In countries where people die from famine there are not a lot of rich people. High concentration of rich people is found in societies where people are not starving.

So you are right in saying that in a world of starvation rich people should be an aberration. That is to be expected.

Thousands of people die of malnutrition per year in the US.

EU used to produce its own energy, but environmentalists funded by Russia managed to reduce EU production and increase dependence on Russia. Hopefully those regulations can be reversed and EU can block Russia completely.

I'm pretty sure the environmentalists weren't arguing Europe should keep burning fossil fuels so long as they weren't extracted in Europe.

Nah, they pushed against scary nuclear instead, and some bad actors (Schroeder) capitalized on it.

Same here. DDG is also superior if you are searching for controversial information which Google bans.

What is the name of that board?

"human resources"

That book is as far from "skeptical" as you can get. Denying the very existence of viruses is not skeptical, it's credulity.

It's also ignoring other species.

There are cases where governments implemented protectionism and support for industry, but it failed. You have the case of computer industry in Brazil.

It's not as simple as saying that government support is the key since there are many cases where it didn't work.

But there are no cases of a successful tech industry without government support. So we can safely say government support is key. Perhaps government support is necessary but not sufficient.

That's interesting, do you have a source that describes Brazil's tech intervention?

Bulgaria would be another example.

Buffett famously stated, "I'll tell you why I like the cigarette business. It costs a penny to make. Sell it for a dollar. It's addictive. And there's fantastic brand loyalty."

source: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/08/buffett-best...

Also:

>"Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.

>I know people who have a lot of money, and they get testimonial dinners and they get hospital wings named after them. But the truth is that nobody in the world loves them. If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.

>That's the ultimate test of how you have lived your life.

    Big Tech should be locating large employment centers in strategic locations around the country. And by strategic I don’t mean where the talent, resources, or customers are located but rather where influential Congresspeople, Senators, and Governors are located.

I thought this was one of the problems of a Soviet style command economy. They would locate production not where it was more efficient and made economic sense, but where it was politically more beneficial.

If these companies start doing this they could lose to more efficient competition. Hope they aren't that stupid.

*Less efficient competition if they can't get the government to vote their way