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Re: 72% of the dollar's purchasing power was destroyed in just four episodes

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Post by kelipso » Tue, Mar 31, 2026, 5:57 PM UTC

wat10000 wrote: post #244

WarmWash wrote: post #212

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Jews are culturally isolated enough to effectively count as their own race. Race is generally a misused concept because 99% of the time people actually mean culture, as anyone from any race can be part of a culture.

Right, when people are talking about white people being disproportionately represented (or under-represented) in high paying corporate jobs, they're definitely looking into the cultural background of those people and determining which ones fit "non-Jewish white" rather than looking at the black guy and putting him in the "not white" category based on appearance.... In my experience, you wouldn't know most Jews are Je…

This doesn’t make sense in light of the fact that we do distinguish between Hispanic and non-Hispanic in addition to white, black, etc.

Re: 72% of the dollar's purchasing power was destroyed in just four episodes

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Post by wat10000 » Tue, Mar 31, 2026, 8:13 PM UTC

kelipso wrote: post #271

wat10000 wrote: post #244

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right, when people are talking about white people being disproportionately represented (or under-represented) in high paying corporate jobs, they're definitely looking into the cultural background of those people and determining which ones fit "non-Jewish white" rather than looking at the black guy and putting him in the "not white" category based on appearance.... In my experience, you wouldn't know most Jews are Je…

This doesn’t make sense in light of the fact that we do distinguish between Hispanic and non-Hispanic in addition to white, black, etc.

How so? That's explicitly not considered to be "race," but a separate qualifier on top of it. In any case, nothing here is going to make any sense, because the entire social construct of "race" inherently makes no sense.

Re: 72% of the dollar's purchasing power was destroyed in just four episodes

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Post by runako » Tue, Mar 31, 2026, 9:01 PM UTC

roncesvalles wrote: post #239

runako wrote: post #208

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> Even if not quite true, it doesn't change my argument This is one of the main points of bigotry. The facts don't matter. So when a person says something obviously ridiculous like > among high paying job titles within a company, absolutely I would say there are fewer than 50% non-Jewish whites the proper way to interpret is "I feel like there are too many unworthy people working there," where "too many" is entirely…

>"I feel like there are too many unworthy people working there" Not at all. That was not my implication even slightly. I'm non-white btw.

Honestly didn't mean to say you were being a bigot there. But I would strongly suggest you spend some time in Google/census data/etc. to recalibrate your feelings. The TL;DR; is most high-paid corporate jobs in the US are held by a single demographic. Said demographic is a distinct minority of college graduates in the US.

One's information environment can mislead, but perhaps the process of finding information sources you consider objective, then studying them, will lead you to reevaluate the information diet that is creating a false picture of reality.

Re: 72% of the dollar's purchasing power was destroyed in just four episodes

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Post by kelipso » Wed, Apr 01, 2026, 1:41 AM UTC

wat10000 wrote: post #272

kelipso wrote: post #271

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This doesn’t make sense in light of the fact that we do distinguish between Hispanic and non-Hispanic in addition to white, black, etc.

How so? That's explicitly not considered to be "race," but a separate qualifier on top of it. In any case, nothing here is going to make any sense, because the entire social construct of "race" inherently makes no sense.

Are we really going to pretend like jewish white and non-jewish white doesn't make sense in a context where white is considered a race? I don't really see the sense in this pretense.

Re: 72% of the dollar's purchasing power was destroyed in just four episodes

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Post by wat10000 » Wed, Apr 01, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC

kelipso wrote: post #274

wat10000 wrote: post #272

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How so? That's explicitly not considered to be "race," but a separate qualifier on top of it. In any case, nothing here is going to make any sense, because the entire social construct of "race" inherently makes no sense.

Are we really going to pretend like jewish white and non-jewish white doesn't make sense in a context where white is considered a race? I don't really see the sense in this pretense.

You’re going to have to explain, because while it might be obvious to you, I have no idea why you’re saying this.

Re: 72% of the dollar's purchasing power was destroyed in just four episodes

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Post by engineer_22 » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 1:02 AM UTC

thisislife2 wrote: post #37

engineer_22 wrote: post #23

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It could also be a play to squeeze China or similar nation dependent on middle east oil. USA semicon production not ready, if there were signals that China was ready for a play on Taiwan maybe this is a gambit to buy some time.

Is China really dependent on middle-east oil? I read that they had been diversifying in preparation for an energy resource fight for some time now. For example, they've massively invested in Solar power generation, are building a 300-400 billion dollar gas pipeline from Russia, already buy a lot of oil to from Russia, and also purchased from Venezuela (though how that's going now is anybody's guess). They also have a…

Yes, China imports most of its oil, and most of its imports are from the Middle East.

As your own reply alludes, electrification was clearly strategic move to reduce their risk in a scenario such as where we find ourselves today.

However, there are things that you can do with petroleum you can never do with batteries e.g. lubricants, asphalt, plastics, cosmetics, jet fuel, etc.

Re: 72% of the dollar's purchasing power was destroyed in just four episodes

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Post by win311fwg » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC

gwbas1c wrote: post #250

win311fwg wrote: post #46

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Both are valid, depending on perspective. The joy of English.

No, it's very clearly a typo and doesn't depend on perspective. English isn't that ambiguous.

It's clearly not. Think about it:

- If you had $100 in 1914, it is worth $3.05 today. Inflation erodes value; amount goes down.

- But it is also true that if you had $3.05 in 1914 that it is worth $100 today. Inflation sees price rise; amount goes up.

- And it is even true that if you had $100 in 1914 that it is worth $100 today. Inflation does not affect face value; amount stays the same.