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The constitution was signed by 20-somethings

e.g. James Monroe (18), John Marshall (20), Aaron Burr (20), Alexander Hamilton (21), and James Madison (25)

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I know Foundation series also toys with this concept, where “religion” is used as a way to neutralize enemy worlds and rebuild the empire

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Think of it as institutional media that other institutions pay attention to.

Sure CNN and MSNBC viewing numbers might not be as high as PewDiePie, but the type of people that watch it will be more valuable to influence.

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Wages are suppressed because it's _legal enough_ to suppress them

I'm not an Amazon defender by any means, but doesn't Amazon pay the best in terms of comparable work which is why the warehouse jobs are so competitive to get? Or is that just Amazon PR to stave off regulations

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Even worst is the meme that “programming is just copy+pasting from stack overflow”

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