raktheundead

There’s also the fact that debts increase in relative value over time, therefore discouraging people taking out loans for various purposes (mortgages, starting businesses, etc.), which was a major reason for the protests against the gold standard in the US around the late 1800s - see the Cross of Gold speech.

The US has one of the worst ratios of representatives in their legislature per capita in the world, no less.

Shouldn’t have stuck that stupid fucking Bitcoin shit inside.

F-35 was more the high-profile failure. The F-22 was just produced in lower numbers than planned because there was no perceived need for a specialised air superiority fighter in the expected numbers after the Soviet collapse.

It’s still something I’d rather have than not; not having it makes for a less fluid experience.

The vast majority of people who have any experience with crypto… will be people who were victims of rug-pulls

Don’t forget ransomware!

First of all, not American.

Second of all, nine-dash line and neo-colonialism in Asia, Africa, South America and Europe says very differently. As does the Han supremacism that Xi surrepitously perpetuates.

That moment when you pretend to fight against imperialism - by implicitly supporting imperialists in the PRC.

inb4 “hurting the feelings of the Chinese people”

Sometimes, it’s about the perception of power, but these people tend to make the worst sorts of moderators. Sometimes, it’s about wanting to steer a community in a certain direction or to stabilise a community in the direction it’s already going in. As for me, I’ve gone through the first two, plus had a third path - I was effectively deputised as a moderator twice as a spam-catcher.