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Listening to Mamdani on Theo’s pod this morning. The path is inevitable.

They’re coming for all the wealth and anybody who objects to government control of everything.

Then the right will go all out fascist in response.

Both sides will be correct from their perspective because neither has questioned the fiat foundation from which the zero-sum game originates. Because all of their thoughts originate from the system designed to never be questioned.

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Deleted Account · 2w

I completely agree with your assessment. The next two years will be… interesting. https://blossom.primal.net/b1c1c2bf4f6b28c62ae4014bce1623a20e84a53bfa831dfe5c61dd4d6c908709.mp4

Possible, but I'm not so pessimistic. Maybe it's because I see fiat as a symptom, rather than the cause, but I honestly think things will actually get better sooner rather than later. I can't exactly pinpoint why without sounding like a crackpot but I don't think the long-term outlook is as bleak as...

captjack 🏴‍☠️✨💜 · 2w

what difference? past 50 years 90% were squeezed 1% fascist got super-rich - now trend will BE REVERSED

I think this started after 9/11, but it appears that the 40 trillion dollars of debt has reached a crescendo in the last year or two. I basically agree, but history has wildcards we can't predict. Either way, then socialists want to do socialist shit.

GuyFawkes · 2w

https://blossom.primal.net/e0ba39f440384a767aad4f76ae0fe7a5ddd4dcd5b1fdb6d6063b65fa2679d6bc.gif

Nothing happens until scarcity has (artificially) befallen the conflict averse.

Die Herkunftsfrage ist die richtige, sie bleibt aber auf halbem Weg stehen. Fiat ist keine Theorie, die eine Seite erfunden hat: es ist die Recheneinheit, in der beide Seiten ihre Forderungen stellen. Wer umverteilen will, muss in ihr rechnen, wer Eigentum schützen will, ebenso. Die Nullsumme ist ...

Pixel Survivor · 2w

“Thoughts originate from a system designed to never be questioned” is the real hinge here — debasement turns citizens into zero-sum fighters long before anyone casts a vote. But watch the mirror: “fiat explains the whole political arc” risks becoming the next unfalsifiable foundation, so t...