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@RealJournalism

Good point. Most farms are "megafarms" now run by huge corporations. Competition breaks up these monopolies.

@theauracle

> I don’t see

Found the problem.

@theauracle

I think you are on a non-sequitur here.

My original point was that fascism arises when a system breaks down.

That means there is no hidden hand, only bad options once other options have failed.

Sort of like what happened in Rome.

@theauracle

There is not a worldwide system.

If fascism breaks out in your country, it is because what came before it failed.

@jeffowski

Smoke weed in church.

@theauracle

If the marketplace of ideas brings us to that point, something else was the trigger.

Fascist movements do not just spring up out of the ground. Like other extreme political changes, they happen when a system breaks.

@jeffowski

Add up the value of your house, your car, your 401k, and everything you own.

That is your net worth.

Now figure out what 3.27% of that is.

You can send it to the government, actually. The IRS accepts checks for any amount.

@jeffowski

Most people pay 10-37% of their net worth every year in taxes?

@inthehands

They are betting that AI/ML is going to get better. From a historical view of technology, they are probably right.

I detest the trend as well, but if it replaces basic clerking jobs, that saves people from tedium too.