@willsolfiac This is by design, who do these people usually vote for?
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@JustCanadian7
Looking for truth and facts, often disappointed.
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Based on the people I see on my own commute as I'm approaching the office I often wonder what mechanism was it that allowed someone from Somalia to arrive in London, be given social housing, be a drain on the taxpayer, and be able to walk three kids to school minutes from the river in zone 1? An unimaginably luxurious lifestyle for anyone in the private market.
And it's mostly sold as this wonderful, natural aspect of London. But it's an entirely state-enabled situation which no one would ever have designed from scratch.
Jardine Matheson Internationalist@emergenteffects
This is a good thread but both it and the replies go to show that even among right-leaning people the scale of the problem is vastly underestimated. There’s a huge information gap on many topics where people simply don’t realise how bad it is because it sounds absurd.
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@Romy_Holland You just posted about a baby tent you got and your complaint is some old person trying to connect with you?
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okay so i think the boomer conversational trait at the root of many problems is a total failure to even attempt to model whether the people around them care about what they’re saying.
they tell the same old stories 100x and deep down they definitely know you’ve heard it, but it just feels so good to be talking that they go for it. in the absence of the thought process “would this person enjoy hearing this story?” the only factor that matters is how it feels for them to talk.
same thing for the constant narration of everything that’s happening and the constant questions about tiny stuff and the random pieces of mundane information about ppl you don’t know. toddlers do the same thing before they develop complete theory of mind.
idk if this is the consequence of some sort of old age cognitive regression or if boomers were just socialized really poorly.
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@SaulStaniforth @rachelmillward Profit and loss are signals.
On this planet resources are scare. Plants compete for sun, animals for food, etc.
A loss signals that you wasted resources - you end up with less than the sum of the resources used.
A profit signals efficient use of resources.
Profits matter.
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.@rachelmillward: "You cannot actually solve the housing crisis in the current planning system because it begins and ends with profit. Developer profit is protected in this system. We need to have council housing at scale & that will take a change of govt legislation" 🎯
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@NaturalEngland You are a traitor to your country, to poor people, to common sense, and to scientific facts.
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Recent reporting contains several inaccuracies around Natural England's role on Hinkley Point C.
There has been no refusal, no ultimatum and no attempt to halt the project.
Read how we're working with EDF to resolve outstanding issues: naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2026/05/03/hin…
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@JacobAShell Violence is supposed to only apply to white, European, free market, capitalist societies.
All others are utopian.
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I still genuinely dont understand why the idea that neolithic peoples engaged in violent conquests would be “a political problem.”
Dwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp
David Reich on how much ancient DNA evidence has overturned so much consensus thinking how ancient cultures spread. "It wasn't peaceful, it wasn't friendly, it wasn't nice. Some of our archaeologist co-authors were just really distressed."
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Hear me out: What if James Bond just shouldn't be in videogames? pcgamer.com/games/action/h…
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Raja Ateeq, who is standing in the Rushall Shelfield ward in Walsall, posted in December 2023, referring to “Jewish cockroaches”.
A Green spokesman said: “Mr Ateeq has removed the tweet and recognises that it was wrong to have posted it.” telegraph.co.uk/gift/d40f58713…
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@lesliechurch You should raise the business tax from $500k to $1 million. Give small businesses a way to grow and invest. Hire more people.
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The deficit is coming down 📉
Home prices and rents are coming down 📉
The GDP is going up 📈
Non-U.S. exports are going up 📈
Why? Because our plan is starting to pay off.
We are empowering workers, we are investing in Canada and we are Building 🇨🇦 Strong.
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@notsoErudite You choose on behalf of your kids. What button do you press for them?
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Since everyone was very curious my answer, my answer is obviously blue.
Gotta save the naive, the kids, the blue lovers, and the principally hope-pilled people.
You red button pickers need therapy.
MrBeast@MrBeast
Everyone on earth takes a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press? BE HONEST.
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The fact we are going to have our first trillionaire before everyone has access to clean drinking water is proof our current system is not for the greater good but for the greedy.
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@johnpalmer You get to choose for all the non rational humans. What button to you press on their behalf?
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- If all humans are rational, everyone picks red.
- But we know many humans are not rational
- Therefore, red means 100% survival, but greater chance non-rational humans die
- Blue increases chance all humans live, including non-rational ones
So it just comes down to if you think it’s good for non-rational humans to exist.
Tim Urban@waitbutwhy
Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
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@StefanMolyneux You are tasked with pushing a button on behalf of all the people you just named.
What button do you push for them?
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This is actually a test of basic empathy and intelligence.
Most people in the world are too dumb or uninformed to understand probability or percentages.
You are also including babies, toddlers, children and people with autism, learning disabilities, dementia and brain damage...
MrBeast@MrBeast
Everyone on earth takes a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press? BE HONEST.
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@RichardDias_CFA The small business tax needs to move from $500k to $1 million.
Thats how those businesses can invest & grow.
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Canadian payroll employment (SEPH) decreased by 60.2k in February. 😳www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quoti…
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@MarkJCarney You need to increase the small business active income rate from $500k to $1 million.
Let small businesses grow and invest. Make it easier to hire people.
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@Playerinthgame Everyone was on the verge of starvation for most of history. Capitalism offered a reprieve from that for like 85% of the population...
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@Romy_Holland Lets say you get to vote on behalf of your kids, what button now?
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Obviously red would be the right button to push, except for the fact that children get to vote privately too. I’m not voting red if there’s a chance my toddler has randomly voted blue. I think that gets you a pretty large and solid vote for blue.
MrBeast@MrBeast
Everyone on earth takes a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press? BE HONEST.
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The stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green today is deeply shocking and a stark reminder of the very real danger antisemitism poses on our streets.
My thoughts are with the victims, their loved ones, and the wider Jewish community.
No one should be targeted because of their faith.
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