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I made a small mistake above.
Assuming same growth, if value of gold increases 5x after 20 years, then after 40 years it increases by 25x of value it was 40 years ago, not 10x.
So a happy mistake, you could say.
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@zedvictor4
Without intellect, innovators and success, we would still be living in caves.
Alright, I concede that innovation is bad.
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The same amount of gold which in 2005 cost 400$ now costs over 2000$.
That is about 5x increase.
So, if someone in 2005 invested 5000$ in gold, he would now have 25.000$.
If he invested 20.000$, he would end up with 100.000$.
However, if same growth continued for 40 years, then investing 20.000$ in gold would end up giving you 200.000$ after 40 years.
Thus, gold is probably a very good investment.
If you think about it, it is very practical. You can buy gold, and if you ever lack money, you can sell it at any time. But if you dont sell it, it rises in value to give you much more later.
With government printing dollars on mass scale, it is basically guaranteed that value of money will drop compared to commodities like gold, thus gold will only rise in value even more.
It pays off much more to invest in gold than to keep money in bank. It could even pay off to borrow money from bank to invest in gold, if interest rate is low enough. Basically, as long as you pay back somewhat less than double over 10 years, the value of bought gold will most likely be more than double after 10 years and keep increasing for years after. But I dont really recommend anyone to get loans from bank because banks are there to make themselves richer, and you will always give to the bank more than you took from it.
Now, value of silver isnt as stable.
Silver value increased about 4x in past 20 years, but it did experience many changes and sometimes at times even a drop in price, even if overall price increased compared to 2005.
I guess its nice to buy some silver too.
Land also greatly increased in price. Land in some places increased by 10x since 2005. However, when it comes to land, there are 3 factors at play. Rising population increases demand. Money printing also increases demand. But the location of land and the quality is what ultimately determines the price. You want desirable land, not something people wouldnt even buy.
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@Math_Enthusiast
having the resources necessary to do something is a prerequisite for being motivated to do it
Well, yes.
If you are born rich, it is almost impossible not to be rich for whole life.
Investments arent even a risk if you distribute investments properly. Its basically impossible for every company you invest in to fail unless you pick failing companies on purpose. Then there are basically guaranteed success options like gold which rises in value of at least 10% per year, so basically your money invested in gold more than doubles over 10 years.
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@IlDiavolo
Doctors want people to be sick.
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US government additionally will save money by abolishing taxes and replacing it with money printing.
You anyway print 2 trillions per year, and with this new system, 2 trillions willl be enough.
By abolishing taxes, all the money payed to collect taxes will be saved too.
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Isnt this amazing?
If same deficit keeps up, it means that US government will print 10 trillion dollars in next 5 years. That is 2 trillion printed dollars per year.
The more the US government budget grows, the less things people will have.
Think about it. 7 trillion dollars is over 20000$ per every American.
US government budget also reduces productive workforce, which reduces production further.
USA needs to turn to militarism, where the only thing government invests a lot in is military.
US government has no place in schools, hospitals, and healthcare. These need to be mandatory, but private, like in Switzerland. The police also needs to be just private security, with government military being the one who solves only bigger issues like mass murderers and gangs.
So US budget needs to be only 2 trillions. 1 trillion for military, and 1 trillion as help for the poor. (Thats 20,000 per year to every poor person.).
US government also needs to control the rich and not let them have big and expensive houses, cars, private planes. They can live a good life, but they must serve people more as well.
US government also needs to open few factories with robot workers to begin mass production for the people.
I probably should begin charging your country for all the advice I give you for free tho. I mean, you wont get these quality advices anywhere else, and they will turn your country into a much better one than what you have now.
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@IlDiavolo
It's either capitalism or socialism/communism
It can be both. Government can invest in factories with robots as workers, and limit the number and size of houses rich people can have for themselves, while still letting private buisness happen. However, I am afraid government is too stupid to successfully regulate economy. Government seeks to please masses, but masses dont know their priorities. For example, most people would oppose to abolishing medicare and medicaid, even tho it would objectively be better for them.
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@Greyparrot
Doesn't greedy mean hoarding money?
Mass hoarding of resources is worse greed than hoarding money.
The Investors wanted to spend the money, and the government judge said "nah, you can't give away your money"
If they wanted to spend money to hoard resources for themselves, then the judge was right.
