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Sure it can end up with a different policy which may or may not be as effective, but the goals are the same. So trying to divorce the two parties here is also a bit of nonsense.

I think as a counter point we continue to see investment and buildout. What do you mean the market is more skeptical? Of course the market doesn’t really have an opinion per se and…

> It’s unclear where American labs future capital will come from. It’s unclear to you, perhaps? But they’ll raise funds and/or debt as needed in the US capital markets as they have…

> Immigration is clearly economic policy. Sure but it's not strictly an economic policy. If you want to just talk about the economics of immigration I'd be happy to discuss that. I…

It's not just the French! I'm obsessed with it too. It's fantastic.

Sure they have an effect but are they economic policies? If you want to take the approach that everything is an economic policy I guess we could do that, but I think it's a bit lim…

Ministry for the Future is, in my view, much better.

> Pretty sure the Democrats would not have done either the ridiculous tariffs They may not have gone with that specific approach, but the direction was the same. Instead of tariffs…

> We might take in more taxes, but when we cut funding for childhood cancer research, and build more missiles... is this really the way we want our money spent? Well we all have ou…

Maybe, maybe not. And when a vast majority of the population isn't working what do these numbers really tell us? If we have fewer jobs, but then the people doing those jobs are pai…

I agree, because (and I'm being a bit flippant) I sure as hell am not giving up my gas stove while billionaires fly around in private jets and MAGA guys are coal-rolling in their F…

And let’s also not forget, we all want the climate crises fixed, but nobody is willing to personally make any changes to their lifestyle! All parties are incentivized against fixin…

We have everything and still use antennas for local broadcast: NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, Fox. Sports, especially football, are very easy to access over the air.

You're free to disagree with my explanation but it's logical and consistent and I'm happy to continue to stand by that.

No it wasn't a non-sequitur. Instead of repeating myself I'll just link to this good explanation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49197575

Well they are up at least in part due to policy such as tariffs and war which unfortunately is imposed upon us in the US (Russia invading Ukraine, Iran destabilizing the Middle Eas…

Well, I guess if the OP was under the mistaken belief that the only reason for high prices was because of an oligopoly, then sure. But that premise is incorrect and it would be a b…

That wasn't what I wrote or communicated.

Well if you care about portion size or the introduction of substitutes then you can change your buying habits. We only eat out for dinner at great restaurants because I can cook be…

No, markets still function anyway over the long term (monopolies go bankrupt and are disrupted all the time) and if you are worried about oligopoly you want to ensure that communis…

Many people see this as a problem, but I see it as a normal function of market economies. Disruptions, changes in government policy, changes in consumer behavior, and more will ove…

Well if you have 50 employees in Ireland who are unionized or even, say some retail shops but the vast majority of your high-income and irreplaceable workers aren’t in a union and …

> China does lead the frontier. If you're a cybersecurity researcher, a biologist or work in any other censored field, there's nothing that the American models can do for you. The …

> The same way that OpenAI and Anthropic will dig themselves out of the hole; By pawning off the training costs onto taxpaying citizens. Sounds to me like it’s just the same strate…

> When someone says that you have no experience being a professional baseball player, do you say "errrhhmm ackshually, I brush my teeth every morning just like an MLB player does. …