I can't look at this objectively because there are a lot of privately owned restaurants where I live and I know several restaurant owners
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Replying to @BitingGadfly @manwblueguitar
Yeah bear in mind you live in the *most* capitalistic part of the country
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Most of my generalizations about USA could have an asterisk "except in NYC"
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Replying to @380kmh @manwblueguitar
I think for at least the last twenty years or so the Bay Area has been objectively more important than NYC on a global scale
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Replying to @380kmh @manwblueguitar
Biggest changes in the last 20 years to the human experience in the developed world were occasioned imo by social media and the smartphone
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In the US and Europe you also have multiculturalism and rising cost of living, but that's not global
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If I had to say what the East coast's most important contribution was I'd say medical innovations, but that's pretty spread out over US tbh
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Replying to @BitingGadfly @manwblueguitar
Oh I would say it's still definitely finance--private sector in NYC, public sector in DC
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Replying to @380kmh @manwblueguitar
That's definitely the biggest economic product, but in my opinion it's not really progress in any form, it's just a game the rich play
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How do u think places like Silicon Valley come up w new shit if not for financing
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