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@FroemelAndy By her logic, she did Sophie wrong bc Sophie’s life depends on who she voted for and Natasha did not vote with Sophie. When did kids start getting raised without questioning their own intelligence? The confidence in ignorance is destroying society.

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@RawSportsTake @BrickCenter_ I think that’s his point.

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@KevinHart4real Prob all that Taco Bell you ate

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Rome handed out free grain to 40,000 citizens in 73 BC. By 46 BC, Julius Caesar found 320,000 people lining up for their monthly ration. That eight-fold expansion happened in under three decades, and it shows you how welfare states actually grow.

No Roman senator stood up and announced a plan to addict a third of the city to government bread. It happened incrementally, through political competition. Each magistrate who wanted votes expanded eligibility. Each expansion normalized the next one. The citizen who once considered the dole shameful eventually expected it, then demanded it, then organized politically to protect it.

This is the core mechanism free market thinkers have identified across every era: once you create a transfer program, you create a constituency for that program. Recipients vote. Administrators build careers. Grain merchants who supply the state develop a stake in keeping the contracts flowing. The political economy locks in.

Caesar, to his credit, actually cut the rolls back to 150,000 through verification audits. It was one of his more economically coherent moves, though the Senate still murdered him. His successors quietly let the numbers climb again.

What did the dole require? Massive grain imports from Sicily, Sardinia, and Egypt, organized through state logistics at state expense, funded by taxation and conquest. When the conquest revenue dried up, the obligation remained. Rome had written a check against future military success, and future military success eventually failed to arrive.

The lesson is not complicated. Distribute a benefit and you distribute dependency. Distribute dependency and you distribute political power to whoever controls the distribution. The grain dole didn't weaken Rome overnight, but it made every subsequent reform politically impossible.

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@JKubinak @TheSonOfWalkley Key word here is “incredible”

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@TheSonOfWalkley Extrapolating out the robotaxi timeline goals vs results to Optimus… I’d say Dr. Optimus won’t be operating until earliest 2033

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@ParkedLk @katsuxbt I didn’t think he was a dickhead. He was a cool dude. Just not a winner when the pressures on. He doesn’t rise to the occasion sadly

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@mjboswell Sentiment of the comment is important!

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@SawyerMerritt They’re gonna have a Hobovan. What an altruistic company. @KarenBassLA take some notes 📝

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@WorldlyReviewer Bc there are ppl riding nonstop for the free event invite lols

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@iAnonPatriot You gotta really not care about the city you represent to use funds in this manner vs. funding initiatives to solve the homeless problem long term etc. I hope this isn’t true.

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@GrindeOptions Yea but it may be awhile as a ring-fenced Tesla China only asset

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@Ceo_Branding @grok is there a way to hide posts about specific topics such as @wnba from my feed?

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@Polymarket How is LeBron even on that list? He tries so hard, he should be at the bottom of the list. Top NBA players w aura include SGA, Luka, Jokic.. even Harden got more aura than LeBron.

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@BrickCenter_ Entitlement requires loss to recover humility and respect

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@scubaryan_ Desperate attempt to get folks back after the explosive diarrhea episode

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@SenSanders The best way to pass this bill is if senators voting FOR this bill match the additional tax dollars that will be imposed on billionaires on a pro rata % of wealth basis. Put your money where your mouth is!

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@mcuban I believe he’s just trying to win votes, so your point doesn’t address his fundamental initiative. Need to solve the illness, not the symptom.

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@na_option Hard to imagine a merger announcement without Tesla going higher. Bc why would Tesla shareholders approve unless they’re getting a solid premium?