1) My biggest debate takeaway:
I used to think about policy and positions and evidence.
But that's not what they're about. And there's no point in trying to put a square peg in a round hole.
Conversation
2) Debates are about the people and who they are and how they act.
So take them for what they are.
You already know their policy positions; this is a time to decide if you want them to be negotiating a hostage exchange with a volatile dictator.
I think the question is about volatile dictator vs the mob. Its a loose-loose situation to partake in. Better to find greener pastures elsewhere.
HK maybe?
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The first dictator that allows his own government and the nation's press to actively slander him and defy him every single day.
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The financial sector. Red deep. Forever. Terms like business, production, survival of fittest, me, profit, more, less, etc...
Needs to be revamped. The 14th Dalai Lama argues compassion should lead science and I agree with him. Business is not different.
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I say business because defi is pretty much the bank industry of crypto. And we all know the banks history and policy positions. Character does not matter, I would argue. I pray I become wrong