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Which is weird because this is pretty much what they voted/abstained for. I think we have to trust the ballot box more than opinion polls.
They didn't vote for a war with Iran.
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That Ivanka podcast interview about this island will go down as a masterpiece in tone-deafness. I assume there are already memes of it.
The short segment I saw on reddit, I believe, of Ivanka talking about an island gave VERY strong AI vibes. Is this interview real and are there links? This is the first I've seen it referenced so haven't given it much thought.
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Real estate, Crypto and AI make up the 3 legged stool of US investment (from my perspective). In my area which is over 1/3 retired people this is where the majority of their investments seem to lie. Those who are simply relying on 401k or other investments are also at risk due to the lack of diversification. Since their investments are tied to those 3 things. If any of the legs of the stool go out...the whole thing g…
You forgot Big Oil and weapon industry.
they still call the shots in many states and much of canada
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The short segment I saw on reddit, I believe, of Ivanka talking about an island gave VERY strong AI vibes. Is this interview real and are there links? This is the first I've seen it referenced so haven't given it much thought.
Are you unaware of how vapid celebrities and rich people can be, especially in puff-piece interviews?
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OP did say “his kind”, leaving it as an exercise for the reader
So I talk about vile evil people doing destructive, greedy, and rapacious things and you immediately think "he's talking about the jews!"? Why is that? Have you ever thought about why you do that?
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> Don't forget that resorts et al typically belong to international capital. What does the local economy get out of it? Same goes for any natural resource. Oil, precious metals, water, etc. Globalization feeds this behavior, but that’s a conversation people don’t usually want to have
> Same goes for any natural resource No, in most cases the contract stipulates profit/revenue sharing. E.g. Orano's uranium mines in Niger had 50% of all revenues going to the Nigerien government. In other cases it's much lower (e.g. Dundee Precious Metals in Bulgaria pay 10% of profits to the state).
Even Zuckerberg paid in an extra 10% ($20 million)over and above his land costs to fund affordable housing, conservation and a jobs program in Kauai to get the deal done
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The only people this is relevant to are Albanians. I don't expect an Albanian to know about data centers being built in Texas. Hell, I don't expect Michiganders to know about them.
> The only people this is relevant to are Albanians. That's a short-sighted view. Nature destruction is relevant to people everywhere. The locals might not even care much (unlike in this case, fortunately). What if this construction project would wipe out animal species x, y or z? That's a permanent, irreversible loss for the world as a whole. What if some species loses its breeding ground, decimating a population el…
Perhaps I should've said "this only matters to Albanians because everyone else has significantly more pressing matters than this in their own countries.