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Democrats: "technology is the future of the country so let's spend the next 40 years investing hundreds of billions of dollars in the tech industry."
Tech CEOs: "yay, we're Democrats."
Democrats: "Woww, our gamble paid off big time. Now you're all billionaires. Please pay your taxes."
Tech CEOs: "Uhhh.... Were Republicans now."
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@wildgrass saidTDS stage 2
Democrats: "technology is the future of the country so let's spend the next 40 years investing hundreds of billions of dollars in the tech industry."
Tech CEOs: "yay, we're Democrats."
Democrats: "Woww, our gamble paid off big time. Now you're all billionaires. Please pay your taxes."
Tech CEOs: "Uhhh.... Were Republicans now."
be aware stage 3 is lethal
@wildgrass saidMoney is apolitical.
Democrats: "technology is the future of the country so let's spend the next 40 years investing hundreds of billions of dollars in the tech industry."
Tech CEOs: "yay, we're Democrats."
Democrats: "Woww, our gamble paid off big time. Now you're all billionaires. Please pay your taxes."
Tech CEOs: "Uhhh.... Were Republicans now."
@wildgrass saidWhat I meant is that money tends to concentrate around the people who already have it, regardless of political affiliation. Money is a kind of negative entropy, it tends to clump together, rather than disperse, naturally.
Not in this context. The tech CEOs amassed their wealth because Democrats gave them billions of tax dollars.
@wildgrass saidAmerica loves business, but business is amoral. π
Not in this context. The tech CEOs amassed their wealth because Democrats gave them billions of tax dollars.
Analogy to an NFL football team where yards and points ~ money.
You accumulate as many points as you can. No amount of yards or points is enough. Always need more.
You never give away points. If someone tries to ‘tax’ your points, to give to the losing side? Complain bitterly.
If the refs give you yards, you accept them. If the refs don’t give you yards, or give them to the other side, you get red in the face and throw your hat on the ground.
No idea who maintains the stadium or the field. Somebody else’s problem.
If you get away with a violation, never confess. Rather, try to hurry things along to cover it up.
Sports is business, and business is America. Businessmen don’t care who the refs are, as long as the calls go their way. π
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PS The crowd loves a winner. The crowd loves an underdog who comes from behind to win even better.
Nobody remembers who came second.
There is no such thing as a win-win.
There is only one winner, the rest are losers and suckers.
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@moonbus saidBusiness and government do not mix. π
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PS The crowd loves a winner. The crowd loves an underdog who comes from behind to win even better.
Nobody remembers who came second.
There is no such thing as a win-win.
There is only one winner, the rest are losers and suckers.
Putting a businessman in office, the first thing he will do is charge you to protect your rights. So rights protection is immediately unequal, with the rich garnering more protection.
But government’s purpose is to protect all our rights equally. Businessmen are wrong for the job. It’s the wrong mindset. π
@moonbus saidA comment on Entropy: It rises.
What I meant is that money tends to concentrate around the people who already have it, regardless of political affiliation. Money is a kind of negative entropy, it tends to clump together, rather than disperse, naturally.
And yes you can locally lower entropy if you have enough enthalpy (or other energy) which will cause entropy at another location.
So you have naturally occuring accumulation of stuff (think ores) but entropy in sum still did increase.
@spruce112358 saidI could hardly fail to disagree with you less.
Business and government do not mix. π
Putting a businessman in office, the first thing he will do is charge you to protect your rights. So rights protection is immediately unequal, with the rich garnering more protection.
But government’s purpose is to protect all our rights equally. Businessmen are wrong for the job. It’s the wrong mindset. π
@spruce112358 saidI would say there are businessmen and businessmen. Those who have a vision and try to get it doen and those relying ehavily on bending rules to their advantage by a lot of legalese.
Business and government do not mix. π
Putting a businessman in office, the first thing he will do is charge you to protect your rights. So rights protection is immediately unequal, with the rich garnering more protection.
But government’s purpose is to protect all our rights equally. Businessmen are wrong for the job. It’s the wrong mindset. π
I have encountered both types. Sadly enough the first mention tend to be replaced by the second kind as soon as success appears...
@spruce112358 saidUnfortunate analogy...
America loves business, but business is amoral. π
Analogy to an NFL football team where yards and points ~ money.
You accumulate as many points as you can. No amount of yards or points is enough. Always need more.
You never give away points. If someone tries to ‘tax’ your points, to give to the losing side? Complain bitterly.
If the refs give you yards, you ...[text shortened]... d business is America. Businessmen don’t care who the refs are, as long as the calls go their way. π
Teams take a knee all the time to run out the clock instead of trying to gain more yards.
Saquon Barkley flopped down at the 40 yard line last week when he had a stroll in touchdown to kill the clock and end the game. His explanation was that he didn't want to pull a hamstring chasing an inconsequential score.