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Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M

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Re: Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M

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Post by arretevad »

pbreit wrote: post #35
verdverm wrote: post #34

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People see the rich getting richer while they struggle. This is your daily reminder we live in a segregated society

Why does this bother people? Who cares? There's always going to be stratification. Has literally no impact on anyone. Is it just jealousy?

> literally no impact on anyone

How does this make any sense in any context? An individuals actions can never have zero impact on others. The mass concentration of wealth in the hands of a few has an enormous impact on the rest of the population.

Re: Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M

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Post by therobots927 »

7e wrote: post #63
therobots927 wrote: post #38

“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?” - Mark 8:6 Enjoy your mountain fortress Karp. The afterlife won’t be kind to you.

The afterlife does not exist. Ask Santa Claus if you don't believe me. Unless you mean how future lives will judge Karp, which is valid.

And how exactly did you figure this out?

Re: Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M

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Post by therobots927 »

cheikhcheikh wrote: post #66
7e wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The afterlife does not exist. Ask Santa Claus if you don't believe me. Unless you mean how future lives will judge Karp, which is valid.

how are you so sure the afterlife does not exist

Science, math, Darwin, etc etc.

None of which are incompatible with a soul or afterlife.

Re: Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M

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Post by jjj123 »

tt24 wrote: post #70
jjj123 wrote: post #60

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Couldn’t you also say it’s largely unfactual, since the vast majority of strivers and grinders never escape their economic class? I guess it depends on what opportunity means to you. Does it mean something that’s “likely” or “less than one in a thousand”? To me, a “one in a thousand” chance to strike it rich is not good enough to justify the immense suffering our economic system causes.

Our economic system is actually the only thing that reduces suffering to this extent. It’s basically eliminated poverty, hunger, and healthcare scarcity.

When I say “our economic system” I am not talking about capitalism generally, I’m talking about the US system specifically, where we are:

51st in percentage of the population that lives in poverty [1]

Decent but worse than social democratic countries like France and Germany in hunger [2]

Ranked below Canada, France, Germany, the UK in healthcare outcomes, which all have more socialized systems than we do [3]

So I stand behind my broader point: the culture of individualism in the US benefits a select few and hurts us as a whole.

1: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/poverty-r... 2: https://journalistsresource.org/home/food-insecurity-health/... 3: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/files/2024-09...

Re: Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M

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Post by tt24 »

jjj123 wrote: post #74
tt24 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Our economic system is actually the only thing that reduces suffering to this extent. It’s basically eliminated poverty, hunger, and healthcare scarcity.

When I say “our economic system” I am not talking about capitalism generally, I’m talking about the US system specifically, where we are: 51st in percentage of the population that lives in poverty [1] Decent but worse than social democratic countries like France and Germany in hunger [2] Ranked below Canada, France, Germany, the UK in healthcare outcomes, which all have more socialized systems than we do [3] So I sta…

Calling it "poverty" is a misnomer - in the United States, even the poorest get food, healthcare, and housing.
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