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1. xp84+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-09-09 15:47:47
It's sometimes surprising to read a comment like this, which applies just common sense, basic math, and logic, instead of the typical online comment mixture of hysteria, panic, and portraying one's non-favorite "team" as a bunch of mustachio-twirling cartoon villains.
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2. ch4s3+s2[view] [source] 2025-09-09 15:56:07
>>xp84+(OP)
You read a lot of books about economics, history, and political science and suddenly everything starts to look like it's complicated. The recent trend of commentators shouting "it's actually not complicated" is troubling. I try to present commentary with some nuance and humility. I have a perspective, but I endeavor to leave room for the possibility that I don't have a full understanding or that my model of the world doesn't fit every set of circumstances.
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3. bombca+xs[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-09-09 17:35:54
>>ch4s3+s2
The key I realized is that there is always complexity, but the "simple" understanding is still "mostly" right.

No complexity can make a $1 billion expense able to be paid with $1m of revenue.

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4. ch4s3+8r1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-09-09 21:10:54
>>bombca+xs
> but the "simple" understanding is still "mostly" right.

I rarely find this to be the case for anything big or important.

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