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Elon Musk has fervently railed against immigration for years. But it turns out that when he first got his start as an entrepreneur in the United States, the South African-born billionaire was staying and working there illegally, The Washington Post reports, with his associates even fearing that he could be kicked out of the country. While his brother Kimbal…
A flawed journey of the übermensch
“You better check yo’ self before you wreck yo’ self” – Ice Cube Petite bourgeoisie (French pronunciation: [pətit(ə) buʁʒwazi], literally ‘small bourgeoisie‘; also anglicised as petty bourgeoisie) is a term that refers to a social class composed of semi-autonomous peasants and small-scale merchants. They are named as such because their politico-economic ideological stance in times of stability is reflective of the proper haute bourgeoisie (high bourgeoisie or upper class).…
With new headlines cropping up all the time showing how poorly a job Tesla Autopilot actually does at piloting cars, it’s not surprising that the people tasked with building that system’s knowledge out are underpaid and heavily surveilled — or that when they tried to fight back against what they felt was unfair treatment, they were summarily cast aside. https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-autopilot-workers-treatment
Surveillance billionaire Peter Thiel is an example of a rich guy who ruins everything. He’s not a good guy. https://srslywrong.com/podcast/318-peter-thiel-is-not-a-good-guy/ Such a great kiwi. Thanks Rod and Sam.
“Seen this way, pronatalism is a Ponzi scheme,” Merchant and Brown wrote. “It relies on new entrants to produce returns for earlier investors, with the burdens falling most heavily on women, who are responsible for the bulk of childbearing and child-rearing, often without adequate medical care or affordable child care.” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-others-urging-people-175223302.html
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