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[Cousin Strawberry]

You can buy these cool houses surrounded by 5-10 acres in southwest Sweden for like 70-100k. Close to big clean lakes, rivers and ocean. I even found one on an island that was I think 60k

[UWSaint]

(2) Big pharma’s products rarely increase life expectancy.

UW, what do you think of Elon's suggestion for the government to reduce the cost of GLP-1 inhibitors in order to reduce obesity and therefore healthcare costs?

(1) glp-1 inhibitors, imo, are not a solution. Once you stop taking them, the weight is put back on. I don’t think they are something you want to be on for the rest of your life. Lowering the cost is a quick fix to a quick fix that isn’t a fix.

(2) semaglutides *are* generic. It was disgusting to watch big pharma aided by the FDA slander compounding pharmacies to try to protect the overpriced market of the brand named and patent protected.

(3) and generics are coming online for glp-1s now anyway. That will bring down the price considerably.

[donlever]

Cuz

[Topper]

Is that China or Puerto Rico? Puerto Rico had one like that but it completely fell apart a few years ago.

[donlever]

That one is China..

https://www.space.com/china-fast-radio- ... tests.html

[Strangelove]

What if the Chinese are aliens?

*looks closely at Mëds*

[Cousin Strawberry]

Is that China or Puerto Rico? Puerto Rico had one like that but it completely fell apart a few years ago.

Yeah it had ahuge fucking base underneath it. Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen was instrumental in exposing them

(There was a documentary)

[donlever]

Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen was instrumental in exposing them

As opposed to exposing his partners to HIV..

Allegedly.

Also...as opposed to the other Chalrie Sheen?

[Chef Boi RD]

Does Elon give two fucks about you?

https://www.instagram.com/share/BAG-t8xqrB

“Why do so many people feel like they’ve fallen behind? It’s not because of immigrants, trans people, the ‘deep-state’, or any other boogeyman trotted out by the GOP. It’s because corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy’s gains.” - Robert Reich

[Per]

You can buy these cool houses surrounded by 5-10 acres in southwest Sweden for like 70-100k. Close to big clean lakes, rivers and ocean. I even found one on an island that was I think 60k

If you want wilderness, a house in Lappland is even cheaper. Moose, bears, lynx and reindeer in the forest and salmon in the rivers. Quite a bit like Canada.

There's a lot of city people from continental Europe who want to get away from it all and pick up houses in the outback for next to nothing.
Young people in Lappland tend to move into the cities on the coast, so there's a lot of houses in the woods that can be had really cheap.

USD 15,000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saN3mNdJerA

USD 30,000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku1hihc2zvE

USD 30,000: https://youtu.be/q6vezcuYbI8?si=rKQtV-6FDWFc0p_p

Not sure what these people paid, but clearly not much: https://youtu.be/K-PdBiGaiNc?si=bdTvDV5qfm0YS3N9

[Per]

Does Elon give two fucks about you?

https://www.instagram.com/share/BAG-t8xqrB

“Why do so many people feel like they’ve fallen behind? It’s not because of immigrants, trans people, the ‘deep-state’, or any other boogeyman trotted out by the GOP. It’s because corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy’s gains.” - Robert Reich

Income inequality in the USA was at it's lowest in the 70's. Then it started rising under Reagan and has kept climbing since.
Income inequality is now as high as it was pre WW2.



One of the main reasons that the inequality has risen so much is that they stopped taxing the rich more than the poor.
Back when Nixon was in the white house the highest marginal tax rate was 70%.



Now, the thing that happens is that when people are poor, they favour policies that strengthen the social nets. But then when that happens more people move into the middle class. And once they become middle class they start identifying with the rich, and so they want lower taxes. And then the social nets start to fall apart. And so more people move from the middle class toward poverty again, and then they start demanding that we tax the rich. It's an endless cycle, but seems to be more extreme in the USA than in Europe, even if we see the same tendencies here.

Anyway, back in the early 1900's in the USA there was a lot of animosity towards the rich, and the socialist party was quite big. Now you see a lot of the same tendencies, especially toward pig pharma and healthcare. Trump and Musk will probably push for even lower tax brackets and even greater inequality, and then we'llprobably start to see a shift toward the left.

I mean, when a guy like Musk fires like half his staff while giving himself a USD 56 billion bonus, people get upset.

Or maybe you heard about the CEO that cancelled the xmas bonuses and then bought hinself a new lamborghini?
His employees pooped in it and then all handed in their resignations. Now they are swamping his mail with fake AI applications for the job openings he's posted to make it near impossible for him to hire new staff.

https://x.com/ChrisKelleyX/status/1868333523678994543

[BCExpat]

You can buy these cool houses surrounded by 5-10 acres in southwest Sweden for like 70-100k. Close to big clean lakes, rivers and ocean. I even found one on an island that was I think 60k

If you want wilderness, a house in Lappland is even cheaper. Moose, bears, lynx and reindeer in the forest and salmon in the rivers. Quite a bit like Canada.

There's a lot of city people from continental Europe who want to get away from it all and pick up houses in the outback for next to nothing.
Young people in Lappland tend to move into the cities on the coast, so there's a lot of houses in the woods that can be had really cheap.

USD 15,000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saN3mNdJerA

USD 30,000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku1hihc2zvE

USD 30,000: https://youtu.be/q6vezcuYbI8?si=rKQtV-6FDWFc0p_p

Not sure what these people paid, but clearly not much: https://youtu.be/K-PdBiGaiNc?si=bdTvDV5qfm0YS3N9

Wow - the countryside in those videos is a lot like it is just a few km west of where I am, except we have mountains in the back ground.

[5thhorseman]

Income inequality in the USA was at it's lowest in the 70's. Then it started rising under Reagan and has kept climbing since.
Income inequality is now as high as it was pre WW2.

Income equality seems to be treated as the be-all and end-all, but an argument could be made that income mobility is a much better measure of the fairness of a merit-based society.

The problem with income equality is that is measures groups of people as if they are static, when in reality many people move up the income ladder through the decades.

You could argue that the increased income inequality just represents the increased opportunity that the US has to offer (assuming income mobility has not decreased).

A good article on the subject:

https://www.cato.org/commentary/upward- ... ll-america

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[Chef Boi RD]

“You can’t be too greedy.” - Donald J. Trump

“In just the last decade alone, the world’s billionaires have seen their combined wealth more than doubled to $14 trillion. That’s $14 trillion in the hands of just 2,700 people. Wealth doesn’t trickle down. It gushes up.” - Robert Reich

“The same day Trump walked back his promise to bring down grocery prices, Trumpy Poo reaffirmed his promise to cut the corporate tax rate to 15%. This would result in the five largest grocery stores getting a $1.7 billion dollar tax cut. Some populist, hey?” - Robert Reich

Save the Profits of the Billionaire!

[5thhorseman]

“In just the last decade alone, the world’s billionaires have seen their combined wealth more than doubled to $14 trillion. That’s $14 trillion in the hands of just 2,700 people. Wealth doesn’t trickle down. It gushes up.” - Robert Reich

The increase from $6.3B to $14B in 10 years amounts to 7.72% per year.

The S&P 500 has increased an average of 12.9% per year over the same timeframe.

So actually the billionaires have done rather poorly.

This looks like one of those posts that relies on very large numbers for shock value. People need to use their brains.