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@Math_Enthusiast
believe that people should be employed to make good investments, and the resulting large quantities of wealth should be controlled by the government and used for public interest.
That is how communism operates. The wealth is controlled and owned by the government chosen by the people.
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@Stephen
Catholic teaching does not offer a concrete, exhaustive list of “wrong actions”The Catholic teaching? What does the god of the bible say on the matter?
Do they teach that on Sunday Schools?
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And the value of finite material resources relies solely on innovation, which is a limitless resource.Example, an acre of farm 100 years ago produced x amount of food. today it produces 100x amount of food. 100 years from now, it could be 1000x
Agriculture is not a natural resource. Land and water are.
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@Math_Enthusiast
So he cannot add 402 billion seconds to his life even though your calculation says it’s possible to convert his billions into years.My calculation says that 12739 years is 402 billion seconds. It also says that you would therefore need 12739 years to reach Elon Musk's net worth if you theoretically made one dollar every second. It does not say that Musk can buy additional seconds to add to his lifespan.
But you said he was ahead by 12739 years. Now you are saying he cannot buy additional seconds to add to his lifespan. Is it because he is already ahead by 12739 years?
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@FLRW
Yes, I have had a lot of Sue's.
Using the same approach?
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innovation is never a limited resource. Ever.
But it has some limitations like it cannot extend a billionaires life.
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@Math_Enthusiast
What is the significance of that 12739 years when he will only live the normal lifespan?12739 years is 402 billion seconds, and Elon Musk's net worth is 402 billion dollars. This isn't about his lifespan.
So he cannot add 402 billion seconds to his life even though your calculation says it’s possible to convert his billions into years.
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@zedvictor4
Because everything is the fault of financially successful people.
Financially successful people show us how it is done. Eg. Build a Tesla or SpaceX.
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@Math_Enthusiast
If you are comparing scale of wealth to scale of time. How much time does Elon Musk have when you compare it to his scale of wealth?Your wording is a little strange, but I'm assuming that you are asking what amount of time corresponds to Musk's quantity of wealth in my chosen scale. The answer to that is 12739 years, which was included in the original post.
What is the significance of that 12739 years when he will only live the normal lifespan?
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@CatholicApologetics
Some facts suggest Paul was gay
The modern concept of homosexuality did not exist in Biblical times. But Spong and others point out that a sexual attraction to men would explain some mysteries about Paul’s life:
* Paul never married, which was unusual for a first-century Jew, but had a series of younger men as companions.
* He sometimes expressed negativity toward women and homosexual exploitation.
* Tormented by self-reproach, he pleaded with God three times in vain to remove an unspecified “thorn in my flesh” that troubled him. Some believe that “thorn” was attraction to other men. God’s answer, according to Paul, was to deny his request with the explanation, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
* Homosexuality might even help explain Paul’s cataclysmic conversion experience. He went from intensely persecuting Christians to becoming the most articulate leader of the very movement that he had tried to destroy. His vision of Christ left him stunned by the revelation that nothing could separate him from God’s love.
“The war going on inside of him is a fairly classic description of what I have come to understand in repressed gay males,” Spong said in a Los Angeles Times interview on Feb. 2, 1991.
For Spong, these contradictions finally made sense when he first encountered the possibility of Paul’s homosexuality in the 1937 book “Saint Paul” by British theologian Arthur Darby Nock.
“I was absolutely floored by how it opened up Paul to me,” he told the LA Times.
Some see a possible romantic relationship between Paul and his “beloved brother” Onesimus in the Epistle to Philemon. There may also be a homoerotic component to Paul’s love for the risen Christ, as explored in “Eros and the Christ: Longing and Envy in Paul’s Christology” by David E. Fredrickson.
Paul also made intriguingly queer male-to-female reference when he said, “I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you” (Galatians 4:19) and “Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, so we cared for you.” (1 Thessalonians 2:7-8).
Paul is the first man ever described as a “bride of Christ,” according to gay Catholic historian Paul Halsall. Bishop Methodius of Olympus made this gender-nonconforming reference for the first time in the late third century, Halsall writes in “Wedded to Christ: Nuptiality and Gender Reversal in the Lives of Byzantine Male Saints,” a paper for a 1997 Byzantine studies conference.
