sbv @ sbv @sh.itjust.works

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I get it - I think I just have a different point of view.

Selling out used to be a sin that real artists would never commit. But we need to eat.

Before money was a thing, that would (probably) mean you gather food before you call your family around to tell the next episode of your magnum opus. But now it means you find a sponsor for your channel, a buyer for your story, or a company to pay while you work on a script.

We've been so discombobulated over the past few months because we don't have a backup plan. It's easy to joke about us being the 51st state because we are so tightly integrated with the US already.

If we were less reliant on US trade, unilateral US tariffs would be less effective. We would have partners and allies elsewhere. If Germany was reliant on our steel, or India was reliant on our aluminum, we would hopefully be able to wring support out of them.

We're talking hypotheticals, so it's hard to know what would change if we'd made different choices in the past. But, generally, bullies pick on those they can victimize. We're easy to victimize because we don't have an economic plan B.

Our society has a division of labour. We can afford to have full-time story tellers, but they need a way to get food, so they sell their stories.

In a society without a division of labour then whoever tells the best story does, but that's after they've gotten everyone fed.

He's trying to dunk on Trudeau&co, but he's not wrong.

There were calls for Canada to reduce internal trade barriers as a reaction to NAFTA in the 90s. We didn't. Similarly, we haven't prioritized trade with other partners in any meaningful way. Even after the first Trump presidency.

Federal and provincial politicians could have done any of the things they're rushing towards now, but they didn't care.

I'm sure Moe takes his share of responsibility for that in the interview. 😬

What about stuff like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Captain America, Superman, etc? They're mostly entertainment, but they're (originally) aimed at kids and young adults. They show the triumph of good/kindness over evil, and all that stuff.

🤩

Didn't Bannon say something about flooding the zone with weird/outrageous statements and actions, so your opposition is fragmented and unable to mobilize?

I think that's what we're seeing in the US.

I get that vibe whenever I browse r/all on Reddit. It seems like dueling astroturf attempts.

What if you had a crane?

Hear me out... What about a metal stick?

not again

what couple with kids can afford a garage?

/uj

Maybe it's just my circle, but I haven't seen this kind of behaviour or talk outside of TV shows from the 1980s and Facebook posts from the elderly. Is it still a thing?

She earned it.

no

Always upvote Timecop.

One explanation for the decline is Tesla's failure to launch a new mainstream model since the Model Y in 2021. Meanwhile, its European and Chinese rivals have brought out a range of more affordable products, better adapted to local preferences.

France has also decreased subsidies for EV purchases, making Tesla's premium models far less affordable.

Yeah. Despite the noise on Reddit, I suspect most of his base see what he and Musk are up to as a win.

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They're releasing it in a couple of months aren't they? At this point it's straight-up marketing...