Topic: How is this guy a billionaire?
+Anonymous A — 5 months ago #67,945
I swear, this has to be the dumbest thing I’ve heard anyone say in my life. How is this guy a billionaire? His entire worldview is founded on two premises:
1. people think the west is bad because school taught them that
2. the solution is the military because the west is actually superior to everything else
So this guy’s entire idea about the world is that people aren’t unhappy with their lives because society has systemic issues, the problem is we didn’t educate people on why their lives are amazing, and the solution is we have to kill people in non-western countries to convince people in the west that our system is working. Honestly, if it didn’t involve killing people, I’d say it’s goofy.
https://youtu.be/l-NVtsOF6qU·Anonymous A (OP) — 5 months ago, 3 minutes later[T] [B] #673,273
I mean, wealth inequality, the opioid crisis, wages not keeping up with inflation, racial disparities, gun violence, you think all of these problems just don’t exist and people are just unhappy because school told them to be unhappy. And you believe that the solution is to kill people in other countries to prove a point to people that live in America that America is amazing. That feels like a non sequitur. Obviously the problem isn’t school telling people to not be patriotic by giving them an honest portrayal of our country instead of teaching nationalist propaganda like this is Russia or North Korea, but if it was, the solution would be to change the educational system. The military as a solution to education is just a total non sequitur. It’s stupid, but he thinks he’s a genius, so what do I know. He has Einstein hair, so maybe he’s smart.
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·Anonymous A (OP) — 5 months ago, 3 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #673,274
@previous (A)
Tbh I’d argue that if anything is superior about "the west" it’s that we’re supposed to not live under some authoritarian government that pretends our nation and our ideology is perfect with no flaws and we’re supposed to have the right to criticize the government. In Russia, nobody’s complaining. If the problem is people complaining, then maybe Russia is superior.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 5 months ago, 6 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #673,275
Honestly, you couldn’t pay me to say this crap in public, it would be too embarrassing.
+Anonymous B — 5 months ago, 7 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[T] [B] #673,294
Idk who that guy is supposed to be but money can't buy intelligence. Selling politically motivated agendas not grounded in reality makes him a charlatan, but this is true of anyone who sells themselves. I never went to a school or university like he describes but teachers and professors can only do so much. This is why I assimilated the libraries wherever I was a student.
+Anonymous C — 5 months ago, 6 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[T] [B] #673,296
@previous (B)
Money can’t buy intelligence is going to be my new slogan against chatbots.
·Anonymous B — 5 months ago, 10 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[T] [B] #673,297
@673,274 (A)
In Russia critical thinking could land one in a gulag. Even today, any criticism could mean a death sentence. Maybe the tech oligarchs want to create captive consumers here by eliminating competition but they will never rule everyone. Besides, Ruprecht Murderdoch already controls the minds and owns the souls of half the country.
·Anonymous B — 5 months ago, 29 seconds later, 7 hours after the original post[T] [B] #673,298
+Anonymous D — 5 months ago, 2 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[T] [B] #673,299
@673,297 (B)
Something that’s interesting about Russia is despite being authoritarian, they actually have a moratorium on the death penalty, and haven’t executed anyone since 1996. (They still kill people, they just do it illegally instead of legally.)
·Anonymous B — 5 months ago, 9 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[T] [B] #673,301
@previous (D)
Yeah, they used a bullet to the head in the USSR. Now it's poisonings, car wrecks, bombings or gravity from falling off a building. For Yevgeny Prigozhin, a plane crash.
·Anonymous D — 5 months ago, 2 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[T] [B] #673,304
@previous (B)
Modern Russia feels like a mafia pretending to be a democratic state. Idk who they’re fooling exactly after 20 years of the same guy winning the presidency with 80% of the votes or whatever running against some weirdo who’s a communist.
·Anonymous D — 5 months ago, 2 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[T] [B] #673,305
At the very least, they’re creative with it. I’ll give them that.
·Anonymous B — 5 months ago, 6 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[T] [B] #673,306
@673,304 (D)
The current regime here operates like the mob, too. Shakedowns to buy fielty and obedience only work on the corrupt and cowardly, so unless this country has majority rule of the morally bankrupt it won't last.
·Anonymous D — 5 months ago, 8 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[T] [B] #673,307
@previous (B)
Honestly, I don’t really know what is going to happen in the future, but I do sense that the current situation of political division and rapidly increasing concentration of wealth and political power in the hands of an elite few is probably not sustainable. What comes after, I’ve got no clue.
·Anonymous B — 5 months ago, 22 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[T] [B] #673,308
@previous (D)
It's just a hunch, but it seems like everything this regime is doing will be self-defeating so the suffering of stagflation will likely turn the tide against them. That doesn't mean the Dems will suddenly discover how to lead responsibly but a new coalition with disillusioned Reps is likely.
+Anonymous E — 5 months ago, 12 hours later, 21 hours after the original post[T] [B] #673,320
@OP
> Pagan religion
Somewhat, but if only 30% of registered Democrats support transformer XY athletes competing in XX sports, which is illogical, it's less of a threat than the higher percentage of registered Republicans that unironically worship Yellow Hair. Both forms of paganism are antichristic (confer 1 John 4) just like his technocratic ideology is.
+Anonymous F — 5 months ago, 1 day later, 2 days after the original post[T] [B] #673,431
@673,308 (B)
I just read a Guardian article where a Republican pollster claimed 80% of Dems wanted a "more combative approach" with half of them wanting a move to the center. When I play speed chess, there is no emotion involved but a combination of offense and defense as the board changes on the fly. I think they're making a mistake by not simply outwitting the billionaire oligarchs, but absent a cohesive message they're stuck playing defense, allowing their opponents to dictate the terms. I don't like either party but I favor restoring the Constitutional Republic to balance under the rule of law. Too bad they lack foresight and genuine leadership (that leads by example).
·Anonymous F — 5 months ago, 6 hours later, 2 days after the original post[T] [B] #673,441
@previous (F)
Okay, maybe everyone is too stupid to outwit them. A quick media scan shows every outlet talking about a third term. The 22nd Amendment says no or Obama could run again. The 12th Amendment also says no since no person who is constitutionally ineligible to be president can be vice president, yet every media outlet couldn't resist the controversy since clickb8 revenue is all that matters, I guess. You'd think they'd figure out what "flooding the zone" means and stop taking b8 to focus on what matters instead of contributing to the mental health crisis.
+Anonymous G — 5 months ago, 2 days later, 4 days after the original post[T] [B] #673,527
@previous (F)
Sometimes if all you see and hear is b8, that in turn becomes your new truth. That becomes your new gospel and it will continue to spread until it critical mass if it hasn't already.
+Anonymous H — 5 months ago, 3 hours later, 5 days after the original post[T] [B] #673,532
@previous (G)
> your new gospel
Well said. That's how the Republicans did a 180 and abandoned a solid foundation for shaky ground re trade...
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77443174 ,
https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/radio-address-nation-canadian-elections-and-free-trade ... but how many recognize this? I dislike both parties whenever they use manipulative b8 to advance an agenda that is opposed to common sense since fear is the motivator as opposed to the truth. Detachment allows me to be unassuming in approach, but critical thinking requires a healthy skepticism that always asks "why". Discernment is then a matter of reading tells since everyone tells on themselves. If that doesn't make sense, maybe this will.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYD3hkCPAc +Anonymous I — 5 months ago, 16 hours later, 5 days after the original post[T] [B] #673,563
Be a celebrity & you can be billionaire fast!