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Post #AsVvZ6zrqslwE1sX3Y by [email protected] |
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Saying the quiet part out loud: billionaires don't want the little people a… |
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Post #AsVwTIGz7B0BPjfsnY by [email protected] |
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@cstrossSo Gates is impressed that an LLM can complete a Biology exam after it … |
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Post #AsVwTIMem5XThKKPdg by [email protected] |
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@rochelimit Gates had ONE accurate vision, and it was back in the mid-1970s; he… |
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Post #AsVwTiPNwZAcTJnxVA by [email protected] |
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@cstross you know how workable fusion is always 30 years away? I reckon these r… |
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Post #AsVwWyFRVbF4Syhs36 by [email protected] |
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@cstross “We will replace teachers with AI” says the college dropout* who t… |
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Post #AsVwbs7phTmovPU5OS by [email protected] |
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@cstross we’ll have the cheapest imbeciles in the world! |
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Post #AsVwdW7KUrzTFO27lo by [email protected] |
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@Jennifer No: they see no use for us whatsoever—they think their LLMs can out… |
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Post #AsVweHpF7Q2lDBwMF6 by [email protected] |
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@cstross I hope that they get buried under a dump, when they die of human-right… |
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Post #AsVwgXKwQ2zTtkq8Rs by [email protected] |
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@cstross I don't think that's fair re Bill Gates. I think he's more… |
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Post #AsVwgXRK2K5wDXpEOW by [email protected] |
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@davew @cstross AFAIK there is nobody on the planet with as much stock in the c… |
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Post #AsVwgXZTY0cIcpdk6S by [email protected] |
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@downey @davew @cstross Gates is the largest owner of farmland in the USA, whic… |
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Post #AsVwiiyI8HgKYtHy1g by [email protected] |
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@davew I don't expect Gates to be *overtly* eliminationist, but it colours … |
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Post #AsVwl4ZAoYLA7Gey92 by [email protected] |
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@cstross Bill Gates seems to not understand what “expertise” is. Anyone who… |
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Post #AsVwm6XcxN8CX0QdcW by [email protected] |
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@cstross All us 'poor little people' should just remove ourselves from … |
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Post #AsVwncHERxrzFNTs7E by [email protected] |
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Most labour is simply not recognized by them. At best, they see the professiona… |
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Post #AsVwujGQs2GSwbUxay by [email protected] |
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@cstross i still believe that one of the main factor to have students work and … |
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Post #AsVwvKDXTkw1YLQfiq by [email protected] |
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@cstross "eliminationist" names its violence well |
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Post #AsVwvr33Pl9jNNmGSe by [email protected] |
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@cstross #Project2025 calls for a 25%-40% reduction to the #US #population over… |
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Post #AsVwyHkr5jJumfQMYi by [email protected] |
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@davew @cstross The older I get, the more I realize Jello Biafra was right abou… |
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Post #AsVwyHtMa67rD3P9ou by [email protected] |
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@ildiavolorosso @davew @cstross 👍 |
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Post #AsVwz5OaWnDYk5OHnE by [email protected] |
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@cstross They'll have to pay the robots a salary so they can purchase good… |
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Post #AsVwzHm4VJ8H8OTD3w by [email protected] |
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@cstross another reminder that we can't progress to a post scarcity economy… |
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Post #AsVx2jESs9PBA8OOOG by [email protected] |
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@cstross I'm assuming with your eyesight you've never watched the movie… |
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Post #AsVx7iiGENqF01i3EW by [email protected] |
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@HighlandLawyer Never heard of it. |
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Post #AsVx8YC8p32wfT58O8 by [email protected] |
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@cstross they've had most of the human race marked for removal for as long … |
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Post #AsVx8gNmNf6q3saXdg by [email protected] |
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@cstross no one should do any work for these fuckers. Your Toilet is clogged? L… |
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Post #AsVxAc4nMVE3Hkd4i0 by [email protected] |
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@cstross So first Gates was a shit.Then he put a lot effort (well, money) into … |