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@Greyparrot
The government judge didn't steal from the stockholders, he just refused to allow them to spend money.
Well, I too would probably insist that rich people stop being so greedy. You dont need to have a private plane. The workforce and materials used for making private plane are better used to help the common people. The resources and production are limited. The more you produce for the rich, the less ordinary people have. I am not saying that rich people shouldnt be able to enjoy their money. I am just saying they should be cool about it and not spend too much on private planes, big houses and whatever. Rich people can use all their money to buy all the food for themselves and cause mass food shortages, but they clearly shouldnt be allowed to do that. Same applies with houses, building materials, cars, smartphones... like, leave enough for ordinary people. You cant be greedy. If you want to help society, then invest in buisnesses. If you want more money, invest in gold. But you cant have private planes and huge houses, because you are then making houses more expensive for everyone else. You need to consider wishes of others. Many rich people were born rich, and when you are born rich, its very easy to stay rich. When you are born poor, the rate of success decreases. Thus, we need a society which works for everyone, not just the rich, and the rich must not get too much cake, because the cake is limited, and if they take too much, then there is less for everyone else.
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@Greyparrot
So sick of people in power like that government judge refusing to allow others the choice of what to spend their money on.
Some people have no money to spend, so government should take a bit from those who have too much and give to those who have none.
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@zedvictor4
Catholic Priests and Popes thought that child abuse was the norm.
They still think so. Their religion is based on brainwashing and abusing children in many ways, not just one.
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I have more.
Is it okay if one boy holds the other boy around waist?
Is it okay if one boy places his hand on other boy's neck on the side and slowly rubs his neck or just holds his hand there for some time?
Is it okay for one boy to dance with the other boy?
Is it okay if one boy tells the other boy that he is beautiful?
Is it okay for one boy to kiss finger tips of other boy?
Just what is wrong and what isnt?
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@Savant
Standard of living has increased.
Well, it did for me after AI was put to use. Not sure about homeless and poor.
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@CatholicApologetics
Catholic teaching does not offer a concrete, exhaustive list of “wrong actions” because the morality of any gesture depends on the intention behind it
So if the intent is to become better friends, then thats a good intent and they can kiss on the neck and lips as much as they want.
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@CatholicApologetics
What if its not sexual? Maybe they just like kissing each other?
How can you prove its sexual?
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@CatholicApologetics
You have to give us a list of wrong actions.
Is it okay for boy to hold the other boy very close to him?
Is it okay for one boy to rub other boy's tummy very slowly?
Is it okay for one boy to kiss the other boy's legs while they are on the bed?
Is it okay for two boys to just sleep close together hugged in same bed?
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@CatholicApologetics
The term is boykisser.
I dont think anyone calls themselves homosexual anymore. Its kind of an old term out of use. So I dont think Bible applies here.
Now, which acts are exactly wrong? You didnt give us a list.
Is it okay for boys to hug each other for a very long time?
Is it okay for boys to hold hands?
Is it okay for one boy to say to the other boy that he is pretty?
Is it okay for one boy to pet the other boy on the head?
Is it wrong for one boy to cuddle with the other boy?
Is it okay for one boy to kiss other boy on the back of the hand?
Is it wrong if one boy kisses the other boy on the cheek?
How about on the neck? Is it okay for one boy to kiss the other boy on the neck? That isnt really sexual.
How about tummy kisses? Is it okay for one boy to kiss other boy's tummy?
Is a friendly kiss on the lips okay?
You need to give us a clear list of which actions are wrong and which arent, otherwise we are confused.
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@Mall
how you hire your government to work for you
So far the government has just worked against me.
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@Greyparrot
So economic fascism. Government control over private property
Just build the robot factories and solve all economic issues. Really, you guys need to evolve to Communism already.
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@Shila
It’s called filling occupied space.
Sure. Whatever makes you hard.
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@Shila
Got you excited, didn’t it?
I was already very excited. My panties are soaked with precum.
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@Math_Enthusiast
You cant really expect for people to understand your point of view. These are all very rich people who eat a very significant piece of society's cake. You cant expect them to understand those who barely have any cake to eat.
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@ebuc
bilateral testes { external } --ovaries if woman { ergo internal }-- and external penis
Well, yes.
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@WyIted
You are mean to me, but I still love you, master.
