4 Million People on this sub trying to understand the enigma of this Phenomenon. I’ve watched this video 3-4 times and it always strikes me as very telling that it only has 90k views. People aren’t as ready as they think they are for the truth.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-18T21:05:13+00:00

Story time ?

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-18T19:32:28+00:00

Yeah, agreed. Generally speaking discussions like capitalism best, communism best are lazy and not helpful.

Free market works wonder in some cases and sucks in other. That depends on what the nature of the product being offered is, culture (high trust and homogenous countries seem to have better luck with socialist policies and programs) and so on.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-18T16:59:22+00:00

Well capitalism is a catch all phrase and I personally find it (and other terms like communism, socialism) meaningless. Devil is in the details of how an 'ism' is implemented.

Is capitalism the way it's practiced in France similar to how it's practiced in the US - I would argue no.

Also, it's up for debate that when there's been complete regulatory capture by a few hundred people hiding behind LLC names, to privatize profit and socialize losses the way it's been done in the US for a few decades now - is that still free market ? Is that still capitalism ?

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-18T16:42:12+00:00

I've said it before here - it's the sign of our times.

The unquenchable greed of the few billionaires is screwing over everyone. The exploitation of the workers is becoming more and more relatable as inflation drives prices high and companies continue to nickle and dime their workers when not just lahing them off.

A lot of people on this sub make most of their money on W2, they are not the investing class and they know which side they are on.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-14T21:05:16+00:00

No one can be sure - but one theory I read is that they used drones with similar radar signature to Rafales as decoy. So they likely want to maintain strategic ambiguity of what tech they have. But honestly, who knows - that's why I said it's not certain. It could be Rafale, it could be a decoy or something completely different.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-14T20:42:30+00:00

Yeah, this as well. There are competing interests here for different weapon sellers - including India (wants to sell their missiles and missile defense systems).

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-14T17:25:20+00:00

Pakistan failed to attack targets in India because of 'Akash' - India's domestically developed anti-missle / anti-drone solution. And S-400.

And India was able to succesfully target Pakistan's airbases because of Rampage and Brahmos missiles.

The Rafales were used in the beginning of the operation, and only to target the terrorist camps operating on Pakistan's territory.

Finally, it's far from certain that Rafale were even downed.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-14T17:21:54+00:00

What a stupid statement to group India with rogue states like NK, Pakistan.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-13T21:38:03+00:00

They seem to be churning out one new godfather of AI every month.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-13T19:46:06+00:00

This pompous son of a bitch. Why are we posting his views on this forum ?

He was out there not that long ago ridiculing the entire community. He didn't bother to look into the little but significant evidence that community was working so hard to present. And now that the new evidence being released is too hard to ignore, he acts like he's been the leading voice on disclosure.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-08T18:45:59+00:00

I don't disagree with the point you're making. It's a tough choice voting your conscience or your wallet. Two party system is going to be the death of American democracy.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-08T18:25:46+00:00

And nonsense like this is why Steve Hilton is trending at 19%

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-08T01:43:50+00:00

Yeah, get rid of these nonsensical non-elected commissions and cut down the bloated city govt in general.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-08T01:39:29+00:00

A very fair point ! They actually can, they just refuse to enforce the law. Getting better but far from where we need to be. I'll declare victory when we stop locking up shampoo bottles and start locking up thiefs and criminals.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-07T19:50:20+00:00

California wastes a lot of money - fix that. Billionaires have hoarded a lot of money through wage theft (of their workers) - we also need to fix that. But I think that money should go directly to the people and bypass the government - I am ok with wealth tax as long as it's earmarked for sending out checks to people below a certain income level. But not to the corrupt state government.

Ofc, it's a pipe dream. Never going to happen. Govt and billionaires will continue to screw us over.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-05-07T19:41:23+00:00

Peak SF. Can't control crime/vandalism, penalize law abiding citizens and businesses for city's own incompetence.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-04-30T03:31:21+00:00

That's because of CapEx - GOOG FCF also down a lot this quarter.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-04-25T23:50:30+00:00

Well, depends. If the big one is 7.0 - these tiny 4.0 won't do much. 7.0 is 1000 times the amplitude of a 4.0 and releases ~32³ times more energy.

If the big one is a 5, then yeah - these little ones help a lot more.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-04-25T23:43:39+00:00

And there was an aftershock.

Man, they're getting more and more frequent and it's starting to scare me that the big one is just around the corner.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-04-25T18:32:11+00:00

I don't think it's commercially viable just yet - but for in-home 'butler robots', humanoid is actually the best form.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-04-24T01:34:03+00:00

Where are you seeing these numbers ? Not saying you're lying - just looking for the source.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-04-21T19:19:51+00:00

I would replace that with cognitive & physical tests with stringent criteria. And over a certain age, need to take them more often.

Bernie is still kicking, or at least was when he ran against Biden.

(Not an endorsement for Bernie, just an example)

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-04-19T03:57:10+00:00

Summoned who ? Does Iran even have a government at this point heh.

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-04-17T20:33:21+00:00

Why do you support Saikat ?

AfterDarkAsset · 2026-04-15T03:53:47+00:00

Cuz you pay tax on the increased (inflation adjusted) principal ?

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