they are vast megacities where any attempt to dismantle regime capabilities from the air risks substantial civilian casualties and cascading regional effects.

I wonder where I saw this before. I think it started with B and ended aghdad.

all undertaken without the transparency, oversight, or legal foundation that normally governs the use of American force.

For all the good that did anyone.

That’s fair, but realistically they’ll just deny it no matter the evidence. They’re pretty good at that. Speaking of which, I’m out of the loop, what’s the blowjob thing?

But you seem to be denying how bad the Epstein files have been for him and the Republicans over the last six months.

And… how bad have they been? Trump still has a 42% approval rating even though anyone with half a brain can tell he’s a pedophile. Republicans are probably going to lose the midterms, but that’ll just be their cue to launch their coup because there’s no way 21st century Hitler accepts a peaceful transfer of power.

Yeah that’s why he’s hiding.

Some of y’all need to face reality for once. This man got away with fucking treason and you think diddling kids will do him in? The US justice system, by design, cannot punish someone that wealthy and powerful, even if he wasn’t the literal president.

and fight for the rights and protection of even those who would spit on us.

And… umm… how do you plan to win that fight?

Don’t forget “Why can’t you? Are you missing an arm or a leg” or whatever your language’s equivalent is.

Uh… I’m sorry but history is not on your side here

Trump and the GOP, among others.

I mean, hell, they can leave and it wouldn’t affect the city one bit, because their wealth tied up in NYC businesses won’t be going anywhere.

The fundamental philosophical error here is assuming that all forms of simulation are computational or mathematical.

Uh… that’s literally what a simulation is.

Counterexample: your dreams are a form of simulation (probably). So I can literally disprove this take in my sleep

But dreams aren’t simulating reality as we observe it; they just kinda do their own thing. Your brain isn’t consistently simulating quantum mechanics (or, hell, even simple things like clocks) while you’re dreaming so this is a moot point.

Not the laws of physics, the laws of logic. Those are what math (and therefore the proof) is based on, and it’s harder to imagine those being different in the hypothetical parent universe.

Even in (most) developing countries with authoritarian governments people don’t randomly get caught off the street; this is fascist business.

Absolutely. I’m not defending any billionaire or group of billionaires here, only pushing back against the idea that “if a billionaire cared about humanity, they’d give over the vast amount of their wealth immediately.”

Free markets are a myth. Every country on Earth regularly interferes in the market to align it with its interests; China just does it more. That’s still not communism, because you can’t have billionaires (or private property in general) under communism. China under Mao was communist, but under Xi? No way. The Chinese government exerts significant control over its economy, but the primary driver of economic growth is still the private sector. China isn’t doing anything fundamentally different from what any Western capitalist state could do if they got their act together for five minutes.

First, what’s a “communism?” Second, China is capitalist as hell; it’s just capitalism under an authoritarian regime rather than under a democracy.

To potential international organizations that would spearhead development of impoverished or struggling countries - building infrastructure for clean water, cutting edge sanitation, sustainable energy production, and other essential ingredients for society.

But here’s the thing: The only thing those organizations (which kinda do exist) would need is the monetary returns on wealth; they have no use for factories or Microsoft shares. Therefore, if you were a billionaire trying to do the maximum possible good with your wealth (most of which is tied up in assets), you’d want to give these organizations the cold hard cash you get from your actual wealth while either keeping or gradually selling off said wealth. It’s the same principle as an autocratic regime: Autocratic regimes shouldn’t exist, but if you somehow find yourself in a position of power in one the right thing to do would be to use your power for good, not immediately resign.

they’d give over the vast amount of their wealth immediately.

To who? I don’t think your average starving child has much use for the sort of assets Bill Gates is sporting. He and other billionaires should be taxed to the ground, but failing that using the monetary returns from one’s wealth to make the world is the strat here.

On one hand, poor guy. On the other, if he’s any good the girls’ team is going to sweep whatever competitions they enter.

Lmao no. Fascists were inspired by America.