• Rubanski@lemm.ee
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      Definitely prefer the vanity projects of the past. Libraries, city halls etc

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        2 years ago

        Yeah. X makes various things named “Rockafeller” seem downright “not a dumpster fire” in contrast.

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      The nice thing about our economic system is that value is rarely completely destroyed, the money he paid for Twitter didn’t cease to exist, it went to former Twitter shareholders.

      They may be using it in more productive ways than he ever would.

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        They may be using it in more productive ways than he ever would.

        They use it to reinvest and hoard. Because that’s what the investor class does, which is why they’re useless.

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      2 years ago

      Hyperloop, boring tunnels, sending cars to space, etc

      Stop me when you’ve heard enough to believe this guy has obvious disdain for all of us.

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      Could have just bought land in Kentucky and sat on it. Made a nature preserve. Give the beavers and deer a place to chill for a century or more. Pretty lazy way to do charity but it still would have been better.