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    this came to mind.. it's an interview w/author of the book "how to hide an empire". pretty interesting historical look
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    tangent.
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    to be fair he made it pretty easy for a long time. i'm still not a big fan of his music or anything and there's plenty to turn me off about him but this interview w/joe rogan makes some things about him more clear. still sounds like he wants to start a cult at times but it also sounds like he's thinking of big ideas etc as the times kind of call for that. the religious stuff turns me off but if it's a means to an end that stays positive for other people then so be it.
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    listening to some more of this now.. it's much better. he sounds better and in a better place. making sense etc. much more interesting to listen to. joe rogan doing a good job of things. the idea of his mega monastery is creepy though.. and reminded me instantly of Neal Stephenson's Anathem. anyway.. once he settles down some he's much easier to listen to and follow. some of his ideas are interesting and hopefully some of the positive things come off well over time because who knows.. maybe something will click for people and make sense down the road and become a thing that helps some people. shrug.
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    america will be forever changed. i guess. i mean.. at least forever meaning for a generation and then beyond that who knows wtf will happen due to climate change, AI and general acceleration of technology and widening gap of rich and poor etc. the disinformation campaigns, conspiracy wackos who deep dive every damn thing and act on it, the breaking of america as in destruction of the middle class which is more or less gone now compared to 20 years ago.. if this election doesn't go right, if all the bad things happen (affordable care act gone, no movement on environmental issues, further descent into corruption, influence of industry on politics, religion blah blah) i think the death of america means that the idea of america as a thing, meaning it's promise (even when that's bullshit to a lot of people), the idea that america is a leader in the world and does the right thing, and domestically is still kind of united in a common culture or osmething.. that goes away.. the permanent fracturing of america is the result of all this division. the inability for americans to recognize other americans as being part of the same idea or place or whatever.. that goes away.. america will have to reinvent what it means to be american because right now a lot of people don't know what that is i think.. and reinvention takes a long time. there's a lot of people who would love to just straight kill people on the other side of their argument. that's some rambling bullshit i wrote up there and it's hard to put into words but some articles did it pretty well.. https://spectator.us/end-american-empire-dominion/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/8/19/the-end-of-american-history-begins-in-america/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/06/america-image-power-trump/613228/ Even in previous moments of American vulnerability, Washington reigned supreme. Whatever moral or strategic challenge it faced, there was a sense that its political vibrancy matched its economic and military might, that its system and its democratic culture were so deeply rooted that it could always regenerate itself. It was as if the very idea of America mattered, an engine driving it on, whatever other glitches existed under the hood. Now something appears to be changing. America seems mired, its very ability to rebound in question. A new power has emerged on the world stage to challenge American supremacy—China—with a weapon the Soviet Union never possessed: mutually assured economic destruction.
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    what about super poor people fleeing for their lives?
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    https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2089629184415/just-in-fox-news-president-and-several-top-anchors-advised-to-quarantine-after-being-exposed-to-covid-on-flight-to-debate?s=oldSite&ss=i2 Several big names at Fox News Channel have been advised to quarantine after a fellow passenger on a private charter flight from New York City to Nashville for the presidential debate tested positive for Covid, including Fox News Media President Jay Wallace, chief political anchor Bret Baier, anchor of “The Story” Martha MacCallum, and two of the hosts of “The Five,” Dana Perino and Juan Williams.
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    also: “White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows stunningly admitted this morning that the administration has given up on even trying to control this pandemic, that they’ve given up on their basic duty to protect the American people,” https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-meadows-surrender-control-pandemic-biden-20201026-7gtpapqabjgy3pknehwimrffvi-story.html
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    wtf stream of consciousness tied to a kite and let go into a hurricane forever ascending up into the edge of space.
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    ok $0.004
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    then his math was wrong or his xbox price was wrong. everywhere i've looked on line has spotify at that .003 cents base royalty rate. shrug. if you google you'll find the answers in detail or even just check spotify $0.003 is accurate. royalty for radio play is way way higher. there's always more details. https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/spotify-million-artists-royalties-1038408/ here's a royalty calculator https://tunemunk.com/spotify-royalty-calculator/
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    i thought it was even less than .003 cents. i think the base rate is pretty low. some people have better deals though... different tiers google says this: Every time someone listens to a song Spotify, it generates royalties. As of January 2019, Spotify reports that it pays out between $0.00331 and $0.00437 per stream to rights holders. https://help.songtrust.com/knowledge/what-is-the-pay-rate-for-spotify-streams
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    that was very informative. thanks for sharing. lot's of good points that he makes. especially the changing nature of spotify as a media conglomerate giving joe rogan $100 million for exclusive rights for his podcasts. craziness. it makes it pretty clear who is paying for such deals.
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    [looks at catholic priest] and yea. .i mean.. it's true.. in america and many parts of the modern world people are the worst and our lifestyles wreck the planet. so, sure.. the call is coming from inside the house. but who do you think is going to try and change human behavior to the benefit of the natural world and the future of humans? would be the donald or the biden? seems obvious to me.
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    so write one of them in. it's easy enough to see who is closest to things you hope for and vote for that person. i'm not in love w/biden but i think the world will be better off w/him as president.. not to mention all the really vulnerable people in USA who have it a lot worse than I do. it'd be selfish not to vote for the greater good imo. also, even if it was yang or sanders USA isn't going to get off capitalism. as much as the rhetoric says 'socialism' i'd expect either of those guys to be very pragmatic with achieving change were they to be president. USA getting off capitalism would take a generation. i'd expect we'd move towards a much better social safety net and more equal society etc and getting off capitalism would have to wait. any change will be a challenge to achieve.. just look at the ACA and what that took to get and how it might not even be around in another month. USA is a big ship full of people and half of them are pretty fucked up. getting them to agree on which direction the shipshould turn is no easy task
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    lol. all the more reason you should vote for SOMEONE. there's more than just biden/trump on the ballot in every state. being sick of the messaging doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile to vote. it's tiresome.. i get it.. i'm sick of the ads and the rhetoric and all that shit.. but if i don't vote and choose someone to take things into the future then it makes suffering through all the bullshit extra meaningless. you're buying into the division pushed on you so maybe just ignore it and make up your mind w/o spite etc. or stay on your high horse and take your ball and go home and complain some more.
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    the state of denial?
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    sort of.. but it's more like you believe in and hate the easter bunny and trump believes in and hates the easter bunny too so you vote for him because he'll kill the easter bunny... a thing that doesn't exist.. and you'll feel better.
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