The modern concept of homosexuality did not exist in Biblical times. But Spong and others point out that a sexual attraction to men would explain some mysteries about Paul’s life:
* Paul never married, which was unusual for a first-century Jew, but had a series of younger men as companions.
* He sometimes expressed negativity toward women and homosexual exploitation.
* Tormented by self-reproach, he pleaded with God three times in vain to remove an unspecified “thorn in my flesh” that troubled him. Some believe that “thorn” was attraction to other men. God’s answer, according to Paul, was to deny his request with the explanation, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
* Homosexuality might even help explain Paul’s cataclysmic conversion experience. He went from intensely persecuting Christians to becoming the most articulate leader of the very movement that he had tried to destroy. His vision of Christ left him stunned by the revelation that nothing could separate him from God’s love.
“The war going on inside of him is a fairly classic description of what I have come to understand in repressed gay males,” Spong said in a Los Angeles Times interview on Feb. 2, 1991.
For Spong, these contradictions finally made sense when he first encountered the possibility of Paul’s homosexuality in the 1937 book “Saint Paul” by British theologian Arthur Darby Nock.
“I was absolutely floored by how it opened up Paul to me,” he told the LA Times.
Some see a possible romantic relationship between Paul and his “beloved brother” Onesimus in the Epistle to Philemon. There may also be a homoerotic component to Paul’s love for the risen Christ, as explored in “Eros and the Christ: Longing and Envy in Paul’s Christology” by David E. Fredrickson.
Paul also made intriguingly queer male-to-female reference when he said, “I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you” (Galatians 4:19) and “Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, so we cared for you.” (1 Thessalonians 2:7-8).
Paul is the first man ever described as a “bride of Christ,” according to gay Catholic historian Paul Halsall. Bishop Methodius of Olympus made this gender-nonconforming reference for the first time in the late third century, Halsall writes in “Wedded to Christ: Nuptiality and Gender Reversal in the Lives of Byzantine Male Saints,” a paper for a 1997 Byzantine studies conference.
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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 and the context in which it occurs. The key is the intention and context rather than the specific physical gesture, which is why no definitive list can be provided.
The most astounding finding from the newly discovered lead codices is that Jesus Christ was unambiguously and openly gay. He and his disciples formed a same-sex coterie, bound by feelings of love and mutual support. There are recorded instances of same-sex activity – the "beloved disciple" plays a significant role – and there is affirmation of the joys of friendship and of living and loving together.
A whole new complexion is given to that rather puzzling passage where Jesus exhorts his followers to break family ties: "If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." (Luke 14, 26). It seems clear now that this is less a negative repudiation of family and more a positive exhortation to join in affirmation of a gay lifestyle and love.
There is at least one new parable, that of the two young men. There are clear echoes of the relationship between David and Jonathan, for Jesus speaks of one young man having his soul "knit with the soul" of the other, and loving him "as his own soul". Intriguing is evidence that the Catholics might be closer to the truth about the status of Mary, the mother of Jesus, than are the Protestants. She has a much bigger role in the life of Jesus than many hitherto expected, with Jesus frequently returning home and making much of her.
Conversely, there is at least one incident when Jesus quarrels violently with Joseph, who shows great hostility and makes wild claims about "manliness". Before, one might have thought that, given Mary's virginity, Joseph's attitude was reflecting the ambiguities of his status in the family; but now it seems more probable that we have here a classic example of the Freudian triangle: over-possessive mother, hostile father, gay son.
Why have we known so little about all of this before? A newly discovered Pauline epistle, appropriately to the Athenians, suggests a major Platonic influence, particularly of the Republic. The classically educated Paul, who was himself gay, saw that same-sex activity was inimical to the success of Christianity in the highly homophobic societies in which he lived. Hence, same-sex affections and activity were concealed, to be known to and practised by only the leaders in secret – the guardians of Christianity as one might say. Obviously, this is a tradition that has flourished and lasted. It is not by chance that John Henry Newman is being made a saint.
Finally, the most important news is that nothing in the newly discovered codices challenges in any way the essential message of Christianity. Jesus was the messiah; he died on the cross for our sins; and through his death and resurrection made possible our eternal salvation. Our overriding obligation is to love God and we do this by loving our neighbours as ourselves. Christianity will never be the same again. Christianity will go on completely unchanged.
