China just won.
david friedberg
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the kid who stands up in front of the middle school class and offers to make the vending machines free always wins the election- free speech. but we’ll shoot you. something is deeply broken in the west. if we don’t fix it, eventually everyone could be ushered at gunpoint to sign the proclamations of the Truth Ministers.
- “We pretend to work, and they pretend to pay us.” - old Soviet Union phrase. infrastructure failing as absentee staff declare “more time, more money!” a fire chief focused on human sexuality. a mayor luxuriating in the presidential palace in a foreign country. symptoms of“This was supposed to be the water to put out the Palisades fire.” The FP’s Austyn Jeffs visits the Santa Ynez Reservoir that has reportedly been empty since February 2024.
00:00 - Replying to @andrewrsorkini’d argue you’re too easily moved by the choice words. “privilege” and “equality” are selected because they confuse the notion of fairness. another way to frame his statement “if you’re accustomed to succeeding due to hard work, ingenuity, risk/sacrifice, and, sure, some amount
- it is vitally important for america that mamdani get elected mayor of NYC. he can help maximally and swiftly tax the rich, stand up govt-run grocery stores, eliminate the police force, freeze rents, and make public transportation free.. it’s unlikely that taxing the rich willYou Heard It Here First. Friedberg's Most Contrarian Belief for 2025: "A dramatic rise in socialist movements in the US." According to Polymarket, Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani has closed a massive gap on Andrew Cuomo over the past month for the Democratic nomination for
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- incompetent deeply unqualified mayor personifies all that is wrong with government and a system that prioritizes “safety” over progress, process over outcome, and institutional paternalism over self-determination. given the opportunity, a wave of community volunteers would🚨 BREAKING: LA Mayor Karen Bass and Trump with a very tense exchange now... Bass is losing her cool over insistence from community members and Trump who say that clearly, people aren't being allowed back on their property soon enough. TRUMP: People are willing to clean up
00:00 - milei’s speech should be the media event of the year. every high school class in the US should break and watch it, then spend a week understanding the historical context behind his devastating truths. if you haven’t watched, please do. and share widely.Milei's 2024 Davos talk, directly translated to English by AI (by heygen), in his own accent. Better than the dubbed version imo.
00:00 - the kid who stands up in front of the middle school class and offers to make the vending machines free always wins the election
- may be time to acknowledge there's little difference btwn a corporate antitrust monopoly and a labor antitrust monopoly - both can control critical infrastructure, leverage their monopoly to raise prices and hurt consumers to benefit themselves...What does a port strike mean for the US economy? Harold Dagget, the chief negotiator for the International Longshoremen Association explains: "I will cripple you, and you have no idea what that means. I do. Let me explain…”
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