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This.


Taleb is mostly wrong on everything the last decade. Anyone actually intelligent would see him as a con.


> Democrats are democratic in the US, of course.

of course.


> Who is responsible for cancel culture?

Libertarians making money.


this is almost correct.

probably correct that they censor based on conservative opinions. not correct that right leaning americans are conservative. all conservatives are right leaning tho. not the other way around.


I'm not even sure what right leaning or conservative means these days.

The "right" was merely copied from an ancestor post.


Conservative means what it has always meant. The political belief that the law should bind outsiders but not protect them and that it should protect insiders but not bind them.


That's not what conservative means in my country, and frankly without a prefix it's indecipherable. If someone at the pub here says "I'm a conservative", you can actually infer nothing from that statement.

In most cases, you'd probably be correct in thinking that the person would be more inclined to preserve the status quo than changing it too quickly, for fear of unforeseen consequences.

Also, a simple Google search and 30-second skim of Wikipedia throws a wrench in your assertion.


> In most cases, you'd probably be correct in thinking that the person would be more inclined to preserve the status quo than changing it too quickly, for fear of unforeseen consequences.

This does not encompass reactionary conservatives that have become incredibly prominent as a political group in the United States, to the point of completely taking over one of the two political parties.


unions are useful for managing and firing in bulk.


> Unions are for workers

funny.


....why?

I understand that there are shitty unions out there. But my statement seems pretty factual for the idea of unions as a whole.


funny.


owning digital currencies is not even remotely "one of the worst things a startup can do with their money". it is not an investment. it is not productive. but it is not a bad idea.


In other words, it's a gamble. And it has terrible effects on the public image of the company if you ask me. If I was a stockholder, that would make me question the long-term stability of the company, if the executive has tendencies towards such behavior.


I'm only half joking when I say this but I think you're neglecting to consider that the Venn diagram of investors/speculators bullish on Tesla and bullish on BTC is a single circle.


> trip to the grocery store

try sending money to someone in north korea. how many hours does that take?

> actually interested in them as currency

it is still a currency.


> try sending money to someone in north korea

North Korea leader has an army of hackers trained to steal bitcoins and uses them to launder money...

probably not the best example


>try sending money to someone in north korea. how many hours does that take?

Thats the best defense for Btc you have?

>it is still a currency.

The only people consistently using BTC as currency are drug dealers or drug buyers.


> Thats the best defense for Btc you have?

it is the most obvious use case that is superior to everything currently in use.

> The only people consistently using BTC as currency are drug dealers or drug buyers.

no. but even if true, does that make it less of a currency?


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