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Post #AsVxFqPZUYMNC0qF4i by [email protected] |
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@cstross Is it me or he has ironically a pin of the 17 sustainability goals on … |
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Post #AsVxHTPjxxVWRmhIrQ by [email protected] |
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@cstross Won't this development prevent billionaires from existing and will… |
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Post #AsVxHTW7aEbylZgOo4 by [email protected] |
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@enamon These people are not deep thinkers! They've mistaken competence in … |
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Post #AsVxJ2Sb9QQfQjmSHY by [email protected] |
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@cstrossThey can keep their dimes if they let us develop a system of living wit… |
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Post #AsVxL0Y9E1MI5HJbs0 by [email protected] |
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@cstross If the rich think they can eventually do without us, we should work on… |
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Post #AsVxLHqqtjQBkDCHsu by [email protected] |
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@fatsam The big picture is so ugly that most people refuse to recognize what th… |
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Post #AsVxXbS7qZb80lVKPg by [email protected] |
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@cstross Three Robots: Exit Strategies in Love, Death & Robots was a warnin… |
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Post #AsVxuw4lKvgwdKhbOK by [email protected] |
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@cstross Even the folks who wash dishes in a restaurant, dig ditches, clean pub… |
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Post #AsW8RyPafhc4yZpw00 by [email protected] |
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@cstross On the other hand, billionaires are not needed "for most things&… |
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Post #AsW8uPKECXrqYTt2uG by [email protected] |
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@cstross The sad problem is that the average $professional is not that much bet… |
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Post #AsW8uPQbooyIsGs8qu by [email protected] |
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@gisgeek I think you've got a very bad apprehension of what professionals d… |
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Post #AsWPyguiRq9PU4a9eC by [email protected] |
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@thomkennon @cstross Is "eliminationist" a euphemism for genocide? |
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Post #AsWPyh1S2nXRoxjX96 by [email protected] |
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@spacebarbarian @thomkennon Eliminationist overlaps with genocide insofar as th… |
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Post #AsWPzU5jbf500R797o by [email protected] |
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@Bandersnatch @cstross Do you have a source for this '25%-40%' reductio… |
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Post #AsWQ2qON9LZu2TQy3M by [email protected] |
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@cstross @Jennifer It makes you wonder if that's their "solution"… |
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Post #AsWQ2qVohfX6PYuuem by [email protected] |
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@FediThing @cstross @Jennifer I also think their plan is to kill off as many po… |
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Post #AsWQ2vo51C72peV4Jk by [email protected] |
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@downey @cstross Pretty sure he’s pretty well divested. |
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Post #AsWQ5avD7mrAvY6aq8 by [email protected] |
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@Schouten_B @cstross Not when it's done via epidemic & starvation.I'… |
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Post #AsWQ5b1ak3xdFL5gmm by [email protected] |
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@Bandersnatch @cstross Obviously, yeah, natural population decline due to peopl… |
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Post #AsWQ5b7cNemVY1uVBA by [email protected] |
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@Schouten_B @Bandersnatch Natural population de-growth due to demographic trans… |
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Post #AsWQ5bELycAXsv3sg4 by [email protected] |
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@cstross @Bandersnatch Not entirely true. Should the 'AI replaces humans… |
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Post #AsWQ5bKjatH0Ci2yci by [email protected] |
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@Schouten_B @Bandersnatch Well yes, but now you're positing "and then … |
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Post #AsWQ5bQPFnoIUIhVSq by [email protected] |
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@cstross @Bandersnatch It's not a discrete event though right? We already s… |
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Post #AsWQ73QsbjfJdpc9hI by [email protected] |
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@cstross Suspected that. Essentially superrich live in magictech space station … |
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Post #AsWQChSPDyqlDv1JfU by [email protected] |
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@cstross @Jennifer We could take a page from the Morlocks and just start eating… |
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Post #AsWQDIvPv52bQbsVWa by [email protected] |
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@Schouten_B @Bandersnatch @cstross They want more *white* women to make more wh… |
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Post #AsWQDJ1RYfrTjIhJuy by [email protected] |
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@bruce @Bandersnatch @cstross Totally fair. I believe SCOTUS called it 'the… |
