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Will never happen. Modern people are too sedated, and the military is too powerful.

Oceania, Eurasia, and East Asia. Political geography of Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia

Distract might not have been the right word. The point is there is value in making empty threats.

Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland “We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.” In my view, the Greenland invasion threat is a tactic to distract from Venezuela. It's obvious it would be suicidal for the US to attack Europe. It's like sticking a knife at a bystander while you rob someone blind. It's an attempt to project force even while you are busy. Just that threat alone should prompt Europe and Nato to consider expelling US army bases. You don't threaten your allies.

Haha—you're absolutely right—and it's funny you mention it because I've noticed AI-generated text is obsessed with em-dashes—like, suspiciously obsessed—to the point where spotting three em-dashes in two sentences is basically a dead giveaway. Guilty as charged—I'll work on sounding more human next time!

I refuse to believe anyone would agree to marry that grub.

The only conclusion I can make about this from a game theory perspective is that the US must be so financially screwed that it's only survival strategy is to fund the war machine and pillage the world. And they don't plan on sharing.

The US is the most powerful rogue state to ever have existed. Utterly disgusting this was allowed to happen without a multi-national cooperative. From Wikipedia: Military interventions in foreign lands could be justified under multi-national cooperatives. But as a lone actor, seeking obvious personal gain and abusing global power, deserves the harshest sanctions and punishment. In my fucking opinion.

Speaking of Faberge. 70,000 pounds worth of conformity.

You won't have your workers without investors. Exactly. Patient capital isn't real. That wealth is debt, which is fake. If you measure our economics in real wealth, the planet is incredibly poor. Capitalism is the ultimate fake wealth machine. But fake wealth still beats nothing.

One aspect us lefties often ignore about capitalism it the limits of our own technology. How is it possible supermarkets and restaurants throw out tons of food when millions are left starving around the world? It is not a production problem, but one of distribution and coordination. It's a mistake to blame all of capitalism's woes on human nature. It is possible that capitalism is the best we can do with our level of technology. Not just logistical technology, but financial technology. The way we think about capital itself might be incompatible with any superior system. Crypto was the first (and in my opinion, failed) attempt at this. Capitalism was only born with the industrial revolution and the rise of manufacturing. Post capitalism might only be possible with an entirely new definition and more effective form of capital. Banking on purpose and excellence as a motivator for your NDEs is a lost game. No one will invest in a company like that. No one will go into the mines and do boring or dangerous work for the 'love of the craft'. Profit is the only motivator here, because the whole point of doing that kind of work is to make enough money so that you don't have to do it anymore. No one is going to go down into a mine and get black lung for free.

Self-bias 101.

I'm trying it for the first time this week for my sleep issues. Works good for me. At least so far. I preferred microdosing zopiclone, but I recently moved the doctors here won't prescribe it unless they see you with ongoing problems for months.

The more I make things, the more I appreciate how difficult creating anything is. I've been learning how to make 3D motion graphics (think title sequences for tv shows and movies). Just to make two minutes of animation at that quality can take half a dozen people at least six months to get it done.

Because in order to be convinced, one has to be open to changing their mind. The issue is they don't want to be convinced. There is nothing you could say to make them change their mind. They have to decide to do it themselves, which may never happen.