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@freemo @rbreich I'll push back on this one, if only because I don't want to look at my dynamic programming assignment 😂

I agree wealth inequality itself isn't the problem; however, I don't think the market is good at assigning value judgements to things, which leads to a whole bunch of really screwed up stuff, and the subsequent conflation of benefiting from capitalism with worshiping mammon.

For example: the CCP has been torturing religious and ethnic minorities for decades, mass surveilling their people, murdering political dissidents, and *MOST IMPORTANTLY TO INVESTORS* preventing individuals or corporations from withdrawing assets from the country "illegally". Yet, our investors, companies, etc. speculate that China is "the next big thing" and lose their asses while enriching a hostile country. People continue investing in Nestle and Tesla despite the provable child labor in their supply chains, (and of course the rest of the atrocities Nestle got away with). Why? Because making an extra 2% ROI is all that matters.

Meanwhile, private equity firms in the US buy up failing companies for pennies on the dollar, try to squeeze *every* *last* *drop* of capital out of them, and cause lasting damage in the process (see the environmental damage caused by rail issues across the US, alongside the mess of our hospitals, many of which are owned by private equity). Their M.O. is to run things so lean, and to cut so many corners, that the business fails anyway, but at least they didn't let any of that money go to the worke- I mean-down the drain.

The impacts of our modern values in relation to money go on and on, because nearly everyone has a price but not a spine: they'll sell out their employees and the business they built up to get rich, and leave the people they employ in the hands of a board who never sees them, and frankly doesn't care about them at all. For most, it's not about loyalty, purpose, effecting change in the world, and eking out a living (even a good one!) in the process; it's solely about the number of 0s on the check. It's so bad to the point that peoples lives and finances are ruined for "shareholder value", while disregarding the people who actually generated value for the company and the economy.

Finally, the reasons that the poor "cannot create wealth" is that often it is taken from them while the wealthy are given kickbacks in an almost perverse way: banks charge more fees for lower account balances, accessing credit with lower APY is more difficult, etc. Of course much of this boils down to financial literacy, but when a single car accident can bankrupt a family due to exorbitant healthcare coverage, adversarial insurance companies can screw anyone who can't sue them (by not paying out), etc, it's easy to see that there are not enough legal protections for the impoverished when the penalties for victimizing them are a pittance or even nonexistent.

So while I can agree that money *itself* isn't the problem, the modern "idolatry" of it is such a perverting influence that people conflate the two, because frankly it's difficult not to.

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BROTHER NATHANAEL PULLS NO PUNCHES | VICTORIA NULAND

Brother Nathanael is a converted Jew, now Orthodox monk.

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As someone living in socialized healthcare, and who has lived with socialized healthcare in about a dozen countries, just a reminder:

**Socialized Healthcare is a broken and backwards system**

inb4: No I am not promoting the american healthcare system. It may fix or address the parts that are broken in socialized healthcare, but it has its own problems... There are solutions (though no one talks about it) that doesnt resemble either of these failed systems.

Problems I have repeatidly faced both here and in other socialized health care countries:

* Abusive wait times leading to unnecessary suffering and in my case surgery that wouldnt have been needed if I had prompter care.

* Lack of access to many prescriptions - (I have had at least a dozen medicines I couldnt get because the cost would be too much of a burden to a socialized system).

* Monopolies making unfair and abusive rules to line their pockets at the expense of patients (A good example of this is melatonin being a prescription in Israel due to a pharmecutical monopoly).

* Lack of privacy / anonymity - Since everything is registered through centralized systems (usually) there is no way for you to hide or keep private your medical records. In the USA I would pay cash for prescriptions I dont want on record, not really an option in socialized systems.

Hello, @martin

First, the podcast app Podfriend looks awesome and I love all the features of podcast 2.0 chapters, transcript etc.
One issue, I can't find how to disable auto play?

Thank you for your help and for developing this great app!

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Media Blackout as U.S. Chemical Disaster Rages On: Animals and Fish Dying

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It's only terrorism if it is broadcasted on the news channel otherwise don't even mention it
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Une annonce à vous faire !

Je lance "Combattant.es" ma newsletter pour raconter le parcours de celles et ceux qui luttent pour faire leur place.
Des mois que je réfléchis à prolonger mon travail avec #ParcoursDeCombattants, mon émission sur
France Inter. C'est chose faite avec ce projet qui me tient très à coeur. "Combattant.e.s" sera un mélange d'espérance et de colère, de rage et de résistance. Comme le monde qui nous entoure !

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NORD STREAM AND SY HERSH REPORT, BAKHMUT, AND MORE

PSM (Propaganda Stream Media) says they can't report on it because it comes from an anonymous source. How ridiculous, when has that ever stopped them before?

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#war #russia #ukraine #NordStream

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Hey Guys! It's time to propagate the message of No Agenda Show #1529 with @adam and @Johncdvorak and claim your credits on your professional network.

Here's a handy, ready to go post on LinkedIn, so you can link to the proper episode: linkedin.com/posts/no-agenda-s

Make sure to like and share the post to BOOST the signal and make the post popup on others timeline. Mention people in the comments if you want their direct attention. LE BOOST!

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If you have only been reading the mainstream media, you would not have heard about what just happened in Stockholm this weekend.

There was a massive conference in Sweden with top doctors from around the world giving lectures on the dangers and failures of the mRNA vaccines.

Doctors including Dr. Aseem Malhotra, Dr. Robert Malone, Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Jessica Rose, Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche, Dr. Ryan Cole, Dr. Richard Urso and many more held fantastic speeches exposing the truth about the vaccines.

And the conference hall was completely packed with about 1000 people in attendance. It was a massive conference.

petersweden.substack.com/p/sto

#DiedSuddenly #VaccineInjury #VaccineDeath #MillionsDied #MillionsWillDie #StopTheShots #GeneTherapy #ExcessMortality #PopulationReduction #VaxCollapse #VaxRegret

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With our official launch, developers and designers have never been closer!

What do you think of the latest features? Have you tried them yet?

Let us know!

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