𝚃𝙹-13: [ 𝚃𝙷𝙴_𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 ] #streetphotography #mexico

Capitalism doesn’t promise success, only the mechanism to pursue it. It has allowed for more widespread prosperity than any system in history. Collectivism, in practice is the equal distribution of misery. To everyone but the Politburo and their army of apparatchik. It is also the theft of property an action in which no righteousness is found. But the plight of Chicago and state of its streets, is a product of neither. It is an outcome of coddled dysfunction, the glorification of destructive subcultures, and the abandonment of basic civic enforcement.

ok but see, this is not an "own" at all. white people don't stick up for our worst elements. our culture is perfectly fine discarding our trash members. We'd put all these white people in prison without a second thought. we're fine with giving all murderers the death penalty no matter their color. starting with Karmelo Anthony.

Are you crazy? Flying flipping motorcycles in red white and blue in front of the White House is fucking awesome

I got a place with a pool, jacuzzi, and waterfall, overlooking the beach, in a underdeveloped country with limited infrastructure in my area. I was hosting webinars for a large company and doing Zooms with stakeholders which was only possible because Starlink gave me bandwidth that was otherwise not attainable. I could not have lived there without Elon Musk.

I'm not accustomed to thinking in terms of trillion dollar scale problems that need solving. So my 1st act would be calling someone who is.

He's wrong about LB. My profile pic is Long Beach I almost bought a house in Naples area to kayak everyday. All the bay and harbor scenes in Dexter are filmed there! So if it passes as fake Miami... Just stick to that area and avoid the inner city shithole part.

This is incredible. And they'll never forget 2 lessons. Some people in this world are evil and a threat to your survival. But the typical American is nothing like that. We're good people who support each other when it counts.

Ah yes the classic elite progressive performative ritual of loudly flagellating Western culture (usually America) as racist, stupid, or evil, while smirking from above with pinky finger extending upward.

I switched to Linux full time like 15 years ago. I feel free and happy and kind of like a God. Plus I spend less, get more, and don't have to care about Microsoft or Apple at all. It's great.

There's 2 kinds of commies: the stupid kind, and the evil kind. Neither should be trusted with power.

Congratulations @elonmusk. Officially the world's first African American trillionaire.

Ok but Elon Musk didn't hoard the bananas for himself, he planted them. Somehow he did that well enough that because we trusted him with extra fruit, we now have self driving electric cars, solar charging batteries to power our homes, sky Internet that reaches even the most remote of banana jungles, and built rockets to colonize other planets and ensure the survival of our species. So I trust him with the extra bananas because he did more with that power than anyone in human history.

Murder. It's just you know, a "mistake" and who among us hasn't made mistakes!

I drink a lot of milk, > gallon a week to myself. And it's funny how other cultures react. I was staying at a small boutique hotel in Palermo, Buenos Aires, that was trying to brand itself as music-themed, complete with a vinyl collection in the bar. When I asked for a glass of milk, they initially assumed I meant for a coffee or a cocktail. Once I clarified, they were genuinely confused. "Just a glass of milk? Are you sure?" I said, "Yeah, I'm sure." "By itself?" I asked if it was really that strange? Does nobody in Argentina drink milk? They said it seemed strange nobody does it. "Do you have any milk?" I asked "Yes" "Maybe you guys are weird for buying milk and not drinking it!" I told them I do this all the time, and that nobody in California or Baja thinks twice about it. Louis, I think his name was, picked up a thin carton of Santa Clara and started pouring it, watching me closely in case I wanted to back out of the deal. We ended up having a conversation about traditions in America versus Argentina, and after that, I gave up ordering it elsewhere in the city. Interestingly, in Eastern Europe, nobody seemed to notice. Nobody in Mexico questions me or looks at me weird at least not in Tijuana region. In America, of course, it’s pretty normal.

That's 500,000 Americans driven from the middle class

My countrymen along with UK going back to Babbage or Hopper literally invented computing and software. So I think we're qualified. It's laughably dishonest to suggest this is about pulling scarce talent.

Exactly. I sent my wife to India for a wedding. I have worked with Indians and found them to be mostly nice if not somewhat reclusive, at least around me. The problem is I can’t get a decent job in IT anymore despite a masters degree and 15 years experience. There are 12! Indian restaurants within a half mile of my house. My daughter is in college and will be competing with millions of foreigners after the family goes into debt for an architecture degree. This needs to stop we cannot give away our entire country so some shareholders can get richer sooner. It will end, it’s just a question of how peaceful it will be.