I prefer ‘hot take’ tbh. you know what else is hot? capitalism and economic growth
https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/1086405056759422976 …
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Replying to @rivatez
a hot take is a "piece of deliberately provocative commentary that is based almost entirely on shallow moralizing" but ok
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Replying to @alexisohanian @rivatez
Big fan of capitalism, too. Just can't forget my roots and how many helping hands my family and I got on the way up.
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Replying to @alexisohanian @rivatez
you’re not endorsing a candidate in favor of helping hands, you’re endorsing a candidate in favor of dismantling the system that made you a millionaire
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Have you noticed that there are dozens, maybe even more than a hundred varieties of capitalism practiced globally around the world and that we can modify our political economy to optimize for different private market behaviors?
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oh right i forgot you work for him
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Replying to @micsolana @kimmaicutler and
Capitalism is a very adaptable thing. This seems like a/ insisting the ways capitalism happens in your corner of the world atm are the best ways for that corner, which hmm
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Replying to @emanuil_tolev @micsolana and
IMO that is how we lost one opportunity to build modern forms of it (like yours) in Eastern Europe. I'm keen not to repeat that in the UK and will try to look for a way to prevent it. In the meantime you can help prevent 'dismantling' by listening more closely to concerns, non?
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it’s not adaptable, but do think it’s durable — thank god
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not typically high on the "list of things to distrust VCs about" but it's a fresh take!