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I like many things.

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@yimikaaaa Your mom never said this.

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@RandyGoat Mine have been for a month and a half. Bomb-strength noise all night.

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@alx I used to actually speak to them just to call them out. I would get so excited when they called. I would get them so angry.

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@spencerpratt I’ve always hated that building.

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@kenbensinger I’ve never met a “fan” of Karen Bass. Not a single one. But yes, democrats will vote for her because she’s a D. Pratt has an ENOURMOUS number of fans. People have barely heard of Raman. She is not popular.

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@KarenBassLA Bwahahaha

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@AshtonForbes You’ve become obnoxious. Right or wrong, you’re playing this so poorly.

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@pureMetatron No. No, you didn’t.

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@AbbottEddi5270 Have you heard of birds?

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@maniaUFO This is the fish’s ufo abduction. No one will believe him.

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

Hello Julia, sans aucune ironie, c'est top que tu prennes le temps de te renseigner. Mais le problème quand on lit Marx aujourd'hui, c'est qu'on prend pour acquis sa prémisse de départ, alors qu'elle a été démontée scientifiquement il y a plus de 150 ans.

Toute la pensée de Marx repose sur la théorie de la valeur-travail. L'idée que la valeur d'un bien vient de la quantité de travail nécessaire pour le produire. Si tu acceptes cette prémisse, alors oui, tout son raisonnement tient. Le capitaliste "vole" la plus-value du travailleur, l'exploitation est mathématique, la révolution est inévitable.

Sauf qu'en 1871, trois économistes (Menger en Autriche, Jevons en Angleterre, Walras en Suisse) découvrent indépendamment la même chose : la valeur n'est pas objective, elle est subjective et marginale.

Un verre d'eau dans le désert vaut une fortune. Le même verre à côté d'une rivière ne vaut rien. Le travail incorporé est identique. Donc le travail ne détermine pas la valeur. C'est le consommateur qui valorise un bien selon son utilité marginale dans un contexte donné.

Exemple concret : tu peux passer 1000 heures à tricoter un pull moche que personne ne veut. Selon Marx, ce pull a énormément de valeur (beaucoup de travail incorporé). Selon la réalité, il ne vaut rien. Parce que personne n'en veut.

À l'inverse, Bernard Arnault crée des milliards de valeur non pas parce qu'il "exploite" mais parce qu'il a su anticiper et organiser des désirs humains à grande échelle. La valeur est créée par la coordination, pas extraite par le vol.

Cette découverte (la révolution marginaliste) a invalidé tout l'édifice marxiste. Pas pour des raisons idéologiques, pour des raisons scientifiques. C'est pour ça que plus aucun département d'économie sérieux au monde n'enseigne Marx comme un cadre d'analyse valide. On l'enseigne en histoire de la pensée.

Maintenant, le truc important. Si ton intention en lisant Marx c'est d'aider les pauvres (c'est une intention noble), alors tu vas être surprise par ce qui suit.

Regarde les chiffres de la Banque mondiale. En 1820, 90% de l'humanité vivait dans l'extrême pauvreté. Aujourd'hui, moins de 9%. Cette chute historique ne s'est PAS produite dans les pays qui ont appliqué Marx. Elle s'est produite dans les pays qui ont libéralisé leur économie.

Chine post-1978, Vietnam post-1986, Inde post-1991, Pologne post-1989. À chaque fois qu'un pays libéralise, des centaines de millions de gens sortent de la pauvreté en une génération. À chaque fois qu'un pays applique Marx (URSS, Cambodge, Corée du Nord, Venezuela), c'est la famine et les goulags.

Ce n'est pas une opinion, c'est l'expérience la plus massive jamais menée en sciences sociales. Plusieurs milliards de cobayes humains, sur un siècle.

Donc paradoxalement, si tu aimes vraiment les pauvres, la position la plus cohérente n'est pas d'être marxiste. C'est d'être pour la liberté économique. Parce que c'est empiriquement la seule chose qui a jamais sorti massivement les gens de la misère.

Pour creuser, je te recommande trois lectures qui vont changer ta vision :

"La Loi" de Frédéric Bastiat (court, lumineux, gratuit en ligne)
"La Route de la Servitude" de Hayek
"Économie en une leçon" de Henry Hazlitt
Bonne lecture, et vraiment chapeau de chercher à comprendre plutôt que de rester dans tes certitudes. C'est rare.

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@dom_lucre Stop saying “DEVELOPING” - it’s cringe. This is not a developing story. It’s a post. It’s a thing a person said. Just stop.

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@GP_Presss You post constant bs.

[Brett Favre @BrettFavre]

For more than 20 years I put my hands up in celebration on the gridiron.

Now, I put my hands up to the One that gave me all my talents and abilities — the King of my life, Jesus Christ.

I’ve never claimed to be perfect, but my aim is for the direction of my life to honor Christ and I pray my faith increases.

So I do want to wish you all a Merry Christmas, whether you’re solo, with family, or friends, and if you haven’t done so, put your faith in Him who can save, Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:8-9

[8] For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, [9] not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

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I often think about how Jerry didn’t have in-unit laundry.

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@JebraFaushay Thanks. I hate it.

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@TeeplesCY What a joke. The historicity of the Book of Mormon is absolutely garbage.

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

I had the immense privilege of spending a few weeks with Jordan on his US tour last year.

He is, other than my wife, the best human being I have ever met. I saw him deal with every challenge in exact accordance with his own stated principles. If my highlighting this strikes you as odd, I can tell you that I have met a lot of famous and successful people and this is EXTREMELY rare. Most people are much better at talking a good game than they are at playing it.

He was kind and respectful to everyone. I remember one incident in particular when we arrived late to a destination. We were tired and very hungry. By the time we'd got to a restaurant for lunch it was well past 3PM. When we walked in, as in pretty much every other public place, a spontaneous line of fans formed out of thin air in seconds. He gave every single one of them lots of time and attention. Then we sat down. The waiter brought over the menus and right as we were about to order, another line of people turned up. Jordan put the menu down, stood up and gave them all time, attention and selfies.

We ordered and chatted for some time, even more starving than we arrived. Eventually our steaks were served. Jordan cut into his on the request of the waiter to make sure it was cooked to his liking (it was) and then cut off a piece. Right as he was about to put it in his mouth a group of literally 20 people showed up. "We're training to fly helicopters at the military base here and we're coming to the show tonight!". Without missing a beat, without a grumble, he put the fork down stood up and gave every single one of them the exact amount of time and attention he'd given everyone else beforehand.

Every night backstage after the show he would meet hundreds of people who all had a story about how he changed their life or even saved it. People would come with the love of their life who they only met or kept thanks to his advice. Thriving businesses they'd only started because of him. People who'd found faith thanks to his lectures that gave them comfort in the darkest times. Hundreds and hundreds of people every night.

He truly is a great man who has played a pivotal role in turning the culture of our entire civilisation around. We are lucky to have him and I can't wait to have him back on the field soon.

There will be literally millions of people around the world praying for him and his family and I am certainly one of them.

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@RandPaul https://t.co/yCoGJiY6gV

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@vemby_marfico These aren’t real.