think it is important to take a critical look at past tragedies

Those who care more about past tragedies than current tragedies don't care at all. They're just looking for some excuse to feel self-righteous.

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Lib - "Markets make everything cheaper, which is good."

Leftist - "But if there is a labor market, won't that make labor cheaper?"

Lib - "Yes, and that is good."

Leftist - "How is that good?"

Lib - "It leads to more profits."

Leftist - "But why is it good to have more profits?"

Lib - "Because a good country is when corporations make profits, and the more profits the corporations make, the gooder the country is."

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Markets have brought more people out of poverty than anything.

Yes, just like the Irish people who were "helped" by the free market in the 1840s. Or the Indian people who were "helped" by the free market in the late 1800s. You might be interested in this book by the late, great Mike Davis which completely refutes your ideas with hard evidence that the free market can be used (and has been used) as a tool of genocide: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/7859