The important thing is that Marc Andreessen still gets 2% of all funds under management regardless of what happens, and his accumulation of material wealth is our priority
Your job as a technologist is to try to get into his good graces
Few people seem to realize that the reason we have certain systems today is because of scaling laws. Other systems didn't scale as the population grew over time.
People say we're going back to feudalism, not realizing what that means. Feudalism doesn't scale above a few million people. We have billions.
The natural progression is, if we fall back to feudalism, the difference in the scaling laws will cause sufficient deaths until we are within the operating range of that small minority. Assuming conflict doesn't destroy the environment (as those using Mutually Assured Destruction would rightfully use during such existential threats of conflict).
What you have follows the same general plotline of Fallout where corporations induce a resource war for profit and control after Reclamation Day.
can't wait for this to be flagged again, like all the other posts about how the autocrats of Silicon Valley are destroying the infrastructure that made them rich.
MAGA dudes would like America to be “Great Again” but would like you not to Google what the top marginal tax rate was in the pre-civil rights era they are taking us back to (hint: it was 90%)
They said it perfectly. The top marginal rate was 90%. The effective rate was much lower, but it effectively capped cash salaries, largely for executives.
the slaves probably helped a little but even with all the slaves in the world, a country that is corrupt and uninspired couldnt achieve half of what we have. the american work ethic is recognized by the whole world even today.
Agreed. If it was just stolen land and slave labor that propelled America to a global superpower, then why didn't it work out for India? Or Africa? Both of those places LOVE slavery and both murdered their way into existence (Africa still does) but yet they are not wonderful, advanced countries that embrace the rights of people.
It was prosperous, the original American dream is not the American dream people think of when they hear that today. Hollywood has sold a lie to everyone for almost a century.
The prosperity was inherent in the real American Dream which was based in Faith, Freedom, Self-sufficiency, Independence, Ownership, and No taxation without representation.
Today you don't have any of these in most respects because they have been withheld by the previous generation (boomers), who clings to power as they die of old age.
Lets do a short recap on the taxes for an average person:
Federal 21.7
State 7.5-10
Medicare 2.9
Social Security 15.3 (you count employer side too because its money they can't pay you suppressing wages).
Sales Tax ~10
Property 1% of the value of what you own
Inheritance (50% above 1m)
Aggregate: 59.9% of everything you can make, and this isn't counting the triple dip on fuel taxes.
Then there is half of what you inherit, and 1% of the value of what you already own every year.
To put this in perspective, the boston tea party increase that sparked our history in 1776 was over a tax rate of 25%. The boot on neck, has been clever in withholding education and disrupting communication.
Parasites are the reason we are doing so poorly today, and why people can't find sufficient recompense to support life goals such as raising children. In 8 years, the birthrate will fall below the death rate.
But people post these links and one-sided, biased, hysterical links hourly and I can't share my thoughts on it? It's just an echo chamber in here? How does the article above relate to anything hackernews purportedly informs on? Honest question, not meant to enflame.
The rules are the same for any HN user: you're welcome to make your substantive points thoughtfully, in keeping with the site guidelines. You're not welcome to post flamebait, regardless of what side you're on or how wrong other people are or you feel they are.
Your first sentence is posted as if you're stating a proven fact, but it is a personal/shared opinion based on your digestion of one-sided perspectives on the situation.
you arent answering the question: why are these links allowed, which are blatentky political, but any political comments that dont toe the line are removed? that is literally an echo chamber…
The other side feels the same way that you do, just with the partisan bit flipped. For example, around the same time you posted your comment, someone else posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43142843.
this is false in practice and you know it. flagging powers lie almost entirely in the hands of leftist users. the reality of this website is anything that is right-leaning is immediately flagged and beaten down and removed by you. meanwhile, links like this pop up constantly without receiving the same treatment. you known that this website is effectively a leftist filter bubble and you do nothing to address it because paulg is a leftist who is detached from reality.
The important thing is that Marc Andreessen still gets 2% of all funds under management regardless of what happens, and his accumulation of material wealth is our priority
Your job as a technologist is to try to get into his good graces
Three popups (with adblock enabled!) when opening this web page, and one more bound to "Back" button on its close seems a bit too much to me.
Is this normal now for the respected magazine like this (they have a paper version!) to shit on its readers in such a way?
If this specific phenomenon continues (reduction of US investment in basic research) we all get to be part of a fascinating experiment.
It will be interesting to see where science and technology research go when they're not dominated by one country and ideology.
Yes, back to feudalism for everyone.
Granted undocumented people already lives that life. No the reset of the 99% will get to enjoy that living standard.
Few people seem to realize that the reason we have certain systems today is because of scaling laws. Other systems didn't scale as the population grew over time.
People say we're going back to feudalism, not realizing what that means. Feudalism doesn't scale above a few million people. We have billions.
