it’s a dumb comparison because human beings are not trees, but also ginko trees can actually change sex as they grow, which i think is pretty interesting

UBI is a good example of your contradictory position! If UBI were introduced in a capitalist system landlords would simply increase rents by whatever the amount UBI is! UBI, without common ownership of housing, would inevitably function as a subsidy to landlords

I mean the three leading parties are running on rejecting self-doubt, defending free speech, securing our borders, and restoring national pride. the only question remaining for the public is at what level of intensity do we wish these to occur

funny, Andreeseen is describing a total collapse of capitalism. A situation in which commodities are produced instantly, with AI replacing wage labour, resulting in prices that are effectively zero, would eliminate all surplus value and prevent this dipshit from extracting any