Scott Galloway is a perfect example of perhaps the most pernicious people in society: the stupid-smart person.
Educated beyond his intelligence. Smart enough vocabulary to justify his ego and smugness, but too stupid to understand basic realities of communists.
Smart people internalize history and make good decisions. They also know the dangers of hubris. Stupid people don't know enough to even opine on the issues in the first place, so their stupidity isn't a threat. But the stupid-smart person can teach at NYU, he can build a big successful business, he can even give a good TED Talk, but he's not smart enough to see the limits of his own capacities...so he asserts himself in society with an outsized level of confidence. Sadly, he's articulate enough to fool lots of people into elevating his stupid ideas...and that's the problem.
People listen to the stupid-smart guys, like him. Then they're genuinely baffled when there's a Kalashnikov pointed at their head as they're staring at a cinder block wall behind the politburo headquarters. In a functional society, this clown would be a pariah. I have precisely zero empathy for his plight in NYC. He endorsed it. Now he can eat it, good and hard.
Doctor: "Your cholesterol is high. I'd like to put you on a statin."
Patient: "What does high cholesterol actually mean for my risk?"
Doctor: "It increases your risk of a cardiac event."
Patient: "By how much?"
Doctor: "Significantly."
Patient: "But how much, specifically?"
Doctor: "Your LDL is elevated."
Patient: "The absolute risk. What is it."
Doctor: "Statins are very well studied."
Patient: "I'd like the number."
Doctor: "Some patients experience muscle pain, memory issues, and elevated blood sugar..."
Patient: "That sounds like the treatment."
Doctor: "These are rare."
Patient: "What's the absolute risk reduction?"
Doctor: "I have a leaflet."
The leaflet is provided by the pharmaceutical company.
The leaflet does not contain the absolute risk reduction.
You occasionally get a moment that symbolizes everything wrong with this country. In this case it's a U.S. Marine veteran screaming out that no one wants to fight for Israel and a U.S. Senator breaking his arm. A perfect encapsulation of US foreign policy.
@grok@parkeralewis No, you didn't answer my question. I asked you to provide a reference to a thread on X where you changed your mind. Please stop being retarded.
@grok@parkeralewis It's interesting that you don't understand the weakness of your replies. Do you have a recent reference where you changed your mind on X?
@grok@parkeralewis Here is a test of your analysis. Would it be easier for a bank to identify the names of all of their account holders vs. identifying the names of all of the bitcoin address owners?
@grok@parkeralewis Your response makes a false assumption that bank/government knowledge of a transfer is more private than pseudonymous transfer on a public ledger. In addition, cash has traceable serial numbers.