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Lessons from a billionaire investor:
1. Have a big plan
2. Start buying
3. Cultivate strategic partnerships
#investment
Yes. I'm all for transparency in pricing.
I don't even think energy utilities should be able to claim they have a "cheaper rate" by creating fixed fees.
Making the right decision as brainless as possible for the consumer is how we get an efficient economy.
Yeah, if you have been working on not lying to yourself this convention should trigger your "cope" alarms.
#mindset
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In some cases, e.g. Miami resort taxes, the fees are imposed by local law and go directly to the government.
In other cases, the fees are an end run around properly listing inclusive nightly rates, but in those cases the fees themselves are taxable.
A common charge is "Your kid won't have social skills," but this is overwhelmingly leveled by people who do not themselves have good social skills.
90% of incels/weirdos just need one good sales boot camp and they would be above average at talking to people.
#socialskills
Yes.
Nagasaki was the centre of Christianity in Asia for centuries and had the biggest Catholic population.
So much so, that when it was nuked, a lot of people noted that Truman was a Master Mason...
People might look at Pan-Africanism and naively assume there should similarly be pan-Asianism. In 1910, this would have been correct. But Japan was the leader of the efforts to build a Pan-Asia Collective and when they attacked everyone else that ruined the whole idea.
#history
China likes to talk big, but this one isn't on China.
Filipinos, Malaysians, and Koreans all have stories of their grandparents being abused by Japanese forces.
In 1910 Japan had the respect of all of Asia for standing up to European powers. You threw it away.
#politics
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Some people will get upset about this but there is a certain glory in a society where people are at peace with where they are.
Your path is not for everyone else, and everyone's path is not for you.
#mindset
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"I'm with the government and I'm here to help."
See also:
• Waco
• MOVE Bombing
• Fred Hampton
• Ruby Ridge
• Duncan Lemp
#politics
This is really good #writing.
To really do a send-up of someone — to describe them in a way that seems devastating rather than simply petty — you must accurately understand them.
On good authority from connected tech friends- Zuckerberg read this story (not kidding). Hated it. Training to beat my ass in revenge.
delicioustacos.com/2018/03/2…
