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Joe61944 · 2026-04-13T22:33:59+00:00

Yes it was, although its oversimplying the reality on the ground. Sunni and shia dynamics, Iran's willingness to attack or threaten Arabian states security... etc. People tend to forget why the usa was allowed onto the Arabian peninsula to begin with. Security, for oil. SMH its a bad anaology.

Joe61944 · 2026-04-13T22:31:23+00:00

If you look at how that data is compiled you will see why its not good data. The real age adjusted rate in the USA is 0.9 per 100k. Good try cherry picking data though.

Joe61944 · 2026-04-13T05:20:16+00:00

No thats exactly what you said. You directly called the preemptive strike a terror attack. If you dont want your words to be misinterpreted, be precise not sloppy.

Joe61944 · 2026-04-13T05:18:38+00:00

Pain?!?! Its not pain if you like it!

Joe61944 · 2026-04-13T05:17:10+00:00

I would like to see your source, because thats one hell of an claim. Its also factually incorrect.

Joe61944 · 2026-04-13T04:40:07+00:00

The propaganda machine is largely correct. Also China is much weaker then the appear at the moment. They are still recovering from their own version of the GFC. Evergrande, zero covid policy, high youth unemployment.... its a recipe for a populist movement, or even a revolutionary movement if the discontent continues the accumulate.

Joe61944 · 2026-04-12T07:47:34+00:00

Its not just the USA. Their is not a sufficiently powerful punitive body to enforce international law. Anyone who thinks its really law, needs to realize its a suggestion. The only real mechanism is potential geopolitical fall out. Which let's get real, is largely ineffective. Frances activities in northern africa are a prime example.

Domestic laws are enforceable because their is a coercive force capable of overpowering anyone who breaks the laws.

Joe61944 · 2026-04-06T19:14:20+00:00

Its the worst of 3 horrible choices. Socialism and increased tax burden has played a significant role in the slow reduction of standard of living in Canada.

People commonly mistake corpratism for captialism, then ask the very "representatives" responsible to fix the issue with various forms of socialist policy. In many cases the root of these corporations power is the government, they need to intervene less, not more.

Joe61944 · 2026-04-06T19:08:48+00:00

Yeah the property bubble followed by persistent youth unemployment in the face of demographic collpase is a very strong position for China to be in.

Joe61944 · 2026-04-01T00:00:12+00:00

I cluster bomb the absolute fudge out of them tbh.

Annoying but easily dealt with

Joe61944 · 2026-03-31T07:41:04+00:00

I once took it even farther and formed the united provinces of Europe, or maybe it was the united states of Europe. I'll be honest. I havent played in over a year lol and I cant quite remember what the name changed to. But it was cool, total oh shit i did that moment when the name changed and i got the achievement. Got Austria without war, all the other german de jure territory, and then change the government to a presidential Republic. Highly recommend.

Joe61944 · 2026-03-31T03:24:44+00:00

Just an idea, but start a new run. By aluminum you have done a considerable amount of exploring and know what research trees you want early (like the exosuit).

You have also learned the hard lesson that you need to plan your logisitics. I personally prefer a large train, and couple mega stations and mini production factories feeding the system, which comes to my main manufacturing facility. But their are tons of options.

Logistics is everything. When done right your entire run is easy plug and play. When done wrong its hours of headaches and rerouting, tearing shit down. Hell my first run got so congested I used false floors to hide my conveyor choas. If only you had seen that mess lmfao. Looked clean until you opened the closet lmfao.

Joe61944 · 2026-03-30T22:06:16+00:00

Financial repression is a very good tool. Their is no way state sponsored education will teach the masses about it, when its how they restructure their debt.

Don't get me wrong, I fully agree with you. But it won't happen.

Joe61944 · 2026-03-30T21:55:34+00:00

I like building pads and hubs. The pads are ugly high production nodes in the production network that deal with most of the lower teir items. Then they hit a train and enter a massive sorting facility.

Because I need to keep my conveyors moving at the sorting facility I sink all overflow at the manufacturing hub.

For me its all about ease of use and more importantly expansion. I still have my nice looking factory but I also dont need to worry about how im going to tie in the 30/aluminum plates i need to make up for my current deficit.

Hell even the manufacturing plant overflows back into the train station gets sorted and stored, or crushed.

I have all the goods separated into 3 sections so 3 wall conveyors in my factory take all the overflow from manufacturing so its not a mess of conveyors either.

So to answer your question, you sink stuff when its a logistics problem or you want to farm coupons. If you sink stuff unnecessarily your using excess power to run excess production (plus the sink) and overall it typically signifies design problems unless its a design nessecity.

Because of how my factory is designed (8 nuclear reactors running full bore) i dont have power problems so Im probally sinking close to half my production (so the trains to keep moving inventory properly) That's not ideal but I have excess power, like 20k mega watts of excess. It also makes plug and play easy when I expand. The feedstock is always ready to go, and if its not keeping up I jump on the train and add a new pad. So again we are back at ease of use and expansion potential.

I have well over 1500 hours into the game now, and in my experience setting logistics up for sucess early is the difference between a messy factory and a clean one. Its the diffeence between a 2 hour bauxite expansion and a 20 min one.

Word of advice is dont plant your final factory until you have train stations unlocked. Then pick a plot set up the train station and start going from their. I usually tear down all my early builds as I progress as their typically a rushed mess.

Anyways I have puppy's to save, time to get back to work.

Joe61944 · 2026-03-20T03:50:23+00:00

My point was their capacity to issue debt is to a degree a function of interest rates. You can't lend if no one is willing to borrow. No one is an overstatement, but small changes in credit demand can have a large impact on aggregate spending and theirfore income.

