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Comment · 5 years ago
They've already succeeded. America is already unprecedentedly divided and demoralised.

“One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.”

― Sun Tzu

Comment · 5 years ago
When 45% of the East Coast's supply of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel is impacted, the government has a problem.
Comment · 5 years ago
Why is the network constructed in such a way that it allows things to spread?
Comment · 5 years ago
The fact they're both islands in the middle of the pacific is more than likely their saving grace.
Comment · 5 years ago
For most, newfound income does not materialise itself as wealth but rather an increase in living standards.

$400k can buy you an entry-level home in cash, or a 10% deposit on that $4M mansion across town. Most choose the latter.

Comment · 5 years ago
Those taxes will be passed onto the majority in the form of price hikes.

Further, with current inflation rates, $400k will be solidly middle-upper class in a few years from now.

Comment · 5 years ago
If we can reverse ageing, your entire life will be spent planning how to avoid existential risks. When you can live forever even crossing the road becomes too risky.
Comment · 5 years ago
You need to reframe it. How many $ do the top 0.35% own vs the next 5%.
Comment · 5 years ago
Real meat is lindy. Fake meat is not. We won't know until multi-decade studies have been done on the health effects of a fake meat diet.

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