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Post #AsWQDJ77DaOm0tLql6 by [email protected] |
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@Schouten_B @bruce @Bandersnatch That's a real neat euphemism for "far… |
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Post #AsWQDJCmsUw4IU0NbE by [email protected] |
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@cstross @bruce @Bandersnatch I was sort of being misleading. ACB quoted that t… |
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Post #AsWQG7lBt3qJfZRJNg by [email protected] |
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@Schouten_B @Bandersnatch @cstross They want white babies, not just babies. The… |
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Post #AsWQHUHhcxlDojISie by [email protected] |
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@dmarti @downey @davew @cstross The optimum number of people required to keep t… |
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Post #AsWQMwCPGkMFqBQ0OG by [email protected] |
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@NotTheLBCGuy @cstross It's hard to predict how long it will take, but just… |
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Post #AsWQMwImt1Si9yP6Ku by [email protected] |
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@Schouten_B @NotTheLBCGuy @cstross Workable fusion for power generation is stil… |
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Post #AsWQMwPAVIZATlOCHY by [email protected] |
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@bananarama @NotTheLBCGuy @cstross I am willing to bet you that it will exist a… |
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Post #AsWQO30lQX2lG3VBK4 by [email protected] |
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@cstross @Jennifer they're so desperate for slave labour that, if they can&… |
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Post #AsWQOhTB0JXQjl6RA8 by [email protected] |
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@Schouten_B @cstross yes, that’s exactly how the AI boosters sound, great par… |
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Post #AsWQOhZYcadt3Y5X6m by [email protected] |
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@NotTheLBCGuy @cstross Do you have a rational counter argument? (I.e. that it i… |
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Post #AsWQOhesIotbK2ZmOe by [email protected] |
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@Schouten_B @NotTheLBCGuy I've lived through several grift/hype bubbles ove… |
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@cstross @NotTheLBCGuy Economically it will probably burst to some extent. But … |
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Post #AsWQUb0nvUJWRkdwki by [email protected] |
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@FediThing @Jennifer Yes, I think it very likely IS the billionaire response to… |
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Post #AsWQVcyC8GFooBulZQ by [email protected] |
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@Schouten_B @Bandersnatch They want THEIR women to make more babies (that is, t… |
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Post #AsWQWfpaymztyLOJgu by [email protected] |
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@cstross @Bandersnatch Sure. A 25-45% population reduction would not be compati… |
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Post #AsWQadyHpu7PMXLjOK by [email protected] |
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@cstross @Jennifer Then they aren't leaving the rest of the world with too … |
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Post #AsWQae4JTUwHfEAXmi by [email protected] |
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@FediThing @Jennifer Yes, yes they really do. After all, they own the media. |
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Post #AsWQdsUSJOgfGDwFIe by [email protected] |
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@Bandersnatch @cstross Which page?https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateFo… |
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Post #AsWQp296kimkOPGy6C by [email protected] |
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@NotTheLBCGuy @cstross I wrote an article about this https://shinycroak.blogspo… |
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Post #AsWQu22Qa3ddVSX0j2 by [email protected] |
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@spacebarbarian @thomkennon @cstross more a euphemism for extinction. Failure … |
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Post #AsWQvo8xDCDczYQmAa by [email protected] |
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@ildiavolorosso @davew @cstross "Jello Biafra was right about everything..… |
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Post #AsWQyRC6zab2gYA6Do by [email protected] |
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@Schouten_B @cstross you have this the wrong way around. It’s the outlandish … |
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Post #AsWQz5aymYFtzG6WXI by [email protected] |
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@Bandersnatch @cstross inside and outside the USA |
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@downey @davew @cstross I don't see how wanting to be at the forefront of t… |
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Post #AsYAg8TwcFW8UFfqU4 by [email protected] |
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@cstross I agree 100%. What worries me is, as far as I know, no one who *is* a … |
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@Kierkegaanks i don't care, just give us universal basic income. @cstross |
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@amiserabilist @Kierkegaanks Not just universal basic income; universal free he… |
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@amiserabilist @Kierkegaanks (I picked $100M as the maximum permitted level of … |
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@cstross @amiserabilist @Kierkegaanks FDR wanted to cap income at $25K, or abou… |
