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>Not that huge

Doesnt matter how huge, its a waste of money doing DEI programs in Burma.

>If you can't build a nuclear power plant safely

plenty of safe nuke plants running and they are building more for datacenters

>washout rate for being an air traffic controller is incredibly high

not really a problem of government spending unless you are saying they should pay more? not sure what youre getting at

>Can it though?

Yes it can I mean afterall we had no income tax during the industrial revolution

>Return to when? When was this true?

this was true when we hired people based on merit and not immutable characteristics.




> Doesnt matter how huge, its a waste of money doing DEI programs in Burma.

That's opinion.

> plenty of safe nuke plants running and they are building more for datacenters

Yeah, and they were doing it safely.

> not really a problem of government spending unless you are saying they should pay more? not sure what youre getting at

You do, you're just ignoring it on purpose.

> Yes it can I mean afterall we had no income tax during the industrial revolution

And now you do, because it was necessary, back when it was implemented... this is just ignoring economic history.

Also, Industrial revolution!? the 1800s!? huh!?

Of course there was small government back then, the government only worked for landowners, not blacks or even women. Just white land owners. There wasn't even plumbing back then on most of america, barely any public utility, hell there wasn't even electricity, there was literally nothing to do apart from not dying of cholera.

plus the slaves/women did everything for free and if they died you just replaced them.

> this was true when we hired people based on merit and not immutable characteristics.

Pretty sure you're still hiring doctors and people with degrees, just now you have to hire a black one sometimes. what's so bad about a 1% in diversity hires?

(also trans people have mutable charactistics, ha)


>That's opinion.

That's opinion

>Yeah, and they were doing it safely.

That's opinion.

>And now you do, because it was necessary, back when it was implemented... this is just ignoring economic history.

You mean the centuries of history with public works projects that didnt require taxes?

>Also, Industrial revolution!? the 1800s!? huh!?

I obviously mean at the turn of the 20th century with the huge leaps in applied sciences and engineering giving us planes trains and automobiles. All done without taxes before 1913. You know, the greatest period of advancement in modern history?

>what's so bad about a 1% in diversity hires?

What's so good about it exactly? It does a disservice to everyone including the diversity hire.

>(also trans people have mutable charactistics, ha)

body dysmorphia is mental illness as evidenced by the ~40% suicide rate. Hows that for an opinion (Fact)?




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