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by reedjosh 5y ago
> No, because it has uncapped supply. Dogecoin adds a fixed number of coins per year. At this point that fixed number is less inflationary than the USD by a large margin. That said, I'm more of a Monero and BTC guy myself. > For
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> I have no incentive to get other people to use the dollar. Ponzi != Pyramid
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Along with censorship compliance and centralization. Just what podcasting was missing. /s
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But we're not bacteria. Humans are capable of ingenuity. More people means more invention. Further, this video paints a vivid collapse. I believe we would instead see a gradual decline. Maybe we're seeing that today?
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But it's not like this tech device will have a lesser maintenance cost. You have to replace your phone every few years, imaging that with a dog. Then think about the dollar and environmental cost of throw away tech devices.
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by reedjosh 5y ago
I personally would want companionship with something squishy and biologic. The idea that I'd be relying on something built and designed is extremely off putting. It's masturbation vs sex, video games vs life, humanity vs borg-like
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And nuclear plants are kinda like desalination plants on steroids, so yeah, doit!
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Which is a complete travesty. People care about the future generations' continued use of farm land. Corporations don't.
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Subsidies bad. Only encourages low quality monocrops that themselves are unhealthy and destroy soil health.
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Thank you! I've fixed them.
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You have to give credit where it's due. People were suspicious of big pharma cos prior to the miracle vaccine, but today they line up to defend them.
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Also, and feel free to downvote... > multiple authoritative sources Gross! Authority is the problem. We need to use our own minds. The very idea that an ad tech co is backing an amorphous group of authoritative governmental bodies is rep
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There's a large body of evidence in the opposite direction as well. I just pulled the following from Bret Weinstein's show notes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSWjl-JOIqs British Ivermectin Recommendation Devel
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by reedjosh 5y ago
> the history of the world is a history of conspiracy ^ 100% This I'll join you on this sinking ship. : ) Thanks for saying it arminiusreturns. I think more people need to argue this. Maybe it'll someday flip the script and peo
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by reedjosh 5y ago
Well, if you don't have good guys and bad guys, then the government doesn't have the guise of your protection to justify its having and using monopoly of force. Also, I don't think _we_ need them, but narratives that justify
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by reedjosh 5y ago
In the case of El Salvador, Bitcoin mining will be used to bootstrap geothermal. Bitcoin can finance the energy generation and later transmission infrastructure can be added.
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Careful now... You might make someone skeptical of vaccines. /s
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Indeed! And in reality eggs are basically a superfood.
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> you're only making the world a darker place I disagree. I think informing people is the only way to > inspire change > you're proposing a fight against something so vast that its extents defy its own comprehension, and
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If you have any interest in master's level engineering, you cannot get by without a strong understanding. I took a single master's course as a deal to get my bachelor's and that was Random Signals and Stochastic Processes. Wo
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> I think it's capitalism. That's funny. I think it's government interference artificially supporting monopolies and bad incentive structures. The 2008 bailouts as an example of propping up companies that deserved to fail
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by reedjosh 5y ago
I don't like what I'm going to say, but post scarcity can't come without either a worldwide culture change or an exploding population that would lead back to scarcity. We are still animals, and evolution is still a thing. We&
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by reedjosh 5y ago
> and have an obesity problem. I'd argue that's because we have a ton of junk food availability. If I wanted to eat a roast and veggies from a local farm not covered in glyphosate, I'm going to pay for it. Doritos and Chee
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by reedjosh 5y ago
Downvoting now that the context I was responding to has been flagged is juvenille. C'mon people. The original post was ludicrous. And now you're downvoting only knowing I professed to be conservative.
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by reedjosh 5y ago
And bigotry. Wow... I could put together a nasty list of what conservative outlets preach about liberals too, but I don't actually believe the nonsense.
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Downvoted... How dare you imply conservatives can be well informed and the media paints a bigoted picture. /s
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by reedjosh 5y ago
I'm for small and lesser government and anti-war. I also like freedoms including gun rights. I think less taxation is great and believe in the free market. I believe in a nuclear family and traditional marriage for a healthy society, b
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by reedjosh 5y ago
I agree and imagine that the overwhelming majority of people do > feel a general sense of distrust with all of the parties. Yet our system only allows for `pick red or blue`. In this case the control of the minority by the majority on wh
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by reedjosh 5y ago
I replied below to another comment, but that reply fits here as well. > This assumes that everyday conservatives believe in the republican representatives that end up in power. I didn't even vote in the last election as I felt un-re
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by reedjosh 5y ago
This assumes that everyday conservatives believe in the republican representatives that end up in power. I didn't even vote in the last election as I felt un-represented. For me there was no 'greater evil' candidate. Prior I

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