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@zedvictor4
Like a book.
Which can be compared to a goldmine.
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@Math_Enthusiast
I have no idea what that is supposed to mean. This was just a thought experiment comparing scale of wealth to scale of time. I'm not sure what Musk's life span or "adding seconds to wealth" has to do with this.
If you are comparing scale of wealth to scale of time. How much time does Elon Musk have when you compare it to his scale of wealth?
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@Math_Enthusiast
Ten times the money has ten times the buying power.
But Elon Musk did not buy Tesla orSpaceX. He created those companies.
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@Stephen
Red or Golden?Red. High StreetIf I have read you correctly?
What is golden?
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@Best.Korea
It’s called filling occupied space.Sure. Whatever makes you hard.
Filled with bilateral numbers.
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@Math_Enthusiast
- Elon Musk's net worth, 402 billion dollars, in seconds, would be 12739 years. The human era–the period for which humans have been the dominant species on Earth–is estimated at around 12000 years, with the holocene calendar putting us in the year 12025.
How long will Elon Musk live with all those seconds added to his wealth?
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@Savant
Life expectancy has continued to rise.
You have a very positive attitude on life.
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I still love you too you silly faggot, and for addressing me the way you have I order you to wear studded panties for the next week while out and about.
You made one trans happy.
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@n8nrgim
Don't you pay attention to lib talking points or the news? The cost of living is way out of whack. The average house now is 400k, whereas in the 70s it was way less even after inflation. Education costs tens of thousands when before it's a few hundred or thousand, cause they privatized colleges. Healthcare was was less now it's 18% of our gdp, which also isn't competitive with other countries who spend half as much and cover everyone with less wait times and better in general. The minimum wage in the 70s was 15 bucks after inflation and is only 7 and change now. Wages just tread water and have barely gone up after inflation over decades.
That is why they re-elected Trump. Trump said he alone can fix the problem and make America great again.
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@Best.Korea
Got you excited, didn’t it?I was already very excited. My panties are soaked with precum.
It’s called filling occupied space.
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@Math_Enthusiast
The way that I have proposed that we do this also has the nice side effect of potentially making this giant flow of resources even bigger by making investing something you need actual qualifications for while giving the investors the opportunity to invest far more money than they would have been able to otherwise.
What is you economics called?
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@Best.Korea
bilateral testes { external } --ovaries if woman { ergo internal }-- and external penisWell, yes.
Got you excited, didn’t it?
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@Best.Korea
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.
His solution will remove cake from every home.
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@n8nrgim
I personally think we should tax the rich for consumption with their income. the rich borrow money at 1 percent, instead of taking from their investments and incurring a capital gain tax. they escape taxes that way. the rich should pay fifty percent of everything they borrow for personal use, or the highest bracket tax. otherwise the rich will keep escaping paying taxes.
You have been influenced by Al Qaeda.
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@Math_Enthusiast
No, but I can replace an Elon Musk who makes hundreds of billions with an Elon Musk who makes hundreds of thousands.
If you can replace Elon Musk, you can also replace Trump.
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Lol, we aren't. 100 years ago, China was like a flea on our ass. America has let every other nation catch up since we decided to outsource innovation to the government.
Who has the largest army in the world?
Mapped: The World's Largest Armies in 2024
China
China has the largest standing army, with over 2 million active personnel. With increasing defense spending over the last decades, the country also ranks third in the number of tanks and second in the number of aircraft carriers in service.
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@FLRW
Tesla, the most valuable automaker in the world valued at over $1 trillion, did not pay any federal income tax last year.Tesla’s annual financial report, released this morning, shows the company enjoyed $2.3 billion of U.S. income in 2024 on which it reports precisely zero current federal income tax. Over the past three years, the Elon Musk-led company reports $10.8 billion of U.S. income on which its current federal tax was just $48 million. That comes to a three-year federal tax rate of just 0.4 percent – more than 50 times less than the statutory corporate tax rate of 21 percent.
No wonder he looks so happy on stage. No taxes and no alimony payments.
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@cristo71
The guy is just a student.Noted. I am being gentle : )
He thinks student loans are an asset.
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@cristo71
This is a huge flaw in your suggestion.
The guy is just a student. He doesn’t have any investment only student bills.
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@Stephen
Has our resident Reverend had a lie-in today?
