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Re:Chinese airline completes maiden passenger flight with do... by onepointsixC on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @01:37PM (#25584532)
It's mind-blowing how wrong they have been and yet continue to be turned to for major policy decisions and thought.
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Re:Chinese airline completes maiden passenger flight with do... by whimsicalism on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @02:18PM (#25584966)
They haven't been universally "wrong" - just wrong for large segments of the population. Equities in America (which are majority owned by the wealthiest top 1%) have done great and the wealth of those at the top has multiplied several times over.

Given that a quarter of all political contributions are donated by the wealthiest top 0.01% (no, not a typo - and 84% of politicians take more from the top 0.01% than all donors giving less than $200), it is entirely unsurprising to me that our policy reflects their priorities.

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Re:Chinese airline completes maiden passenger flight with do... by free_rms on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @01:38PM (#25584543)
Who else you going to turn to? Someone who was drummed out of the club for questioning things that everyone knows?
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