The natural progression is, if we fall back to feudalism, the difference in the scaling laws will cause sufficient deaths until we are within the operating range of that small minority. Assuming conflict doesn't destroy the environment (as those using Mutually Assured Destruction would rightfully use during such existential threats of conflict).
What you have follows the same general plotline of Fallout where corporations induce a resource war for profit and control after Reclamation Day.
Nah, we will just have cyberpunk dystopia. It is the next social structure that can scale higher.
can't wait for this to be flagged again, like all the other posts about how the autocrats of Silicon Valley are destroying the infrastructure that made them rich.
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When was this point in history where America was prosperous and there was no corruption?
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So if corruption was always there, then America was never prosperous by your definition, is that correct?
Why are you interested in me personally?
i think you are trolling
Was it prosperous or just literally using slave labour?
A huge amount of Americas wealth pre-civil war was built on Slavery and the associated industries.
Oh and stealing all the land.
MAGA dudes would like America to be “Great Again” but would like you not to Google what the top marginal tax rate was in the pre-civil rights era they are taking us back to (hint: it was 90%)
this is a common myth. effective tax rate for americas wealthiest men has never been at those levels.
They said it perfectly. The top marginal rate was 90%. The effective rate was much lower, but it effectively capped cash salaries, largely for executives.
cash salaries arent important to executives or rich people. they are important to peons which is why they flap their gums about it so much.
Every country in the world stole land from people that lived there before the current inhabitants. Every single one.
the slaves probably helped a little but even with all the slaves in the world, a country that is corrupt and uninspired couldnt achieve half of what we have. the american work ethic is recognized by the whole world even today.
Agreed. If it was just stolen land and slave labor that propelled America to a global superpower, then why didn't it work out for India? Or Africa? Both of those places LOVE slavery and both murdered their way into existence (Africa still does) but yet they are not wonderful, advanced countries that embrace the rights of people.
and we should all observe soberly the fact that slavery is evil and fundamentally un-American. thats why we excised it from our country.
It was prosperous, the original American dream is not the American dream people think of when they hear that today. Hollywood has sold a lie to everyone for almost a century.
The prosperity was inherent in the real American Dream which was based in Faith, Freedom, Self-sufficiency, Independence, Ownership, and No taxation without representation.
Today you don't have any of these in most respects because they have been withheld by the previous generation (boomers), who clings to power as they die of old age.
Lets do a short recap on the taxes for an average person: Federal 21.7 State 7.5-10 Medicare 2.9 Social Security 15.3 (you count employer side too because its money they can't pay you suppressing wages). Sales Tax ~10 Property 1% of the value of what you own Inheritance (50% above 1m)
Aggregate: 59.9% of everything you can make, and this isn't counting the triple dip on fuel taxes.
Then there is half of what you inherit, and 1% of the value of what you already own every year.
To put this in perspective, the boston tea party increase that sparked our history in 1776 was over a tax rate of 25%. The boot on neck, has been clever in withholding education and disrupting communication.
Parasites are the reason we are doing so poorly today, and why people can't find sufficient recompense to support life goals such as raising children. In 8 years, the birthrate will fall below the death rate.
> Social Security 15.3 (you count employer side too because its money they can't pay you suppressing wages)
Nit: this is disingenuous. If an employer didn’t have to pay that part of the tax, they wouldn’t pass it on to you. They’d pocket it.
And who are those parasites?
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Ok, but please don't post unsubstantive comments to Hacker News.
But people post these links and one-sided, biased, hysterical links hourly and I can't share my thoughts on it? It's just an echo chamber in here? How does the article above relate to anything hackernews purportedly informs on? Honest question, not meant to enflame.
The rules are the same for any HN user: you're welcome to make your substantive points thoughtfully, in keeping with the site guidelines. You're not welcome to post flamebait, regardless of what side you're on or how wrong other people are or you feel they are.
If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html, you'll see what I mean. Note this, for example:
"Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."
it seems super relevant that the billionaires of Silicon Valley are destroying the things that made America a scientific and engineering powerhouse.
a more useful question is why they posts keep getting flagged off the site.
Your first sentence is posted as if you're stating a proven fact, but it is a personal/shared opinion based on your digestion of one-sided perspectives on the situation.
you arent answering the question: why are these links allowed, which are blatentky political, but any political comments that dont toe the line are removed? that is literally an echo chamber…
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Everyone with strong feelings on this feels like the mods are secretly against their side and in favor of the other side.
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
The other side feels the same way that you do, just with the partisan bit flipped. For example, around the same time you posted your comment, someone else posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43142843.
this is false in practice and you know it. flagging powers lie almost entirely in the hands of leftist users. the reality of this website is anything that is right-leaning is immediately flagged and beaten down and removed by you. meanwhile, links like this pop up constantly without receiving the same treatment. you known that this website is effectively a leftist filter bubble and you do nothing to address it because paulg is a leftist who is detached from reality.