Peter Pollen (married)
Upstart Pianist | Openly Composed | Apt to lapse into haiku unannounced | Ebay still owes me $193.64 | Come on, Ebay!
What's that thing where you boast about something you shouldn't? Ah, humble brag. Yes. Well I did a little volunteer thing today, don't ask.
We need democracy more than we need billionaires.
We get more bang for the buck having democracy than having billionaires.
Democracy is better than billionaires. The obscene riches of billionaires are best applied to strengthening democracy.
We must never forget that democracy is indispensible, and the net worths of billionaires aren't.
We can find better things to do with those trillions than billionaires can.
Origin of the value of currencies:
• U.S. dollar: The full faith and credit of the United States government!
• Gold bullion: History! And, um, shiny!
• Bitcoin: The blockchain! And m... m... math?
• dogecoin: lulz
• Trump NFTs: Jesus. Q. Greed. And gullibility.
@VannGriffith I don't exactly know why, but I thought this said "two feces" at first, and your comment still made sense.
Ted Cruz is the new two faces of the Republican Party.
@tanvav It boils down to two things: the tribalism and the gullibility.
@DavidSalo We need democracy more than we need billionaires.
First post. Leaving over there seems rational. Same username. And you?
Peter Pollen (married)
Upstart Pianist | Openly Composed | Apt to lapse into haiku unannounced | Ebay still owes me $193.64 | Come on, Ebay!