sand_castles

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by sand_castles 6y ago
> There is no built-in fairness Wage equilibrium around the world is inevitable with the rapid increase in integrated markets and improvement in telephony technology. What this means for workers is far less important that what it means f
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by sand_castles 6y ago
Does it start with not actively promoting the use of private jet ? and not using private jet himself ?
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by sand_castles 6y ago
cancel culture has always been a thing. If you are poor and have views that in some way threatens the current ruling class and it's narrative, you get cancelled. What they mean by "cancel culture" is when the poor and margina
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by sand_castles 6y ago
> Atlassian has this language in its terms to protect users from flawed reviews and benchmarks. The solution to lies is not to censor, but transparency. Atlassian has all the resources in the world to answer any external benchmarks done
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by sand_castles 6y ago
If anybody wants more in detail knowledge about the region, especially what is happening in the Banana Republic of Pakistan. NATSECJEFF on twitter is a must follow. https://twitter.com/Natsecjeff His podcast is also great.
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by sand_castles 6y ago
> If the oil money were cut off from KSA, the lifetime of that regime would be measured in hours. Are you sure about that ? both Putin and Xi would jump to make a deal for future oil exports in exchange for meeting Saudi social / se
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by sand_castles 6y ago
A sustained low price would cause a political revolution in North America much faster than in KSA. Without the need for holding dollars, rest of the world pulls the plug on the American financial system.
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by sand_castles 6y ago
When was the last time a political decree lead to change in who gets to be leader in what ? The modern Chinese supply chain can only be replicated in few other places in the world. I don't see what the problem is to let China do what i
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by sand_castles 6y ago
Indonesia, Brazil, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Iran, KSA, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Panama, El Salvador ... https://www.amazon.com/Jakarta-Method-Washingtons-Anticommun...
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by sand_castles 6y ago
Having one-party rule for 60 years is no democracy. You don't have a democracy when the state controls all the TV media. > What is the basis for this The basis for this is the level of grinding poverty in India, live in a Indian slu
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by sand_castles 6y ago
Everything you have mentioned is true, but it misses the point. India needs to go through a period of "communism" to get anywhere, the type of land reform needed to reduce poverty won't happen without somebody brutal enough t
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by sand_castles 6y ago
Demographics is not destiny, if it were true, Pakistan would be more powerful than Russia. How you organize your society matters much more, Japan/SK has fraction of the global population, and somehow maintain their economic importance.
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by sand_castles 6y ago
Wait, git by default creates master branch. So if you push master to Github, how is this going to work ? Is it not better to make the changes to Git ? Ask Linus Torvald in Finland.
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by sand_castles 6y ago
I know many ppl are going to defend "America" here. But remember who you are defending. Great power rivalry is bad for corporate profit and amazing for wage laborer, which most of HN is. If you are an worker in North America, this
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by sand_castles 6y ago
Neofeudalism is only possible in an agrarian society, or if your income is digging stuff out of the ground. Industrialized societies quickly tear themselves apart when you need an educated workforce, and intelligent consumers. A society of
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by sand_castles 6y ago
it says the domain is for sale.
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by sand_castles 6y ago
aliexpress ? takes a lot longer for delivery though.
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by sand_castles 6y ago
The value of money is linked to how much tax revenue can be raised. UBI means lower taxes = value of money diminishes. Jobs guarantee is how you implement UBI. Jobs given out by the state doesn't have to awful.
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by sand_castles 6y ago
You must live in the Truman Show to believe Uncle Sam would let anything happen to Oil and Gas companies.
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by sand_castles 6y ago
What happens if people don't pay ? Do they fly in people with guns from California ? The problem was never access to credit, but access to high income jobs.
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by sand_castles 6y ago
Then why is the white man in Iraq, Afghanistan ( bordering just Pakistan ), Somalia, Libya, Yemen, Syria - and those are just boots on the ground. Even the "living space" that is North America, Australia didn't belong to the
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by sand_castles 6y ago
You Americans think everything revolves around you. China is the largest crude oil importer, soon to be the largest total consumer, OPEC cares much more what happens in the East, Europe and partially US. Covid-19 and the economic crash is a
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by sand_castles 6y ago
We are watching large energy companies consolidating US production like other regions in the world ( Mexico, KSA, Iran, RUS ). The frackers were causing problems in the global oil market. New technologies normally get consolidated by the la
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by sand_castles 6y ago
Aren't there old coal mines where it can be dumped ? Since its raw crude I presume, you won't have leeching problems. https://www.mining-technology.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8... You could store
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by sand_castles 6y ago
Commodity markets are not Elon Musk tweets. Oil gult takes 3-4 years to clear. Now is a good time to bet on consumption, not on commodities.
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by sand_castles 7y ago
Start paying people 40 USD / hour and watch even people in wheelchair start walking.
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by sand_castles 7y ago
There is no interest without risk. I suggest Iranian, Argentinian bonds if you really want to get that blood flowing.
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by sand_castles 7y ago
> ban their products which ? the cheap phone everybody uses while taking a dump ? > take possession of their US assets. which ? UST bonds ? in the situation you describe, the Chinese supply chain are far more valuable. > encourage
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by sand_castles 7y ago
The entire legal system that exists as of today is mainly to benefit rich folks. You should read the book "Code of Capital". The CCP has made it clear that "rule of law" as stated by Mr. Obama is about favoring western c
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by sand_castles 7y ago
relax bro, we all stand in other's shoulders. also, you in what army ? are you going to invade Asia ?

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