Dude, stop posting the same GIF in a dozen threads. Blocked for acting like a bot.

This question always depends heavily on where someone lives and someone’s expected standard of living.

Someone who lives on that much already thinks it would be enough for them until they die, but they might not have ever had open market insurance, and likely not a catastrophic illness while on it. That kind of thing makes you realize how financially vulnerable you really are. It’s not about steady state while healthy, it’s about contingency planning.

I’m in a situation where I could probably relatively safely retire with $2 million, but like you I would be nervous about $1 million.

Thanks, it was a genuine question since I haven’t seen the latest coverage. I guess Russia’s missile defense is doing its job since I haven’t heard about power in Moscow being shut off yet.

It’s like the penultimate form of justice.

What’s the ultimate form then?

Is Ukraine “allowed” to fire missiles into Russia yet?

Mamdani

This is one of the most interesting articles I’ve read in a while. If I can summarize:

Peter Thiel (through his company Palantir and his protégé, JD Vance) is actively working to construct a police state centered on scapegoating marginalized people in order to reinforce American cultural unity in order to stave off the end of the world. This is based heavily on the ideas of a Nazi philosopher, Carl Schmitt, who misinterpreted and misapplied the thinking of a French-American philosopher, René Girard, who said scapegoating has become less and less effective in producing cultural unity since the time of Jesus (who personified the scapegoat and revealed its immorality). Schmitt later admitted he had backed the wrong horse (Hitler), and his actions had brought the world closer to a one-world government, which all agree is what will enable the Antichrist to bring about Armageddon.

Thus, my interpretation, the natural conclusion is that Vance is scapegoating immigrants, trans people, etc. in some deranged plan to prevent the end of the world.