@Cereal_Twit@RnaudBertrand Under a gold standard, exchange of currency implies an exchange of gold. Instead of transporting the gold from, for example, Berlin to Paris it is cheaper to move the gold frome one vault to the next within the same building.
@Quasseltier Der leere einkaufswagen vor dem gut gefüllten kühlregal eines supermarktes ist ein modernes Kunstwerk welches die Grausamkeit des Kapitalismus und der wachsenden Armut zeigt. Preispunkt: 5 Millionen Euro
@LevantLaith@History__Speaks est. = estimate, they very very likely didn't account for war, and are probably relying on birth/death rates of previous years
A friend was asked to write a recommendation for his daughter who is applying to Yale. Worth a read.
Dear ,
I am unwilling to write a letter of recommendation in support of your daughter's application to Yale. I no longer do that. It is not that I don't believe that she is qualified, on the contrary it is because I do.
You wouldn't ask me to write a letter of recommendation for her admission to Hamas. But Yale is no different than Hamas, a cult that abides no disagreement, and a cult certain of its purpose and mission beyond reflection. Yale is potentially even more dangerous. Hamas will be defeated shortly. Yale will continue to send its graduates into positions of power for years.
A recent study at Harvard found that roughly 50% of the students and professors wouldn't discuss "uncomfortable" topics. An essential life skill is the ability to change your mind. She won't learn that at any Ivy league school. Their reputations are still so strong that their faculty, staff and graduates all possess the arrogant certainty of religious fanatics.
I am sorry to disappoint you. I wish her the best in her search for a school,
Signed
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