Comment by stldev
1 month ago
This is my read too- if American companies start backing nonsense like this, they'll fall behind permanently.
> My primary concern is the risk that authoritarian governments—not solely the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), although the CCP is clearly the most capable threat—
Isn't this article an argument in favor of authoritarianism? Plus a tad hypocritical no? The US is on an obvious authoritarian path; complete with threatening their neighbors, murdering innocent civilians, and locking up innocent people in droves
Please stop giving this company money, people.
>The US is on an obvious authoritarian path; complete with threatening their neighbors, murdering innocent civilians, and locking up innocent people in droves
Prediction markets suggest the next US president is most likely one of the following people: Gavin Newsom, Jon Ossoff, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kamala Harris, JD Vance, Marco Rubio.
It's not obvious to me that the US is on an "authoritarian path".
Would you say that e.g. Europe is on an "authoritarian path" with the popularity of government censorship there? https://eternallyradicalidea.com/p/the-situation-for-free-sp...
Your comment seems like more of a diatribe than a serious analysis of likely future scenarios.
>Would you say that e.g. Europe is on an "authoritarian path" with the popularity of government censorship there?
As an European citizen living in Europe, definitely yes it is, and not only for the "mere" censorship factor. Maybe not yet as down the road and maybe not going as fast as US. But that’s not something that one can really be content of.
Prediction Markets are people gambling.
There's armed goons nabbing people off the streets and murdering political opponents patrolling American cities right now.
>Prediction Markets are people gambling.
If you think the market has it wrong, why don't you make money by betting against it?
https://polymarket.com/event/presidential-election-winner-20...
>There's armed goons nabbing people off the streets and murdering political opponents patrolling American cities right now.
What is the actual per-capita rate of big flashy news stories? Remember that the US has a population of 340 million. One-in-a-million events will occur every day; they aren't necessarily representative.
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