TaurenHunter

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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
You can't claim to protect society from anything without protecting individuals primarily. Society is not a herd in which you sacrifice an individual to save the rest.
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
You are responsible for your own interpretation/distortion.
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
The sheer hypocrisy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/02/hillary-clin... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/05/fbi-no-charg... Also: https:&#x2F
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
> Cryptocurrencies don't stand a chance. ...except for inflation.
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Eschew Obfuscation, Espouse Elucidation(ashishshendure.medium.com)
2 points by TaurenHunter 2y ago|0 comments
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Torvalds Frustrated: "Disgusting" Testing "Turd" DRM Code Landing in Linux 6.15(phoronix.com)
2 points by TaurenHunter 2y ago|0 comments
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
Since this is just a speculation: China's government could throw a wrench in that. Let's say they see Taiwan coming out of a negotiation with Trump implementing zero tariffs. I wouldn't put it past them to do a naval blockad
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
Far from being asleep, Congress is actively participating, just not the way you hoped for: https://money.com/congress-stock-market-traders-2025/ They are sure holding the knobs... of a slot machine that is Congress.
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Taiwan will not retaliate against Trump's tariffs: Lai(focustaiwan.tw)
4 points by TaurenHunter 2y ago|1 comments
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Dollar Dominance in Peril: China's Digital RMB Settlements Now for 200 Countries(the420.in)
15 points by TaurenHunter 2y ago|1 comments
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Digital RMB vs SWIFT: The emerging disruption of cross-border payment settlement(ict-pulse.com)
9 points by TaurenHunter 2y ago|1 comments
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
Roughly 50% of the Americans don't own stocks. They heard that stocks crashed but wouldn't care that some rich people lost some money. Populism is only working now because the populace has been ignored for a long while. They remem
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
Why don't you steelman the argument instead of using the most uncharitable interpretation possible?
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
Sure, there is a greater incentive now to depart the dollar system. But that would be a monumental shift and the path to that goal is a nightmare with all kinds of challenges. Rewiring the entire system would take a decade or more.
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
The global energy market uses the U.S. dollar for pricing and settling transactions since the 70s - the "petrodollar" system. If they EU push hard for it, they may get someone like Norway to accept Euros. However, there are energy
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
1/3 of the CPI is calculated using the rent variation smoothed in the last 6 months - which is not too elastic due to lease agreements. So it wouldn't be a major downward pressure.
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
If it dips too much that means interest rates will go lower, which will fuel another round of inflating real estate.
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
You've said "Instead we get tariffs with quick retaliation e.g. from China, and I still see no negotiation in place" and that was what I was responding to. Regarding China's government there should be no expectation of n
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
Me too. Very nice!
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
> The problem in general is that we are all, the US Congress included, guessing what the goal is. I was guessing too until I took the time to investigate and found there is a method to the madness. Now, did you really expect negotiation
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
Why your username shows as green?
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Mark Zuckerberg On Innovation (2009)(web.archive.org)
1 points by TaurenHunter 2y ago|0 comments
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
The Fed may raise interest rates, that is, proposing that securities be sold at a higher discount. A fearful market may end up bidding up these securities anyway, bring the effective rate down.
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
Thank you for that! I didn't know about Yarvin nor List. I will try to find out more. https://graymirror.substack.com/p/implementing-market-balanc...
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
> what Buffett suggests in the article is a cap and trade system on imports. A H1B visa but for goods instead of people...
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
Interesting! Aren't Europeans known for their sectors of the economy that are heavily protected by tariffs? Common Agricultural Policy? Tariff rate for cars of 10% (compared to US' 2.5%)
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Growing trade deficit is selling the nation out from under us (2003) [pdf](faculty.washington.edu)
162 points by TaurenHunter 2y ago|188 comments
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Sen. Bernie Sanders on the disastrous unfettered Free Trade (2011)(sanders.senate.gov)
5 points by TaurenHunter 2y ago|2 comments
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
The sheer majority of media has always opposed Trump though.
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by TaurenHunter 2y ago
That must be why some people are keying Teslas and even resorting to arson.

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