The drugs: all of these guys are taking incredible concoctions that I assume are part of what warps their vision of reality. Lots of steroids, based on the glow ups. Ketamine.

Some things people are willing to believe is mind boggling. So tired of the crap. When is it going to stop? When the world is in total chaos? That might be too late. Everyone needs to push back immediately when they see BS. Gulf of America doesn't help food prices. Fighting with allies is stupid.

Absolutely! The reason the uber-wealthy are obsessed with colonizing space or longevity is they've done everything else, they have everything else and they see the rest of us as characters in their lives, not autonomous beings. Our lives don't matter to them.

In America, very, very near to us, billionaires are going completely insane, and the press are busy sanewashing them. What can go wrong?

The lesson of Cyberpunk is that the ultra wealthy are so removed from the human experience they are no longer human.
Actions against them are justified to safeguard human existence.

This stuff is not complicated, the distance this kind of money creates between you and the stakes of being a human, the incredible drugs and subsequent medical care you gain access to, the legions of people who cannot tell you No — It’s like Earth has been conquered by aliens but we grew them here.

Robert Rubin: My advice to those new in government work is to approach the job with modesty.
While it can benefit from a business perspective, government can’t and shouldn’t be run like a business. Gov’t work requires skills and knowledge one doesn’t acquire in business. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Human Altitude xkcd.com/3039