Message from @Wood-Ape - OK/MN
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I almost forgot to post one today.
Boomers are interesting people...
https://youtu.be/TSFnHHuYXjg
Used to have a huge possum in my backyard couple years back
This is the longest possible roadtrip in the world. Who will join me?
Not bad!\
@Hakujin - CA Wouldn't it be longer if you went South?
@Jacob @Wilhelm One thing that I find interesting, for instance, is the evolving structure of the Russian economy. Now, corruption is obviously much more of a problem over there than it is here, and part of that is cultural/maybe even genetic, but I think it's mostly just due to social inertia from the Soviet period. That said, though, Russia has lower barriers to entry in a lot of sectors than the States, they have a 13% flat tax on income, and a home ownership rate somewhere around 90%, but they also make sure that the commanding heights of the economy, particularly concerning natural resource deposits, are dominated by what Putin refers to as "national champions," such as Gazprom in the case of natural gas, the United Aircraft Corporation, the United Shipbuilding Corporation, and RosTech in the case of high technology, all of which are majority controlled by the state, usually with a 51% stake, and the rest of the investment covered by private capital. That way, there's ample room for free enterprise, but no sector can be seized and dominated by foreign parties.
https://twitter.com/KANTBOT20K/status/953087885842046976?s=19 check the tweet date.
incredible
@Deleted User Just wrong...
Socrates was a ...!
@Jacob Maybe if you went offroad, this is just with roads.
@Hakujin - CA https://wikitravel.org/en/Trans-Siberian_Railway Take the train instead. VERY EUROPEAN
@Wood-Ape - OK/MN Very INDO-European 😎
@Wood-Ape - OK/MN But does it go from Portugal to Russia?
@Hakujin - CA I'm sure you can take a different train(s) from Lisbon to Moscow
Trains go slower, and often through more interesting scenery. You can interact with new, interesting people, and maybe get into a murder mystery.
Sleeper cars solve the issue of transport + lodging.
@ThisIsChris There's definitely truth to what you're saying, which is why I'm extremely wary of the state retaining control over education, because so long as that remains the case, the state's in a position to dictate *which* societal norms are cultivated and perpetuated...
When you get to Vladivostok you drive the car to japan
Hold your breath
Get big enough tires and you can float-drive.
They're actually getting ready to build a bridge from Hokkaido to Sakhalin, which already has one to Vladivostok 😎
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why am I always the one that gets mic cucked lol
Can you drive cars through the Tsugaru tunnel?
I wanted to hear what you are saying am so sorry
@ophiuchus Not sure...
If so you’ll be able to drive from London to Tokyo, which is completely unnecessary and also dope af
We gotta build a bridge from Alaska to Chukotka
So long as the ground has already dried from spring showers, and there's no snow, then you should be able to drive from one side of Russia to the other in one piece.
Looking over Chukotka from a plane window was super cool
I can imagine...
>looking at absolute frozen wasteland, looks like the moon
>comfy with a blanket and some hot tea
Maximum comfy
@Jacob Yeah, but Canada's also responsible for pretty much ZERO medical innovation; they piggyback off of us.
They were the first to synthesize insulin I think