Nick Wake

Midwestern Businessman, #Capitalist, Investor, former policy staffer, former Township Trustee. Sometimes I have good ideas that make money.

[Nick Wake @realNickWake]

"Never have I been more impressed with the advice I once received: 'You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.'" - Milton Friedman

This is why it's important to get out of your echo chamber.

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@Rothmus They're both wrong: Titanium for the win.

The rest of y'all are just wrong

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@ErikaEricksontv @Local4News What is with this nonsense behavior? Do folks not teach their kids consequences anymore? This isn't a race issue so much as a general society issue

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"The obvious is always least understood." -Klemens von Metternich
#dailyquote

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@HenryK12en @messedupfoods 20% wasn't the expected minimum until very recently. 15% was considered generous while I was growing up. 40% is insane.

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@JoyGaryW @WellsJorda89710 Well, he did so...

Facts matter, sir.

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Regardless of race, people need to be held accountable for their actions. Society cannot function without rules, and rules only have force when there are penalties for breaking them.

Soft-on-crime policies might feel good, but you're doing both victims and criminals a disservice by giving slaps on the wrist.

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I mean, it is possible that those areas that don't vote on time would break hard for a candidate willing to make government their permissive parent, but it just feels unlikely the breakdown should be what it ended up being.

It doesn't affect me here in Michigan, except I'll campaign hard against bringing California's wacky voting procedure here.

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@KraLath Capitalism was built on the concept of voluntary exchange. That's the core idea behind all the philosophy. The ills you identified are driven by other forces than economic theory

Communism and Socialism have never delivered what you claim, but they have delivered misery to many

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@khrachvik Huh, kinda like socialists co-opting the concept of the commonwealth and claiming social services are a form of socialism?

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@phlauxthefox @beyond_capital And it's better than communism

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@jacksonhinkle Except to the 40 million to 80 million that died between 1949 and 1976. But hey, don't let facts get in the way of a narrative.

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Even @GavinNewsom thinks it's a little ridiculous it takes this long to count the votes and allows for the proliferation of conspiracy theories. Add to that the statistically unusual late breaks for candidates that don't line up with in-person turnout and tu get the perfect recipe for undermining election credibility.

https://t.co/nJn0Y6na3a

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@khrachvik Doublethink was supposed to be a cautionary concept from Orwell, not a way to explain away the failings of a system or how others have vocally tried to explain it away.

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@TheBestFriday @Mattkowals38746 @nypost I said it's unusual. Why should the results swing so dramatically based on the method of voting? I understand that absentee ballots are typically where tight elections are decided, but the sudden surge for one candidate in just one format invites skepticism.

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@Mattkowals38746 @nypost I try not to be a conspiracy theorist, but you'd think the late voting would break down roughly along the lines of in-person vote. It's just unusual that one individual benefits disproportionately from the late voting; statistically its unusual.

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@alechenrhin @RockChartrand Economic Ruin is the ultimate outcome when proven economic factors are ignored

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“I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.” - Catherine II "The Great" #dailyquote

This is solid advice, not just from a political standpoint but also in business and in life.

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@KellerZoe @MarcoFoster_ @JamesCarville @TheDemocrats Bless your heart

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@EarthFirstVoter @JJ_McCullough "anti-fascist"

*Had Nazi Tattoo*