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unfathomable damage done to America. You could have abundant, cheap, emission-free electricity flowing to your home right now if it weren't for these people.
Ralph Nader, 1997: “When we came out against nuclear power in the early '70s, the government had predicted that there would be 1,000 nuclear plants by the year 2000 in the United States, and there's 109 and shrinking, as more and more get shut down.” pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline…
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Socialism in theory: Expecting the government to steal for you.
Socialism in practice: Discovering the government steals for itself.
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I’m French. 🇫🇷
And I’m tired of watching people confuse freedom with the freedom to destroy.
You have the right to protest.
You have the right to be angry.
You have the right to demand change.
You do NOT have the right to burn, loot or attack people.
A Republic that protects the right to protest must also protect its citizens from violence.
That’s not authoritarianism.
That’s the rule of law.
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Americans: Housing is too expensive.
Economists: Build more housing.
Politicians: Best I can do is make it illegal to build housing, subsidize demand, and blame BlackRock.
And somehow the economists are the controversial ones.
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That man literally offered to end world hunger, asked the experts how to do it and they admitted it isn’t possible.
That all happened on this very platform/site. You can go read the exchanges.
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If you’re going to get “pushed over the line”, you have to be somewhat close to the line.
Cornyn was miles from the line because he betrayed his own voters. A lot. Without apology.
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It's almost like giving politicians and bureaucrats more control over the economy is a bad idea!
Marc Andreessen reveals why housing, health care, and education keep getting more expensive while everything else gets cheaper
"There's basically three components to the American dream. A house near great job opportunities, great health care for you and your family, and sending your kids to good schools"
"If you disaggregate the economy over the last 25 years, everything that technology touches basically collapses in price. Television sets, computer games, anything with electronics in it. But if you chart housing, education, and health care, the prices of those things are skyrocketing"
"The government restricts supply, zoning laws and university certifications. And then the government responds to the political pressure caused by the rising prices by subsidizing demand. And of course, if you subsidize demand and a fixed supply, you get skyrocketing prices"
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For most of human history, people worked until they were physically unable to, then depended on family or charity to survive. Capitalism generated the wealth, productivity, and savings that made retirement financially possible for ordinary workers. Imagine condemning the very system that made it possible to spend the final decades of your life without working.
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If the government has $5,000 of my money lying around, I’d rather they stop taking it in the first place.
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The point of Capitalism is that someone who doesn’t give a shit about you still has a financial incentive to make your life better. Many Socialists confuse good intentions with good outcomes.
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Thank you, and agree. Vote @mayes_middleton
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Few things expose the loss of freedom more clearly than a government that punishes you for refusing to profess your allegiance to it.
A government that respects individual rights prohibits actions that violate the rights of others. An authoritarian government goes further, commanding what you must do even when your refusal violates nobody's rights.
When patriotism becomes compulsory, obedience has replaced liberty.
And when refusing to pledge allegiance is treated as an offense, you've made an excellent case for refusing.
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Uh...nobody thinks humans evolved from chimpanzees. You should learn the actual science before you go shooting your mouth off.
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Don’t get me wrong, I believe in the First Amendment but you don’t fucking need more than one tweet.
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Our highly progressive tax code perpetuates a lie, falsely telling most Americans that the federal government doesn’t cost them much.
Even taxes that appear to burden only the rich hurt lower-income Americans, albeit indirectly.
Lower wages and higher prices harm everyone.
The top 1% earned 21% of the income and paid 38% of the income tax.
The bottom half earned 12% and paid 3%.
The top 10% carried 70% of the entire federal income tax. It can’t get any more progressive than this.
“Tax the rich” already happened. The rich are the tax base, and they still get told they don’t pay their fair share.
Which is why they’re now moving to expropriating wealth.
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Where it started: Trump ran on being the most pro-2A President ever.
Where it is: Two years into this presidential term and NFA registration for suppressors, SBRs, and SBSs is done, $200 NFA tax is zeroed, pistol brace rule is done, FRTs are legal, DOJ is suing cities, states, and territories, over gun control, DOJ rules ban on handgun sales to 18-20 year-olds is unconstitutional, ban on concealed carry for self-defense in post offices is unconstitutional, and the list goes on. Thank you @realDonaldTrump @ATFDirectorRC @AGToddBlanche @CivilRights
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Why do technological pessimists always count the jobs innovation might destroy while ignoring the possibilities it might create?
Nobody could have predicted today's occupations two centuries ago. Why presume we've reached the limits of human ambition and ingenuity?
And here's a more interesting question: Is there anything humans can do that AI will never be capable of doing?
If the answer is yes, opportunities remain. If the answer is no, we may be approaching an era of productive abundance beyond anything humanity has experienced.
Neither possibility justifies handing politicians the authority to decide how far human ingenuity may advance.