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Friederike's avatar

Sugar was used as a means payment …

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Common sense's avatar

As someone who is investing in Punta Del Este, Uruguay, I began searching for the “reserve parachute” in the last 5 years. When I noticed a loss of freedoms in the U.S., especially during the pandemic.

I also see it as a great reallocation option for a portion of one’s assets, if they have concerns about overreaching, cancelling, oppressive government.

I imagine many Europeans will be gracing the shores of both Argentina and Uruguay, knowing what’s occurring there between their immigrant invasion and guilt ridden leftists running those governments, with the exception of Italy and now, Poland.

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Anti-Hip's avatar

Along the lines George Carlin now-famously warned us about two decades ago...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-54c0IdxZWc&t=188s

"You know what they want? They want obedient workers ... just dumb enough to passively accept ... the vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it. And now, they're coming for your Social Security money. They want your retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street, and you know something? They'll get it. They'll get it all from you sooner or later cause they own this fucking place! It's a big club, and you ain't in it! You and I are not in the big club."

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Rider's avatar

Last blast from the iconoclast. The primary virtue is rationality, which makes all subsequent virtues possible, including that of productivity, creativity, kindness etc. Coercion or aggressive force is bad, because it restricts freedom necessary to rational thought and choices. If one has no choice, one ceases to think and exercise reason. Rationality is cardinal because people must live by thinking and choosing. Force is bad because it makes virtue impossible at least in the areas and to the extent coercion is exercised.

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Rider's avatar

sorry to sound off as usual. The trolley lesson is stupid, because it is not relevant to life. I can invent a better allegory, because it bites types I dislike and is very very philosophical. A man runs for office and is approached by God (or god): sell your soul and I'll make you the most famous smartest and wealthiest man in world history, plus you'll live to 250 in good health, plus you'll be surrounded by beautiful eager women. What's the catch? the runner asks. You have to accept castration asap. That's not so far from what people do, right? So it relates to actual life, unlike the trolley allegory, which dense academics recite wisely in class and when trying to impress pretty (dumb) girls.

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andy's avatar

When what a monkey can see is changed, what a monkey can & will do is changed.

Monkeys of a feather will flock together if they can, of course, & do what the witches tell ‘em to. They do look kinda blue, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTVwjsZU8eM

Congregation (fire for) effects. Monkey cities & towns & chimp-an-Z-outs … thus spake chimpanzeerathustra …is no mere racial thing, even tho those mix-ins & toppings are part of the desserts that are just for those who swallow ‘em, & unjust for those whose livers are fattened via gov gavage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spo4tzzKuD0

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Ric Desan's avatar

Deepseek was a direct reaction to the targeted efforts to sanction China against tech that is not so bleeding edge anymore anyway

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Ric Desan's avatar

I think Dougs philosophical explanation is so astute when you also entertain at least the loose application of the NAP

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Carrie chick's avatar

Well I hope you got it at home because I'm pretty sure Elon and them went in there and stole all gold

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