azureskypirate

If democracy is bad, why do dictatorships feign it?

The Wealth of Nations made convincing arguments that mercantilism wasn't the most effecient system. Paid laborers cost less than slaves. Hoarding [gold] bullion makes it abundant in your country, thus less valuable.

It may be time for the next system. The manifesto will need arguments that appeal to one's pragmatism rather than sense of charity (48 Laws of Power, Law 13, Robert Greene).

I left Reddit because I didn't want AI scraping my lackluster comments. 

I gravitated to lemmy vs Mastodon or Blsky because the community seemed more "based" instead of biased. 

And it's great. When I'm wrong, the ~~lemmings~~ folks here rip me a new one.