The tobacco industry was monopoly busted, and heavily regulated for 30 years. That’s the point. Yes they still exist, but not like they did in 1970. We should do that to social media. It’s crazy how you missed that point yet harp about intelligence.

You guys are prepping for Jupiter to become a second sun? That’s hard fucking core man!

Eh we’re already seeing massive drops in skilled labor. The political environment will create food scarcity in 12 months. It’s already paying to be able to fix your home and car. Can’t imagine what next year will bring. Probably unemployment for many.

All very fair points. Thank you for adding some color and context.

I spent my days in museums and spent my nights drinking at dodgy bars talking to people about all sorts of things. I don’t really set out to meet any types of people but I met all types in Japan. Got very drunk with a heart surgeon in Kagoshima. You guys are not politically outspoken so I wouldn’t assume anyone’s politics. Most of the conversations were around Japanese history, American culture and food.

I spent about 3 months traveling between Tokyo and Kagoshima. Even made it to Okinawa and that small island south of Kagoshima. I really appreciate the hospitality that was extended to me the whole time I was there. You guys are truly wonderful nation full of beautiful people history and scenery. Did not meet a single anarchist there, except maybe a French traveler I spent a lot of time drinking with.

Sorry for assuming you were a weeb that was very rude. I also did not know they were Japanese anarchist so that is an exciting revelation. Carry-on brother. That must be a true oddity in your culture.

Ya, I know. I’ve just never been able to join you in the presumption that law can exist without a state. That’s where property rights come from. That’s where the mediums of exchange come from. At the end of the day someone’s in charge of making rules and enforcing them. At the family level up to a national level; and perhaps even a global level. I admire programs like USaid and see the value of governments. If there ever was a time to gain support for those ideas it would be now. I just want the government I had 4 months ago to come back.

No lol, just knew lots of Anarchists and communists growing up. Oh and the ‘Fight a Tyranical Government’ Libertarians. What are you guys up to these days? You seen the other two around?

Yea it basically requires that you are either a bad actor pretending this is true, or a basement dweller who choses to believe this is true. They have no idea the kind of assholes you meet traversing society, or they are the assholes. The 5 million people in Manhattan are just not going to live peacefully without law and order. Be fun to watch tho.

Bro you already have anarchy, trump has turned the USA into a lawless place. This is it chief. Enjoy.

Yea time to fill up the garage with portable generators and nintendo switch

Yea i guess the most simple explanation, that is most coherent with the rest of the administration’s actions, is that it’s just a mob style shake down of every major economic player. Pure extortion as the japanese said.

But ya its funny to see the SEC and DOJ neutered and then actually used against big tech. Ironic and poetic, and fucking stupid. It really burns at the senses, and creates confusion.

Absolutely. As an investor and enjoyer of US markets and economy, I am truly terrified at the ramifications of all this. No safe harbors left to hide in and it appears to be hit the economy with a wrecking ball, and funnel the remaining funds to elon. I’m not so interested in US markets anymore and i can imagine this will have a lasting effect on investor confidence and companies bottom line.

What confuses me is if you steal all the money and destroy the stock market and USD in the process, what do you even do with the stolen wealth?

We’re in post law society, I can’t even believe the trump admin is going after tech giants. So i believe anything is possible here. I can’t imagine anything the admin does will be good for society so maybe its safe to assume they will be broken up so elon can buy a chunk?

Oh I know, I’m not a kid and I share your concerns for media literacy for future generations. Part of media literacy will be learning AI. Kids will need to know that reddit is removing real people, and replacing them with AI’s which are harming the AI data bases. Iran and China make propaganda tick tocks and that gets picked up. Russian disinformation seeps through right wing media and into the internet and onto AI’s. I was just talking to the AI about it yesterday it’s very aware. I’m aware. My mom has no idea, and is addicted to facebook products. Media literacy is the problem and there’s really no way to teach it to the people left behind. I’ve been a student of it my whole life and its still a pretty complex problem to grasp. It is made worse by AI. but the solution is not, ignore AI. It’s a tool and if you don’t understand it it will be a tool to control you.

Usually it will pull up sources when asked. “ChatGTP you said “x…” could you please provide a source for that information”

To be fair, it is actually quite useful from a business standpoint. I think it’s a tool that you should understand. It can be a crutch but it can also be a pretty good assistant. It’s like any other technology you can adopt.

They said the same thing about Wikipedia/internt in the early 2000’s and really believed you should have to go to a library to get bonafide sources. I’m sure that’s long gone now judging by literacy rates. You can check the AI’s sources just like a wiki article. Kids are going to need to understand the uses, and drawbacks of this technology.

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16 hours lmaooo incredible really.