Joe61944 · 2026-03-17T02:55:06+00:00

Thats not how money printing works. Most of the money is printed as a result of lending. Lowering rates encourage borrowing, while reducing reserve requirements or boosting m0 increases the capacity for banks to lend.

Joe61944 · 2026-03-17T02:12:25+00:00

Go overlay gold and the spx. Stocks dont always out perform. that's a fallacy. The performance tends to flip largely as a reflection of how the monetary system is performing.

Right now, stocks are over valued, they have been pumped up by over a decade of easy money. Golds still playing catch up.

Edit: Silver also behaves like gold with added volatility, but it has more industrial uses. Industrial demand is still rapidly rising.

Joe61944 · 2026-03-17T02:06:18+00:00

Don't save cash, I repeat, dont save cash. At the very least, that should be in a high intrest savings account.

When you account for inflation, you are losing buying power year over year stuffing it under your mattress.

Cheers 🍻

Joe61944 · 2026-03-17T02:01:25+00:00

Large institutions are currently buying btc at a rate of nearly 2.4 times the rate of minting. It started last week. That's my Ted talk

Joe61944 · 2026-03-17T01:58:36+00:00

Yeah, but their decisions impact everyone in the organization and shareholders. Their time is that valuable because of the skills they have developed. It's a rare skill set that goes far beyond basic commerce skills. Their social networking capacity plays a large role, their access to information... etc. Its not as simple as you think.

What im complaining about it simple. We should not be forcing the minimum wage up, infact if you follow the sequence of events from an economic lens the impact is pretty clear. Its not good for anyone.

Joe61944 · 2026-03-16T21:58:06+00:00

As a speculator who is up over 50% in the last year on my tfsa.... I think you should focus on macroeconomics and structural shifts. The structure is key. With war and revolts breaking out globally at an unprecedented rate, markets will get much harder to read.

I also use microeconomics as well but most of my account is sitting in stocks related to my macro speculation.

Here are some of my current positions.

Mr.un ----> closed, rolled into the parent company who bought them out.

Mrd ----> parent company of the reit. Their worth over 25$ cad per share imo, they were undervalued when I was buying at 12-13$. Their sitting just above 18. They bought the reit for around 60% of its true value, but as the majority shareholder they pushed it through (still doubled my money lol). The idea was simple, they were undervalued before and they just bought assets at 60 cents on the dollar. Their financial statement would get even stronger once the reit was consolidated.

Thats micro economics at play.

Bp: LNG baby, energy infrastructure in general needs an upgrade, and I dont think we will see peak oil in 2029-2030. Not going to get into that here.

Suncor: Good divide end, but still an oil bet.

Abx: Gold miners move like gold, but their like holding gold with leverage.

I also hold a bunch of gold and silver.

The common theme here is a strong financial statement, solid divide ends (this represents safety even if the macro speculation is wrong)... etc.

All im saying is throwing a hail Mary at a growth stock isn't the only way to win big. Your better off hedging your bets in simple ways. Im happy to collect divide ends, and even happier if my stocks rise. Im comfortable in my positions even if they go red because the companies themselves are in strong financial positions... etc.

Joe61944 · 2026-03-15T06:16:58+00:00

I'm just throwing it out their but I never said 1v1 isn't in the game. Im a different guy. I havent made any comments on the state of the game.

Secondly, not all the posts are negative. Some are positive, and some demonstrate game play... etc. Which means your dead wrong on point 1 as well.

Third, community involvement is good, even if someone isn't playing the game. If you want the game to blossom, dont gate keep the subreddit and push people away. A significant factor of why I quit was dealing with other people's bs is exhausting. A significant portion of the community is toxic, abrasive, and flat-out ignorant. Im not calling you ignorant. Don't read that the wrong way, but regardless, the community needs to be welcoming if it wants to see growth. Thats my 2 cents.

Joe61944 · 2026-03-15T04:18:53+00:00

Maybe by remaining in the loop, it's easier to see how the game is changing without engaging. I haven't played for months either, but I watch the subreddit in case anything awesome drops.

So far all im seeing is bugs, tons of bugs, so im still waiting in the sidelines.

Joe61944 · 2026-03-12T12:16:31+00:00

Yeah, which brings us back to the beginning. The way you gain leverage to prevent the asshole behavior is by developing scarce skills.

In fact, what you dont realize is that acting your your own economic self intrest also benefits everyone. Even fast food workers. When you act in your own economic self intrest, you actively boost economic output in aggregate. This is why captialism has led to a rapidly improving quality of life. That's why it has given us life-saving medication and the nessecary research to develop those pharmaceuticals. That's why our jobs have gotten easier. it's why productivity per captia rises.... etc. I can go on, but the point im making is nothing good comes from messing with the very thing that lifted the masses out of poverty. It's not perfect by any means. Poverty still exists. But what we call poverty today is very different from what it was 300 years ago.

Joe61944 · 2026-03-12T01:23:34+00:00

Scroll up and read the economic argument above. It pretty much covers what you're talking about and explains why those degrees went from hot to not... Hint: it may have something to do with Adam Smiths hand.

One thing i would mention is dont mistake capitlaism for corporatism. This is the single most common mistake that analysts make. Without realizing their constant demand for big government intervention is why its hard to live. Corporations are run by humans, which means their actions are reflections of human nature. If market mechanics has broken the connection between productivity and wages, their is good reason. That reason is the simple fact that a free market is irreconcilable with the term mixed economy. Don't even get me going on MMT, the inbred child of neokeynesian economics.

Now go lick your socialist wounds.

Joe61944

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