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by asteroidp 1539 days ago
Good! Although 20 years too late
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I think a lot of people have been saying this for years. However most people until recently thought it was unfounded hyperbola.

We should at least be skeptical given the connections the founder has.

Just like, until recently, Europe (and especially Germany) thought it was paranoia to treat Russian oil and gas dependence as a risk.
German policy was out in la-la land. Politicians sold the public on green policies before the infrastructure was ready and heavily relied on imported non green energy to get there. They didn’t have to shut down their nuke plants, but ‘make happy’ led them down that path of dependence —just as most of the industrialized world is dependent on another questionable government for consumer goods and microelectronics. Offshoring is awesome for the ruling class until it isn’t.
Exactly. These are very costly lessons, learnt on Ukrainian blood....