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by seibelj 5y ago
Plenty of native empires, such as the Aztecs and Mayans, enslaved, murdered, and worked to death numerous other groups of people, which are well documented in primary sources. The US did evil, as did the Germans in Africa during their colon
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And a famous musician had parents with the means and ability to purchase lessons and encourage them to practice. I still say the musician should be respected and praised. We can play this game all day. Some will say no one does anything on
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by seibelj 5y ago
It is interesting to me to read your thought process. I still cannot disagree more. No one discovers a scientific breakthrough until they do. That breakthrough may have been an inevitable result of multiple independent teams working on it,
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And I’m the CTO of a unicorn I helped build from nothing! We have different opinions yet lived similar experiences. I do respect and idolize the winners. Saying “someone would have done it if we didn’t” is defeatist. No one does anything un
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by seibelj 5y ago
Plenty of people can get investment. There is only one Amazon. If things are so easy, go do it yourself. Starting a company and growing it to the size of Amazon is extremely difficult. It doesn’t happen by luck or happenstance. It takes hig
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America’s greatest success is the rule of law, stable republican government, and the protection of private property. America continues to outdo the rest of the world because it is better.
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Disagree entirely. Yes, a company is an assemblage of people. No, the guy working the warehouse couldn’t have built Amazon. Bezos is special talent.
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I always find that argument hilarious because the USPS was required to actually have conservative, healthy funding for their pensions - something no other state or federal agency does! And this is supposedly a bad thing! Just look at Chicag
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by seibelj 5y ago
I’ve met quite a few executives at US companies who emigrated from Europe. At the high end, America kicks the shit out of Europe in every regard. The high end people create the new companies, and thus America has far more equity value than
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by seibelj 5y ago
> … but it quickly became obvious that we are still really far from something the business could find value in. My experience with basically everything that is marketed as AI.
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by seibelj 5y ago
Counter point - art itself has absolutely zero non-monetary applications. If you disagree, then you must admit NFTs can be appreciated as art. If so, the argument of the OP is refuted. If you think art can be appreciated without being an NF
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by seibelj 5y ago
Pop music is about so much more than being a good singer. The hook is key, as is the content, the brand (artist), and how it's marketed. It takes a village to manufacture successful pop music. Being able to sing super well isn't r
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by seibelj 5y ago
Shelter is something you need. If you rent, the cost rises with inflation. With the US government, taxpayers effectively pay the inflation for you. The laws of the USA subsidize your property to make it artificially cheaper. I can’t imagine
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I have a lot of investments but my property has been both a winner and something accessible to even non-wealthy people because of the socialized costs. Highly recommend property to everyone.
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In the US you can put 5% down and lock in your monthly payment forever. This is because the government subsidizes this. It’s an incredible trade and that’s why any attempts at reform are lobbied so aggressively.
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At some point you need to make a decision in life. I myself am self-made wealthy and I didn’t do that by putting all my money in index funds and renting. Have conviction - put down roots - commit.
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An incredibly good investment for anyone that can afford it in the USA is a house. The government subsidizes your mortgage by fixing the rate. As inflation increases rents, you pay the same amount. It’s an amazing handout for even the sligh
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by seibelj 5y ago
I just respond that I will not vote for them because they texted me. Often a real human responds very apologetic. Maybe it will affect their behavior.
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by seibelj 5y ago
As I said before https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29039690 Everyone who followed this guy gets what they deserve. Dude is a nut job
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I live in a major city and the prices went up here too! Your story doesn't align for the whole nation. It could explain suburbs and tier-3 cities but if that were the only reason the cities wouldn't have been flat or lower instead
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by seibelj 5y ago
You are 100% correct but somehow this truth eludes almost everybody even when explained to them as clearly as you have. I moved past getting annoyed trying to explain things to those who can’t listen, it’s too frustrating.
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We are aligned. FYI I try to think like an investor and remain dispassionate. Thanks for making me think. Cheers
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I’m in agreement but I would characterize support from the left based on emotional and humanitarian viewpoints rather than cold capitalist calculations. The left wants to help immigrants because they feel bad for them. The fact it helps cap
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by seibelj 5y ago
The US parties have never been ideologically consistent. It’s impossible for a 2-party system to construct tents large enough to hold interest groups with aligned philosophies. Broadly speaking the US left is libertarian on social issues an
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by seibelj 5y ago
America doesn’t make anything anymore. Core issue is the dollar as the global reserve currency. Petro dollar system means all oil is priced in dollars which generates strong demand for dollars. Other countries export to the US to get dollar
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by seibelj 5y ago
License plates are a great conversation starter. Mine maps easily to “bitcoins” and I have had a lot of impromptu conversations (and probably generated a lot of anger from crypto haters driving behind me!).
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by seibelj 5y ago
> Also, to get this out of the way now: cryptocurrency is a scam. Well, if you start with this premise, of course anything any person, company, government, institution, etc. does in relation to this - other than banning it and throwing
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by seibelj 5y ago
Eventually I came full circle and think OOP is a mistake. Everything is functional for me now, even OOP languages. Statelessness, functional programming, avoid objects and hidden logic.
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I think the comment about the music is ridiculous, but the broader point about free money causing the gradual degradation of food, housing, standard of living, etc. is not without merit.
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> In The Bitcoin Standard, Ammous blamed the Fed for the modern “breakdown of the family,” and for “perhaps most damagingly, the depletion of the soil of its nutrients, leading to ever-lower levels of nutrients in food.” He compared the

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