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Related... all the people gravely issuing ominous warnings about this being the *real* incitement to civil war etc etc, get a grip. The gun nut militia types were always a threat and remain so. The sheeple larpers never were and continue not to be.
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I’m tired of doing things based on anticipating the reactions of the “look what you made me do” crowd who never take responsibility for their actions anyway. Oh really, the tech clampdown made you retreat to Signal to plan bombings? And you were working for world peace before?
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They’re going to do what they’re going to do. The rest of us can only do the only thing that has ever overwhelmed hearts of darkness: build wealth and an interesting future, one imaginative action at a time. Creation compounds over years. Destruction eventually runs out of steam.
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Each corporation has a fiduciary profit maximization duty - their actions are not about showing strength or weakness but about ensuring present value of future cash flows is maximized. Today's actions are no different.
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I’ve never yet met a company for which that was a useful guide for any detail-level operational decision. It affects decisions like which quarter to recognize revenue and M&A. Stuff like this is a dozen layers of messy human circumstantial judgment away from that duty.
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