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Mercer Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) "end world hunger" lol When an economically illiterate person starts fantasizing themselves as one of the most productive/successful people in the world, they think they can somehow eliminate the need for work, over the entire world, like forever. Just don't ask how it would work. Being virtuous in their fantasy is the least they can do, considering IRL they contribute next to nothing to helping others. Edited July 20, 2021 by Mercer 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kults Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 53 minutes ago, nicklesndimes said: said the girl working at target 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Robots need to take over so humans can jerk off and sleep all day 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ndv Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Who is the guy in the suit. Looks like sun baked colonel sanders grandson. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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misteraven Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Another perspective on the Bezos drama… 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Yeah the governments spending is shitty. Military spending is outrageous. But that’s a government of the most powerful country in the world. He’s one person. His spending and wealth is ridiculous and he’s also ugly as fuck 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Pretty sure I've read several sci-fi books that start out with basically this same story. Super-rich guys build reliable options for somewhat rich folks to live off-planet, so they can escape a dying world and leave poor scavengers behind. Now that they're in space living in luxury they find they still need common-folk to do the dirty work, so they hire earthlings at crappy wages... and that's when "things" happen. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Dark_Knight said: Yeah the governments spending is shitty. Military spending is outrageous. But that’s a government of the most powerful country in the world. He’s one person. His spending and wealth is ridiculous and he’s also ugly as fuck Thats kind of the point though. If his little space trip can only fund the government for 7 hours, and people expect him to end world hunger, why cant the “most powerful” government make it happen. They can’t even make it happen on a national level. edit: he is ugly as fuck though Edited July 22, 2021 by mr.yuck 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ndv Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Kults said: I laughed when I heard 3 - 0. It's like it was well deserved. I just wish it was a one amd done game and Japan immediately sends the loser home. 😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kults Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 1 minute ago, ndv said: I laughed when I heard 3 - 0. It's like it was well deserved. I just wish it was a one amd done game and Japan immediately sends the loser home. 😆 I laughed even harder when I recently read they were beaten by 15 yr old boys couple years back loll But they want the big boys' salary... LOL 👌 https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndv Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Kults said: I laughed even harder when I recently read they were beaten by 15 yr old boys couple years back loll But they want the big boys' salary... LOL 👌 https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/ Well what's even better about their loss, a US team member called the Swedes cowards due to their defense tactics on the field. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kults Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 1 minute ago, ndv said: Well what's even better about their loss, a US team member called the Swedes cowards due to their defense tactics on the field. She should cope harder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Joker said: Pretty sure I've read several sci-fi books that start out with basically this same story. Super-rich guys build reliable options for somewhat rich folks to live off-planet, so they can escape a dying world and leave poor scavengers behind. Now that they're in space living in luxury they find they still need common-folk to do the dirty work, so they hire earthlings at crappy wages... and that's when "things" happen. Thrust up into the starts in Bezos' RocketPP™. Dock hard, and burst forth from the rocket's tip into the mothership. After 9 months that very same dock gives birth to a brand new planet of high paying janitorial careers. Guaranteed wages for toilet cleaners are 3.2 bitcoin a year, twice what you can earn on earth! *Cost of living in space may exceed 4.7 BTC a year* 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndv Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) 3.2 BTC /Yr. * Ignoring the fine print* ... Beam me up scotty! Edit: Complains about low wages... Edited July 22, 2021 by ndv 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 In all seriousness, space capitalism (and black markets in particular) make for excellent fiction. A lot of breakout/mainstream authors touch on this genre. There's actually a really good nonfiction on space capitalism I haven't gotten to yet by one of my favorite economics professors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mercer Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 Elon musk coming out with a plug in cow 2022. There's still hope for fast cars, and burgers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kults Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 I’ll stick to real cows and cars but to each their own. That Cobra Jet kinda cool though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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