@Sustain_VA@mateosfo Oh yeah. That famous California policy of having one of five Mediterranean climates in the world. And shame on Montana for not building one of the world's three global finance hubs. Unforgivable.
@kyleichan Idyllic stone dwellings are durable capital with high up-front cost that many US homebuilders eschew for cheaper stock that will be gone in 60 years.
Imagine that at a civilizational scale over 1000 years.
@kyleichan Generally ignored counter-point - how much of Europe's quality of life is explained by the fact its had a full millennium of wealth buildup over the US?
Are the deep cultural affinities for master Iberian ham carving and Bordeaux grape cultivation not un-priced kinds of wealth?
@LisaBritton I think I'll have better luck watching liberals (over-represented by women fwiw) run American society into a dystopian shithole from a safe distance.
Good luck with your thing tho.
@kofinas@NateSilver538@HiddenForcesPod@mcuban@jonstewart ...areligious Catholic Church.
Elon and the like are reductive about what our system can / should do, but no more reductive than that establishment. IMO, far less reductive.
In any case, it's silly to say it's just some guys that got rich and want control.
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@kofinas@NateSilver538@HiddenForcesPod@mcuban@jonstewart These are people who increasingly subvert the tenets of meritocracy to re-make the world into a set of feudal fiefdoms. Wealth and privileges are doled out to a virtuous leadership regardless of the individual's ability to drive desired outcomes. It's akin to an...
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@SassiestMinx@norihelm1 When the walls come down and your quality of life takes a nose dive, you people silently start funding police, clearing homeless encampments, and prosecuting drug use again.
I'm glad your (*checks video*) quiet Minnesota suburb hasn't force that reality on you yet.
@SassiestMinx@norihelm1 Yeah, we can't all hypocritically live in bubbles of wealth that protect us from the day-to-day realities of your deranged policies.
Genteel liberal enclaves all have invisible walls keeping the riff raff out and keep you all blissfully unaware what low-trust life looks like.