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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

But you see, it's different because... Reasons.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 23 hours ago

When you're rich they just let you do it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's not that they don't care I think. It's more that the human brain is not very good at understanding and visualising massive things (be it numbers, space, complex systems, etc).

We're really good at gathering and communicating information though, which helps us make sense of the world.

The big problem is that we allow people's opinions to have as much weight as data and facts. So when you have data and facts about climate change presented at the same level as climate denialism, most people don't really see the difference when it comes to the weight of the data vs the opinion of some guy.

It's almost like some people benefit from withholding information, controlling the narrative, and having a public with low critical thinking.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Even a 1 or 2% per trade would bring massive amounts of money, not even trying to make it progressive or anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That we know of, I guess. Would be pretty fun to have an afterlife similar to the Good Place.

[–] [email protected] 193 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Now watch the effects ripple through the world. Now that a guy like him can be elected, politicians around the world will take note and use the same playbook. And it will probably work.

We already felt it in France with the 2016 US election, I can't imagine what the next decade will be like...

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And I wouldn't be surprised if Taiwan was next now

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Please take them back, we have enough self absorbed assholes to deal with already.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Given the number they supposedly have, even if only 1% of them actually work, that's way more than enough to blow up the world.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Especially these people indeed, it's one of the reasons they get so rich in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And more often than not, these companies rely on handouts from the government anyway.

 
 
 
 
 
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