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same way it's always done. Pick and choose enforcement based on whims, political opponents or anyone otherwise whom they target.

mixed feelings because it's under 18, and therefore you dont feel that freedom of self is as important? Would you feel differently if this was for adults?

apart from freedom...just a little human right. no biggie.

I think that's fair, it just depends on what frame we are arguing in. Because the motivation of a lot of the people arguing for "raising taxes on the rich" is to indeed leave the c…

Here's one small example that I found illuminating and funny. Bezos (a major political donor) lost a NASA contract for 10 billion to SpaceX. He freaked So the US Senate, looking ou…

I used to work in PE (private equity), very common there. One daily DoorDash lunch order, put anything you want.

At the end of the day, from a macro perspective, it's going to come down to the "war for talent". Businesses with the best talent, over time, win; those without, lose. As so, this …

agreed, that is certainly the most noteworthy aspect. I can't say im surprised. Financial hegemony is critical for state apparatuses to maintain power. Frankly I'm more surprised i…

in the short term perhaps. In the long term, countries with less regulated markets have better economic outcomes. Nearly the entire first-world has adopted the US model of economic…

yea. they media knows exactly what they are doing when they zero on those metrics. It's part of a larger ideological push. It's extremely disingenuous.

the argument is simply that going to the farmer's market for local produce, then going on a ski trip to Chile doesn't equal out, doesn't make you a climate warrior, and doesn't mak…

it's a good move.

This is spot on. The only wrinkle -- Twitter could actually do something to create separate communities if they wanted. Some large investors have asked them to. They've drafted up …

this argument is used to justify literally every climate hypocrisy, from pro skiers to billionaires on down "i do X high-carbon thing to bring awareness to the plebs"

Twitter hasnt even attempted. It's the opposite. They amplify the polarizing content through their trending feed. They love it.

sure. they wont though.

It is. Their advertising is extremely strictly regulated and literally all of their ads and marketing material focus on smoking cessation. Note: this came after initial warnings fr…

it is, generally, yes. But what shapes companies in the long-term is the degree in which they can stem this natural tendency. I.E. Amazon vs Kodak. Blockbuster vs Best Buy

Nope. This is simply factually incorrect. Take the Pennsylvania constitution, written also in 1776 (by many of the same authors, as we know, as the federal constitution). They also…

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no, it isnt. you asked for when a hedge fund was bailed out by a bank. i gave you one. there's many more. that's just the most famous example.

Off the top, Bear Stearns bailed out its main hedge fund after it had to liquidate in what ended up being a precursor to the financial crisis. It happens fairly often.

Long Term Capital Management was bailed out by the government. Or, the Fed organized it. They ended up leveraged 100 to 1 and had trillions in bonds.