YCpedohaven

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by YCpedohaven 6mo ago
Idk I’ve been watching the occasional BBC archives or some other old archive source, and the UK has seemed relatively authoritarian compared to Europe or the US for a while.
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by YCpedohaven 6mo ago
> It's not something government should regulate but it is something that government policy should incentivize. Every time this comes up, there are numerous instances reported of welfare states in Europe, Asia, etc. trying this and i
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by YCpedohaven 6mo ago
> 1) If you're a rent seeker, current trends will probably see you lose out to a bigger and more powerful rent seeker. He's probably right about that. > 2) Creating more value than you consume is a great form of self-preserv
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by YCpedohaven 6mo ago
> Great advice if you want to be old and poor. A more conspiracy minded version of myself might suggest there’s an active attempt to break the politically active middle class. Subtle changes in messaging that have been happening over the
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by YCpedohaven 6mo ago
it’s so obviously a farce when you’re bombing girls schools and when Israel starts hitting oil fields, suddenly fucking Lindsey Graham wants restraint.
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by YCpedohaven 6mo ago
I pay for YT premium, but it’s less because of the ads, and more because of the stupid restriction of not being allowed background play if my phone is locked.
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by YCpedohaven 6mo ago
Also corruption. I lived in an area that for some years was trying to build a new nuclear power plant. It was fraud from the top down and the manufacturer went bankrupt. I paid more for power in SC than I ever did when I lived in “summer al