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GW Hayduke

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  1. I'm sure DaggerHorns, who is very concerned about the rights of cartoon characters, is outright appalled to hear you frame the consequences of speech related to unionization.
  2. Telling someone "fuck you" isn't stopping them from having an opinion about free speech. I get it might hurt someone's feelings. But hurt feelings, isn't stopping them from having an opinion about free speech.
  3. Solid discussion yesterday on the Ukraine conflict, the recent sanctions, and how China fits into the equation between John Herbst, Julia Friedlander, Sarah Kirchberger, and Dave Sholmans.
  4. Or removed from power. That is the end game here. Regime change. We have moved the front lines of authoritarianism vs liberal democracy from the ballot box of western countries (including the US) to Ukraine. I think it is possible Putin stays in power and eventually succeeds in Ukraine, but his economy, military, and influence around the world that they have worked decades to achieve will be shattered. What we do after that will be important.
  5. If the US chose to escalate on the nuclear front, it could take away from what is currently happening on the economic front, ukraine/russia conventional front, and with the current hardening between western allies. It seems like pushing nukes into the political discourse wouldn't help us.
  6. It appears Chubays hasn't tweeted anything since 2017 so likely misinfo
  7. So you think Putin’s mom should have given him more hugs and kisses?
  8. Why do you think NATO is dead? Why do you think NATO buckled?
  9. That is all a heavily editorialized and slanted understanding of what Danilov actually said. Which is fine I suppose, but most importantly, he did not tell the US to go away.
  10. Ukrainian politicians haven’t told the US to go away. I don’t know why anyone outside of Russian misinformation bubbles would have that understanding.
  11. Does it tell you that Ukraine’s politicians do not want to promote panic within their population? Does it tell you that Ukraine’s politicians want to minimize economic impact to their country under the “no military invasion” scenario? What is telling about that to you?
  12. The whole point of what you consider “inflammatory rhetoric to incite conflict” by the US is to ensure it is properly communicated that the costs of military conflict will be high - additional future NATO military buildup, an increase in the probability that more countries will join NATO, various sanctions, and the movement of Europe away from Russian energy sources. That “inflammatory rhetoric to incite conflict” is also as much direct communication the Putin as it is a mobilization of our allies to do their part (Germany, UK, etc.). If the costs of using the military to achieve Putin’s political objectives is too high, then there will not be a military conflict.
  13. And I think the point is that “things” do require energy and that those things are usually widgets or whatever, but in the case of crypto there isn’t an actual “thing” except for the “thing” being the ponzi pyramid system to provide returns to older investors. There is nothing wrong with using energy IMO as long as that energy usage provides an actual legitimate purpose
  14. Yeah, that is cool. It is probably the right mindset to have. I’m honestly new to all of this so appreciate the discussion
  15. I conceded your first point because it was obviously wrong and also because it isn’t relevant to whether cryptocurrency is a ponzi pyramid scheme.
  16. That was a good write up that makes sense based on my limited understanding of crypto currency. It seems that not only are new investors funding the returns for older investors but they are also funding the electricity and infrastructure needed for the thing to operate.
  17. So you are under the impression that bitcoin is infallible and can’t be debased? Ok, I guess. Either way, that is all fine. It doesn’t mean bitcoin isn’t an obvious ponzi pyramid scheme. IMO folks should be ok with that if they want to participate.
  18. The stock market provides a platform to allow trading and exchange of capital and vital components of a free market economy. They provide efficient dealing and price discovery. That is nothing like bitcoin IMO.
  19. Rental properties provide an actual legitimate purpose. They provide housing. People need housing. Art is art. People obtain benefit and enjoyment from it. I purchased some music a few days back. If you are referring to high value art pieces that are used to mask wealth transfers for things like money laundering, then yeah I agree that isn’t an actual legitimate purpose. I can see how that could be somewhat analogous to bitcoin.
  20. It isn’t glib to say our education system should be fixed. You should probably first dispel with your requirement that we not increase revenue for education.
  21. Isn’t bitcoin simply an investment where future returns are contributed by new investors? And that investment doesn’t have any actual legitimate purpose - like it isn’t to increase production capacity of a good? There might not be any “fraud” in that someone isn’t out there promising a certain return, but it still fits the ponzi pyramid model. I get that folks think it is school and that they are creating or maintain wealth, but isn’t it still just ponzi/pyramid model? How is it not?
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