Some think this comparison might be a little bit of a STRC....

spot on!

Imagine a world where we would all agree with each other the whole time. This focus on outcome, agreeing, would mean that the difference in input (moral values, IQ, experience, knowledge, etc.) should be absolutely equal everywhere to always render the same output so one always agrees. The value of agreeing would be rendered nill, because it no longer has meaning, and the world would be incredibly boring and predictable too.... Expecting another person to be the same as you is never realistic. And you would also never learn anything or be challenged to maybe change/adapt your own opinion based on new information. Your own emotional reaction and the importance you give someone's opinion tells something about you, and your reaction is in no way the fault of the other. Blaming the other for your own internal response to words spoken by others is choosing the unrealistic en easy way out, avoiding having to deal with your own inability to cope with your own triggered thoughts. Opposing ideas are a great basis for discussion to try to get closer to the truth. Formed opinions generally stop the proces of a rational discussion imo, because the mind is already made up of what the outcome should be. And that is just bad science :)

Yes

Looks like bored and looking for trouble to me

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Yes. Once you conclude that inflation is purely a monetary phenomenon you see that public distributed lies like cpi numbers don't match the loss in purchasing power, but the publicly shared m2 money supply tracks the money printing by banks quite well! In Europe it's about a factor 4 loss off purchasing power since the introduction of the Euro. They started with 4T Euros when the currency was implemented and adopted by E.U. countries, and now the supply is just above 16T. Bam, factor 4. ECB changed their (too easy?) chart on their website so it's all expressed in compounding precentages now, horrible and useless. This is a screenshot of the old chart though:

He also created zaps

On the other hand (and am still a strong believer): "It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams

Yeah, I think so too... Once we had the good hope that the state would fear to have its evil actions exposed and the people would rise against the state. Now its clear they no longer give a fuck and the people are so overwhelmed by the amount of new fake news that they can't even recount what was populair to discuss last week, let alone a few years back! AI is the new teacher, friend, aid, religion and checker of reality (@Grok "Is this true?") We live in interesting times!