He is exercising his free will.
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@Savant
well informed membersOk but he knew the actual name of the principle and you didn't.
Shila made him correct his mistake.
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@Math_Enthusiast
I wanted to throw some numbers down to give some perspective on just how ridiculous the volume of resources he has at his personal disposal is, regardless of what he possibly could have done to earn it.
What Elon Musk has is Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter, plenty of children and money and autism.
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@Mall
Give us your thoughts and questions below.
Owning things after they are paid for is not theft. Nor is paying your taxes theft.
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@Math_Enthusiast
I suggest this video. There is no good reason to believe that the salute wasn't a deliberate signal to the far right.
In the video Elon Musk says his heart goes out to those meaning those with the Heil Hitler salute. Like Trump he wants a united Reich.
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@sadolite
I stated earlier that tariffs were used to compel countries that refused to repatriate.
How does that apply to Mexico, Canada and China?
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@Savant
Is Elon Musk doing more work in one minute than everyone in an average American household combined does in 4.5 years?No. Not sure who is saying that he is though.
His salary earning suggests that. Elon Musk's income in one minute is well over four and a half times the annual income of median household.
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No I messed up. I mean Pascal's wager
That is why DART needs more well informed members like Shila.
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We are currently getting rid of the slave class. Illegal immigrants explored for slave wages and liberals are complaining and say prices will go up. They are saying slave labor benefits us so getting rid of it is bad
Slavery helps Americans to remain colourblind.
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Nobody will ever know what Trump really wants.
Trump says it publicly what he wants. He wants Israel to hand over Garza to him for free since it is 90% rubble. Trump will then relocate the Palestinians in Garza to Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other neighbouring countries. He will use the USAID money to pay him for rebuilding Gaza. Then he will sell the finished product as beach front homes to the highest bidder and pocket the profits. This will certainly end the war in Gaza.
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His original ideal behind the tarrifs is that he wants to renegotiate every single trade agreement one by one. While previous administrations cared about win win situations, Trump just cares about getting the best deal imaginable for the American people.
Are tariffs good or bad?
The findings suggest that tariffs have a detrimental effect on output, with the negative effect larger for higher tariff increases and persisting over time, at least over the next four years or so. The residualized growth tends to be in negative territory in all four years following an increase in protectionism.
Was Trump's trade war with China successful?
After the trade war escalated through 2019, in January 2020 the two sides reached a tense phase-one agreement. By the end of Trump's first presidency, the trade war was widely characterized as a failure for the United States.
Trump wants to renegotiate his own trade deal with Mexico and Canada that he signed in 2018.
Trump signed onto the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, in 2018. It took effect in January 2020 and replaced NAFTA.
In 2018, Trump said the USMCA would be “the most modern, up-to-date, and balanced trade agreement in the history of our country, with the most advanced protections for workers ever developed.”
But now, he thinks it can be improved.
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Pareto says that since the reward of believing in Jesus is eternal life and you will die if you are wrong anyway than the rational choice is Christianity.
Are you describing the same thing?
What is Pareto principle in simple words?
The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule) is a phenomenon that states that roughly 80% of outcomes come from 20% of causes. In this article, we break down how you can use this principle to help prioritize tasks and business efforts.
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@fauxlaw
But so is bitcoin.Just as I said; there's more to investment than the NYSE. But bitcoin, at present, seems too volatile and searching for an identity
Trump endorsed cryptocurrency. That’s a strong identity for starters.
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The first wedge was that liberals got upset when they saw we were colorblind and equality was achieved.
Americans are colourblind. They only see slavery and free Americans.
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They tried to cancel culture him, Trump told the censors to fuck off, he is keeping BigBalls.
Did they exchange Heil Hitler salutes?
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@Best.Korea
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.
eliminating the Department of Education, the latest move by President Donald Trumpto swiftly carry out his campaign promises, two sources ...
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@n8nrgim
The only point I might be wrong is usaid is rooted in statute but I think was created by a president. The president might have more authority than I realize to revoke or modify that. But it's still based in statute and Rubio is trying to utilize congress to amend it instead of relying on trump nullifying the order
Who developed USAID?
President John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy created USAID via executive order at the height of the Cold War in 1961—based on authority provided in the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act—to counter Soviet influence abroad.
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