@pmarca During the 2022 French presidential elections YouTube placed an age restriction on Eric Zemmour’s official campaign video (after it gained a lot of traction). The only way to watch the video was to upload an ID document. The age restriction had absolutely no legitimate ground.
@SydSteyerhart In French, there is the saying "tout m'est égal", which means "nothing matters to me". The literal translation is "everything is equal to me".
This is explicitly a focusing effort for me. I could write a $20M check myself, but knowing that other people's money is on the line engenders a greater sense of discipline and determination. I had talked about that as a possibility for a while, and I am glad Nat pushed me on it.
@SydSteyerhart@Andercot It is a very nietzschean take:
"Its fundamental belief must be precisely that society is not allowed to exist for its own sake, but only as a foundation and scaffolding, by means of which a select class of beings may be able to elevate themselves to their higher duties..."