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@Mall
Sure its theft.
If government can just take any amount of money it wants from you, then how do you even have a right to property?
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@WyIted
You have said some really hurtful things. I didnt know you were this deep into hating trans. You can do whatever you want, but what you are doing right now is just wrong. Let people be what they want.
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@Shila
President Donald Trump on Monday signed executive orders proclaiming that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female ...
I am guessing he will remove LGBT education from schools.
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@WyIted
There is more to life than having everything you want.
Really? What else is there for a person except what person wants?
you can actually read from the founders of these ideologies
Trans isnt an ideology so it doesnt have any founder, and LGBT education is literally aimed at educating kids to accept LGBT kids so bullying is reduced.
Or maybe you think people start being gay and trans at age 18?
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@WyIted
Why was the entirety of American culture accepting just 30 years ago?
Please stop fabricating history. Thanks.
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@WyIted
Some of it was but things this apparent I think are fair game. I have never once publicly stated what his uncle did to make him this way
Could you tell me what my uncle did?
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@WyIted
I also never met a person excited to go through chemo therapy
If you dont understand the meaning of "want", then really, no point in making an argument.
They are actually more accepted after transitioning
The wounds from bullying in childhood dont simply disappear. Do you know why LGBT was taught in schools? It wasnt to turn kids gay, it was to educate kids so they dont bully their trans classmates.
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@WyIted
all of us Gen X kids were pretty accepting
Yes, like you are accepting now.
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@WyIted
I have never met a trans person who says that she wants to be bullied and mocked.
Did it ever occur to you that trans people would maybe feel better about themselves if they werent mocked and bullied by classmates, rejected by parents and left feeling like they are worthless just because they have different wishes?
Trans people were always bullied. It didnt improve their life. It made it worse.
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@WyIted
The pushback honestly didn't come until around 2015
There was not a moment in US history when trans people werent bullied. But sure, keep living in alternative reality.
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@WyIted
If you don't bully them out of transitioning then they will and then they will hate themselves more
People usually hate being bullied.
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@WyIted
In the 90s we practically all accepted them
Sure, if you want to fabricate history.
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@WyIted
I didnt know you were such a big transphobe. Not that I didnt expect it from a republican. I guess trans people are just easy and popular targets, so people justify bullying them. And sure, you can pretend that you are protecting them from their wishes, but person's wishes are everything to a person. I dont think you are protecting them, and I fail to believe that bullying a person protects a person. It makes person hurt, scared, alone and uncomfortable.
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@WyIted
To better care for them as a society we need to bring back shame, humiliation and bullying as preventative measures
Well, sure, dont take their wishes into consideration. Turn them into what you want them to be. That way, you get what you want while they dont.
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@WyIted
So oppressing trans will somehow benefit society? They are a very tiny minority who cant do anything to defend itself, and who is already being bullied in many schools and many parts of society. They thought that maybe in future USA, they will find some acceptance, but you proved them wrong I guess.
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@WyIted
It's about protecting children
Are some people less worthy of protection than others?
I doubt trans people are very happy about you targeting them this much. I mean, have you considered wishes of trans people, or do those dont matter?
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@WyIted
Of course and not all rapists are men either. Hell all basketball players are not white.
I dont see why you would oppress further one of the most oppressed groups in society.
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@Shila
described her coming out as transgender as being “killed by the woke mind virus.”
Clearly a very loving and supportive father.
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@WyIted
If you target trannies than you'll catch them a significantly high amount of times.
Why would you target trans people? They have enough problems of their own. I dont think they really appreciate your targeting.
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@WyIted
She may interpret it that way but it's of course good to opposed things harming your children such as trans ideology which is pedaled by pedophiles as can be seen by the early forefathers of the movement
Not all trans people are pedophiles.
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@WyIted
It's worth researching powerful people. It did uncover that her husband is a pedophile who reads pedo literature by that Andre Gide and who is around a lot of people who have harmed children.
Oh, so you justify researching trans people because it helps you catch pedophiles? Thats a little weird, but okay.
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@Shila
Elon Musk has confirmed he and Shivon Zilis welcomed their third baby via surrogate, his 12th child overall.
I wonder how many of those will turn gay and trans.
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@WyIted
This is serious research into her being transgender
Thats a very strange thing to research.
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