It's not much of a bet really. In the old days if a general got it wrong he would die on the battlefield if he was lucky or get shot before a firing squad.
These AI clowns will still have their mansions come what may.
How many Americans even have money for retirement?
It reminds me of 1990s Russia were the smart people didn't get caught up in capitalism casino and just kept tending their vegetable garden like they had done for centuries.
To quote Bob Dylan
"If you ain't got nothing you got nothing to lose"
Parents have always wanted time for themselves. There are Americans alive today who will tell you that they used to play outside from dusk to dawn and only saw their parents at dinner.
The trick is that you don't elect someone like Donald Trump. I just read on the BBC that the president of America threatened New Yorkers not to vote for Mamdani.
People in the Netherlands trust their government because noone in the 500 years of history has ever gotten close to getting dictatorial power unless you count Napoleon and Hitler.
It is understandable. The Netherlands is democracy to comes closest to ancient Athens. Twenty different political parties represented in parliament. A people who for 500 years have never agreed upon anything.
Countries like Denmark are civilised and do spend literally billions on trying to protect and nourish children.
And it is a credit to these nations and the people who dwell in them.
But the reality is that there will always be a scumbag dad who decides to molest his daughter.
HN assumes evil but this is a "road paved with good intentions" kind of deal.
These AI clowns will still have their mansions come what may.