@QuantumDom It already existed as the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.
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@Chrisgpt @DavidSacks We're think about that after it gets here in a few decades.
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@DavidSacks when we reach artificial, super intelligence how do you justify humans working in the workplace slowing down the economy?
Genuine question
You might as well just have UBI
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Slavs vs Germanics might be the oldest form of racism to exist.
Sam🎒@SamiraVVV
I’M FUCKING CRYING 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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@Secretpolicia UBI has failed every single time it has been tried.
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"Paying a living wage" is not the answer and is a contributing factor to inflation. This is what socialists get wrong about the debate. The actual discussion should be "why is shit so expensive to the point wages are a discussion?" Why is a burrito that cost me 89 cents just 15 years ago over $5 now? Why is housing more and more unaffordable? Why can't people easily pivot to higher paying positions/jobs? Why is fast food now a career choice instead of a stepping stone?
I don't think Erica would like the answers nor the solutions to these things, and ironically nor would the boomer.
🌽🌽 Erica, The White Trash Socialist 🌽🌽™️@herosnvrdie69
“Get a better job” is not the answer to people being unable to pay their bills. Every job should have to pay a living wage. If you don’t believe that, then you believe as a society people who do necessary jobs should permanently live in an under class.
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End SNAP.
Replace it with monthly distributions of dried beans, powdered milk and rice
See how quickly people go back to work.
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@prestonstew_ I believe both countries are aiming for around 6-7 million drones each produced this year.
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"the Ukrainians currently have an advantage in drones, which is due to the following factors:
The Ukrainians have more expensive and high-quality materials for the manufacture of FPV drones and fiber optics, cameras with better resolution, meaning they can see the picture much better, longer flight time, and longer flight range.
In addition, the number of drones and workshops where they are manufactured in the occupied territories is increasing."
-Russian milblogger Diary of a Paratrooper
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@akarlin @woke8yearold Does England only go back to the commonwealth, or does the lack of a giant state makeover make it older?
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I saw people arguing about how old American civilization is vs Chinese civilization. One point I would clarify is that if you approach it like an alien American civilization didn’t begin in 1776 or even 1607, it’s a British descended civilization. There’s more genuine cultural continuity between America and old England than modern China and the Han dynasty or whatever
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@James45983547 @KinderheimRune So it's in Russia's interest to keep the war going if they want a weakened Ukraine.
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@KinderheimRune Most of them haven’t been killed, they left after the war began and will likely return when it ends. The demographic situation is grim but these doomer posts go too far.
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Ukraine's population is now 22 million!
Before WW2, Ukraine actually had a higher population than France!
Ukraine 1991: 52 million
France 1991: 57 million
France 2026: 70 million
Ukraine 2026: 20-25 million
Predicted in 2022 that Ukraine would end the war ~18 million people.
The Other Side Media@TheOtherSideRu
🇺🇦 Ukraine's population on Kiev-controlled territory is now just 22–25 million — Social Policy Minister Denis Ulyutin In 2022, it was roughly 41 million In just a few years of war, Ukraine's population has been cut in half
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@esrtweet It should be even less for earners below a certain threshold. A negative tax
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Jeff, this is another terrible idea that won't die, like UBI. The problem with it is that it creates the wrong political incentives.
The higher the "no-taxes" floor goes (and we already have a pretty high one due to the net effect of government transfer payments) the larger the constituency constantly clamoring for more gibs is, and the more difficult it gets to build a political bloc against taxes going even higher on an ever narrower segment of the population.
It's a very slippery slope, and the logical outcome is visible in places like California where states are absurdly dependent on tax revenue from a handful of very high earners. Who then respond to incentives and bail out. Goodbye revenue base, hello debt death spiral.
This is why a flat tax - no income brackets at all - is the best policy and in the long term they only stable one.
Jeff Bezos@JeffBezos
Zero out taxes for the bottom half of earners. A nurse in Queens shouldn’t be sending money to Washington. Washington should be sending her an apology.
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@JohnRileyPoway @RichardHanania Massie's criticisms of israel
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@RichardHanania I don't get your anti-Massie hate.
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Massie goes down!!!
Victory for everyone who doesn't think you should appeal to the lowest natures in politics.
Trump Cult saves us for once.
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@danielm51139990 @jacksonhinkle It's for stuff like microcontrollers and power electronics. Things that will be useful for domestic military production.
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@jacksonhinkle So they can make their very own computers from 1992?? Brilliant
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🇷🇺 Russia has opened its first domestic photolithography machine, the Progress STP-350.
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@CryptoCyberia That's basically how working in sales is like
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I remember a time in college where a simple $10 bet with a roommate that I wouldn't get an A on the hardest exam in the undergrad econ department resulted in me cramming it all in the night before and getting a 97.
It makes me wonder if there is a practical way to implement a schema for paying employes for completion of tasks by x date, as opposed to traditional salary or contractor terms, where time is the variable for payment.
Maybe my brain is just wired differently from pro MTG as a kid and pro poker as an adult, but I feel like this could really align incentives between employers and employees.
Implementation without taxing the employer's attention and time is the main hurdle for building such a thing, but it felt like a neat idea.
Sweatshop-style payments upon completion certainly aren't motivating for many people, but for some wired like I am, it could be a big incentive aligned.
That being said, I'd always prefer traditional payment schemes to this just for piece of mind and management of funds.
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@LilyaValieva2 @martymcs1ime @2knostalgiaa @Raindropsmedia1 Medicaid does for people under 21 if it's deemed medically necessary and she looks young.
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@martymcs1ime @2knostalgiaa @Raindropsmedia1 Health insurance doesn't cover braces u have to pay for them
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Young homeless woman speaks out on how she ended up on the streets as homelessness in the United States rose sharply to record highs, affecting over 771,480 people on a single night.
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@CCantonii @AlexanderMcCoy4 Median person income (including the unemployed and part time workers) is 44k
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@cybertruck7 @AlexanderMcCoy4 Ya that includes single earner households, median income for individual earners is 59,000
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When people talk like this, you need to realize you’re talking about 30-40% of American households.
Richard Hanania@RichardHanania
Graham Platner says he and his wife make $60K a year combined. Isn't this an indication you've failed at life? Why would this be something you brag about?
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@CCantonii @AlexanderMcCoy4 The median household income in maine is 74k
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@AlexanderMcCoy4 The average two person income household in the US does not make $60,000/year lmao $60,000/year is average for one income
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@Kenaadams99 @AndrewYang Explain how the ownership class will just choose to share everything.
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@AndrewYang It will be more than fine. You're looking at infinite cheap labor that doesn't unionize or complain. The only people worried are those who think packing boxes is the pinnacle of human achievement lol. Abundance is coming.
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A lot of AI industry people are still saying that the purpose of their work is to put you and your descendants on welfare for eternity
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Should this make us more or less worried about the budget deficit?
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@CryptoCyberia @bishara @Figure_robot In approximately 18 months emboddied AI will be able to surpass humans in handing a resume to the manager and asking for open positions while giving a firm handshake.
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@bishara @Figure_robot Until robots learn how to give a proper firm handshake, they will never get the job
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this is a cool LIVE experiment by @Figure_robot
human vs. robot on a full shift sorting boxes
the human was way ahead earlier
now they're extremely close
LONG ROBOTICS.
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@RichardHanania Median household income in Maine is 74k a year so maybe he's like positioning himself as an everyday man.
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Graham Platner says he and his wife make $60K a year combined.
Isn't this an indication you've failed at life? Why would this be something you brag about?
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