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Joined Aug 2023
@Tfmonkey @Shlomo I agree completely. Farm subsidies are always a touchy subject because most people are still under the impression that real value comes from the production of first order goods, not understanding that value comes from people's perceived self-interest.
It matters not what you do: you have no moral claim to others' wealth nor a moral right to wail about others' wealth being taken from you, regardless of if that wealth is in transfers or in inflation.
@UncleIroh @TenaciousGoat @Stahesh Keep in mind as well that "luxury" and "housing" means something different now than it did then. If you want to compare two things they need to be at least relatively equivalent.
The cost of housing has gone up even when accounting for inflation, and that is certainly affected largely by government influence.
@Shlomo Kajiit has many delicious-looking goods.
@Gonzo17 No, thank you.
@UncleIroh @houseoftolstoy I agree. It's the government: I guarantee that someone signed the paperwork.
While TFM is correct about the West falling and the East rising, and I understand the point he was making, I believe in the Wed. show he wasn't thinking about the Chinese empires that were thriving during and after Rome.
The notion of "the known world" being ruled by a single dominant power is a bit flexible.
@UncleIroh @ButtWorldsMan They're incentives speak for themselves.
@deprecated_ii Nom nom nom nom
@ButtWorldsMan I don't understand. Is this a reference to something? Her vagina is not as big as a mare's. Is it merely because she's wearing clothing that hugs every fold and curve of her skin?
@ButtWorldsMan It's a fascinating phenomenon that the extremities would exhibit the same behavior, but we can see it in fashion as well: trend-setters and trend-breakers both don't care what the herd does. That is the common thread: not caring what the majority think. It seems to come about as those who are handsome see female nature from the inside (pun intended), and those who aren't comely see it from a great distance as they have a consistent experience as well. Consistency shows the truth.
@KingOfWhiteAmerica I was just reading about The Divine Energies, and the language has given a more contemplative perspective on God.
"This supramental sensation of the Living God (which is experienced in contemplation) is accompanied by a vision of light, of light essentially different from physical light. Man himself abides in light because...he then neither sees nor feels his own material being or the materiality of the world."
This is great language for communicating this experience.
@UncleIroh @Justicar It's a semantic difference mostly: It would be an associated benefit, not a causal one because the cause of the invention is the inventor's actions which were enabled by being given the opportunity to invent, but invention and creativity as such cannot be stimulated only encouraged.
The larger point is not one on which we disagree in the broad sense.
@UncleIroh @Justicar Tariffs as a means to on-shore jobs will produce a more engaged workforce as more jobs are created since imports become more expensive. If this is what you mean by a stronger economy, I agree.
If on-shoring leads to a higher instance of invention into some technologies that increase productivity, that can be a coincidental benefit, but not a causal benefit. How much of our standards of living we're willing to pay is a value judgement.
@Gonzo17 It depends on what the objective is. Are tariffs "bad" in comparison to the free market in producing greater wealth overall? Yes. Are they an alternative means to fund the government to taxes? Yes, but they still don't create wealth. No interference-based government policy can create wealth.
@sickburnbro Lorem Ipsum strikes again.
@Tfmonkey Do you think that we should put our 6 months of emergency cash into a money market or simply keep it in a checking account and forego the gains it could make in favor of full liquidity? I'm contemplating moving 5 out of the 6 months' funds. That would give me a month's worth while I pull the rest if I need it.
@VD15 Wholesome! Yes!
@UncleIroh @RoninGrey Ah, a stone a of culture, I see...
@VooDooMedic @Tfmonkey Additionally, here are the questions:
https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/facts-single-americans-topline.pdf
Yes, I am THAT DoubleD.
No, I will not explain further.
Joined Aug 2023
