I agree with the anti-billionaire sentiment.

But the headline is written in a misleading way. I don’t know why we’re sharing a low quality substack with 2 likes when there are plenty of higher quality pieces that come to this conclusion.

“Study:” in the headline implies that they are repeating what a single study said. It’s the journalistic convention for using university press releases. In this case they are not doing that. But compiling a bunch of sources (none of which are academic as far as I can tell) and coming to their own conclusions. Nothing wrong with that. But it makes the title misleading.

Secondly in their own first couple paragraphs they show that the 0% while existing in some cases is not what usually happens. The truer “in practice” average is 3.4% or 8.2% depending on how you calculate.

So we can all agree that’s shocking and needs to be changed. But no point in making misleading headlines because it just makes us seem less serious when arguing about this to people who need to be convinced.

Unlike leeches, the ecosystem won’t collapse if they go extinct. Billionaires are artificial leeches.

I’ve been unable to speak for a couple years due to illness.

Do not recommend.

What’s YKK?

Ever since I became chronically ill I feel like I dream way more and my dreams are less comfortable…

Nah you can still dream. It just means your brain is less active than if you didn’t take the benzo. But some benzos and especially benzo-like drugs can actually give you weird hallucination-type dreams. Specifically thinking of Z-drugs.

Those aren‘t just anxiety drugs. Lorazepam is a literal Benzo. Which means it literally depresses (ie. makes less active) your CNS (brain).

These drugs are highly addictive and tolerance forming. They‘re often prescribed for insomnia since they inhibit brain signalling.

Once your brain forms tolerance it increases excitatory signalling to „counter“ the drug. Which means if you abruptly stop, you get withdrawal. Your brain is „overactive“ you have seizures, loads of horrible symptoms, in some cases people die.

(Not trying to scare people, short term or sporadic use is actually decently safe, it‘s long term high dose use which is dangerous. But basically my point is „anxiety drug“ is underselling what this is.)

I find it works 90% of the time. Which makes the 10% it doesn’t work annoying because I’m not used to declining cookies anymore 😅

For those wondering:

A lot of people do believe it unfortunately.

Damn it how could I forget that 🤦. I’m now magically cured. Thanks ;)

I’m a little confused did I say the police protect women? I don’t think I did. Fuck the police.

| Sentence | Life imprisonment; commuted to three years’ house arrest by President Richard Nixon |

Fucking hell Nixon …

“Protect the children and women” Except from my murderous rapist soldiers apparently.

For context “he” here is General Westmoreland.

100% but what you neglect to mention is the poorer world already has far higher mortality rates. This will only make it worse.

Hard to be in an environmental prepper group if you’re too disabled/chronically ill to leave your bed haha. I’ve just accepted if shit really hits the fan I’m dying.

Yeah I would still be ill but it would be “oh that sucks and I can afford it” not “my survival is constantly on the line”.

Tries to wish lifelong chronic illness away

No issues, on geological timescales sure. I’m sure there were issues on human timescales though.

Always the poor, disabled, marginalised, chronically ill, non first world, will be hit the hardest and die at the highest rates.