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I think the current right-wing is fighting yesterday's battles because they underestimate how much the Internet, AI, automation, and advancements in energy production and storage (like Bitcoin) are about to completely change the socio-economic landscape and upend any current calculations. Their preferred policies are about to get absolutely crushed by the facts on the ground.

For instance, we can all retire at 60. Drop that topic. Try to keep up.

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Alex W · 16w

Retire at 60? More likely we will all get a free pill or “vaccine” from our governments soon to end our lives gracefully, as we are not needed anymore. Kinda like what happened 5 years ago. There is historical precedent. Why would they keep us around? Governments are afraid of people with too m...

Laeserin · 16w

I also think their race-based arguments make them look like retreads from 1950. The world has moved on. Get over it. They're using race as a convenient proxy for other things. Figure out what those other things are, and promote them, instead.

Cykros · 15w

If we can offload the burden of the bankers and the profligate politicians we can retire earlier than that (though the idea that we should is one that may be contentious -- financial independence seems the more laudable goal rather than sloth and idleness). Seldom do resources get misused faster th...

slapsquat · 15w

The left-right itself is a battle of yesterday already. The extreme polarization is a symptom of its decay. Populism on steroids driven by social media in tandem with a decrepit journalism class are the tools of the trade. At this rate, all I see retiring before the next 60 is democracy.